# Fall Movies - What are you seeing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240 "2005-09-05T20:46:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/21 "2005-09-07T02:32:34Z")
Serenity is the only one for certain. I don’t go out to movies often. But… I might have to see Elizabethtown, soley because I grew up there and I still think it’s freakin’ weird that anyone ever heard of it much less based a movie there. And there’s always the nitpicking of course. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/22 "2005-09-07T05:47:40Z")
I am looking forward to Brokeback Mountain. Who doesn’t love a gay cowboy movie? Kidding aside, the trailer looked great. Also: Wallace and Grommit Harry Potter and Whatever Pride and Prejudice I am planning to see Broken Flowers this week. Hurray! ---
**Author:** ![chefjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@chefjef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefjef)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/23 "2005-09-08T20:06:52Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I have put these titles on my calendar. Whether I will actually go to see some of them (_Flightplan_, _Elizabethtown_) will depend on the [Tomatometer](http://www.rottentomatoes.com): > > _Everything Is Illuminated_ (Elijah Wood) > _The Libertine_ (Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton > _Corpse Bride_ (Johnny Depp, Joanna Lumley) > _Flightplan_ (Sean Bean) > _Pride and Prejudice_ > _A History of Violence_ (Viggo Mortensen) > _Oliver Twist_ > _Serenity_ (never saw the show, wanna see what all the fuss was about) > _Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit_ (no brainer, but also Ralph Fiennes) > _Elizabethtown_ (Orlando Bloom) (shut up – I’m trying to decide if he can really act) > _Stay_ (Ewan McGregor) > _Derailed_ (Clive Owen) (mmm, Clive Owen) > _The Legend of Zorro_ (Rufus Sewell) > _Chicken Little_ > _Jarhead_ (Jake Gyllenhaal) > _The New World_ (Christian Bale, David Thewlis – yes, David Thewlis) > _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_ (another obvious one, but also for Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, and Emma Watson) > _Ice Harvest_ (John Cusack, Oliver Platt, and Billy Bob Thornton) > _River Queen_ (Samantha Morton) > _Brokeback Mountain_ (Heath Ledger) > _The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe_ (Rupert Everett) > _All the King’s Men_ (Jude Law) > _King Kong_ (Adrien Brody, hommina hommina) > _Lucky You_ (Eric Bana) > _Fun with Dick and Jane_ (this one is unlikely, really, but I like Tea Leoni) > and last but not least > _The Producers_ > > This takes me through the end of the year (Oscar season). That’s a lot! Some good ones on there though. I feel like I go to the movie more in the colder weather - why I don’t know. Yeah Flightplan is a good one to go to the theater for - seems like the plane and the effects will be cool and I like thrillers like that. I heard Elizabethtown is long but it’s on my list too. There are so many really - my list is probably long as yours if I flush it out! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/24 "2005-09-08T20:21:30Z")
Definitely: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Possibly: The Corpse Bride Serenity (I didn’t _hate_ the show, so if asked I’d go) Waiting Everything else looks like worthy of watching once it’s on video at best. Except maybe Pride and Prejudice. If people have the same horrified complaints about diverting from the book as they do about Mansfield Park (which was a good movie based on a book I wouldn’t read), it might be worth watching as much as I loathed the book. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/25 "2005-09-08T22:17:15Z")
I just saw **The Constant Gardener, Redeye, and A Sound of Thunder.** The first two were excellent and the third sucked. I would like to see **Brokeback Mountain, Elizabethtown, Proof, Memoirs of a Geisha, Jarhead, and Serenity**. That’s it for now. I’m sure there will be another flurry. ---
**Author:** ![chefjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@chefjef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefjef)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/26 "2005-09-08T22:21:17Z")
Did you read Memoirs of a Geisha? Supposed to be a good book. Jodie Foster has been a favorite of mine since she played Clarice - plus those trailers are pretty good - that’s why I’m sold on Flightplan. Proof is going to have Gwyneth Paltrow right? Has she been in anything lately? Not that I recall but I could be spacing. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/27 "2005-09-09T03:28:53Z")
