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I liked "Sixth Sense" quite a bit and agree that the less you know about the plot going in, the better. I'll say a little bit about the style, though. The movie takes chances that Hollywood films don't often take - very leisurely pace, many quiet moments. "Sixth Sense" is a big hit (number one at the box office for two weeks in a row), so the approach seems to be working with audiences. We saw it in a fairly crowded theater, and during the quiet moments, the audience was absolutely silent; you could've heard a pin drop.
I was impressed that such an intelligent film did so well at the box
office.
I take it you're a connoisseur of movies like Dumb & Dumber and Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion?
I didn't see "Dumb and Dumber" but I'll stick up for "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" It wasn't "Hamlet", but then it didn't set out to be..
Re #245: The Cinema 5 in Houghton seems to have a different strategy. All their theaters are quite small (it's crammed into one end of the Copper Country Mall.) Really big films, they show in more than one theater for a while. The same company owns the Lode, which was a classic "huge" theater until they divided it up into three smaller ones. They also own the Pic, which is still huge, probably because they didn't want to put that kind of money into it.
As to Dumb & Dumber and Romy & Michele - it's true that D&D was asine, but it did have a few funny moments - yet you must admit that it succeeded where Forrest Gump failed. Romy & Michele was , yes it was, a good picture. You must have a heart of stone to not laugh when as they watch "Pretty Woman" and cry when they won't let Julia Roberts shop in the stores on Rodeo Drive.
I finally saw American Pie, which was hillarious. Lots of mentions of Ann Arbor too (talked about in terms of future plans -- it didn't actually take place here). This was also my first trip to the Quality 16 theater out on Jackson Road. Compared to the grandeur of the other new multiplexes I've been in, it was extremely pretty small and very understated. The theater we were in was tiny, although I'm assuming they probably have some bigger theaters somewhere. I haven't made up my mind about the theater yet.
Video/DVD recommendation-- just bought the new DVD edition of the Universal films 1933 classic "Frankenstein", with Boris Karloff. The DVD features a terrific new, completely restored and uncut version of the original film (somebody found the master print, which is great since the film has been edited and cutup so many times over the years as its played on tv). Also features an alternate soundtrack you can play over the movie with that film historian from American Movie Classics (I forget his name) which is really fascinating. As well as a full length documentary on the making of the Frankenstein movies showing many cool clips, like Karloff having his monster makeup applied .etc And an extensive photo archive, showing stills and posters and publicity material for the movie. There;s an old frankenstein cartoon on there and the movie trailer and cast/director biographies and production notes and other stuff. This DVD package gives the proper treatment a great and cool old movie deserves. It is the first of what is gokng to be a series of DVD's of the old Universal 1930's horror classics (like Bride of Frankenstein, INvisible Man, Dracula, Wolf Man .etc) I cant wait...
In spite of bad reviews, we all found The 13th Warrior to be an excellent movie. Thats four thimbs up. I am begining to think the reviewers in this country are full of something other than gray matter. The historical setting is accurate, teh equipment and clothing set well with the times. One of us had a quibble with one of the pieces of armor, but it was a very rough version of what would have been seen in a later period. My only quibble is that there were too many of the enemy for what they were supposed to be at that time. The comeraderie between the warrior, th way they worked as a group, the combat techniques, and the encampments were all very well done and as you would expect them to be in early midevil times. (post mohhamed) Go. Enjoy!
The 13th Warrior - D+ The vikings are pretty cool, but they are secondary characters in a poorly plotted, poorly acted film. As Bruce suggests, the "massive enemy" is so contrived, it is impossible to take it seriously. There are some interesting "myth versus reality" aspects, but not much else in the movie is particularly interesting. I have heard that this film had a $100 million budget, yet the CGI boating scenes are *that* cheesy? Run away! Run away! (And now we bring this exercise in contrasts to a close. ;)
Yeah: Adam Herz was from Grand Rapids (referred to as Great Falls in the movie) and went to U-M. It makes sense that Stifler's Mom would have a cabin on Lake Michigan. What makes less sense is that Stifler would have a prescription filled from a pharmacy that had a 517 area code.
