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Jan 4, 2009 18:33:10 GMT -1
Post by kwacky on Jan 4, 2009 18:33:10 GMT -1
Australia is supposed to suck the big one, no idea about the rest of them though. Is Role Models out yet? I want to see that, but only because of my recently-cultivated crush on Paul Rudd. i met him, he's really nice! he is a good friend of brendan o'shea, one of my singer dudes, and when paul is in nyc he hangs out in brendan's bar. brendan used to live in chicago when he first moved to the US and paul went to college in chicago. paul liked brendan's old band he had out there and they became friends.
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Jan 4, 2009 18:45:32 GMT -1
Post by kwacky on Jan 4, 2009 18:45:32 GMT -1
Once you get past the initial cringe factor of Mamma Mia and just sort of give in to it, it's quite entertaining. i got a little dizzy from all the running around they do tho. i saw it because my sister swore it was great. my relatives loved it but they tend to love all hollywood schlock films. i saw the curious case of benjamin button over christmas, it's ok but there is no point to it at all. he's born old and gets younger while people he knows get older. and, so what? he has a lotta fake wrinkles in the beginning and then a ton of make up to cover his crows feet wrinkles at the end. of course my relatives loved it. a few days later i made some of them go see slumdog millionaire. it was really good. maybe even excellent. danny boyle (trainspotting director) made it so you know stylistically it is not like all the other films out there. the music was cool too. my mom was like, that was weird, but the next day she said she liked it. my teenage niece also liked it but she is not used to seeing un-hollywood films so she had to think whether she liked it or not. the reader is out in all the theaters here and i want to see it soon. amy is it not out there in LA? revolutionary road is out all over the place here too. frost-nixon also looks good but i think it's only playing in a few places. wednesday i will see happy-go-lucky. it's only playing in one place now in NYC because it came out a couple of months ago.
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Jan 5, 2009 17:38:02 GMT -1
Post by marginwm on Jan 5, 2009 17:38:02 GMT -1
happy-go-lucky one of me faves from last year. lead a bit of a love her or loathe her character. and even if you loathe her, you'll be trying to love her.
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Jan 5, 2009 17:47:12 GMT -1
Post by kwacky on Jan 5, 2009 17:47:12 GMT -1
i hope i can actually see it, every time i plan to see it something happens and i can't get there.
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Jan 5, 2009 19:00:41 GMT -1
Post by Karo on Jan 5, 2009 19:00:41 GMT -1
I read the book that they turned into Slumdog Millionaire and loved it. So maybe we should try to organise a babysitter and go see it.
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Jan 5, 2009 19:07:13 GMT -1
Post by jellybean on Jan 5, 2009 19:07:13 GMT -1
awww swing on by with the girl, karo, her and olan will have loooooooads of fun together
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Jan 5, 2009 19:12:02 GMT -1
Post by jellybean on Jan 5, 2009 19:12:02 GMT -1
i bought mama mia for the daughter and she loves it. it was alright for a truly unbelievable storyline. meryl streep looks good though.
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Jan 5, 2009 21:22:08 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 5, 2009 21:22:08 GMT -1
Has anyone seen The Happening? I'm about to watch it on my own and I'm a bit scared....
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Jan 5, 2009 21:24:53 GMT -1
Post by katyr on Jan 5, 2009 21:24:53 GMT -1
i hope i can actually see it, every time i plan to see it something happens and i can't get there. Aye you'll probably run into Bob Dylan on your way down, Karen. End up sharing a beer in one of your musician friend's bars.
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Jan 5, 2009 22:27:50 GMT -1
Post by kwacky on Jan 5, 2009 22:27:50 GMT -1
oh yeah bob dylan or bono or someone like that hee hee
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Jan 6, 2009 12:20:25 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 6, 2009 12:20:25 GMT -1
OK watched the Curious Case of Benjamin Button last night and although it is quite beautifully filmed you can't help thinking its another Forrest Gump.