> [@chefjef](#): > > Did you read Memoirs of a Geisha? Supposed to be a good book. > > Jodie Foster has been a favorite of mine since she played Clarice - plus those trailers are pretty good - that’s why I’m sold on Flightplan. > > Proof is going to have Gwyneth Paltrow right? Has she been in anything lately? Not that I recall but I could be spacing. Yes, **Memoirs** is a great book. I wonder how they’re going to show the “tipsy” house. Oops! How could I leave out **Flight Plan**? Definitely going to see that. Yes, Paltrow is in **Proof** and she hasn’t done a whole lot lately, apparently by choice due to having her first child. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/28 "2005-09-09T03:39:01Z")
Wallace and Gromit Harry Potter Narnia 1 I’m such a grown up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/29 "2005-09-09T06:39:15Z")
At least these: **Legend of Zorro Wallace and Grommit Flightplan Oliver Twist** ---
**Author:** ![baronsabato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@baronsabato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baronsabato)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/30 "2005-09-09T07:28:06Z")
In no particular order: RENT (I can’t wait!) Exorcism of Emily Rose The Corpse Drive Memoirs of a Geisha The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chicken Little Proof ---
**Author:** ![chefjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@chefjef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefjef)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/31 "2005-09-11T22:51:52Z")
Just saw Exorcism of Emily Rose today - I was not let down - really solid flick - anyone else see it? I wanted to see Forty Year Old Virgin this weekend too - damn! Hard to believe it’s fall and we’re already seeing “fall” movies! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/32 "2005-09-12T00:21:27Z")
> [@baronsabato](#): > > The Corpse Drive From that woefully untapped genre, the Zombie Road Movie. Everyone at work is being treated to _Serenity_. I’ll go see _Harry Potter_ and _Wallace and Gromit_ (which is out this week, here) and I’ll probably see _Zorro_, if it is out in Australia this year. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/33 "2005-09-12T19:13:30Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > I am looking forward to Brokeback Mountain. Who doesn’t love a gay cowboy movie? Kidding aside, the trailer looked great. **Brokeback Mountain** (directed by Ang Lee) just won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The always fantastic David Strathairn won Best Actor for George Clooney’s B&W Edward R. Murrow film **Good Night, and Good Luck**. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/34 "2005-09-12T19:58:59Z")
_Serenity_, _Serenity_, _Serenity_, _Serenity_. The latest _Harry Potter_. _Wallace and Gromit_. And whatever else catches my fancy. That’s, lemme see now, 6 movies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/35 "2005-09-13T01:32:07Z")
After watching the trailer for _Brokeback Mountain_, I’m going to have to go ahead and add it to the list. And take a long, cold shower. Dang. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/36 "2005-09-13T01:33:52Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > **Brokeback Mountain** (directed by Ang Lee) just won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. > snip I just read the short story last week and, from what I’ve heard, a lot of it seems to have made it to the big screen. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/37 "2005-09-13T02:01:18Z")
**Good Night, and Good Luck** ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/38 "2005-09-13T03:04:05Z")
I might just have to add **Lord of War** to my list. And I hate Nic Cage. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/39 "2005-09-13T09:20:12Z")
> [@chefjef](#): > > Just saw Exorcism of Emily Rose today - I was not let down - really solid flick - anyone else see it? I saw it. I really liked it. It wasn’t what I thought it’d be, but like you, I wasn’t let down in the least bit. The whole excorsicm scene was cool in and of itself. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240/40 "2005-09-16T16:56:33Z")
Okay, could I just ask everybody in New York and L.A. to go out and see _Everything Is Illuminated_ this weekend so it does well and they send a print here next week? Thanks. Oh, and _The Libertine_ has been pushed back to December, maybe. “We’ll let ya know.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-movies-what-are-you-seeing/320240.md?page=3)