What I've been watching lately
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blue_lotus13A lot because I'm in packing limbo....
1. I finished Season 3 of Lost, which I liked A LOT better than Season 2. I'm looking forward to Season 4, because I hear it is just fabulous. (I also watched a small featurette on the DVD called "The LOST bookclub, which described many of the literary allusions and themes in Lost.)
2. Movies 101- the first disk- Richard Brown is a NYU professor who teaches a class on American movies. In this series, he interviews many players in American film. The first disk continued an interview with Martin Scorsese (who I love), Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon and Cuba Gooding Jr. I skipped the Gooding interview, but the rest of them were fabulous. The second disk arrived in my mailbox today.
3. Funny Face- starring Audrey Hepburn. This is a fabulous movie in which a photographer played by Fred Astaire discovers Audrey Hepburn as a bookseller. He turns her into a model after the character Maggie Prescott (who is played by Kay Thompson, writer of the Eloise books) says that a woman can be an intellectual and be beautiful at the same time. (I agree) It's set in Paris, Edith Head designs the costumes and Kay Thompson, Astaire and Hepburn dance and sing and look wonderfully cute. Why watch new crap when you can watch a great classic like this one? A fun movie.
4. Charlie Bartlett- I was intrigued by the premise. A nerdy kid becomes a psychiatrist to the rest of the students at his high school. Then he begins to prescribe them medication, and falls in love with a cool, indie girl played by Kat Dennings. The girl's dad is the high school principal, who has a very obvious drinking problem. This part is played by Robert Downey Jr. (hmmm, maybe he favours method acting) Anyway, there were some interesting parts, but ultimately this movie paled in comparison to a similar film made in the 1990s. That film was called "Pump up the Volume" and it was far superior to "Charlie Bartlett." (There were some things that I did really like though. The movie was shot in Toronto and features four Degrassi Next Generation actors. In one scene, Charlie wears a t-shirt that says, "People like you are the reason why people like me need medication.") I'm definitely in love with that shirt. (Oh, and I like Kat Dennings.)
5. Blade Runner- I know this is supposed to be one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time, but I don't get the hype. I found it to be rather dull. Sure, some parts of it looked cool, but I don't feel compelled to ever watch it again. If you love this movie and can tell me why you think it's great, I'm all ears. I'll admit to missing things.
1. I finished Season 3 of Lost, which I liked A LOT better than Season 2. I'm looking forward to Season 4, because I hear it is just fabulous. (I also watched a small featurette on the DVD called "The LOST bookclub, which described many of the literary allusions and themes in Lost.)
2. Movies 101- the first disk- Richard Brown is a NYU professor who teaches a class on American movies. In this series, he interviews many players in American film. The first disk continued an interview with Martin Scorsese (who I love), Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon and Cuba Gooding Jr. I skipped the Gooding interview, but the rest of them were fabulous. The second disk arrived in my mailbox today.
3. Funny Face- starring Audrey Hepburn. This is a fabulous movie in which a photographer played by Fred Astaire discovers Audrey Hepburn as a bookseller. He turns her into a model after the character Maggie Prescott (who is played by Kay Thompson, writer of the Eloise books) says that a woman can be an intellectual and be beautiful at the same time. (I agree) It's set in Paris, Edith Head designs the costumes and Kay Thompson, Astaire and Hepburn dance and sing and look wonderfully cute. Why watch new crap when you can watch a great classic like this one? A fun movie.
4. Charlie Bartlett- I was intrigued by the premise. A nerdy kid becomes a psychiatrist to the rest of the students at his high school. Then he begins to prescribe them medication, and falls in love with a cool, indie girl played by Kat Dennings. The girl's dad is the high school principal, who has a very obvious drinking problem. This part is played by Robert Downey Jr. (hmmm, maybe he favours method acting) Anyway, there were some interesting parts, but ultimately this movie paled in comparison to a similar film made in the 1990s. That film was called "Pump up the Volume" and it was far superior to "Charlie Bartlett." (There were some things that I did really like though. The movie was shot in Toronto and features four Degrassi Next Generation actors. In one scene, Charlie wears a t-shirt that says, "People like you are the reason why people like me need medication.") I'm definitely in love with that shirt. (Oh, and I like Kat Dennings.)
5. Blade Runner- I know this is supposed to be one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time, but I don't get the hype. I found it to be rather dull. Sure, some parts of it looked cool, but I don't feel compelled to ever watch it again. If you love this movie and can tell me why you think it's great, I'm all ears. I'll admit to missing things.
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Date: 2008-07-15 06:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-15 06:39 pm (UTC)Ebert's review: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071103/REVIEWS08/71103001/1023
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Date: 2008-07-15 07:11 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-07-15 11:25 pm (UTC)It's a very different movie on the big screen, too.
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Date: 2008-07-16 03:13 am (UTC)I read Phillip K Dick's story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" first, and was told that Blade Runner was based on it - I think that actually confused me more! They've got similar basic elements, but different goals.
Season 4 of Lost rocks, although there's fewer little hidden allusions to look for. More action though, and some good payoffs of previous setups.