Good topic, Wedd. I actually think that he ended up doing something with the secretary, based on the awkward greeting/peck on cheek that was exchanged in the airport. If anything, they only did it to keep up appearances for their kids.

Related to Love Actually: did anyone else think of Pam and Jim when the two characters who worked in the office got together?

But all the couples at the airport were having happy reunions--so I guess he did something, left, came home, and she forgave him?

That couple (I don't know why I can't remember any names!) was so sad. I'm sorry, but if I finally got that guy to come home with me, I would turn my phone off for a few hours!! Hmm, Jim and Pam? Now that you mention it....

Love Actually:

NO i dont think that he did anything with that secretary. What happened between the husband and wife is obviously going to cause conflict and awkwardness.

Yes the airport scene was all happy reunions.

I am officially excited! I already figured out that I will skip classes or work, whichever one I have on November 7th. The next step is the trailer, but they're still filming it in London so it'll be awhile. Also, the official Bond girl has been annouced. Here she is. But the Bond girl isn't as important as Bond himself or the plot. I grew up on the Bond films so that explains why I'm a big 007 geek .

Yeah, I lean towards, he gave her the necklace, they were about to do something, the wife found out, he decided not to and then he left to give her some space. When he came back, she was there to let him know she was willing to work on the marriage. That chick was alone on Christmas Eve with just her necklace and that's all she got out of it.

Speaking of the necklace, I thought Mr. Bean was hysterical with the cinammon and the wrapping and all!

Haha, yes! And it was great seeing him again in the airport too!

That's a really good question! I remember wondering the same thing as I was watching and I guess I just moved it to the back of my mind.


I like this one. I'll agree with you, wedd .

I just watched Shrek 3 and had NO idea that JK was the voice of Lancelot!!! I was looking on IMDB during the movie and when I saw him on the cast list, I had to rewind the movie and listen to Lancelot again... JK did a great job! I had no idea it was him and even when I listened really closely, I could hardly tell it was him. Or maybe I've forgotten what he sounds like? Say it isn't so!!!

Also, I just finished watching "It Happened One Night" and it was a really cute movie . I don't think I've ever really watched Clark Gable in anything (besides Gone With the Wind, but that was when I was really young). I guess I expected him to be a d-bag in all his movies, but it was actually the opposite. He was really enjoyable and Myrna Loy was a lot of fun to watch . I'm slowly working my way through the list of "must see" classics. Tomorrow night is "Holiday Inn".

Yeah, he helped the little boy sneak through--I LOVE that whole airport scene!!

I guess I'm 1 for 3 this week.

"Alien vs Predator 2" was okay, but "One Missed Call" and "Resident Evil 2" induced sleep. I need to take my own advice and give horror movies a rest for a while.

Money down the drain, huh?

I saw Walk Hard :The Dewey Cox Story around Christmas and I can honestly say I don't think I've laughed harder in a movie theater...the best mockumentry since This Is Spinal Tap...and to my pleasant suprise Jenna Fischer was in it. Believe it or not I didn't know that going into the theater...which only added to my enjoyment of it. Craig Robinson also has a small but memorable role in it.


It's basically Ray and Walk The Line done for comedy...with a take on every concieveable cliche added in. Tim Meadows is hilarious in it as Dewy's drummer. All the drug scenes starting with pot and ending with viagra are hilarious and don't get stale.


Besides Little Miss Sunshine this is the best movie I've seen with any Office alum in it...it might be better...it's definitely the funniest...Although I haven't seen Dan In Real Life yet...nowadays I don't go to the movies as much as I should

...I'm looking forward to seeing There Will Be Blood in a couple of weeks(P.T. Anderson is my favorite director)

That stinks! I have it when you pay so much for a movie and it ends up being not worth it. I haven't been to a theater movie in months, because we're waiting until there's one we really want to see. I hate spending $30-$40 for a movie for 2, with snacks, but if it's really good, I don't mind at all .



I love Spinal Tap! I'm glad you liked Walk Hard... I've been wanting to see it, but have had mixed feelings from all the reviews. It's on my netflix, though, so I'll see it eventually .

Yeah I haven't seen all those bad reviews but I heard it got some...which is suprising...the only reason I can figure for the bad reviews is that it is one of the most irreverant looks at the music buisness/musicians I've seen...but if you have an irreverant sense of humor and understand what the joke is in the particular scene/movie in question...it's great...in other words there are some scenes in Walk Hard that if taken at face value would seem sick to laugh at but if you know what they're making fun of it's hilarious...I don't want to be too specific in case you don't want it spoiled...but if you have a healthy amount of knowledge about rock history then the jokes take on different meanings than if you don't

I'm excited about TDK. I was amazed at the snippets of performance I saw from Heath Ledger. I agree with TimHalpert and others on its contrast with Jack Nicholson's portrayal. But this ....

