I thought it was twee,
Gondry might be twee, but Kate Winslet's performance sure wasn't. That anchored the movie emotionally for me.
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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DavidS - Dec 29, 2009 8:25:32 pm PST #5851 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
javachik - Dec 29, 2009 8:41:43 pm PST #5852 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
but Kate Winslet's performance sure wasn't. That anchored the movie emotionally for me.
For me, too.
le nubian - Dec 29, 2009 9:16:24 pm PST #5853 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
"Taken" is such a bad movie. I mean damn. It's a shame that's at the top. It was as bad or worse than "Righteous Kill."
I have seen 5 of those movies. I do not understand why "The Proposal" made so much $$. Can someone explain this to me (it was one of the top movies of the summer!?!).
billytea - Dec 29, 2009 9:50:22 pm PST #5854 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
"Taken" is such a bad movie. I mean damn. It's a shame that's at the top. It was as bad or worse than "Righteous Kill."
Indeed. Unlike the cinematic revelation that is "Paul Blart: Mall Cop".
P.M. Marc - Dec 29, 2009 10:31:08 pm PST #5855 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm not sure what I missed about that movie that everyone else got. Might have been my heart. Or my sense of magic. I totally didn't get it. I thought it was twee, and I didn't feel for either of the protagonists or care if they ever got together.
I found them unsympathetic to the point of disgust. It's one of my least favorite movies of all time.
Tom Scola - Dec 30, 2009 2:33:46 am PST #5856 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
-t - Dec 30, 2009 6:35:39 am PST #5857 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's kind of funny how little I remember Eternal Sunshine, considering the subject. However, I think I liked the movie while not wanting the characters to be together.
le nubian - Dec 30, 2009 6:39:27 am PST #5858 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
billytea,
ha! I can't speak to the Mall Cop movie because I haven't seen it. :-)
Scrappy - Dec 30, 2009 7:03:56 am PST #5859 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Now, I HATED Mulholland drive and thought it was just lynchian self-indulgence.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 30, 2009 7:05:32 am PST #5860 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I couldn't even stay awake for Mulholland Drive. I tried several times.