Hhm. I gave "The Thirteenth Warrior" a high B plus, or four stars, or an eight. I don't give out that many eights. I think this is the second in two years. Maybe it's all those months I spent translating Beowulf from the Anglo-Saxon, maybe it's the fact that most of the historical details were spot on, maybe it's that I'm a gamer and look for different things in my movies -- like a plausible fight, a very plausible level of action, things like that -- but I didn't see any real problems with it, on the acting or on the script level. (Oh. Yeah. I read "eaters of the dead" a few years back, so I also knew that the enemy was supposed to be who they were, and what the conceit of the movie/book was. But no one else who watched it with me knew, and they all enjoyed it, too. The movie is about a thousand times better realized tha the book.)
very much enjoyed "The Red Violin."
new movies in production item-- word is that United Artists has bribed Sylvester Stallone with many millions of dollars to make Rocky VI-- thats right- coming to a theater near you next christmas, Rocky Balboa now age 53 or so comes out of retirement with new manager Mr. T to win back the heavyweight title. Movie will parallell the real life comeback of George Foreman. It sounds like Im making this up, but Im not. Rocky VI. I guess the real question will be who dies in this one (one Rocky character dies in each sequel) Will it be Adrian, or Paulie or Mr. T or Rocky Jr.?
Movie will parallel George Foreman... So, a somewhat genial but dimwitted Rocky, carrying about eighty extra pounds, and his ten children (boys and girls, all named Rocky), will fight as a heavyweight (because Stallone would be such a convincing heavyweight), and... wait -- didn't Foreman retire again, long before he had a chance to contend for the title? Maybe it will be like Rocky II, and Rocky will try to work his damaged brain up to the point when he can stammer through the lines for a commercial.
_better than chocolate_ quite possibly the most entirely entertaining movie i can remember. rated "one of the five best lesbian movies," it is a love story with a fairly standard gay/lesbian issue (telling the parents), but it remains pleasantly free of cliche' and has some nice twists. really nicely shot, intelligently written, funny, etc. and a really creative and beautiful love scene, too. you don't have to be a lesbian to enjoy it, either.
"Autumn Tale" is a charming story of a woman in mid-life who has almost convinced herself that she is isn't up to the effort of finding love in a long term relationship. In comes her best friends, who feel otherwise. This isn't a Hollywood screenplay which goes for laughs but rather for honest dialogue, played with a light touch. Highly recommended. French subtitled.
I second the recommendation for "Autumn Tale". It's yet another winner in the series of witty comedies of manners and morals that director Eric Rohmer has been turning out for thirty years.
"54"-- movie about the famous New York 70's disco, "Studio 54", with Mike Myers as 54's egomaniacal owner, Steve Rubell. Myers is really good in what is a dramatic, non-comedy, role. Ryan Philippe is a naive New Jersey pretty boy that Myers/Rubell picks out of the line in front of the club and makes a busboy and later bartender. This film has some script problems but is in general a pretty good chronicle of the 70's disco craze and the era of Studio 54 (the world's most famous disco at the height of the disco craze) *** (three out of four stars, not a great film but ok) "EDTV" Matthew Mconaughey as a guy named Ed whose life becomes chronicled on a 24hour cable channel. This also had script problems, and Mconaughey was the wrong person for the lead. His part should have gone to Woody Harrelson who played his brother in thefilm. Also the ending was too contrived. Pretty funny though. Truman Show was much better. ** 1/2 stars
"The Governess" **** A really engrossing and heartbreaking film starring Minnie Driver as a Victorian era Jewish woman from London who hides her heritage, taking a Christian name and becoming a governess in Scotland in order to help support her family after her father is murdered. She falls in love with her employer, while his son falls in love with her. Lots of erotic scenes of passion, and a couple of glimpses of full frontal male nudity (in case that sort of thing bothers you -- it didn't bother me in context... it wasn't flagrant).
I wasn't crazy about 54 (B-). The expensive-looking set wasn't very convincing. Also, Neve Campbell's character seemed hackneyed -- the weary, "I bet you think this is glamorous," actress who finds coffee and conversation at a simple diner more rewarding than drugs and dancing at fabulous "Studio," as everyone called it (wouldn't've made a very good title, though). Mike Myers' sustained impression of Steve Rubell was . . . impressive. The director had a lot of fun with Neve Campbell's face, as directors always do. Speaking of faces, my daughter brought home a movie called CANDYMAN (C), which seems be about Virginia Madsen's face more than anything else. The camera is *always* focused in on it -- smiling, weeping, angry, swooning, left profile, right profile, full-face. It's a nice face, but jeez. Madsen bears up under the camera's scrutiny quite well and does a convincing job with her role. The title character's monotone recitations of the silly lines he's given, which perfectly matches the tediously droning score (by Philip Glass, of all people), makes you almost glad he was stung to death by bees in his former life. There were a few jump-out-at-you moments that were more startling than scary. You can see the surprise ending coming, but it's still pretty cool. My kids both gave Candyman a "B," so I'm sure it has its admirers.