I don't quite agree with. I thought Katie was a little flat in Batman Begins, but I have to say one of my all time pet peeves in the movie industry is when a character is replaced with another actress. (Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling ... I like her, but I hated that). Something about it really bothers me. If Maggie were playing another girl altogether, ok. I still don't like the old Batman formula of each new sequel produced a different love interest (and a different hero, but I digress). All I am saying is, hold on to your cast. You picked em, own em.

Now this is very exciting. I didn't know about Harvey being in this one, and I sure as heck didn't know about Aaron Eckhart playing him! Holy Moses. This movie just went up on my scale. By A.LOT.


You are right, CHBO. I saw Atonement last night, I was veritably impressed. The long shot was breathtaking, and very reminiscent of the one in Pride and Prejudice, albeit with a completely different subject matter, which I guess is becoming his signature. The puncutation of tension in the film with the heartbeat/typewriter was haunting, as was his choice of when to keep the scene un-scored. It was really breathtaking, and very well adapted from the novel (which is great).
Ugh, and Girl with a Pearl Earring ... complete disappointment.



Nice review, SB, and I agree that John gave us something that was uncharacteristically un-Jim/John like, and still stole the show. If he's not talented, I don't know what he is. I can't handle that much Ana Ferris and "come on, man"s from her, so I won't be watching it again.


Oh, blessed Peter. I don't think I could possibly be more stoked about anything, ever.







I've always thought that he stopped just short of doing anything with Mia (the secretary). I think Emma's (Thompson, because I can't remember the character's name) confrontation moment with him was telling in that he looked embarressed and called himself "a classic fool." The absence of what looked like guilt on his countenance, and instead more embarressment, always made me feel like he was caught hatching a plan, not caught having done the deed. So, I took the airport scene like this: They were welcoming him home from a business trip, the kids seemingly unaware that anything has transpired between their parents. I got the feeling Emma and Alan had decided to work through his issue (and that this was possible because he hadn't done anything with Mia). Emma looks a little better, you're right, so perhaps she's making an effort to improve herself for herself (a la FNB). He kisses her on the cheek, so there is a semblance of amiability and affection, and she says, "Good to have you back," a statement that mirrors the truth of their situation. It is good that he is there with her, even though it is hard to come back from what he did. If they had decided to split, or she had thrown him out, I feel like this last exchange would not have rung true.

I agree with you. I usually don't like seeing a new actor playing the same character in a sequel. I will make one exception. I wouldn't hate having another actress play Lois Lane instead of Kate Bosworth.

I thought the guy they brought in to play Gollum in Two Towers and Return of the King was a billion times better than the one in Fellowship of the Ring.

They also changed Gollum's "look" in the last 2 movies.

I actually agree with you wholeheartedly. That's one of the things I hate the most in movies too. But for some reason I just really disliked Katie Holmes in BB. She was my least favorite part of the movie. If in fact Maggie is replacing her, I'm interested in seeing how she does. If she's playing another character that's fine too, but for some unknown reason, I don't think I'd mind her being a replacement. I guess it's just a strange exception for me this once .

You guys would hate David Lynch movies. He's made three of them where the same character was played by more than one actor for the same film. I think he did that with Mullholland Drive, Lost Highway and Inland Empire. I guess it's sort of his "thing" now.

Pre-Edit: I was wrong. According to IMDB, for Inland Empire, he actually has two actors playing four parts. I haven't even seen it yet, but my head's already spinning.

OMG, thank you for commenting on that. I don't know anything about the book. But somebody better tell me that they are married with babies and that they live happily ever after.

Is that too much?

I just think they need to be in every movie together. Forever.


And I LOVE LOVE Mulholland Drive. But in Mulholland Drive he had one actor play several parts, not one part for several actors. Unless I'm remembering incorrectly.

I HATED Walk Hard and nearly walked out....and I have a great sense of humor in my opinion. It was just stupid.




I'm watching Drop Dead Gorgeous, wow I forgot how much I LOVE this movie!!!!!

How absolutely white trash hysterical is it when she gets the Coors Light can fused to her hand permanently?!

She certainly wasn't flat in The Gift.


I only saw it once, and that was several years ago. I thought... IMDB will know.

You're right. Naomi Watts plays two characters. Which is fine by me. You can never have too much Watts.

I kinda thought that there was some speculation as to whether Naomi Watts and Laura Herring's love scene was actually supposed to be one woman finding herself or something like that, but IMDB shows all of the characters with different names. I'm so confused. <--I'm not the first person to say that after watching a David Lynch movie.

Edit: I just realized that I referenced two famous nude scenes in one post on a board that a bunch of teenage girls read. Yeah, that's not creepy.

