The Oscars aren't until January/February. I'm just looking forward to Atonement. It comes out in December.

I still haven't finished Our Mutual Friend (it's almost 6 hours long ) Part One was a bit slow- but Part 2 was much better. Sill have Parts 3 and 4 to watch

Is it merely my advancing years or do most of these people look like they'd be under the age of consent in most jurisdictions??

Yeah, he plays a 30-ish Henry VIIIth on Showtime. I suspended my disbelief so far, I fell off.

Thanks for the good review! I've been wanting to see it, because Russell Crowe and Christian Bale are 2 of my all-time favorite actors... and because there haven't been any westerns in a long time (and I like westerns). I don't think hubby wants to watch it, but he might not have a choice .

Speaking of westerns, Broken Trail is a really good movie. Has Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church in it... I think it's based on a true story and my (very very small) hometown is mentioned in it... which is always exciting . Anyway, I recommend it. I think it plays on AMC or something.

oh bubble stick with our mutal friend, it's really great.

I rented some scary movies. some bad b horror flicks. there good for a laugh.
Oscars already. They will start rolling out a few of the "contenders" soon. I didn't knwo that Aug was the considered the month to put in the movies they didn't think were good enough for the true blockbuster season. Some decent movies came out in august though.

I'm loking forward to the new woody allen movie. Scarlett johansen stars again. I hope it's slightly better than scoop.

I finished watching Our Mutual Friend last night. It was long, it was slow- but I still liked it pretty well. I'm not a big Charles Dickens fan to begin with- so me liking this mini-series is a big accomplishment It's probably my least favorite BBC series I've watched so far- but by no means did I hate it.

The next 2 movies on my netflix list are Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Throughly Modern Millie. They'll be here some time next week

Wow, that looks like a good movie. Do you have any idea when it's coming out? I hope it won't be like the squid and the whale, which was apparently really boring.

I enjoy the movie, Mean Girls.

I just watched Zelig and it's an amazing Woody Allen film. It's the first mocumentary, so without it we probably wouldn't have The Office. And it's with footage from the 20s and 30s! If you want to see a cute, funny, and brilliant film, you have to rent Zelig!

I just watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

It's such a haunting and unsettling movie, but I absolutely loved it.

Excellent movie... I just had to buy that one.

I'm thinking of seeing 1408 today. Anyone know if it's worth it?

I loved that movie, Jim Carry was excellent in it, mad me not hate him. I liked how he was a shy introvert and Kate Winslet was the hyper one. The cinematography and editing are superb as well, just a wonderful film.

It reminded me that sad memories of caring about somebody are sometimes better than not ever caring at all.

Sometimes.

And yeah, Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey were both perfect.

I felt horrible for Kirsten Dunst's character. Even though she tried to have her memories erased, she was still attracted to the doctor.

I love that movie! I've seen a few times. Last year I saw a movie from the same director, The Science of Sleep, but it was a little too weird. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, was just the right amount of weirdness.

Edit: I just read your post above, and ITA. I also felt bad for the Kirsten Dunst's character.

It also mad me think, if I could, what memories would I erase and why.

what was my date night dvd movie...his choice, some terrible wanna be ring movie called Fear.com. He liked it, I said it was terrible it was like the ring basically. He didn't see it.

I thought The Ring was a comedy.

Honestly, by the end of that movie I was laughing my head off.

(No offense intended to anyone who enjoyed it )

This is one of my all time favorites. It's so clever and unique.

Saw Evening this weekend with my mom. Was a little disappointed. It seemed like there was so much that was just missing from the story. Loved Hugh Dancy though. He made it worth watching. And it's absolutely amazing how much Meryl Streep's daughter looks like her.

That was the main reason I was going to see it

Is it out on DVD yet- it's not at the theaters anymore (at least for me)

We have a local movie theatre that doesn't get movies until really late (sometimes they are already out on dvd). The upside is it's a great place to run into people you know and it only costs $5 for an evening showing. We actually have several places like that out here. Just to give you an idea of how late it gets movies, it won't get the latest Harry Potter movie for another few weeks. But, everyone in the two or three neighboring towns will be there to see it.

I already put this in another thread (Officeholic, chime in if you wish), but I love The Spongebob Squarepants Movie! YEAH!

"It's evil! It's diabolical! It's lemon-scented!" Woooooooooooooo!

it's not really a movie movie but I watched part of Ken burns movie, Baseball. It was really good actually. The part about lou gerig (spelling) made me cry

We watched Ken Burns' Civil War documentary in my civil war class in high school. I loved it and when it was on PBS I tried to get the rest of my family to watch it. They didn't go for it. Have you seen this before? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3m6Mghzgh0

Lenny I haven't seen that before. I just saved it cause it takes forever to load and I'm finishing up on here for now. thanks for sending that to me.

Went to the library and got 3 movies:
Arsenic and Old Lace (love this movie!)
It Happened One Night
and the BBC version of Vanity Fair (I hope it's good- I've never seen the new one)

I was just on IMDB.com and it says that Jane Wyman died today I loved her in Royal Wedding with Bing Cosby

Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my all time favorite classics. I recommended it to one of my friends back in high school and she finally figured out why women had been swooning over Cary Grant for decades.

