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Tag Archives: Movies
The number of the count shall be three.
SamuraiFrog opines on the Trilogy Meter, and I shall do the same! Because that’s what I do. The same as everybody else. First, here’s the meter, denoting the level of quality for each film in the trilogy in question: Star … Continue reading
Charlie Wilson’s War
With the teevee show Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, writer Aaron Sorkin apparently thought to establish himself as one of the great genius writers of teevee history. Or, at least, that’s how it felt to watch that show, with … Continue reading
Once
“Take this sinking boatand point it home.We’ve still got time….” -“Falling Slowly”, song from Once A vacuum-cleaner repairman in Dublin works on the side as a street musician, playing his guitar and singing his songs on the streetcorners for whatever … Continue reading
“That was the day I stopped believing in the wild ardor of things.”
I knew nothing about Far From Heaven when I checked it out from the library other than it boasted a highly-regarded score by Elmer Bernstein which was nominated for the Academy Award the year it came out. (That score was … Continue reading
“Let’s get the shit kicked out of us by love!”
So. Love Actually. This is one of my favorite movies, so I’m going to wax poetic about it for a while (with spoilers, by the way). Some people watch A Christmas Story and It’s a Wonderful Life at Christmastime; for … Continue reading
People who quote movies should be boiled in oil.
UPDATED with some correct guesses! I’ve just seen a movie quote quiz-thing over at Erin’s blog. The idea is simple: you pick 15 movies or so, give a quote from each one (IMDb is good for this), and challenge your … Continue reading
Really Sorta!
I’m not sure if I’ve encountered a more ungainly movie title than Definitely, Maybe. I suppose Love Actually is a contender. And like that film, somewhere in the screenplay to Definitely, Maybe those very words are spoken, giving the strange … Continue reading
Between two and three days of my life I’ll never get back
I’ve seen this “Alphabet Movie” meme-thing on a lot of blogs, in which you basically pick one movie for each letter of the alphabet. Here are the rules for this game (as quoted from SamuraiFrog, from when he did the … Continue reading
Quanta
THE SCENE: A passenger compartment on the Orient Express. Five men enter the compartment, one at a time. Three are elderly but still with a certain twinkle in their eyes, while two are younger, in their fifties. All are impeccably … Continue reading
If you want to sing out, sing out!
So I watched some movies, as you might expect, while I was not blogging. I’ll discuss them in no particular order over a series of posts. First up, Harold and Maude. I knew absolutely nothing about Harold and Maude until … Continue reading