Not at all. At least you owned up to it! But what about the teenage boys? Are you not worried about their delicate psyches (is that spelled right?)

I am going to see Juno today by myself--I pretty much know what to expect, but we shall see.

Well, the Katie Holmes thing was way too easy, and both are great movies...

I want to see Juno pretty badly, and not because the banner at the top of this page keeps telling me I have to, but I think it's going to have to wait until video. I look forward to your review.

I watched "Holiday Inn" last night and really enjoyed it. I was getting really frustrated with Fred Astaire's character, though, because he wouldn't leave Bing's women alone! But I really liked the dances and songs, which made up for it, I think . Oh, and Marjorie Reynolds is a doll! She was really good in this movie .

OMG I freakin' love this movie, too. Glad to know I'm not the only one. I can't tell you how many times I've mentioned it to someone and I get a blank stare in return. I sometimes feel like I'm the only person who's seen it. So many great lines, that I don't even know where to begin - perhaps with Ellen Barkin's great advice to daughter Kirsten Dunst - "If they ask you to take your top off, get the money first."

I think I'm finally going to get to see Atonement tomorrow. I bribed my dad into going with me (M&Ms work every time).

You won't be disappointed by Juno, Wedd. It was so great; hilarious and heart warming. I can't wait to see it again (cheaper the second time though).

I didn't care one way or the other about Katie Holmes in Batman Begins. I think that Maggie Gyllenhaal is playing a different character. That was one of the big things that bothers me about the earlier Batman movies, even he changed (in fact, Alfred and Robin were the only two who really came back played by the same actors; plus, I love Christian Bale and think he makes an amazing Batman). Also, I hated the old bat suits. They were ridiculous and impractical.

I agree about the whole Kate Bosworth thing though. I'm not a big fan of Superman to begin with (it's the whole w/ glasses Clark Kent, without Superman and no one figuring it out) but she just did nothing for me.

I saw Juno, finally! And, of course, I am in love with it. Ellen Page was too brilliant to even describe in words. Michael Cera too. Oh, and I thought Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman were excellent! When they fought, I felt like they were so out of their element, it was fantastic. A great ensemble cast. Her parents were hilarious! I didn't want the movie to end. The soundtrack is a must-have! I absolutely love it-can't stop listening to it. I definitely recommend it to anyone!

I have to say, I loved Rainn Wilson's cameo in Juno. It was perfect but not nearly long enough.

It was perfect. He was fantastic. He tried to fit as many nonsense words in his sentence as possible. "That ain't no Etch-A-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, Homeskillet." So great.

JAM4NEVER: The soundtrack is great! I'm listening to it right now.

Lenny: I agree with you. I was kinda hoping to see him again later in the movie.

I watched A Santa Clause 3 last night. That's right, you read that correctly. I see those movies once, enjoy them for the nonsense they are, and move on. It was cute nonsense, for what it's worth.

I have A Mighty Heart to watch tonight or tomorrow or when I get to it.

And I'm seeing Juno on Sunday.

I'm going to see The Chauffeur tonight. Everybody's gotta start somewhere.

Okay, here's what I think of Juno. The soundtrack was awesome, by the way. I was a little disappointed in the movie, if only because of the dialogue. I know that the character is 16, and I know I am 33, but I really couldn't buy her saying, "Dude, I'm prego", and "If I could push this thing out of my vag right now, I would". It was a little distracting to me. Also, I thought that the whole idea that Mark was falling for her was crazy. He said his prom was in '88--20 years ago. That would make him 38 and she was 16. I know that he saw a chance to recapture his youth through her, but I just hope he didn't actually want HER. That was a little creepy to me.

But it was a really good movie, and heartbreaking at some points. I was surprised at the end, and no surprise to anyone reading the crying thread, I cried when she went into labor and when Bleeker came to see her. I was actually crying very hard. I definitely liked the movie, and I do recommend it.

I can't wait to see Juno. *le sigh*

I just watched Ocean's 13...finally! I loved it! Cracked me up.

I have the sudden and inexplicable urge to watch Ferris Bueller.

I flippin' LOOOOOOOVE Housesitter with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn.


I'm watching it right now.


And earlier my bf and I ate pizza and had a movie night *best friend...not boyfriend. We watched Stardust. I loved that too!

Haha, me too! I love all of the Kimya Dawson songs. Also the one that was played during the credits at the beginning. And of course Anyone Else But You.



I thought it was hilarious when she said that!
Yeah, I think Mark falling for her was a little different, but I also think it was supposed to be creepy. She liked him too. A very interesting twist in the movie.