I have the BBC version of Vanity Fair in my queue! I hope it's good too; the new one is very different from the book. Lavish and pretty to look at, but different.


I love Cary Grant!

When I was up I watched this B movie Dead alive. It's a funny horror movie. My favor part is the preist who knows kung fu and tells off a zombie by telling him, "I kick a$$ for the lord." It was a total crack up.

I watched all of Vanity Fair. It was pretty good- but (not sure if this would spoil anything at all- but just in case ) I was so irritated with the main character Becky at the end. It made it hard for me to watch in the last few episodes- she was so horrid.

Have you read the book?

No- I never have. But I heard she's even worse in the book

She is smart and ruthless. I can admire her brains, her smarts, her wit, but no, she isn't completely likable. That said, I do recommend the book. It is excellent. The Reese Witherspoon version softens her up a bit. And it's pretty to look at, so you might like that one better.

Did anyone catch 3:10 to Yuma this weekend? Was it good?

I almost forgot! Bubblewrap -- I love your new sig!

Omg, so I am really excited for Across the Universe on friday. I have seriously been waiting for this movie, for like ever. I love movies with music, especially 60's and 70's music. Kinda like how Forrest Gump had great music.
Trailer to refresh the memory.

Across The Universe

I had actually forgotten that spoiler bars are for spoilers!

Me too! At first, I was like "that post didn't load properly!"

This weekend, we're having a movie night with friends over to watch Hot Fuzz and 300. I'm so excited!

Did anyone see Balls of Fury?

Hot Fuzz and 300. Very niiice choice, seriously though. Have you seen either? Didn't we discuss Hot Fuzz lines? or was that someone else?
I heard Balls of Fury sukced soo...

Yeah, I've seen them both; I love rewatching movies. But our friends haven't seen either of them and they loved Shaun of the Dead, so we think they'll like Hot Fuzz and 300 just 'cuz it's cool and it'll be in glorrrrrrrrrrrrious HD.

Darn! We'll probably end up renting Balls of Fury. It has Christopher Walken though...it should be good, right?

I watched Hot Fuzz like 3 times when I rented it. 300, I saw it once in the theater and twice when we bought it.
Thats what I thought about Balls of Fury, I am in love with Christopher Walken,
I am just sooooooooo pumped to see Across The Universe tomorrow.

Let me know how it is! It looks like it will be really good from the previews

Apparently I look a lot like Christopher Walken when he was my age. My friend made a side-by-side comparison of me and Mr. Walken, and we looked almost exactly alike. I HAVE to try and find this pic, even though it's probably lost forever. Darnit.

I really like Christopher Walken. My favorite work of his was a Music Video by Fatboy Slim called Weapon of Choice where he dances and flys around an empty hotel lobby throughout the song. Probably have to see it to appreciate it... Can you do that scotty?

That is a good video.

I've seen the video, too. I actually taped it and have it on some old tape in an old box somewhere. But to answer your question. Yes. I can do that. Just not with as much style and attitude as Chris.

I just watched The Thin Man (1934) and absolutely loved it ! Thanks so much bubblewrap for the recommendation, they are a very nice couple, really sweet ! At my video store they have The Thin Man box set and much more--they really have a great selection--and I can't wait to rent a few more, I love the movies from that era, so charming!

So glad you liked it! My favorite Thin Man movie is the second one. All 6 of them are really good though.

I have a Thin Man movie poster over my bed (I collect old movie posters)

I'll rent the others this weekend or something (although I still have to watch The Office disk special features ). That is so cool that you collect those posters! I have Dorothea Lang photographs on my walls in my room (she took photographs during the Depression, they are amazing, really the zeitgeist of the era)!

I love Dorothea Lang's photography! Here work is amazing! I've studied quite a bit of it (when I took photography)

And if your interested- I have a few "Listmania" lists on amazon.com with some of my favorite movies on them:
My favorite classic comedies

Classic Musicals

For those of you that like older movies, check out The 39 Steps. It's pretty good. It's early Hitchcock.

I have that on DVD but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I'll probably watch it this weekend

That is awesome! I would love to study photography (and probably will next year in CGEP--it's like pre college in Quebec). I also--if you haven't noticed already --love film, and actually want to maybe become a cinematographer, so watching movies will probably be my homework (which is also awesome ). Thanks for the list of movies, I'd love to rent a few of them.

Also, if you haven't seen Carnivale--as you can see I'm a huge fan --you might like it since it takes place in 1934/35 in the middle of the Depression and dust bowl in America. I mean, there is more to it, but that's what really made me love anything and everything from the 30s (or pre WW2). They--creator, producers, etc.--also made sure to film it in the style they filmed in the 30s, i.e. a lot of wide shots, less cuts, etc (if you watch the commentary on episode 1 they talk about it).

Dorthea Lange is my favorite photographer! C_HBO, where did you get the photographs for your room? I'd love to brighten up my dingy dorm...