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Watched _Dinner Rush_ on DVD tonight. Just about the entire movie takes place in a tony italian restaurant. Sort of an Altman style thingy. It is hard to mention any detail without spoilers so I'll just recommend it highly.
I saw _Finding Nemo_ on Friday and I disagree with jep. I thought it was hilarious, and really enjoyed it. The glitz didn't have any real effect on me, because it wasn't very far in that I stopped thinking about the fact that it was computer animated. (They're getting pretty good at this. Every movie they've made has had successively fewer distracting "that looked really fake" moments.) Pixar hasn't made a film so far that I haven't liked. Of course, I've always disliked long musical numbers in movies, so that's probably part of where we disagree. Most of my favorite Disney films are short on songs. In fact, of the movies jep listed as favorites, the only ones I've felt the urge to see again recently are _Toy Story_ and _Monsters, Inc._. _The Lion King_ just seems so overblown and full of itself to me, now.
Saw Adaptation (well, most of it) and Y Tu Mama Tambien last night. I do not get what all the fuss about Adaptation was for, and I was annoyed because I think the video store censored their copy of Y Tu Mama Tambien. They definitiely bowdlerized the subtitles a bit, and probably cut a bunch of the juicier footage.
...and there's some juicy ones.
I didn't dislike "Finding Nemo", but I didn't fall in love with it, either.
Valerie has been talking about taking the kids to see "Finding Nemo". They've never been to a real live movie theater before. Most disney type movies are a bit too scary for them, and the Pixar ones to date have been no exception (eg, the scaring kids scenes in Monsters Inc, the neighbor kid's mangled toys in Toy Story, etc). I was wondering who Nemo rated on that scale.
There are a few scenes involving things with large teeth that might frighten very young children, or give them nightmares. There aren't long periods of scary suspense, as I recall, though.
The sharks in "Finding Nemo" are members of a vegetarian support group. "Fish are friends, not food". They're mildly scary; there's also a scene about jellyfish which is mildly scary. It's not as scary as "Monsters, Inc." The scene to which you referred in "Toy Story" would probably not be scary at all to Arlo, and couldn't possibly be to Kendra, could it? "Finding Nemo" is no more scary than "Toy Story". Didn't you take them to "The Piglet Movie"? That was as non- threatening as any movie could be, I'd think.
I'm thinking of the scene with the black dragon fish as the main scary one, pesonally.
Vegetarian sharks? hahahahaha. I really hope that the irony was intentional.
Saturday is this year's silent movie with live orchestra accompaniment at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. The movie is "Pandora's Box," 1929. Louise Brooks is a German flapper whose sexuality destroys all the men who fall for her: and then she meets Jack the Ripper. (Don't know if we'll get to go, our schedule is kind of crowded...)
The main comment I have about Finding Nemo is that I'm totally amazed at the computer graphics. Constantly moving underwater ocean currents... Etc. See it just for that, even if you're a gr'up. :-)
Interestingly enough, "Finding Nemo" was compared to "Spirited Away" in some critique somewhere (MSNBC, perhaps). Unfair and unflattering, but I mentioned it so I could reference this particular film. I saw "Spirited Away" at a gaming convention-- most of it, anyway, and I thought it was one of the most fabulous animes I have seen. It's subtitled, and not dubbed, which I think is a good thing.
The version of "Spirited Away" that I just watched was dubbed. The dubbing worked, as near as I could tell. Good movie.
Watched Vanilla Sky. What I want to know is why did he splice his life from that particular point, why not from earlier when he met Sophia, and everything was great and he hadn't had his accident yet
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He was just LION to himself.
Remember, the sweet isn't as sweet without the sweet and sour sauce?
Hey, Tim! Puns! Come and get'em! B-) Caught The Core at the dolar theater Saturday. Kind of a cross 'tween Armagedden<sp> and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Basically, another doomed Earth movie. The Earth's core has stopped spinning and a group is sent waaaaaaaay down under to "jump-start" it. Those into Earth science will have a field day ripping this one apart. Nothong outstanding about this file, IMO. Didn't recognize any of the actors, effects, while good, were std. for today's films, characters were two-dimensional...All-in-all, a pretty predictable flick. Certainly not worth $8.50, but good for a buck.
re 242: Those with a brain will have a field day ripping it apart, I should think.
It was fun though. (But the very first thing the hero says in the movie is wrong.)
Saw "The Matrix: Reloaded" yesterday. Great visuals, but the rest was pretty weak. Everything, every element, could have been cut about 50% and it would have tightened things up a lot. Well, except for Agent Smith. What a cool character...
