On Movies
Since I changed my Netflix to 4-at-a-time, I've been watching TOO many movies!
The Producers, Bride and Prejudice, The Day of the Dead, Last Holiday, MST3K: Girl in Gold Boots, and still watching MST3K: Phantom Planet.
So let's review!
The Producers was great. While I hate watching musicals on TV, this one was pretty good. They can't really seem to hold my attention, which means I fast forward through really uninteresting songs. I prefer them on stage. I pay attention to them better on stage and can tolerate the singing. Although, when a particularly great song is playing it is spectacular!
Anyway, the movie was beautiful, it looked like a stage, was lit like one, built and so on and so forth. All I wished was that it was a stage and I was in the house.
Bride and Prejudice was good. Aishwarya Rai, yes I can remember and spell her name but don't ask me to say it correctly, was her usual good self BUT really I didn't like her character. I haven't seen the real Pride and Prejudice, but will very soon. She was so annoying. Poor William Darcy was getting words put into his bumbling mouth by this bitch. Yeah she was so smart and headstrong, huh? Last I heard smart people tend to discuss things and really not sit on their fucking high horses much huh? Give the white man a chance to fucking talk. Of course Darcy seemed like a spineless sap that I can't believe he was an American. Actually, I don't know even know why I said that. Like all Americans are like that! Anyway, that is the story and characters. It has nothing to do with the movie as a Bollywood meets Hollywood film. So you get the dancing, the singing, the colors, the no kissing, the girl, and the interesting characters all in one, in English.
I was delighted to see Naveen Andrews (from Lost) in it and Alexis Bledel popped in for a few minutes for no reason at all. Anybody could have done her part and it didn't require her to exercise ANY acting muscles whatsoever. So that was joyless. Um see it if you want a nice clean English Hindi flick. But I can recommend others.
Last Holiday with Queen Latifah. She should really stop calling herself that. It's so old school! Anyway, DANA, ok Queen Latifah, is kind of a small screen favorite of mine. She is a funny lady that should come out of the closet already, but that is beside the point. So this movie is lighthearted and fun. The whole thing with the story is little strange I think. The owner of the store is vacationing at the same place she does, what are the damn chances! Alicia Witt is in it! Gerard Depardieu, LL Cool J, AND that weird guy who went nuts and killed his boss, a couple of employees, then himself in an episode of Six Feet Under was in it as well. I hate seeing him, he has been burned into my gray matter forever!! Anyway...um see it if you are interested but I don't think I would buy it or pay too much to rent it.
The Day of the Dead was a bit crappy and boring. Zombies were good and they were freaky with their ability to remember how to do things. So zombies good movie not so good. I think I like a bit more action and fun in my zombie movies.
MST3K: Girl in Gold Boots was a fucking awful movie. Whoever thought it was a good idea should be shot! Anyway, I wasn't getting too many laughs out of it, it was funny enough, sometimes these kinds of movies require you to have partner. Oh my god, the way they danced!!! Now I know the 60's had that whole particular way of dancing but really I have seen other movies where they danced like that and this ain't no dancing!!! It was awful and I don't even think you can call it dancing. I MEAN AWFUL!!! I CANNOT PUT IT INTO WORDS TO EXPLAIN HOW AWFUL THIS DANCING WAS. There was a guy named Critter!!! Don't you love 60's nicknames. And Joanie, she was so oily and shiny. She needed her face washed and powdered. I understand what they were going for but it doesn't translate to film folks. So I appreciate the effort and she was such a bad actress. She can yell though. So I don't know if I can recommend it, but watch it with someone perhaps.
MST3K: Phantom Planet is fabulous so far. I have gotten half way through and had to go to bed. But yes very funny. Yes, I've been laughing!!! It's just so "beautiful".
The Producers, Bride and Prejudice, The Day of the Dead, Last Holiday, MST3K: Girl in Gold Boots, and still watching MST3K: Phantom Planet.
So let's review!
The Producers was great. While I hate watching musicals on TV, this one was pretty good. They can't really seem to hold my attention, which means I fast forward through really uninteresting songs. I prefer them on stage. I pay attention to them better on stage and can tolerate the singing. Although, when a particularly great song is playing it is spectacular!
Anyway, the movie was beautiful, it looked like a stage, was lit like one, built and so on and so forth. All I wished was that it was a stage and I was in the house.
Bride and Prejudice was good. Aishwarya Rai, yes I can remember and spell her name but don't ask me to say it correctly, was her usual good self BUT really I didn't like her character. I haven't seen the real Pride and Prejudice, but will very soon. She was so annoying. Poor William Darcy was getting words put into his bumbling mouth by this bitch. Yeah she was so smart and headstrong, huh? Last I heard smart people tend to discuss things and really not sit on their fucking high horses much huh? Give the white man a chance to fucking talk. Of course Darcy seemed like a spineless sap that I can't believe he was an American. Actually, I don't know even know why I said that. Like all Americans are like that! Anyway, that is the story and characters. It has nothing to do with the movie as a Bollywood meets Hollywood film. So you get the dancing, the singing, the colors, the no kissing, the girl, and the interesting characters all in one, in English.
I was delighted to see Naveen Andrews (from Lost) in it and Alexis Bledel popped in for a few minutes for no reason at all. Anybody could have done her part and it didn't require her to exercise ANY acting muscles whatsoever. So that was joyless. Um see it if you want a nice clean English Hindi flick. But I can recommend others.
Last Holiday with Queen Latifah. She should really stop calling herself that. It's so old school! Anyway, DANA, ok Queen Latifah, is kind of a small screen favorite of mine. She is a funny lady that should come out of the closet already, but that is beside the point. So this movie is lighthearted and fun. The whole thing with the story is little strange I think. The owner of the store is vacationing at the same place she does, what are the damn chances! Alicia Witt is in it! Gerard Depardieu, LL Cool J, AND that weird guy who went nuts and killed his boss, a couple of employees, then himself in an episode of Six Feet Under was in it as well. I hate seeing him, he has been burned into my gray matter forever!! Anyway...um see it if you are interested but I don't think I would buy it or pay too much to rent it.
The Day of the Dead was a bit crappy and boring. Zombies were good and they were freaky with their ability to remember how to do things. So zombies good movie not so good. I think I like a bit more action and fun in my zombie movies.
MST3K: Girl in Gold Boots was a fucking awful movie. Whoever thought it was a good idea should be shot! Anyway, I wasn't getting too many laughs out of it, it was funny enough, sometimes these kinds of movies require you to have partner. Oh my god, the way they danced!!! Now I know the 60's had that whole particular way of dancing but really I have seen other movies where they danced like that and this ain't no dancing!!! It was awful and I don't even think you can call it dancing. I MEAN AWFUL!!! I CANNOT PUT IT INTO WORDS TO EXPLAIN HOW AWFUL THIS DANCING WAS. There was a guy named Critter!!! Don't you love 60's nicknames. And Joanie, she was so oily and shiny. She needed her face washed and powdered. I understand what they were going for but it doesn't translate to film folks. So I appreciate the effort and she was such a bad actress. She can yell though. So I don't know if I can recommend it, but watch it with someone perhaps.
MST3K: Phantom Planet is fabulous so far. I have gotten half way through and had to go to bed. But yes very funny. Yes, I've been laughing!!! It's just so "beautiful".
posted by Charity at 5/24/2006 08:51:00 AM
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