What are you watching now?

Jade Jaguar · Dec 16, 2008

GKarsEye said:
I don't like Keanu Reeves except for comedic value,

So, plant in your head that the title is really The Day The Mirth Stood Still, go see it, and maybe you'll like it...

Cell · Dec 21, 2008

Jade Jaguar · Dec 21, 2008

Cell, since you liked Les Diaboliques, you might want to check out Wages of Fear, the film Clouzot made just before it. Both great, but quite different.

I've been watching a new talk show on The Sundance Channel, called Spectacle. It is hosted by Elvis Costello. He is quite a good interviewer. His show has one main guest per show. The first was Lou Reed. The second was Bill Clinton. With Clinton, the main subject was music, and what it meant to him. It was quite interesting. A side to Clinton often mentioned, but never gone into in depth. He was rather knowledgeable, and it was obvious music meant a lot to him.

Cell · Dec 21, 2008

Jade Jaguar said:
Cell, since you liked Les Diaboliques, you might want to check out Wages of Fear, the film Clouzot made just before it. Both great, but quite different.

Wages Of Fear is one of the many films on my list to check it, it's quite the ginormous list though.

GKarsEye · Dec 22, 2008

Spectacle is great. I haven't watched the Clinton ep yet, but Jade did you see the Elton John ep? I think that was the first episode. Pretty good- it made me get a bunch of Laura Nyro albums, which are wonderful, and the first Leon Russell record.

I got the complete Wire DVD box set for my b-day, plus a lot of unused vacation time, so I know what I'm doing for next 2 wks...

Jade Jaguar · Dec 22, 2008

I missed the Elton John ep, but I believe they are all going to be played over in a block, in the next week or so. I'll catch it then. DON'T MISS the Bill C. ep!

Jade Jaguar · Dec 27, 2008

Well, I watched Terry Gilliam's Tideland. Strange and disturbing, sort of a cross between Alice In Wonderland, and Psycho. All Gilliam fans should see it. Not his very best, but way better than say, The Brothers Grimm. A unique film you will never forget. Terry comes on just before the film to warn that you may hate it!

Alluveal · Dec 27, 2008

The Brothers Grimm was hideous.

Jade Jaguar · Dec 27, 2008

Alluveal said:
The Brothers Grimm was hideous.

True, but you gotta admit, it was grim.

You might well think Tideland was hideous, if you saw it. But, I think it does what it set out to do, rather well The Brothers Grimm didn't.

Cell · Dec 28, 2008

Cell · Jan 3, 2009

GKarsEye · Jan 4, 2009

I read your Wrestler review because I was psyched when I first heard about this one and still am dying to see it. It's getting all-around positive press, and it's the only new movie I care about in a long while. Two comments on the review:

1. Probably worth mentioning that the director is Aronofsky, who did Pi, Requiem For a Dream, and The Fountain. The guy sure has a knack for doing unique films.

2. Marrissa Tomei is indeed great, and while I don't know enough about her career to critique her acting choices as a whole, her fantastic turn in In the Bedroom is worth a shout-out.

Jade Jaguar · Jan 4, 2009

Among other things, I rewatched Bubba Hotep, and am struck by what a nearly perfect film it is. I didn't say great, although it is good and entertaining, but it is beautifully shot, and unflinchingly true to its premises. For anyone who hasn't seen it, I'll just throw out that the two main characters are aging Elvis Presley, and JFK, both living in a convalescent home. JFK is played by Ossie Davis, and Elvis is played by Bruce Campbell . They team up to save the world, or at least the home, from a 3,000 year old Egyptian soul-sucking demon. Humorous, insightful, and full of amusing quirks. If you haven't seen it, check it out.

GKarsEye · Jan 5, 2009

Elvis is played by Bruce Campbell

That's all you had to say to get me to watch this.

Alluveal · Jan 5, 2009

Bubba HoTep is awesome. I own it, and the soundtrack which I think is a good one (signed by BC.)

That is one hella funny movie.

Cleopatra does the nasty....

Jonny_Fever · Jan 5, 2009

It's a great movie. I saw it in the theater when he was touring the country to promote it. He gave a Q&A before and after the movie and answered questions about it. I think it's one of Bruce Campbells' best parts.

We watched Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe (1966) last night and wow what a crazy film. Elizabeth Taylor was great in her part and I think she either won or was nominated for an academy award for that role. It's the kind of movie that just spends the entire time focusing on 4 characters and what they reveal to one another and what they hide and why. It's an amazing film.

And I watched Casablanca for the first time on New Year's. The local theater here was showing it so we went. I'm surprised I never watched it before. It's also a great film.

GKarsEye · Jan 5, 2009

I like to blame Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe for my perpetual bachelorhood. Awesome flick.

Finally watched The Dark Knight last night (HD On Demand, sound pumped through stereo system). Stuff blowed up good. I heart Maggie Gyllenhal much.

Two more comic book movies I want to catch up on- Iron Man and Hellboy 2, also currently available On Demand in HD for me right now. Just finished The Wire, so the shift to mindless children's entertainment is welcome for now.

Jade Jaguar · Jan 5, 2009

Jonny_Fever said:
And I watched Casablanca for the first time on New Year's. The local theater here was showing it so we went. I'm surprised I never watched it before. It's also a great film.

A powerful film that puts you in its time. I still cry in parts when I see it. Glad you got to see it on a theater screen for your first time!

Sindatur · Jan 5, 2009

GKarsEye said:
I like to blame Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe for my perpetual bachelorhood. Awesome flick.

Finally watched The Dark Knight last night (HD On Demand, sound pumped through stereo system). Stuff blowed up good. I heart Maggie Gyllenhal much.

Two more comic book movies I want to catch up on- Iron Man and Hellboy 2, also currently available On Demand in HD for me right now. Just finished The Wire, so the shift to mindless children's entertainment is welcome for now.

If you enjoyed the first HellBoy, you should really enjoy Hellboy 2. I thought the first one was OK, but, thought the second one was much better. Not something I need to own, but, definitely worth watching once.

Virginia Wolfe is always a blast to watch.

Galahad · Jan 5, 2009

Jade Jaguar said:
A powerful film that puts you in its time. I still cry in parts when I see it. Glad you got to see it on a theater screen for your first time!

It's a film with a rare quality. I don't think the ideals represented by the film would be eagerly reproduced in current mainstream media. It's about letting the thing you want the most go... because it's the right thing to do and more importantly (at least I'm sure this is how Rick saw it), the greater causes usually require unwilling acts of selflessness and sacrifice... often from the unlikeliest of people.

Often movies centred around a romantic theme try and sell us the idea that we can have what we want... and that personal happiness is paramount, that getting the girl is the most important thing (not that this is always a bad thing, there just needs to be some balance occasionally).

Casablanca certainly does not operate to those parameters.

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