Gone to the movies lately?

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by dissention

Me, toooooo! I saw the Warners reissue of it last weekend at Best Buy and they stripped almost all of the extras from the Criterion release. I should dust it off and watch it tonight.

eXistenZ is another one of my favorites; it's such a perverse black comedy. There's something about it that just tickles me pink.

Yes...dust it off. I also just read recently that some of the "instruments" were also used in 'Little Shop of Horrors' during Steve Martin's dental scenes.

Yeah, I saw the release, pails in comparison to the Criterion, down to the quality of the picture.

eXistenZ rules. Jennifer Jason Leigh tickles me pink.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Have you seen the adaptation of Asylum with Natasha Richardson?
It's quite compelling. Ian McKellen is particularly good in it.

THANK YOU! I just added it to my netflix queue. Although they do not have it yet to send.

Thanks for the tip...I had no idea this was out.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

I suspect that something is Jude Law

He helped a bit and I'm a massive Jennifer Jason Leigh fan (plus Sarah Polley, Ian Holm, and Willem Dafoe were in it), but the whole thing was just perverse and disturbing, yet a real howler of a black comedy at the same time. The scenes of bioport "stimulation" had me rolling.

Originally Posted by trackaghost

What has happened to him? He used to be such an interesting actor. Alfie, Sky Captain... all terrible.

Tell me about. He's such a slut and I love him, but christ, pick some good roles. He's great in the off-beat stuff like Huckabees.

I saw the trailer for "All the King's Men" and nearly gagged. Law and Winslet are probably the only saving graces in that mess because Sean Penn is embarrassing from what I saw. Revoke the Oscar NOW.

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by Richard B

THANK YOU! I just added it to my netflix queue. Although they do not have it yet to send.

Thanks for the tip...I had no idea this was out.

No probs. I'm sure you'll like it, it's flawed like Dissention said, but it has plenty of redeeming factors, not least Richardson, who is excellent in the lead, although McKellen completely steals the show.

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by dissention

Tell me about. He's such a slut and I love him, but christ, pick some good roles. He's great in the off-beat stuff like Huckabees.

I saw the trailer for "All the King's Men" and nearly gagged. Law and Winslet are probably the only saving graces in that mess because Sean Penn is embarrassing from what I saw. Revoke the Oscar NOW.

Ah, I had forgotten about Huckabees (how could I?), there's hope for him yet.

Sean Penn, god I hate him. But then he does something like The Assassination Of Richard Nixon and I have to admit he can be fantastic. I'll never believe he deserved that Oscar over Bill Murray though.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

I recently saw Corpse Bride and The History of Violence. The latter was probably one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. The whole cast was incredible. Viggo <3

Viggo was on Charlie Rose on Friday night, ripping Bush a new asshole. I was impressed.

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by dissention

Viggo was on Charlie Rose on Friday night, ripping Bush a new asshole. I was impressed.

Yep. Viggy doesn't like W. During promotions for Lord of the Rings he would wear a "no blood for oil" shirt all the time.

[Patti]

Originally Posted by dissention

Viggo was on Charlie Rose on Friday night, ripping Bush a new asshole. I was impressed.

Do you like him now, Diss? You were dogging me big time for my obsession with him a while back!

I saw A History of Violence yesterday. It was a great film and I thought Viggo was just absolutely incredible in it. And, you know, he was clean!

[SortaSavageLike]

Last movie I saw at a theater was The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King. Seriously. I hate most theaters.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Patti

Do you like him now, Diss? You were dogging me big time for my obsession with him a while back!

I saw A History of Violence yesterday. It was a great film and I thought Viggo was just absolutely incredible in it. And, you know, he was clean!

I like him now, but I still hate LOTR.

He was truly fantastic in A History of Violence. I predict an Oscar nod. He's definitely come a long way from Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by dissention

You're welcome, I'm kind of enthused to see it, myself.



All the reviews I've read say that she knocks it out of the park and will probably get an Oscar nod. I've always liked her (especially in Election), so we'll see.

Hmm, if she can actually sing, maybe she can play Stevie! I'll get started on that screen play.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by dissention

Viggo was on Charlie Rose on Friday night, ripping Bush a new asshole. I was impressed.

He suddenly just got even sexier to me.

Donald Sutherland just ripped him one as well to the BBC.

[Serrart]

Mortensen is a cute actor, but monotonous, IMO.

Romy

[Nico]

Originally Posted by dissention

He was truly fantastic in A History of Violence. I predict an Oscar nod. He's definitely come a long way from Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III.

I just saw A History of Violence with my boyfriend...omg. That movie was outstandingly good. And Viggo Mortensen is f*cking brilliant. I was really blown away by him...that movie just shook me up, though. I didn't really expect it to be like that, which makes sense if you don't read the reviews.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by amber

Is coming!!!
same cast.
I really liked the first movie for some reason. Well, i think it was all the jumping and flying and swordfighting and adventure and charm and classic evil villains. I liked CZJ in it, too.
okay.

How old is CZJ really? I say 44.