I think Brad Pitt is too recognisable to play the part, in that you spend most of the film wondering when he's going to look like Brad Pitt and not some doddering old bloke. And there are some toe curling cringesome moments in it.
Did anyone ever see the tv adaptation of A Prayer For Owen Meany? The renamed it Simon Birch because John Irving refused to let them use the original title (I didn't think it was that bad). Anyway it reminded me of that quite a bit as well.
Its a shame because its starts out quite well, there's a lovely sequence at the beginning that is quite touching but the rest of the film doesn't really live up to that. Brad Pitt's voiceover throughout as narrator just doesn't ring true either.
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Jan 6, 2009 16:02:45 GMT -1
Post by kwacky on Jan 6, 2009 16:02:45 GMT -1
OK watched the Curious Case of Benjamin Button last night and although it is quite beautifully filmed you can't help thinking its another Forrest Gump. I think Brad Pitt is too recognisable to play the part, in that you spend most of the film wondering when he's going to look like Brad Pitt and not some doddering old bloke. And there are some toe curling cringesome moments in it. last week i saw a chart in the newspaper with all the plot twists in both films = forrest gump vs benjamin button - and they seemed almost the same. same writer too. can't find it on-line though.
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Jan 6, 2009 16:10:06 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 6, 2009 16:10:06 GMT -1
Yeah its weird it is strikingly similar. And there were a few parts in it that didn't make sense. Don't want to give it away though.
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Jan 6, 2009 16:15:19 GMT -1
Post by kwacky on Jan 6, 2009 16:15:19 GMT -1
i read the book in college so i wasn't too surprised, altho brad pitt changed a few things to fit in with new orleans
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Jan 6, 2009 16:26:03 GMT -1
Post by katyr on Jan 6, 2009 16:26:03 GMT -1
Did anyone ever see the tv adaptation of A Prayer For Owen Meany? The renamed it Simon Birch because John Irving refused to let them use the original title (I didn't think it was that bad). Anyway it reminded me of that quite a bit as well. Yes. Awful, awful, shite fucking awful turd of a film. If I'd been Irving I'd have hired a hit man to take out everyone responsible for its existence. The entire point of the book was ignored completely and the film ended up some revolting sickly sweet shite about a dwarf. Bollocks to that. Owen Meany was supposed to be a creepy dwarf. It makes me so angry... The only film adaptation of a book to come close to that in terms of complete shitness was Less Than Zero, which to say was loosely based on the Bret Easton Ellis book would be such an understatement it'd actually be funny. It was akin to making a Disney version of The Wasp Factory. Sorry kez, but I couldn't let that one go by without a few carefully chosen expletives.
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Jan 6, 2009 16:31:54 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 6, 2009 16:31:54 GMT -1
Yeah I read the book after and they cut out quite a bit didn't they.
I think the only film bettering a book was Bridget Jones I think. I thought that the book was absolute feckin shite but in spite of myself I really liked the film a lot.
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Jan 6, 2009 16:35:06 GMT -1
Post by katyr on Jan 6, 2009 16:35:06 GMT -1
I thought the film of Trainspotting was better than the book. All that Scottish dialogue made my brain ache.
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Jan 6, 2009 20:14:54 GMT -1
Post by dearling on Jan 6, 2009 20:14:54 GMT -1
We have a rule of thumb in my family - if you see the movie first, it's possible to like both the book and the film, but if you read the book first, you're not gonna like the film (unless you hated the book).
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Jan 6, 2009 22:45:33 GMT -1
Post by astralweeks on Jan 6, 2009 22:45:33 GMT -1
Agreed on the Trainspotting thing, Katy. I watched the film first though and then bought the book..........and thought WTF??? Harder still when you are not from the UK and aren't even sure what the words COULD be/mean - that was before I could bounce words off Craig.
I thought High Fidelity did a good job of book to movie and the only other one I can think of, off the top of my head, is Mystic River. Thought both the book and the film were wonderful.