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" I'll give it a B, but with the caveat that you can't watch this movie sober and gain any enjoyment at all. Knowing the text helps, I think (I know it quite well), but being somewhat impaired helps quite a bit more. But with that taken care of, it *does* do a pretty good job of carrying the tone of the book. Even the more reflective part about the 60's culture is in there, which I was pleasantly suprised to find. "Waiting for Guffman" Hmm, another B. It's sort of the Spinal Tap of local theatre. Quite funny, but seemed a hair long to me even at it's less than 2 hour length.
Saw "Run Lola Run" at the State Theater, and really enjoyed it. It was a very unique and creative film, unlike anything I've seen before (which probably isn't saying much -- I'm not much of a moviegoer). I won't reveal much about the film, except that the plot is essentially that the flame-haired Lola must obtain 100,000 marks (or was it 500,000?) within 20 minutes in order to save her boyfriend's life. Upon seeing a preview for this movie at the Michigan theater, I really had no interest in seeing it, but upon the high recommendation from two friends I decided to give it a try, and found it to be quite worthwhile. It's a fast-paced film, and one of my friends said that she felt like everything was moving really slowly after she came out of the theater. The film is in German with subtitles and runs a bit less than two hours, despite all the action taking place within 20 minutes.
Jerry and I just returned from "The Thomas Crown Affair" which we both truly enjoyed. Thought it was fun and sexy and Rene Russo is one of the most attractive woman I have seen.
I saw Ed TV last night. It was enjoyable, but too long. Some of the subplots just dragged on too long. Although it was more realistic than The Truman Show, it wasn't as fun to watch. I actually found it harder to suspend my disbelief with this film than The Truman Show. C-
I saw Bullworth last night. Didn't know it was such an attitude adjustment' movie.
THE SIXTH SENSE (C) -- Pretty lame. It's one of those movies in which several key characters would have to be stupid, or laughably inattentive, to behave the way they do, and in which the director repeatedly has to cut away from certain scenes and move hastily on, in the hope that we won't notice. Cheap trick. There were a couple of well-executed startles, which are always fun, and the drizzly autumnal atmosphere was just right. Bruce Willis is his usual smirky self. The little boy is very good. The "surprise" was figured out in the following order, according to the people involved: my 15-year-old-son (the movie maven in the family), right after the opening sequence; myself, about 15 minutes in; my wife, a couple of scenes before the truth comes out at the end; my 13-year-old daughter, when we explained it to her on the way out to the car.
"13th Warrior" Entertainingly gory. Would have been a really kickass Xena episode. Oh wait, I think it was on last year's season.
Ah, now I remember. I think 3rd season Xena, "The Horde". They came back in a later episode, livingh in a cave! After some reflection, I'd have to say that "13th Warrior" was pretty badly done. But it, like Star Trek movies with even numbers, was at least quite fun to watch.
Whoops, make that 2nd season Xena. Episode was called "The Price". The bad guys were called The Horde, and were wonderfully over the top barbarian (with bones in their noses, no less). (can you tell I'm bored?) (info courtesy www.whoosh.org)
"The Astronaut's Wife". Both lead characters had the same cool haircut. That's the best thing I can say about this movie.
<steve cracks up laughing>
"SIXTH SENSE"-- I thought this was really pretty good, with a great performance by 8-year old Haley Joel Osment as the kid (he's the early favorite according to Variety for the best supporting actor oscar-- what kind of acceptance speech does an 8 year old give anyway) who is tormented by ghosts and visions. Bruce Willis is also excellent as the psychologist. The ending caught me off-guard and now I want to re-watch the whole film. Its a very complex movie, and well-made ***1/2 (3.5 stars)
re#279: Indeed. I saw it a couple weeks ago and am still telling folks to do it. Excellent do. On the airplane I watched some film "The Letter" or something like that just to kill time. Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner, and some others, it was actually quite good. I wished that it was dubbed in mandarin so Nai-Nai could enjoy it as it was one of those sort of universal sorta films that I think will so well in no matter what foreign market it shows in. As it turns out it was directed by a chinese person I think. Instead, nai-nai slept most of the way back to chicagoland.
