Romance Movie Weekend
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rsadelleNot A Movie
I started off my weekend with the two-hour season finale of season 2 of One Tree Hill. Now I have to decide whether I should jump right into season 3 where it is now or if I should wait until it comes out on DVD and start at the beginning.
Not A Romance
Then on Saturday I watched Phone Booth. I wholeheartedly agree with Molly's assessment: That's 80 minutes of my life I'll never get back.
Bollywood
After Phone Booth, I watched Bride and Prejudice. I'd never seen a Bollywood movie before, so this was a new experience. I had a hard time getting into it because I was trying to remember the plot of the book. I don't know that I'll be watching more Bollywood movies, but it did have a good emotional payoff, and it made me want to rewatch Bend It Like Beckham.
Romance Movies at the Theater
Yesterday I went to see Last Holiday. It's not a particularly high quality movie, but I absolutely loved the end. I may be a lesbian, but I'd make out with LL Cool J on a ledge anytime.
Oddest bit of the movie: in the background of a medical clinic hallway there's a guy in a chair. I swear it was Christopher Meloni. Maybe it's just a look alike.
Today I first saw Tristan & Isolde, which is not horrible, but which isn't very good either. I was never particularly engaged in their passion, although I did like Tristan's resistance. It might even make me go reread Diana Paxson's The White Raven, and, like the ice-breaking scene in The Chronicles of Narnia, it reminded me of how much I love the Clive Owen-Ioan Gruffud-Keira Knightley King Arthur.
Then I saw Casanova, which is fantastic. It's a completely charming, hilarious farce that's thoroughly emotionally satisfying. Everyone in it is great, and the fact that a reasonably intelligent audience member can see the plot points coming doesn't detract from it in the slightest. For the naysayers amongst you, the ending might satisfy you with the way it leaves space for the connection between the Casanova of the movie trailer and the historical Casanova. The rest of you can see it or not as you choose, but Sky, you must see this movie.
Trailer Report
In all of this moviegoing, I saw the trailer for Something New three times. The first time we saw the trailer, the boys scoffed at it, but I'm completely charmed. Romantic comedy! Simon Baker! Natasha Bedingfield song in the trailer!
Other most exciting trailer: Stick It. This is a movie about a bike-riding girl (apparently bikes are the new skateboards) who gets sent back to gymnastics by the judge. And it's written by the writer of Bring It On. I so can't wait.
Most baffling trailer: Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst. Seriously, people, what the fuck?
Last Week's Leftovers
While I was out of town, I caught the first ever Law & Order/Homicide crossover on one of the cable channels that reruns L&O like mad. On the Homicide portion of the crossover, Lennie and Munch meet for the first time. For those of you who don't know, Lennie/Munch is my L&O OTP (!!!! [exclamation points added so you can see how much of an OTP this is]). I was excited to see the how they met episode. They go to the bar, where they start chatting and playing pool. And where they find out that not only does Lennie know Munch's first ex-wife, but he slept with her. Munch proceeds to get drunk and lose something like $500 to Lennie at the pool table.
I started off my weekend with the two-hour season finale of season 2 of One Tree Hill. Now I have to decide whether I should jump right into season 3 where it is now or if I should wait until it comes out on DVD and start at the beginning.
Not A Romance
Then on Saturday I watched Phone Booth. I wholeheartedly agree with Molly's assessment: That's 80 minutes of my life I'll never get back.
Bollywood
After Phone Booth, I watched Bride and Prejudice. I'd never seen a Bollywood movie before, so this was a new experience. I had a hard time getting into it because I was trying to remember the plot of the book. I don't know that I'll be watching more Bollywood movies, but it did have a good emotional payoff, and it made me want to rewatch Bend It Like Beckham.
Romance Movies at the Theater
Yesterday I went to see Last Holiday. It's not a particularly high quality movie, but I absolutely loved the end. I may be a lesbian, but I'd make out with LL Cool J on a ledge anytime.
Oddest bit of the movie: in the background of a medical clinic hallway there's a guy in a chair. I swear it was Christopher Meloni. Maybe it's just a look alike.
Today I first saw Tristan & Isolde, which is not horrible, but which isn't very good either. I was never particularly engaged in their passion, although I did like Tristan's resistance. It might even make me go reread Diana Paxson's The White Raven, and, like the ice-breaking scene in The Chronicles of Narnia, it reminded me of how much I love the Clive Owen-Ioan Gruffud-Keira Knightley King Arthur.
Then I saw Casanova, which is fantastic. It's a completely charming, hilarious farce that's thoroughly emotionally satisfying. Everyone in it is great, and the fact that a reasonably intelligent audience member can see the plot points coming doesn't detract from it in the slightest. For the naysayers amongst you, the ending might satisfy you with the way it leaves space for the connection between the Casanova of the movie trailer and the historical Casanova. The rest of you can see it or not as you choose, but Sky, you must see this movie.
Trailer Report
In all of this moviegoing, I saw the trailer for Something New three times. The first time we saw the trailer, the boys scoffed at it, but I'm completely charmed. Romantic comedy! Simon Baker! Natasha Bedingfield song in the trailer!
Other most exciting trailer: Stick It. This is a movie about a bike-riding girl (apparently bikes are the new skateboards) who gets sent back to gymnastics by the judge. And it's written by the writer of Bring It On. I so can't wait.
Most baffling trailer: Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst. Seriously, people, what the fuck?
Last Week's Leftovers
While I was out of town, I caught the first ever Law & Order/Homicide crossover on one of the cable channels that reruns L&O like mad. On the Homicide portion of the crossover, Lennie and Munch meet for the first time. For those of you who don't know, Lennie/Munch is my L&O OTP (!!!! [exclamation points added so you can see how much of an OTP this is]). I was excited to see the how they met episode. They go to the bar, where they start chatting and playing pool. And where they find out that not only does Lennie know Munch's first ex-wife, but he slept with her. Munch proceeds to get drunk and lose something like $500 to Lennie at the pool table.
Re: The movie Stick It
Date: 2006-01-21 06:54 am (UTC)