response 151 of 348:

Aug 7 05:08 UTC 1999

  Seen over the past few weeks at Fox Village, the local 2nd-run theater..

    Election - B
    Warped comedy about a high-school student council election gone bad
    and the neurotic teacher (Matthew Broderick) who gets caught in the
    middle.  Reese Witherspoon is skin-crawlingly convincing as the 
    obsessive over-achiever for whom Failure Is Not an Option.

    Notting Hill - B+
    When I got to the front of the line at the box office tonight, I
    still hadn't decided what I wanted to see -- it was a toss up between 
    "Notting Hill" and "The Mummy."  I settled on "Notting Hill" under the
    rationale that any film starring both Hugh Grant *and* Julia Roberts
    had to be much scarier than Brendan Fraser being ravaged by the undead.
    What I got was an enjoyable romantic comedy which neatly exceeded my
    cynically low expectations up until the necessarily sappy and neatly-
    resolved happy ending.  Definitely not a timeless classic, but noticably
    better than the usual fare in this cookie-cutter category..

response 153 of 348:

Aug 7 19:35 UTC 1999

I saw it last night, and loved it too.  Funniest movie I've seen in a while.
:>

response 155 of 348:

Aug 8 00:44 UTC 1999

Incidentally, if you like "The Tick," you'll probably love this movie.  The
villains, in particular, are very Tick-esque.

response 157 of 348:

Aug 8 11:44 UTC 1999

        Jeanine really made the movie, despite what the reviewers have said
about the other characters.  Without her presence it would've been entirely
forgettable.

response 159 of 348:

Aug 8 13:07 UTC 1999

I also liked Mystery Men. I disagree that the other characters weren't funny.
I thought Ben Stiller's Mr. Furious was hilarious.  Reubens I couldn't even
look at but not because I thought he was funny, he just made me ill in that
makeup.  Casanova Frankenstein was also good, and I just like William Macy
in anything ever since "Fargo".  And as far as "the Sphinx" goes, I believe
he wasn't listed in the credits, which if true, and he is who I think he is,
is funnier still.

response 161 of 348:

Aug 8 13:15 UTC 1999

As I believe has been discussed elsewhere, Studi has quite a performance 
in Last of the Mohicans.

response 163 of 348:

Aug 8 13:32 UTC 1999

Ah ok, if Studi was teh Sphinx it wasn't so funny:)

response 165 of 348:

Aug 8 13:53 UTC 1999

Jay Silverheels, which would have made "who was that masked man?" an
appropriate question to ask:)

response 167 of 348:

Aug 8 15:44 UTC 1999

RE #166 Jay Silverheels went to the Happy Hunting Ground sometime in the late
1970's or early 1980's (don't remember the exact day of his death).

response 169 of 348:

Aug 9 00:44 UTC 1999

SAw Mystery Men. Was okay. STill like the Iron Giant better.

response 171 of 348:

Aug 9 04:34 UTC 1999

   saw "mystery men" friday night.  it did have its funny moments and
some good lines.  paul reubens' character was entirely unnecessary.
even so, the movie reminded me of what my circle of friends could be if our
neuroses and psychoses were just a little more pronounced.

   saw "the blair witch project" on saturday.  i didn't find it to be
the seat-grippingly terrifying movie that some people have.  even so,
there are some images from it (and what those images made me think of)
which are going to stay with me for a long time.  the movie was
interesting in some other ways, too.  i thought it was a pretty good
demonstration of how urbanized some people have become and what can
happen when people are taught that the needs of the individual outweigh
the needs of the group.  it seems to be a step in the right direction
for the horror-movie genre, as well...maybe, just maybe, the days of
the blood-soaked slasher series are over and horror movies which
encourage audiences to think and to supply the scariest bits themselves
will have a resurgence.

response 173 of 348:

Aug 9 15:29 UTC 1999

Do a "Facts of Life" parody and call it "The Blair Warner Project"?