I also liked Sixth Sense. There's another movie from a few years ago which is very similar and also done much better. Can't tell what it is without giving away a lot of the plot of SS.
Last night John and I went to see The Muse, at Quality 16. Have I mentioned before I really like that theater? Albert Brooks, who directed and co-wrote the screenplay, reminds me a whole lot of Woody Allen, if Allen lived in southern California but still didn't get much sun. So this movie was great fun. I'm especially fond what he did with the cleverly placed cameo roles. ***
The bit with Martin Scorsese is a classic.
The Quality 16 lacks in one critical area - popcorn. Their popcorn
isn't so much bad, as it is tasteless.
We brought our own.
At Quality 16 I asked for salt for my popcorn. The droid behind the counter said there was some "somewhere". And when there wasn't any salt to be found, he he told my kids there was something wrong with me for wanting salt in the first place:) Not that there was anything wrong with him being a tree sloth.
Hey, I've been wanting to see South Park ever since Mr. Delizia reviewed it here, a month or so ago. So I went to the cheap show today and had great fun. Writing Satan as the most sympathetic character in the story was a nice touch. I waited through the credits to the very end. I so wanted it to be dedicated to Lenny.
bruce?
(I especially enjoyed Satan's big song, "Up There")
I loved the Terrance and Phillip song at the beginning. For some strange reason, I never made the connection between T&P and the adopted Canadian baby until I saw the film. It was only then that I realized that all Canadians are drawn with the same style. I don't know how I missed that before.
Saw "Stigmata" tonight with Jazz ans Clees. Wow, that was a very cool movie, and the soundtrack was great. I was most impressed. Although, it's being billed as a horror movie, but it wasn't really scary. I highly reccomend this movie.
Bruce.
It was the historical touches that prevented the pissant in me from
being annoyed - the stigmata were in the right places, and the mysterious
quotes were really from the Gospel of St. Thomas of the Nag Hammadi
collection of early writings. Very spooky effect.
What movie featured the following cast: Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Anthony Edwards, Angelina Jolie, Jay Mohr, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Jon Stewart, Madeleine Stowe? It's called PLAYING BY HEART (A). It's a collection of short stories with a common theme that share a common ending. The stories are all well- written and beautifully directed. The strongest of the stories is about a pair of star-crossed lovers, played by Phillipe and Jolie, who go together like butter and toast. Highly recommended.
Kids insisted we catch STIGMATA (C) yesterday. It almost put them to sleep. Pokey, unscary. Uncreepy, even. Gabriel Byrne, as an angsty priest, and Patricia Arquette, as Saint Frankie, valiantly try and make something of all the nonsense. It's worth seeing for them, but that's about it. Someone described Stigmata as "MTV meets The Exorcist." Close. Portia de Rossi, who plays Nell on TV's Emmy-winning Ally McBeal, has a miniscule role.
If you can , talk to me ,please.
(i still wonder why someone would name their child "door.")
:-) They didn't. She was born Mandy Rodgers,
changed her name when she was 12 and started
modeling.
"Portia" is an old Roman name, but the noun
"portia" doesn't exist. There is a masculine noun
"portio," meaning "part." If you felt like it, you
could posit the existence of a feminine form
"portia," indicating that Miss de Rossi is a "piece."
("Nomen," the Latin word for "name," also means
"noun," so we may be on to something.)
I guess it beats Kevin Kline's query about the name, from "A Fish Called Wanda".
When people tell Arsenio Hall that "Arsenio" is an unusual name for a black man, he says "It means Leroy in Latin".
Forgot to mention: "ostium" is "door." "Portus" is "port." Now, write that 100 times.
Portia is an Uranian Moon. Along with Desdemona, Cressida, Opelia, Juliet, Puck and Ariel, just to mention a few.
Rented John Boorman's "Excalibur" last night. Still a cool movie, but those knights were pretty tough characters to be wearing their full plate armor all the time like that. They didn't even take it off to have sex!
Yeah, that's what I remember about that movie, all right.
Now you know how turtles and armadillos feel.
Good about practicing safe sex?
