The weird desk clerk!
Dennis Weaver!
Actually not needing validation right now, but thank you.
Buffy ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Frankenbuddha - Dec 31, 2009 6:25:53 am PST #5889 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Laga - Dec 31, 2009 9:56:49 am PST #5890 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I did see Ed Wood which is funny because according to imdb it was Welles who made the main character Mexican and his wife American- in the script it was the other way around. It seemed like Heston's makeup got a little less severe as the movie progressed but then he spoke spanish. ugh.
The opening tracking shot was a thing of beauty.
Also according to imdb...
Was screened at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, where judges (and then critics) Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut awarded it the top-prize. It was said the film was a great influence on starting Godard's and Truffaut's illustrious careers, both of whom within a year went on to make their first films À bout de souffle (1960) and Les quatre cents coups (1959), respectively.
Hayden - Dec 31, 2009 5:48:07 pm PST #5891 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Also in my top ten. That movie rewards repeat viewings.
Laga - Dec 31, 2009 5:53:15 pm PST #5892 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
At first I though Mexican!Heston was Errol Flynn wearing too much makeup.
le nubian - Dec 31, 2009 7:42:27 pm PST #5893 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I just saw "Up in the Air." I enjoyed the film, but I'm a bit puzzled why critics raved about this movie. I thought the movie was okay, but not anything to write home about.
I was shocked at Vera Farmiga though. What has she done to her face? Yikes.
P.M. Marc - Dec 31, 2009 8:01:35 pm PST #5894 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
Back from Holmes. Was entertained. Very much.
Typo Boy - Dec 31, 2009 10:39:28 pm PST #5895 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I enjoyed the film, but I'm a bit puzzled why critics raved about this movie. I thought the movie was okay, but not anything to write home about.
Well if you really hate romantic comedies where a lifetime of bad behavior is redeemed by falling for the the right person, this is sort of the perfect antidote. If the typical redemption romance were a person, this would be the film that leaves that person lying on the floor like a jigsaw puzzle with a bunch of pieces missing.
le nubian - Jan 01, 2010 6:24:27 am PST #5896 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ha! I actually don't prefer romantic comedies like that, but I guess I wasn't expecting this to be a romance movie so I became puzzled midway through.
sarameg - Jan 01, 2010 2:45:06 pm PST #5897 of 30000
I saw it less as a romantic movie than a relationships one. I really enjoyed all the character interactions, even as they turned out to be not quite as they seemed. But I'm also disposed to identifying a bit uncomfortably with some of starting-out Ryan's perspectives, so it made me squirm a bit.
Typo Boy - Jan 01, 2010 3:32:19 pm PST #5898 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I saw it less as a romantic movie than a relationships one.
Well yes, but
it used a heck of a lot of bad romantic comedy tropes: specifically doing all the things shitty people who are really nice guys at heart do in those to show that they are really nice guys deep down inside.
And unlike the Romantic comedies it doesn't work