Saw Finding Nemo the other night. It rocked.
Smith is quickly becoming one of my favorite villains. It's only a slight pity that Hugo Weaving's complete submersion in the character will result in every viewing I have of any LOTR movie to echo of "You are a disease" quotes.
resp:245 I saw it last Friday and I completely disagree with just about everything negatory anyone else has said, but then I'm a epic sci-fi/fantasy nut and I therefore don't put the expectations on it that others might. Tighter editing? Nope, sorry, I don't see it. Call me intensely visual; I was soaking up every minute of it? It was just eye candy? Hmmm, yes, I enjoy philosophical debate, but I see the Matrix as an epic work and so I expect a typical formula. Of course I was ready for some more butt-kicking. And actually, the discussion seemed deep enough to me-- it's all in how you look at it. It just reminds me of I time I watched "Farewell My Concubine" with a philosophy major and she said she didn't get it when it was over. It made perfect sense to me.
i thought the last 20 minutes of the film could've sucked a little less.
The Matrix's formula for pseudo-deep conversations.
Introduce a topic.
Have some character bring the topic up to Neo.
Neo looks confused (he does this well).
Neo asks a question about what he's going to do, or should do.
Character invalidates Neo's question, by saying he's already done it
or should have figured it out before all this.
Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
play air guitar and exclame "EXCELLENT!"
Bogus!
Sometimes, I just think that Sean Penn should have trademarked, "Dude."
Looking confused is pretty much Keanu Reeves's only talent as an actor.
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I have a good idea he's smarter than people think. And lord knows, he's a fine looking man. I wouldn't kick him out of bed for eating crackers. Heck, I'd feed him crackers.
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Rented "Something about Schmidt". We thought it was a unique Nicholson performance that could have been comedy but fortunately was not. I also think a lot of viewers will fail to see themselves in some satire. Of coure, being "retired", I found it raised some questions I have confronted, since the "retired" to become partly invisible for some parts of our culture, especially in business.
resp:250 true, just ignored it. It's been done twice-- if they go for a hat trick, then I'll proclaim it a formula.
Re: ...about Schmidt I thought the scene where he sees his files, in the alley, in the rain, was nicely done.
saw 'nemo' w/ eskarina sunday. movie's good, but i don't think it's something i'd show to a small child. there are a good number of fish-in-peril scenes that were noticeably disturbing to the 5- or 6-year-old sitting behind us. on the other hand, there were some great moments --- the surfer-dude turtles were great, and the 'Psycho' violins at the dentist's niece's entrance were hilarious.
Saw "Agent: Cody Banks" at the dollar show last weekend. While I wouldn't add it to my collection, it was alright. Think of it as Kim Possible, only with a guy and live action. I see Hilery Duff's keeping busy, what with her Lizzy movie and all.
I saw "Finding Nemo" again last night, with my 7 year old, at the cheap movie theater in Clinton. ($2.50.) Many times, if I see a movie or read a book a 2nd time, I'll have a much different impression of it, but I had the same impression of "Finding Nemo". I'm a lot less impressed by it than others here. It's pretty, it's nice, but it's not special. Around here, we watch Disney movies occasionally, and had just watched "Toy Story 2" the night before. I have Dory's memory, and so can't remember who it was, but *one* of the fish has the same eyes as Buzz Lightyear. Also, I said earlier it's not scary. It's scary at the beginning; there are several scenes that a young kid could find frightening. Sorry!
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do go on
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watch the anime READ OR DIE About a woman who loves books and works for a secret organization within the library community that retrieves lost books, among other things. Very interesting super power she has...She manipulates paper, making it into whatever she needs from planes to swords.
Saw Phone Booth at the Allen Pk. Theater. At first, when I saw the trailer, I was skeptical. After all, how much can you make of a movie that, for the most part, takes place at one location? But then again, 12 Angry Men took place in a single room, and it's become a classic. Also, it was only a buck so what the hey. Anyway, I liked it. It's all about this guy named Stuart (Colin Farrell) who uses the same phone booth everyday, but this time, someone calls him. The caller seems to know everything about him; Where he goes, who he sees, what he does...and he doesn't like his observations. Stuart's been a bad boy and the caller (Keefer Sutherland) wants Stu to confess his sins...or else! That worst part is that he can't tell anyone, else he or someone else, will be killed. It's that "else" that makes the film interesting. You never know what the caller's going to do. One thing's for sure, he's not all talk. This is a short form for it's kind; only 81 minutes. But since the plot's tightly focused on one thing, I guess you can't draw it out too much.
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