Nicolas Mestre
Nicolas Mestre
Irony, even?
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Summer film
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originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Yes; I started watching it this morning.
Tonight, after you finish it, we'll be here to break your fall.
Keeping in mind that it's summer so let's not be too heavy, yet still be engaging - check out the "House of Cards" trilogy from the BBC, Season 1 of "Caprica" (a very good "prequel" to Battleship Gallactica), and of course start at the beginning of "Rescue Me" one of the greatest shows on tv.
I liked "The Wire" very much but I think it requires a bit too much attention for summer.
Movies - how about "Two for the Road" a really great summer travel movie starring Audrey Hepburn and the great, great Albert Finney.
Movies - "Venus Beauty Institute" (where you will truly appreciate the notion of mise en scene) which co-stars Audrey Tattou - and if you like her, check out "A Very Long Engagement" - warning, the first ten minutes are brutal (WWI horrors) but after that, totally charming. Oh, and speaking of Nathalie Baye, how about "Tell No One" - excellent and entertaining. Drats, I was just going to go in a different direction and suggest "The Seduction of Mimi" but I see even Netflix doesn't have it so...
I liked "The Wire" very much but I think it requires a bit too much attention for summer.
Movies - how about "Two for the Road" a really great summer travel movie starring Audrey Hepburn and the great, great Albert Finney.
Movies - "Venus Beauty Institute" (where you will truly appreciate the notion of mise en scene) which co-stars Audrey Tattou - and if you like her, check out "A Very Long Engagement" - warning, the first ten minutes are brutal (WWI horrors) but after that, totally charming. Oh, and speaking of Nathalie Baye, how about "Tell No One" - excellent and entertaining. Drats, I was just going to go in a different direction and suggest "The Seduction of Mimi" but I see even Netflix doesn't have it so...
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
I liked House of Cards. Say more about Rescue Me.
Is that the one with Mariah Carey?"The Seduction of Mimi"
Larry Stein
Larry Stein
No, my Precious
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
Audrey Tatou
Tautou.
Sorry, it's the inner pedant in me, though forge on with your lubricious approval of French actresses!
To be more germane, has anyone ever seen that biopic of Edith Piaf?
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
originally posted by Larry Stein:
No, my Precious
I watched that film this past weekend and only later, when I was reading a couple of reviews of it (which I had to do to intellectualize; damn, that's a traumatizing movie), did I realize the social worker was played by Mariah Carey. Holy hell! Good job, LI diva woman.
Kevin Roberts
Kevin Roberts
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
Audrey Tatou
Tautou.
Sorry, it's the inner pedant in me, though forge on with your lubricious approval of French actresses!
To be more germane, has anyone ever seen that biopic of Edith Piaf?
I comtemplated looking it up, but then realized someone here would let me know if I got it wrong. (Insert emoticon)
Still haven't seen La Vie en Rose. Though it's on the (increasingly lengthy) list of things to see.
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
To be more germane, has anyone ever seen that biopic of Edith Piaf?
Yes. Lead does credible job.
BTW, Audrey Tautou is for people who liked Cinema Paradiso (duck).
Jonathan Loesberg
Jonathan Loesberg
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
Audrey Tatou
Tautou.
Sorry, it's the inner pedant in me, though forge on with your lubricious approval of French actresses!
To be more germane, has anyone ever seen that biopic of Edith Piaf?
I wasn't taken by it, though the songs were nice. My wife was pissed off that they didn't subtitle the songs, though.
Steve Guattery
Steve Guattery
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
To be more germane, has anyone ever seen that biopic of Edith Piaf?
Yes. Lead does credible job.
That's more or less what I thought. As for the rest of it, "meh" as my daughter would say.
My misspelling of Tautou was more of a typo than anything - but correct away. I'm not a big fan of hers (although I do love Juliet Binoche and will see her in about anything).
When my father was visiting me a couple of years ago and I asked what movie he wanted to see he surprised me by naming the piaf film. It was more than okay but not great - but Marion Cotillard is quite terrific in it.
Speaking of "La Vie En Rose" - a great movie is "Ma Vie En Rose" a Belgian film about a 7 year old boy who is convinced he's a girl - very cute.
When my father was visiting me a couple of years ago and I asked what movie he wanted to see he surprised me by naming the piaf film. It was more than okay but not great - but Marion Cotillard is quite terrific in it.
Speaking of "La Vie En Rose" - a great movie is "Ma Vie En Rose" a Belgian film about a 7 year old boy who is convinced he's a girl - very cute.
Jay Miller
Jay Miller
originally posted by Tristan Welles:
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
But really the only injustice is that not enough people agreed with us to make it profitable for Fox. .... Endings have their roles in plots.
The eternal paradox of episodic television.[/quote]
Except Fox showed the episodes out of order and, from what I was told, on a different night and time practically every week. Makes it hard to build an audience.
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Say more about Rescue Me.
Denis Leary's show about a crew of firefighters in NY - first season took place shortly after 9/11 - backstory: crew still reeling from the event and loss of half of the house including Leary's character's first cousin/best friend - who he often sees and speaks with (but he's dead). Show seamlessly goes from tragic to profane and the funniest thing you've seen on tv and then back to moving and then mundane but once again brilliantly funny. The crew at the firehouse is really just the greatest ensemble of actors and characters - and the women on the show - OMG -last season's "showdown" with Sheila and Tommy's wife (blanking on her name) confronting "the new chick" Maura Tierney was just too funny.
It's on FX on Tuesday nights. New season starts very soon. Record it - get season one from Netflix - then watch them all but you must start at the beginning because knowing these characters will make everything that much funnier and more tragic.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
originally posted by Seth Hill:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Yes; I started watching it this morning.
Tonight, after you finish it, we'll be here to break your fall.
Okay, Seth. I just finished the last episode and now require assistance.
I can see why Fox would've canceled this: too much thought-provoking deviation from picture-postcard family values; way past the mindless smuttiness Murdoch's outlets usually favor. I like the terra-forming conceit that gives the writers a way to work in the western stuff. Also the Chinese language theme. Jayne is a brilliantly-played character, and I'm head over heels for Gina Torres.
Help.
Cory Cartwright
Cory Cartwright
Did you watch Dollhouse all the way through? I can see writing it off after the first half of season 1, but I was lucky enough to trust a friend and see it through.originally posted by Thor:
Well, if you're Cory, you go for Dollhouse. If you have taste and sense, you just despair.
But there's the movie.