OMG! I also cried at the part when Bleeker looked in the stands and couldn't find her and showed up at the hospital. That was so cute!
Another good scene was When Juno and Paulie were fighting in school and he was like, "I am the one that is supposed to be mad. I should be cheesed at you." Haha.
AHH! Such a great movie!

I finished The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and I absolutely LOVE it ! I don't really love musicals, but this was completely different, just spectacular! I loved the music, dancing, acting, and that there was a circus/carnival in the beginning! William Powel was just brilliant! It was just stupendous !

Oh! I watched I am Legend last night. A very good movie. The kind that you don't fully understand until the end. I sure hope that never happens...

I also saw One Missed Call. Horrible! But, that is what i expected. It was actually kinda funny when it was supposed to be scary, haha.

Oh, it had better happen now. Otherwise, I've been studying zombie movies for my entire life in preparation of nothing.

I bought the soundtrack off of iTunes, which I never do.



It was so sweet because after he passed the finish line you heard the announcer say that he had just broken a school record, but he didn't care because he was looking for her. I think that was when I really started crying.

See, I don't think Mark was falling for her so much as she was there and she listened and cared about the same things he did. Maybe I didn't think it was all that creepy because after having read Lolita for school, that is very tame.

I think my favorite part was when they were there for her ultrasound and the technician was rude. I loved them telling her that she doesn't know what kind of parents the adoptive parents would be, maybe the kid would be better off with a teenage mother. Too funny and I loved Alison Janney as her step-mother.

I agree with you in regards to how she talked. It's almost like they were trying too hard to make her sound like a sixteen-year-old. She was just too trucker-mouthed for me, but I was able to overlook it. And I loved Michael Cera in it, he's adorable. Overall I was pleased with it as well.

I loved Atonement. I'm so glad that I read the book before hand, though. I was so worried that they would take all of the war scenes from the retreat and the wounded from the hospital and go over the top with it but I was so happy that they didn't (I wouldn't have been able to stomach it if they had). And the music was amazing, the way they used the typewriter and lights was amazing, it was just amazing in general and I can't wait to see it again.

Saw P.S. I Love You again (took MIL this time) & loved it even more. I was afraid I would be a little bored since I'd already seen it, but I wasn't at all. I absolutely love-love-LOVE the bar scene after they first met when he's singing to her & I figured out what song it is, JAM4NEVER. It's called "Galway Girl" & I downloaded a good version on iTunes by Mundy & Sharon Shannon. Mundy must be an Irish band. I am seriously in love w/ that part of the movie. Gerard Butler is hot & Hilary Swank is cute too.

Ditto! I didn't read the book, but now I really want to! Did you notice the one shot (no cuts) on the beach? Now that was AMAZING! Oh, and it's great the second time you watch it too !

While I'm waiting for Hollywood as we know it to end (Triple Strike of the WGA, SGA and DGA occurring this June), I thought it'd be a time-killer to do a Oscar poll. Not yet, as the nominees haven't come out yet, but soon. Before I (or someone else does) actually make the poll, I figured we should maybe list our, um ... lists for the Academy Awards. I don't know who all the nominees should be, so I'm relying on you guys to fill in the blanks. Since the polls on these boards only allow for three questions to be asked, we'll focus on Best Picture, Best Actor/Supporting Actor (multiple choices) and Best Actress/Supporting Actress (multiple choices)

Best Picture (feel free to add more choices)

ATONEMENT

JUNO

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

THERE WILL BE BLOOD


Best Actor (feel free to add more choices)

Daniel Day-Lewis, THERE WILL BE BLOOD


Best Actress (feel free to add more choices)

Angelina Jolie, A MIGHTY HEART

Julie Christie, AWAY FROM HER


Best Supporting Actor (feel free to add more choices)

Javier Bardem, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN


Best Supporting Actress (feel free to add more choices)

Cate Blanchett, I'M NOT THERE


I'm blanking on a lot of the possible choices (for example, the girl from JUNO should be up there, I know, but I'm blanking on her name). So, if you would kindly add to the list anyone and any movie you honestly feel should be up for consideration in these categories, then I will be sure to include them in an upcoming poll later on this week.

Ellen Page. And the parenst could be up there for Best Supporting Roles, JK Simmons and Allison Janney.

Definitely read the book. It's a little bit gorier than the movie (which is part of why I was so nervous about seeing the movie; I knew it was rated R and I was afraid it was because of the war images which I can handle better reading than visually but with the scene of the school girls they had all the impact with so much less gore)

And I love it when movies have that one long uncut shot like that. I'm going to be getting the soundtrack to this movie at some point too. I loved how they incorporated the typewriter into Briony's theme and then the way they had the lights around her mirroring that beat, genius.

Oh, and I finally managed to find season one of Carnivale at the library. It had been checked out the last two times I'd been there but they had it when I went yesterday so I'm going to start that this afternoon.