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Jan 6, 2009 23:12:24 GMT -1
Post by dearling on Jan 6, 2009 23:12:24 GMT -1
I won't watch High Fidelity due to my Cusack issues, so I'll trust you on that one. Haven't read Mystic River yet. Little Children book and movie were both good.
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Jan 6, 2009 23:48:46 GMT -1
Post by astralweeks on Jan 6, 2009 23:48:46 GMT -1
Oooh, my only Cusack issues are good ones! Mystic River was an excellent book - I actually read it first and then really enjoyed the movie. Loved Little Children on film but haven't read the book. Patrick Wilson........*sigh*
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Jan 7, 2009 0:43:16 GMT -1
Post by Sam7 on Jan 7, 2009 0:43:16 GMT -1
I won't watch High Fidelity due to my Cusack issues, so I'll trust you on that one. Weirdo. Everyone loves John Cusack. Fact.
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Jan 7, 2009 0:58:12 GMT -1
Post by dearling on Jan 7, 2009 0:58:12 GMT -1
Fact: he was the bad guy in my dreams when I was little.
Still don't like watching him, though I've suffered through it a couple times. I'll eventually watch HF, though, as Hornby's my favorite author.
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Jan 7, 2009 6:53:19 GMT -1
Post by henriette on Jan 7, 2009 6:53:19 GMT -1
Wait, there's been made a tv adaptation of A Prayer for Owen Meany?? That's just sacrilege.
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Jan 7, 2009 8:13:42 GMT -1
Post by Sara on Jan 7, 2009 8:13:42 GMT -1
In other Hornby adaptations, even though it was a little different from the book, I like the movie of About a Boy too.
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Jan 7, 2009 8:14:41 GMT -1
Post by Sara on Jan 7, 2009 8:14:41 GMT -1
And even though Australia's not supposed to be that good, I don't care. I even watched Deception with Hugh Jackman in it, and that was a giant piece of shit. So it has to be better than that. Or better than Van Helsing.
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Jan 7, 2009 8:15:28 GMT -1
Post by Sara on Jan 7, 2009 8:15:28 GMT -1
and by watched, I mean rented because I rarely make it out to the theater for anything that doesn't have talking animals and hijinx in it.
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Jan 7, 2009 10:16:20 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 7, 2009 10:16:20 GMT -1
I read Trainspotting before the film came out and I loved the book but I thought the film did an amazing interpretation of it. Probably the only way they could have done it really. They took the best stories and best characters and made it as coherent as they could. Irvine Welsh obviously approved cos he plays the drug dealer who sells Renton the suppositories just before he has that toilet scene.
Trainspotting has the best opening sequence in a film ever as well.
As for High Fidelity I loved the book so much that I found the film a bit difficult to like despite John Cusack. He did a great job and he really tried to stay true to the book but I think it lacked some of the British humour in it.
Watched Son of Rambow last night and In Bruges. Loooved Son of Rambow, a real nostalgic quirky comedy that really jerks at the heart strings. Brilliantly made though.
Nearly killed myself laughing through In Bruges. Why oh Why doesn't Colin Farrell do more comedy. and not shite Hollywood comedy but comedies like this - small budget, great script, great cast.
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Jan 7, 2009 10:25:39 GMT -1
Post by tc on Jan 7, 2009 10:25:39 GMT -1
Yeah he was a real surprise in In Bruges eh. Actually he was interviewed on the Jonathan Ross tv show a while back and he was a great guest. Having stopped drinking and taking drugs, he was far more eloquent than I expected.
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Jan 7, 2009 10:52:03 GMT -1
Post by marginwm on Jan 7, 2009 10:52:03 GMT -1
his eyebrow conveyed such pathos in that didn't they? great film. in bruges.
read interview with danny boyle. reckons there'll be a sequel to trainspotting. when they're middle-aged. imagine that.
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