Just got back from the newest XMen. I enjoyed it well enough. I like Ryan Reynalds and Hugh Jackman and action super hero movies, so it was all good. I have a spoiler question, but I think I’ll ask it in the thread devoted to the movie.
From the preview I think I will see Funny People - even though in general I am not a fan of Adam Sandler, nor am I a fan of Seth Rogan, the preview got a few laughs from me. I’m hoping that they weren’t the only laughs in the movie.
What do you guys think - do we continue with these monthly, or is there just not enough interest?
Last Month’s thread.
We just watched the French film Flanders (2006) on DVD. Not for everyone, but we enjoyed it. The director was Bruno Dumont, and I liked his L’humanite (1999) better.
Finally getting around to watching The Dark Knight. I’m thinking I’ll wish I’d seen it in a theater.
Waiting for Amazon to deliver Burn After Reading and Let the Right One In, which is supposed to be the best horror film since The Ring.
And (don’t judge me!) the first season of Two and a Half Men, mostly for the extras, since I’ve seen those episodes a gazillion times. I figured Angus (Jake) was a nice, unspoiled kid, and as it turns out, he is.
AuntiePam – yeah, Dark Knight is definitely a big-screen movie – the only one I saw last summer.
In addition to my ongoing “Gilmore Girls” odyssey (I’m about a third of the way into season 4), I’ve seen a couple of really good movies on DVD recently:
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not – that sweet little Audrey Tatou (Amelie) is an art student in love with a married cardiologist who doesn’t seem to return her ardor. Not at all what I expected, but – no, “and” – extremely well done.
The Visitor – the film for which Richard Jenkins (the dead father in “Six Feet Under”) was nominated for an Oscar. Repressed/depressed college professor finds a couple of illegal aliens living in his seldom-visited NYC apartment, gets involved in their lives. A beautiful, beautiful film.
Let the Right One In just opened in Bangkok at an art-film house, and we hope to see it. But wasn’t there a controversy about the subtitles? This may be only on the DVD release, but I recall one of Roger Ebert’s Movie Answer Man columns going into how the subtitles were decidely goofy, and the distributor put better – maybe the original? – subtitles back on after many complaints, and so now you have to look and see if it indicates the improved subtitles.
Well phooey! I have the bad one. That’ll teach me to read the reviews before purchasing. Thanks for the heads up!
Yes, apparently it’s only on the DVD release. I found this here from the distributor:
“There are no exchanges. We are going to make an alternate version available however. For those that wish to purchase a version with the theatrical subtitles, it will be called out in the tech specs box at the back/bottom of the package where it will list SUBTITLES: ENGLISH (Theatrical), SPANISH.”
We saw the new Star Trek and really enjoyed it. Look forward to the next one.
I wonder if all the gadgetry and action sequences would have made more sense on a big screen. It could hardly tell what was going on. But no matter – the movie was all about the Joker. Maybe it was because I expected it from all the attention given to Ledger’s performance, but when he was on, I was mesmerized.
Also watched Burn After Reading. Favorite bits were the scenes with Simmons and Rasche, the government guys. I found the old thread and apparently there’s a consensus on those two.
I’m halfway through Let the Right One In. I turned on the dubbing and except for some klutzy dialogue that may or may not have been a problem with the translation, it’s not terrible, watching this way. I like the style and the way it looks. It’s not really creepy yet, but I’m worried for Oscar.
Not much.
Overall I was disappointed in the movie – other than Heath Ledger’s performance, of course – precisely because it made so little sense. (Cell phones? Wuh?)
Yeah, what was that? They could watch anyone who had a cell phone?
Did Ledger die before filming was finished? That was a weird way to leave the Joker. He needed another scene, something more climactic, or something foreshadowing.
In the cinema, we saw Angels & Demons. It was okay; we liked it but not as much as the book.
On DVD, we finally saw Frida (2002), the bio of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Very good. Were they doing tricks to make Salma Hayek look short and squat?
On DVD, we watched The Maltese Falcon (1941). I’d read the book but never gotten around to seeing the film. It was excellent and very faithful to the book. John Huston’s directorial debut, and he wrote the screenplay.
I was unaware the 1941 Humphrey Bogart film was actually the second remake of the 1931 original of the same name. It was also loosely remade in 1936 as Satan Met a Lady, with Bette Davis; in that one, it’s “same same but different,” as they say over here, such as with a ram’s horn instead of a falcon. We bought a boxed set that has all three films but have not watched the earlier two yet.
I just saw the Austrian film Revanche tonight. Fantastic acting, very compelling story.