Comments on: Even More Movies

By: V

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:05:17 +0000

I really liked “Lars and the Real Girl.” It could have gone really over the top or hypersexual but didn’t. I liked how one of the DVD features put it: I kept waiting for it to go completely out of control, but then it pulled back and went into another direction. Really sweet in parts, and Gosling is about 200 million times better in it than in “Ides of March.”

I didn’t mind “The Wrestler.” I think it would have been bigger if I caught it earlier. Otherwise, it’s a pretty conventional movie, although with Aronofsky, that’s saying something. I really liked the contrast between the wrestler and the stripper as that they both do sort of the same things in performing and being in and out of character. Especially then in contrast to when he’s working the meat counter. And I loved the scene where Rourke and Tomei are loving the 80s music and then start busting on Kurt Cobain for ruining all the fun, which for me is about a complete 180.

By: girldetective

girldetective — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:57:47 +0000

Steph, returned it, but will take your comment re: commentary under advisement. Do you agree it’s over 30 minutes too long?

By: girldetective

girldetective — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:57:13 +0000

Vince, I didn’t care for The Wrestler, and really wanted to like the Wild Things, but don’t think I”d watch it again. How was Lars? I thought Capote was better than Infamous, skipped Last King because it looked too violent/depressing. And Moneyball is showing at the Heights, so that’s where I’m hoping to catch it!

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:38:03 +0000

I admit it: I really love A Knight’s Tale! I know it’s not really a good movie at all, and yet I have watched it more times than I care to remember! I will say that if you still have the dvd still, I HIGHLY recommend watching the movie with the commentary on. In fact, it’s how I tend to watch the movie most times, because the writer/director Brian Helgeland and Paul Bettany essentially make fun of the movie the entire time and both are very witty and charming and while my husband doesn’t like AKT at all, he will watch it if I have the commentary on because it is just that entertaining!

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:35:46 +0000

Nut up or shut up is pretty much my motto these days.

By: V

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:06:30 +0000

I have been on a movie-watching binge myself lately. Something about more patience for sitting in the basement when it gets dark before 6 p.m. On some films, we have to split it up over two nights to accommodate the different parents’ schedules, especially when there are adult themes.

The latest binge has been: The Wrestler, Lars and the Real Girl, Where the Wild Things Are and Charlie Wilson’s War. We’re halfway into The Social Network. Also have waiting Infamous (one of the two Truman Capote films that came out at the same time), The Last King of Scotland and Amazing Grace. Still holding out hope to see Captain America in the theaters (it’s at the Riverview) and I was saving Moneyball for when the baseball season ended. And I’ve got a list of at least 17 more to request from the library!