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Post by muthagoose on Feb 20, 2008 22:01:21 GMT -5
Looks decent to me. If Mason is against it... we are surely for it!  Decent cast as Snake said. |
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Post by MASON on Feb 23, 2008 15:35:55 GMT -5
Decent cast, absolutely. Storyline...looks horrible.
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Post by muthagoose on Feb 24, 2008 11:00:59 GMT -5
Just watched...
Across the Universe
Julie Taymor resurrects the Beatles and the '60s in "Across the Universe", a visually splendid musical that gathers emotional steam as it rolls along.
Riddled with romance, riots, civil rights, hippies and Vietnam, the semi-unwieldy piece keys to Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood, whose fine singing voice surprises), an upper-class U.S. student, and Jude (a scruffy Jim Sturgess), a working-class Liverpool lad who jumps ship in New York.
Director Taymor's ("The Lion King") innovative saga reimagines the birth of some Beatles' classics (dear Prudence comes in through a bathroom window) and acts as a time machine for '60s vets and newbies. Dana Fuchs and Martin Luther McCoy add heat as a couple representing Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.
There are cameo appearances by Bono as Dr. Robert (a counter-culture shaman), Eddie Izzard as Mr. Kite (a circus ringmaster), Joe Cocker as three street characters and Salma Hayek who appears (through digital special effects) as five nurses.
Muthagoose says: This one is definitely worth checking out.
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Post by MASON on Feb 24, 2008 17:06:22 GMT -5
I just saw the movie "Seven." It was good, although I did guess about how it ended.
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Post by Üncle Snake on Feb 24, 2008 19:55:36 GMT -5
To me, Seven is a modern classic, just a great film in every way from start to finish. David Fincher is one of my favorite filmmakers. Check out The Game if you haven't seen it. You always hear about Seven and Fight Club and now Zodiac (is it possible for one person to have more than one masterpiece?), but The Game always seems to be overlooked.
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Post by Üncle Snake on Feb 24, 2008 20:01:04 GMT -5
Last night I saw "In Bruges," which I recommend. It's hilarious at times but also has some surprising depth. Here's the official description:
Bruges, the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travellers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), it could be their final destination; a difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered right before Christmas by their London boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for a couple of weeks. Very much out of place amidst the gothic architecture, canals, and cobbled streets, the two hit men fill their days living the lives of tourists. Ray, still haunted by the bloodshed in London, hates the place, while Ken, even as he keeps a fatherly eye on Ray's often profanely funny exploits, finds his mind and soul being expanded by the beauty and serenity of the city. But the longer they stay waiting for Harry's call, the more surreal their experience becomes, as they find themselves in weird encounters with locals, tourists, violent medieval art, a dwarf American actor shooting a European art film, Dutch prostitutes, and a potential romance for Ray in the form of Chloë, who may have some dark secrets of her own. And when the call from Harry does finally come, Ken and Ray's vacation becomes a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions and surprisingly emotional consequences.
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Post by muthagoose on Feb 28, 2008 10:07:39 GMT -5
Sounds interesting and I do like Colin Farrell... even though he owes me about 2 hours of my life that he stole with Miami Vice.
The only good thing about that film was the Mojitos.
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