response 98 of 269:

Apr 26 15:12 UTC 2003

        I liked the T2's creepy stalker vibe.

response 100 of 269:

Apr 26 18:00 UTC 2003

totally

response 102 of 269:

Apr 27 19:50 UTC 2003

Apparantly Schwarzenegger is the main force behind T3.  T1 was Cameron's
first film, very low-budget (but the low budget was spent in the right
places, so it isn't all that obvious).  It was a rousing success, but he
was in no position in those days to get control over the rights to his
work.  So other people own the Terminator series, and Cameron would
rather work on projects he benefits more from.  Linda Hamilton played
Connor in the first two films.  She is Cameron's wife, I think, and
opted out of T3 too, claiming the script was soulless.  Overall, this
sounds like the film that will kill the Terminator series dead.

response 110 of 269:

Apr 29 03:29 UTC 2003

One of them was fixer, right?

response 112 of 269:

Apr 29 19:52 UTC 2003

re #103- I believe the twin sister made an appearance in T2 (the 
character was having a dream in which she saw herself with a couple 
kids)

Recently saw: Bulletproof Monk- and very much enjoyed it. The fight 
scenes were a blast to watch, as well as Chow Yun Fat's interaction 
with Seann William Scott's (I think that's him) character. There was 
even a fairly decent pliot attached to it that I liked. Okay, it's a 
martial arts film and often their plots are rather, well, lame- but one 
doesn't go to see those movies for the plots. Really. <grins>

Lessee, also saw Rabbit Proof Fence- a movie about three Aborigine 
girls trying to make their way home along the Rabbit Proof fence. A 
really very hard movie, in some aspects, but very well done. Definitely 
a tear jerker. The three young actresses did a really good job, imo.

Also saw The Importance of Being Earnest and loved it. I'm a big fan of 
Colin Firth and Rupert Evertt and watching them together in this Oscar 
Wilde play turned movie was just a blast. Judi Dench and Reese 
Witherspoon did very well with their roles, I especially adored Dame 
Judi Dench's protrayal. I was reminded in many ways of An Ideal 
Husband, not at all surprising all things considered, and enjoyed this 
movie just as much.

Oh and Ghost Ship... which had several things going for it, and all in 
all wasn't a horrible movie. A crew who scavenge the oceans find 
a 'deserted' oceanliner and go exploring while dreaming of how they 
will spend their millions when they get it back to shore. Well, it of 
course, can't work that way. As horror movies go- it was fun, a plot 
different from a lot of horror movies I've seen. It just really wasn't 
all that scarey to me. Some parts were definitely creepy, and some 
things sudden, but just didn't particularly scare me. I still liked it 
though.

response 114 of 269:

Apr 30 00:39 UTC 2003

We (bruce and i) also both liked "bulletproof monk". i thought that it was
an excellent example of the "bring your inner twelve-year-old" and have a
blast movie. (And the interaction/chemistry between Chow Yun-Fat and Seann
William Scott is amazingly good for a buddy movie. )

response 116 of 269:

Apr 30 13:11 UTC 2003

twila really liked the prevue for Prates of the Caribbean.  Loks mighty spooky
and swashbucklerish.

response 118 of 269:

May 2 14:52 UTC 2003

Saw "X2" last night at the midnight showing.  (Yes, I was the oldest person
there.)  I loved it, but I'm easy to please.  My friends (hardcore X-Men fans
) weren't as thrilled with it as I was (too much back story they thought -
and that's true - there's tons of back story), but couldn't deny some of the
effects are pretty amazing.  Got to see a ton of cool new mutants (Kitty
Pride, Banshee, Colossus, Pyro, Nightcrawler [worth price of admission, imo]
and Lady Deathstrike.  Definitely worth not getting sleep.  :)

response 120 of 269:

May 4 03:15 UTC 2003

Leslie & I just saw "Treasure Planet" on DVD.  This Disney animated
setting of the Robert Louis Stevenson story was a notorious bomb 
at the box office, losing maybe $140 million.  But we loved it -- 
probably the best animated adventure story I've seen since, well, 
I can't remember when.  My only guess is that it was too literary
for the usual animated film audience.   Now I wish we'd seen it on 
the big screen.