On Her Majesty's Secret Service

It was on TV, so I thought I'd give it a go....

Hmm. I just wasn't sold on George Lazenby. He just seemed so...ordinary.

I didn't finish it.

Nicotina - Semi-amusing Mexican film about a late-night criminal data delivery gone wrong due to an incompetent, absent-minded hacker. Everyone either smokes, is quitting smoking, or just talks about cigarettes a lot.

Watched part of Saving Private Ryan. Basically just the storming of the beaches on D-Day. That scene is really powerful. It's pretty much exactly as my grandfather described it to me.

Dinner Rush - Recommended you plan on eating Italian soon after watching this movie. A lot of good-looking food gets cooked while various family dramas play out in the restaurant and its environs.

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Originally posted by heavyboots:
Dinner Rush - Recommended you plan on eating Italian soon after watching this movie. A lot of good-looking food gets cooked while various family dramas play out in the restaurant and its environs.

Love it, one of my all time faves. In fact I think I will pop it in right now

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Originally posted by Meru:
On Her Majesty's Secret Service

It was on TV, so I thought I'd give it a go....

Hmm. I just wasn't sold on George Lazenby. He just seemed so...ordinary.

I didn't finish it.

Funny, used-car salesman are normally excellent actors.

No, really - that's what Lazenby was doing in London. Flogging cars. Bugger-all acting experience. When the auditions were advertised, he bought a Savile Row suit that was made for Connery, borrowed a Rolex, rocked up, and punched a stuntman.

Yes, I read that after watching the movie.

No, I wasn't surprised.

Tokyo Zombie

Perfect Saturday Morning Movie. Trailer.

M. Hulot's Holiday - Still a classic. It's still amazing what he could do with a few simple movements and absolutely no dialog.

Tour de France 2009 - Finally got some stage highlights and I've been watching them with great joy. This is the inspiration I need to road bike more! (When the monsoons will allow it at any rate.)

Top Gear 13x05 - I'm not sure anyone else has screamed "Mommie!" while blazing towards the follow through on the test track?

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M. Hulot's Holiday

Yes Yes Yes! What a great movie. I first saw it at school 50 years ago, and watch it at least once a year.

Revolutionary Road

Just finished watching this with Wanderer.

I feel so odd now. Not sad, really, but odd. It struck a chord in me, a fear that I may end up in my 30s without having done the things that make me feel alive or special, and, because of that, I will end up doing something completely dramatic and possibly tragic in order to feel something again.

I hope this never happens.

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Originally posted by Meru:
Revolutionary Road

Just finished watching this with Wanderer.

I feel so odd now. Not sad, really, but odd. It struck a chord in me, a fear that I may end up in my 30s without having done the things that make me feel alive or special, and, because of that, I will end up doing something completely dramatic and possibly tragic in order to feel something again.

I hope this never happens.

I read the book.. and it left that sadness in me too.. I was pregnant with Joe and the mother hood aspect of it made me feel sad too.

Your 30's will be wonderful by the way!! I highl reccomend them

First of all I like the way you said,

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end up in my 30s

as if there was nothing after that

I would say offhand that a chick who has moved form the US to Korea to teach and then to Europe to pursue a relationship has little to worry about on the "never did anything" front.

However as a guy that did spend most of his twenties not doing stuff he wanted to I can attest that when you hit your thirties the attraction of something completely dramatic, chasing women way too young, quitting your job precipitously, joining the peace corps, is pretty strong.

Moon

I was afraid the trailer had revealed too much (and it did!), but the movie managed to avoid all the conventional SF dramatic moments.
The story sneaked around all my expectations, offering a refreshing take on some classic elements.

It looks great. Sounds great. And it's a lot of fun.
And oh-so-bleak.

A friend asked if I wanted to go see BRUNO but I'd rather go see MOON....

You should see both.

We're going for MOON, no one else realized it actually is playing here in Austin....

Holy shit, REANIMATOR is playing the Terror Tuesday downtown tonight too!!! Free zombie flicks are awesomes!!!

I watched Burn After Reading and it wasn't bad. It wasn't as great as some of the Coen Bros. movies, but still had some interesting moments.

Watched Synecdoche, New York and it was amazing. It's got such incredible depth. Beutiful and strange and devastating. Amazing.

Also watched Mighty Aphrodite, which was fun. Love the Woody Allen wit. Mira Sorvino was also excellent and easy to watch.

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Watched Synecdoche, New York and it was amazing. It's got such incredible depth. Beutiful and strange and devastating. Amazing.

really? i've seen a few folk saying that. but i don't get it. i found it torturous. some nice moments, but so much excrutiating padding in between. urgh.


beltadely.
went to see Moon in edinburgh friday night with newro, mrs.newro, and @lillylyle. it was great, probably best new film i've seen this year. can't think of anything better at moment. nice mansell soundtrack, and he does seem to struggle when its not an aronofsky film, but this was very listenable.

crashed with the newros for the weekend.
so subjected them to thai martial arts film Chocolate, which was curious. a girl who is autistic or something, i don't think its stated, is daughter of thai and japanese gangsters, and can pick up martial arts by watching people doing them (and to be fair, practicing). then i traumatised the group with takashi miike's Gozu, which remains just absurdly bizarre.

sunday morning we watched Tokyo Zombie. two layabouts fight zombies with their jujitsu skills! pretty damn funny japanese zombie movie.

last night, went to see the new harry potter. its decent enough. never read any of the books, probably never will. though it does get frustrating how many of the characters in the film seem a little bit like wallpaper.