Movies I have known
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listersgirlDangerous Lives of Altar Boys
I will admit that I have a soft spot for these sorts of teenage coming-of-age stories. I don't know, I like them. And I liked this, despite the fact the writers seemed too familiar with Stand By Me at times. An enjoyable, if forgettable, movie, though.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Despite this being not my normal type of thing, I quite loved it. Especially Big Chris and Little Chris! Hee. I think I liked the amateurishness of the caper, and also the very zoomy filming style. Whatever, it was fun.
Marion Bridge
This was beautiful -- a story of three sisters who reconnect to care for their dying mother in a tiny town in Nova Scotia. The family dynamics were painfully realistic, and my girlfriend Molly Parker was excellent, as always.
Match Point
For some reason*, I was really obsessed with wanting to see this, despite being fairly meh about Woody Allen. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was nicely filled with undercurrents.
The Notebook
I'll admit it: I was very dismissive of this movie when it came out. It looked cheesy, and soppy, and definitely not for me. And then I started feeling this weird desire to see it, mostly because of Rachel McAdams, who I adore. And then people whose opinions I trust told me that it wasn't nearly as bad as it looked. And it wasn't, or at least not for the most part. The main story, with Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, was romantic, and funny, and painful, and sexy. Also? I could live in her clothes (the shoes at the beginning!). The framing device was lame, and highly predictable. And kind of made me a bit angry. Still, I very much enjoyed the good parts.
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
1. It's about my dead socialist boyfriend. 2. It's about the birth of my beloved NDP, and politics, and the prairies. 3. It's full of awesome Canadians of stage and screen, including Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Ian Tracey, Nicholas Campbell, Andy Jones and Michael Thierrault. How could I not love it? Actually, I was a little worried, but I thought it was pretty excellent, if complete hero worship. Whatever, he's the Greatest Canadian! Fun fact: Michael Thierrault, who played Tommy Douglas and who I saw in The Producers here in Toronto, is now playing Gollum in the Lord of the Rings musical.
Sideways
Despite the fact that I couldn't relate to either of these guys at all, I actually found myself enjoying the movie - I like movies where the talking is the important thing, and the meandering tone really worked for me. I also liked the wine talk. And Sandra Oh, of course.
Three Kings
Way back when I watched this, I had many insightful things to say. Sadly, I don't remember them. I do remember being highly uninterested in this movie, though, as evidenced by the fact that I had to stop halfway through and it took me DAYS to work up the energy to start watching it again. I don't know - I seem to remember it made me angry, but not for the reasons that I suspect the writer was aiming for.
21 Jump Street Season 2
Wow, this show really went downhill in season 2. I'd forgotten that. I mean, I know it's not high quality television, but season 1 and the first few discs of season 2 were excellent fun. And then it sucked. My working theory is that whenever they're not undercover in a school, the show is lame-ass. I still have a disc or two to go, so we'll see if my theory holds up.
Water
Oh, man, what a powerful, depressing, gorgeous movie. Set in India in the 30s, it's about a young girl who is sent to live at a house for widows when her child husband dies. There, she and the others struggle with the tight restrictions that society places on them. Now I really need to see the other two movies in the trilogy.
*AKA Jonathan Rhys Meyers
I will admit that I have a soft spot for these sorts of teenage coming-of-age stories. I don't know, I like them. And I liked this, despite the fact the writers seemed too familiar with Stand By Me at times. An enjoyable, if forgettable, movie, though.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Despite this being not my normal type of thing, I quite loved it. Especially Big Chris and Little Chris! Hee. I think I liked the amateurishness of the caper, and also the very zoomy filming style. Whatever, it was fun.
Marion Bridge
This was beautiful -- a story of three sisters who reconnect to care for their dying mother in a tiny town in Nova Scotia. The family dynamics were painfully realistic, and my girlfriend Molly Parker was excellent, as always.
Match Point
For some reason*, I was really obsessed with wanting to see this, despite being fairly meh about Woody Allen. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was nicely filled with undercurrents.
The Notebook
I'll admit it: I was very dismissive of this movie when it came out. It looked cheesy, and soppy, and definitely not for me. And then I started feeling this weird desire to see it, mostly because of Rachel McAdams, who I adore. And then people whose opinions I trust told me that it wasn't nearly as bad as it looked. And it wasn't, or at least not for the most part. The main story, with Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, was romantic, and funny, and painful, and sexy. Also? I could live in her clothes (the shoes at the beginning!). The framing device was lame, and highly predictable. And kind of made me a bit angry. Still, I very much enjoyed the good parts.
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
1. It's about my dead socialist boyfriend. 2. It's about the birth of my beloved NDP, and politics, and the prairies. 3. It's full of awesome Canadians of stage and screen, including Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Ian Tracey, Nicholas Campbell, Andy Jones and Michael Thierrault. How could I not love it? Actually, I was a little worried, but I thought it was pretty excellent, if complete hero worship. Whatever, he's the Greatest Canadian! Fun fact: Michael Thierrault, who played Tommy Douglas and who I saw in The Producers here in Toronto, is now playing Gollum in the Lord of the Rings musical.
Sideways
Despite the fact that I couldn't relate to either of these guys at all, I actually found myself enjoying the movie - I like movies where the talking is the important thing, and the meandering tone really worked for me. I also liked the wine talk. And Sandra Oh, of course.
Three Kings
Way back when I watched this, I had many insightful things to say. Sadly, I don't remember them. I do remember being highly uninterested in this movie, though, as evidenced by the fact that I had to stop halfway through and it took me DAYS to work up the energy to start watching it again. I don't know - I seem to remember it made me angry, but not for the reasons that I suspect the writer was aiming for.
21 Jump Street Season 2
Wow, this show really went downhill in season 2. I'd forgotten that. I mean, I know it's not high quality television, but season 1 and the first few discs of season 2 were excellent fun. And then it sucked. My working theory is that whenever they're not undercover in a school, the show is lame-ass. I still have a disc or two to go, so we'll see if my theory holds up.
Water
Oh, man, what a powerful, depressing, gorgeous movie. Set in India in the 30s, it's about a young girl who is sent to live at a house for widows when her child husband dies. There, she and the others struggle with the tight restrictions that society places on them. Now I really need to see the other two movies in the trilogy.
*AKA Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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