Terminalcoffee discussion

I really liked the HP movie, though I could have done without all the teen angst and would have preferred they stick with Dumbledore's memories of Voldemort and the Half Blood Prince. But overall, I liked the movie.

Larry wrote: "I saw Benny & Jun tonight for the first time. I know, I'm WAY behind the curve.

It was cute. Visually pleasing. Heart warming.

Not great, but good."

Is that the one where Depp plays autistic Charlie Chaplin?

That's the one. Well, actually it was Buster Keaton. He was excellent, I thought.

Yep.

I liked that one, too. I think Depp did both Chaplin and Keaton, in a pastiche.

A huh? Oh, you're gonna make me look that up.

Mixed up together, Larry. Sometimes Depp was doing Charlie, sometimes he was doing Buster.

I loved that movie, Depp is such a great artist.
I wonder, did he and Ledger ever do anything together?I wanted them to do Brother's Grimm together but that didn't happen.

Benny & JUNE!!!!! <3

And IIII would walk five hun dred miles... aaaaand IIIII would walk five hun dred more... (from Benny & Joon) :D

The Proclaimers! Woot!

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One of my favorite parts of the film!

SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!! *replays song*

Michelle wrote: "I loved that movie, Depp is such a great artist.
I wonder, did he and Ledger ever do anything together?I wanted them to do Brother's Grimm together but that didn't happen."

Weren't they working together with Gilliam when he died? That movie is still coming out last I heard.

Oh, yeah I did hear that, Ledger had started that project. Depp, Collin Farrel and Jude Law are going to finish it, kinda working together I guess,Imaginarium of Dr. Pernasus, or something like that. Good memory WingBeaver,
On another note has any one seen this most terrible mover ever, "The Romm"? It sound like it's this era's Rocky Horror, which was awesome on so many levels.
Hey! What's for dinner?!

I don't know about you, Michelle -- but I'm getting a burger at Old Chicago.

I watched Seven Pounds saturday night, and I really liked it. I like most of Will Smith's recent movies, and although this wasn't his best effort, the plot carried the movie anyway.

I went to 500 Days of Summer yesterday, and I enjoyed it too. I didn't think that Zooey Deschanel was all that bad, but she was very Zooey. If you want to score points with the wife this is a pretty decent movie.

Now for the best part. My wife is close to the straightest person that I know. So I dared her to play the penis game when we drove into our subdivision. She rolled down the window and yelled at the top of her lungs. It may have been the most out of character thing she's ever done. I had to let her win.

I stayed up way too late last night watching Man on Wire. It was fascinating. I was ridiculously impressed with all the archive footage.

My daughter Sophia's become obsessed with Toy Story. We've watched it from beginning to end 8 times since Saturday. Believe me, I'm not complaining, because I love that movie. I've been told kids will latch on to one movie and want to watch it over and over and over and over and over again.

I also saw Gran Torino last night. Gotta hand it to Clint; he can take a story that's prone to cliche and melodrama and mold it into a fascinating, compassionate film. His directing was outstanding, but it was his performance as a bigoted Korean War vet who, against his better judgment, protects his Hmong neighbors against a ruthless gang, was Oscar-worthy. If it's true that this will be his last acting role, Eastwood's gone out with a stellar performance.

I wasn't quite as enamored with the movie as you Gus. Clint's acting was good, but the premise that he would go out of his way to help Hmongs after disliking them for so long seems difficult for me to embrace.

However Toy Story is a great movie.

I thought Gran Torino did a great job of making Clint's transformation seem real. He didn't just suddenly up and change. The was so much going on with the character that brought him to the point where he was willing to let people into his heart that he had up until that point kept closed out. He was an extremely lonely man, viewed as a nuisance by his own family, with nowhere left to go for companionship. He was a man who believed in justice who was witnessing a family being unjustly attacked by ruffians. He was a traditional man who had his eyes opened to the fact that his Asian neighbors held closer to his hard working old school beliefs then his own children and grandchildren.
I bought the transformation.

I did too, WB. I enjoyed the movie, although I thought the acting of the Hmong kid was a bit wooden.

That was the last movie I watched with my stepdad. It was very Clint Eastwood. A thumbs up.

I just watched "The Watchmen". Way better than I expected...excellent, even.