'YELLOW SUBMARINE'-- They have just re-released a fully restored and beautiful looking new version of one of my alltime favorite movies, the Beatles "Yellow Submarine" This was the first movie I can ever recal seeing (my dad took me to see it at theater in 1968 when it came out, I was almost five I think) This was back when the Beatles were like supergods and I remember loud screaming of girls when the cartoon versions of John, Paul, George, and Ringo were introduced on screen. The Beatles are recruited by Sgt. Pepper to be in his Lonely Hearts Club Band and travel to Pepperland aboard the Yellow Submarine to save the world from the Blue Meanies. The psychedelic animation and the interspersing of live action and animated shots is really something in this. And of course the music including many Beatles classics, like "All You need is Love". "When Im 64", "Nowhere Man", and a personal favorite, the title song, "Yellow Submarine" This is a true 60's classic. The DVD has the widescreen version, a making of documentary, plus you can index by song and just play your favorites. **** (four stars...buy it, its a keeper!)
Also The Matrix has come out on DVD today. Some say it is the movie that will drive people to buying DVD players.
MATRIX ON DVD? WHERE ARE MY SHOES? I am serious closing agora *now* and buying this.
Don't forget about Uncle Albert.
Got Matrix?
I also loved "It's all too much", which is a masterpiece of
odered-seeming chaos, and appears only in _Yellow Submarine_ and it's
soundtrack, insofar as I've seen.
Its been reported of course that Keanu Reeves has signed to film not one but two Matrix sequels back to back next year. They are to be filmed late this year at the same time with the thought (and this is an interesting idea) to release both Matrix II and III at the same time. This way theater owners can play with your minds by not telling you which movie you are seeing until you are in the theater, or they can switch the endings around.
Hm, I will probably stay home so that they can't play with my money.
Robert Zemeckis did something like that for the filming of "Back to the Future" II and III (filmed them at the same time and then released them almost simultaneously..)
Not for another week. However, I had some computer shopping which that prompted me to do.
Re #315: There were about 6 months between the release dates of BTF II and III (11/22/89 and 5/25/90, according to the IMDB).
my copy of yellow sub. came in the mail to my door from amazon :) the sound os great, good surround sound, oh, the pictures were good too :) ,
MICKEY BLUE EYES (C) - A hearty laugh or two, but that's about all, despite the nice cast. The story and pacing don't sustain your interest. The directing seemed off the mark in many places: thirty minutes in, it suddenly dawns on you what the movie's been trying, clumsily, to make think this or that character is supposed to be like. Hugh Grant is not at his best. 200 CIGARETTES (B) - Something I read or heard put me off about this movie when it was showing in the theaters. It definitely has its moments, though, if not its audience. It resembles a '90s teen party flick in some ways -- think Can't Hardly Wait -- but the characters are mostly early '80s 20-somethings. Several separate stories intertwine and converge. Funny in places, touching in places, some stories work, others fail. It's one of those movies you keep on recasting it in your head, which is not a good sign.
ZARDOZ (C-) - I only rate this bad movie this high because it was a fun bad movie.The plot was very confusing at times. Sean Connery probably regretted starring in this one. Then again, maybe he liked running around in a red loincloth throughout the whole film.
re resp:267 I had an amusing few seconds, thinking you were saying that Philip Glass was stung to death by bees in a former life. It would explain a lot. :)
i loved zardoz. great late-night swill!
re#320&322: Yeah. _Zardoz_ was way too kewl. And if you ever thought about it rather meaningful as well. I especially liked the use of the 7th symphony as well as other classical music in the score.
Ugh. My friend has Zardoz on video and he loves it. We watched it one night after the bar. Even with a mild buzz I can't say I enjoyed it. And I usually would go for that sorta thing.
I think that Zardoz is not really a movie to enjoy, but something more like a rite of passage. Since we are talking of such old films, am I the only person on earth who LIKED "Hudson Hawk" and "Big Times in Little China"?
No..
When I saw Hudson Hawk for the first time, in the theaters, I didn't like it at all. I saw most of it again recently on late night cable, and loved it.
That's "Big Trouble in Little China", and it's become one of my all-time favorite movies. "Now I'm gonna tell you about an accident, and I don't wanna hear 'Act of God'."
Cassia- you're not alone. I liked "Hudson Hawk" when I saw it in the theater, and I really really like "Big Trouble in Little China." Although, in the last big fight scene- try counting how many knives Kurt Russell's character pulls out of his boot... It's amusing.
I liked Hudson Hawk when I watched it with a group of friends. As bad as it was, Richard Grant played the role he was born to play. I love "Big Trouble in Little China" and watch it whenever it's on. I just love how the movie plays with the macho hero stereotype. Too bad they never made the sequel.
