It's Back: Exceelent Movies I've Seen Lately

[swampdragon]

I have a student who is failing my class. Her 6th grade brother was wearing a Hangover t-shirt last week. Fine parenting job going on there.

I saw Midnight in Paris over the weekend. Pretty good movie, not to long but tasty.

Funny that Owen Wilson now played the part of Woody Allen.

[johnnya24]

Saw a funny internet exchange today.

An article on Steve Martin's purchase of a fake Heinrich Campendonk painting for $850K was met with a string of (largely unfair but nonetheless humorous) comments about him deserving it for creating "The Pink Panther, Cheaper by the Dozen, Sgt. Bilko, Bringing Down the House, Father of the Bride" etc etc.

One brave soul stood out in defence of poor Steve, and declared that "He's made some excellent films and some poor ones but who can honestly say all their films are great?"

The succinct reply made me laugh:

"John Cazale's complete filmography:

Godfather I
The Conversation
Godfather II
Dog Day Afternoon
The Deer Hunter"

[revo]

"John Cazale's complete filmography:

Godfather I
The Conversation
Godfather II
Dog Day Afternoon
The Deer Hunter"

There was an HBO special last year on Cazale. You should check it out if given the chance.

[Teenwolf]

Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil - Horror/comedy, and I thought it worked pretty well. The trailers are BRUTAL for revealing spoilers, so I'll try and stay relatively spoiler-free. Two backwoods hicks meet and scare a group of teens at a truckstop. Later, the teens believe that the hicks have kidnapped one of the hot girls from their group, and launch an attack. Hilarity ensues.

The Resident - This isn't a recommendation, but a warning. Do not watch this. Ever. It's a waste of time, incredibly predictable, and the only real moment of tension is just kind of sick and unpleasant. Not an enjoyable film.

[johnnya24]

The Resident - This isn't a recommendation, but a warning. Do not watch this. Ever. It's a waste of time, incredibly predictable, and the only real moment of tension is just kind of sick and unpleasant. Not an enjoyable film.

Following on the same theme ... avoid Unknown ... horrendous beyond all words. I hope Liam Neeson got a good pay day for this complete and utter crap.

[johnnya24]

There was an HBO special last year on Cazale. You should check it out if given the chance.

I will definitely see if I can find it.

[SeaDogStat]

I will definitely see if I can find it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Knew_It_Was_You

Wiki link, JA

[johnnya24]

Going to watch some old classics over the weekend that I have no recollection of ever seeing ... Double Indemnity and All About Eve are lined up.

[johnnya24]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Knew_It_Was_You

Wiki link, JA

Found this as well.

EDIT: Excellent and interesting little documentary. Had no idea that he and Meryl Steep were an item.

[johnnya24]

The first trailer for the US remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/girl_with_the_dragon_tattoo_2011/trailers/11145791

The Swedish remake is actually very good, and well worth seeing for those not averse to subtitles ... good enough not to warrant a Hollywood version IMO ... but with David Fincher at the helm, at least it's going to be a good remake.

[Mithrandir]

Going to watch some old classics over the weekend that I have no recollection of ever seeing ... Double Indemnity and All About Eve are lined up.

Two of the greatest movies ever made...

[Mithrandir]

Watched the 1933 version of King Kong last night. Wanted my 6 year old daughter to see it. She loved it!

A bit hokey, but man i really enjoy watching it.

[overkill94]

Saw a funny internet exchange today.

An article on Steve Martin's purchase of a fake Heinrich Campendonk painting for $850K was met with a string of (largely unfair but nonetheless humorous) comments about him deserving it for creating "The Pink Panther, Cheaper by the Dozen, Sgt. Bilko, Bringing Down the House, Father of the Bride" etc etc.

One brave soul stood out in defence of poor Steve, and declared that "He's made some excellent films and some poor ones but who can honestly say all their films are great?"

The succinct reply made me laugh:

"John Cazale's complete filmography:

Godfather I
The Conversation
Godfather II
Dog Day Afternoon
The Deer Hunter"

Gotta be the only person in Hollywood history that got 5 stars on allmovie.com for every movie he was involved in.

[Fresno Bob]

The first trailer for the US remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/girl_with_the_dragon_tattoo_2011/trailers/11145791

The Swedish remake is actually very good, and well worth seeing for those not averse to subtitles ... good enough not to warrant a Hollywood version IMO ... but with David Fincher at the helm, at least it's going to be a good remake.

I beg to differ, I found the Norge version a pale version of the book, which I enjoyed very much. Even that trailer showed me things that were much more impactful from the book than I saw in the original...

[johnnya24]

I beg to differ, I found the Norge version a pale version of the book, which I enjoyed very much. Even that trailer showed me things that were much more impactful from the book than I saw in the original...

I enjoyed both. I didn't ever have the impression of the book being fast paced when I read it ... probably because I completed it over a period of time. Impactful ... definitely, but I was actually happy with the slower pace of the Swedish version. It will be interesting to see what the Fincher version leaves out, because there were certain elements that had to be omitted from the Swedish remake that I felt were important to the plot ... and consider that it was nearly 2 hours long.

Casting looks good ... Bond playing Blomquist and I noticed Stellan Skarsgård is also in there (one of my favorite actors).