I saw the commercials for it, but I didn't realize that that the Asian family was Hmong. That actually makes it particularly interesting to me, if it actually addresses the societal differences there. I'll put it higher on my netflix.

I'm looking forward to Clint's rugby-and-Mandela movie, though I have yet to be sold on Matt Damon in the team captain's role.

I'm enjoying Pineapple Express today while I work on some final revisions.

Here's what I've learned so far:


Stuff your Sorries in a sack

Last night, I watched Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan. Apparently it was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It was fascinating. ♥d it. My favorite: listening to them speaking Mongolian... what a spellbinding language!

Saw 500 Days of Summer last night. Good stuff.

I want to see the new Miyazaki movie, Ponyo!

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/p...

Me too, Jackie!
And District 9. And In the Loop.

Mongol and Man on a Wire were both amazing and I can't wait to see Ponyo!

I saw The Time Traveler's Wife tonight. Wow--it was so good and so sad! They did a really good job staying with the book, although of course they eliminated the sub-plots and stuck with the main story. I cried so much. People all over the theater were sniffling. I cried through the whole last part of the book, too, so no big surprise there. Bring the whole box of tissues if you go!

I plan to wait and watch Time Travler's Wife at home just for that reason. I am going to hate waiting that long though.I hope Ponyo is good, my kids want to see little Miley and little Jonas have good job review.

Rex Harrison as Dr. Dolittle!!! in Dr. Dolittle (1967). That was the best part of my weekend. What a treat. And considering the message of the movie/book, it was considerably ahead of its time.

I also watched Mystery Men. I remembered thinking that it looked goofy/stupid when I watched the trailer back when it was scheduled to come out. However, I was at the library perusing the kids' movies (one of my favorite things to do - peruse the family films - they typically have some really great stuff there) when I noticed Tom Waits was a featured cast member and I just HAD to see it just for him. The movie was surprisingly great - superbly cast, lots of familiar faces. I was wondering what about the project drew all the star power it had, though, because as cute as it was, it wasn't spectacular.

Heidi - if you want Tom Waits in another great role, have you seen Wristcutters (A Love Story)? I adored that movie. Oddly, I don't remember Waits in Mystery Men, but I haven't seen it in years.

He was the weapons maker.

He was great in Coffee and Cigarettes with Iggy Pop, too...

I saw that one, and felt sorry for Iggy. :(

Iggy was great in Crybaby.

I both love and hate Coffee and Cigarettes. The vignettes I loved were the Iggy/Tom Waits conversation - an absolute masterpiece in awkwardness! - and the Steve Coogan/Alfred Molina piece. Steve Coogan is utterly hilarious, and it's a shame he's not more well-known here in America, but I'm hoping that will change.

I liked the bit with Jack and Meg White. It played very well on the notion of Jack and Meg supposedly being siblings. The Cate Blanchett bit worked well, too.

Totally hated the Roberto Begnini/Steven Wright bit. The RZA/GZA/Bill Murray piece tried too hard to be funny and relevant, but it just didn't work.

Actually, my love/hate of this film reflects my love/hate for Jim Jarmusch. Totally love films like Dead Man, Strangers in Paradise and Down by Law, largely indifferent to Broken Flowers, and hated Mystery Train and Night on Earth.

Gus, I'm right there with you on all those Coffee and Cigarette vignettes. My favorite was the Alfred Molina one, where he wants to show Steve Coogan how they're related.

Roberto Benigni should not be allowed on camera, in my opinion.

Benigni is sometimes a little over the top, but I absolutely adored Il Monstro. I thought that was one of the funniest movies ever.

Heidi wrote: "He was the weapons maker."


Tom Waits on Mystery Men:

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That's definitely Tom Waits :)
I still don't remember the character...but I haven't seen that since it came out.

OK, In the Loop was hilarious, if you like political satire. Peter Capaldi (Skins, Torchwood, a million other BBC shows) has the most creative potty mouth I have ever heard in my entire life. Seriously. Gordon Ramsay is a Mormon choirboy in comparison.

Just watched The Lives of Others, which had one Best Foreign Film Oscar a couple of years ago.

It was very well done. Anyone else see it? I give ****1/2 out of *****.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809426...