Just saw "Strange Days" for the first time. (It came out in '95, and I had meant to see it then but never got around to it.) *Very* cool. Great story, with action, sci-fi, suspense and a little bit of romance all rolled into one. The ending was a little predictable, but by that point I had become so engrossed in the story that it didn't matter. It takes place roughly three months from now, during the last two days of 1999, which makes it all the more realistic. It's certainly worth renting, and I wouldn't have felt at all disappointed had I paid to see it in a theater.
I would agree that "Strange Days" is a good movie. Realistic, though? Perhaps in comparison to "1984" or "Space: 1999", or other specifically time-stamped future scenarios.. Our world is substantially less screwed up than the one portrayed in the movie..
Yeah, and those Sony Discmans that record our memories will be out any day now. "Space: 1999" did get one thing right. We're very dependent on computers to the point that a lot of people would be afraid to work without them. It hasn't reached the point that when a computer says it requires a human decision, there's a collective thought of "We're screwed!" I've known some people who kind of forget that not everyone has e-mail though. :)
It's pass-the-buck-itis. Most people look for reasons to avoid work,
rather than what they need to do, and having computers down is a wonderful
excuse which sounds plausible enough for them to pass on to coworkers,
employers, and customers.
My favorite "pass-the-buck-itis" was when a co-worker called and requested some info. The personon the other end said, "Sorry, our fax lady is out right now. We can't fax anything until she returns." How hard can it be to fax something? If you can use a phone and a document feeder on a copier, you can use a fax machine.
but you don't understand.... sales people are only able to so certain things... other things in life they have no clue. They would get their tie stuck in the fax machine and die!
"Lulu on the Bridge" is an interesting rental which I enjoyed a whole lot. It's written and directed by Paul Auster (who also did "Smoke") and stars Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino and Willem Dafoe. Where did this little gem come from? I don't think it played anywhere in Ann Arbor, or maybe it did, and I missed it. It's another that will play much better the less you know about the plot. Just let it unfold. Send me mail once you've seen it. I'd like to compare takes on the ending.
George C. Scott has died.
Geez, really? That's sad. A great actor. He was fairly old but was still practicing his craft within the last few months. Seems to me I just saw him as the William Jennings Bryan-like character in the made-for-cable version of "Inherit the Wind".
Saw _Better than Chocolate_ last night.
My first thought was, that if you were looking to it to be a political
commentary, it'd be a failure. It dashes all sorts of stereotypes about
lesbians and transgenders, but then proceeds to stereotype all skinheads as
violent racists and downplays the rejection of bisexual folk by both the gay
and straight communities.
My second thought was, if you don't think of it as political commentary
and just accept it as a romantic comedy, it's easily one of the best romantic
comedies I've seen in years, since _Overnight Delivery_, and easily as
intelligent as _Love and Human Remains_.
So if you're looking for political commentary, skip it. If you're
turned off by transgenderism, homosexuality, or the free speech folks, skip
it. If you're looking for an intelligent and honest modern love story told
as a comedy, then you'd do well to track it down at one of the local
independent theatres.
George C. Scott passed away? Looks like I'll be watching Patton and They Might Be Giants, my favorite Scott movies.
It is actually pushes as a "Romantic Comedy for Lesbians" - About Better than Chocolate
Also passed away... Pop icon Madonna is mourning the sudden, unexpected loss of her darling, irrepressible, three-year-old British accent.
I saw "Better Than Chocolate" and I agree that as a political statement it's a flop, but I liked seeing it as a romantic comedy. It seems to me that if a lesbian film can be seen as simply a romantic comedy and not a statement then it's becoming more mainstream, more 'normal' for such movies to be out there. Which, I think, is a good thing.
Re: 339, since when is 71 terribly old?
George C. Scott was a great actor-- my favorite was in the "Hustler" where plays this slimy hustler who takes control of pool shark Paul Newman's career and teaches him what it *really* means to hustle, the price you really have to pay. He won best supporting actor for that but turned it down, and also turned down the best actor award for Patton, because he doesnt/didnt believe you can compare dramatic performances.
Stop the presses: I definitely agree w/ richard re: "The Hustler".
So watch The Hustler, and The Color of Money back to back if you have the time. I loved The Hustler. Great film, great cast, and great acting.
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