Sunday, 4 January 2004 - 6:26 AM GMT
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Lux
Interesting...Allow me to comment on your comments on my reviews? ;-)
Little Voice = brilliant acting by Jane (maybe Joan?) Horrocks
Jane Horrocks is the most irritating professional northerner. I hate Mike Leigh movies, and she's the worst thing about any Mike Leigh movie (Alison Steadman is always the second worst thing). Bearing that personal antipathy in mind, I've never been able to watch this film, despite the wonderful Monsieur Caine's presence. Gah. She's a stinker - a bit like spotting Oliver Platt in an American movie.
interesting. Michael Caine is always fantabulous, but I really thought Horrocks stole the show. Have you seen Billy Elliot? What did you think of that?
Hedwig and the Angry Inch = punk rock musical! must see!
One friend says it's amazing, another says it's the worst he ever saw. I leave you to guess the sexual orientation of each of the two. I have it, but haven't watched it yet.
So what does that say about my sexual orientation, since I love Hedwig? That I am a gay man? :p Ah, well, I might as well be. It's not campy, though. And the music kicks arse.
Office Space = from what i've heard, sounds similar to TV show The Office
I love Office Space! But it is nothing nothing nothing like The Office - American movies can't do 'loser' in the same way as British TV can. Somehow any tv does 'loser' better than a movie does. But anyway, I have an mpeg on my other pc of the moment when they go all rude boy and smash up the fax machine, and I play it in times of work-related stress. :o)
I love the gangsta rap in the background! And the little dance they do afterwards!
The Cat's Meow = starring Eddie Izzard!
Must be good, then, but alas I've never 'eard of it, guv'nor.
He plays Charlie Chaplin to Kirsten Dunst's Marion Davies. Fun little movie.
Ghost World = nothing to do with ghosts. Oddball comedy.
I hated this. They seemed to think dressing busty girls in geek haricuts was enough to make a movie 'cool'.
heh. The irony may be lost on people who didn't grow up in American suburbs. I knew so many girls (and boys) like this in high school. Desperately trying to find something that will distinguish them from all the other cookie cutter teenagers. Sometimes a haircut is all you have to work with.
Gosford Park = love Emily Watson
Someone I know scripted that and had huge huge huge battles with Altman to get his Oscar, after the dreaded maestro put it about everywhere that most of the film was improvised. Cheeky monkey! Yes, apart from Ryan Phillippe, who needs to join the circus with the other monkey-boys (he's good in Igby Goes Down, but only because he has to play moron), it's a stunning film.
I think Ryan Phillippe was mainly there for eye candy. He is pretty nondescript. And I liked Igby Goes Down a lot, but it depressed me at the end. Loved Susan Sarandon, which is odd because she usually annoys me. Probably because she played a complete bitch, and not her usual holier-than-thou type.
Y Tu Mama Tambien = v. cute boys (plus one sexy girl)
I didn't see that although everyone who did raved about it. I went to see another film containing one of the stars, Nuevas Reignas (? Nine Queens), and it sucked, so I didn't bother. As the last South American film I'd seen was Amores Perros, which is one of the finest, though depressingest movies I've seen, it was too disappointing to see the guy again that summer. I'll rent it sometime.
Haven't seen either of those, but I think I'll skip Nine Queens. (That was its title in the US)... Never heard of Amores Perros. Love Dogs? Dog Love? Loving Dogs?
When Harry Met Sally = best romantic comedy ever.
Noooooooooooooooooo.....???? That bloke looks like he's had a fake skull stitched back on after an accident, somehow. Noooooooooo. Surely not? Cheesy..... to me.
All romantic comedies are cheesy, but this was quality cheese. Though New York isn't really know for its cheese, but... forget it, this metaphor is going nowhere.
Chicago = really works best on the big screen
Ack, I loathed this with abandon. I wanted those 90 minutes of my life back once it finished. Give me Strictly Ballroom anyday.
Of course Strictly Ballroom was better, but this is fluffy musical comedy! Kander and Ebb! They could have done a lot more with it, but I thought the casting was excellent. Because neither Roxie or Velma are supposed to be that talented, it's just that they have big egos. And Renee Z and Catherine Z-J were definitely having an ego battle. It was just fun to watch.
