movies

[33anda3rd]

I feel a little bad criticizing "You Can't Take It With You", because the list of comedies that have won Oscars is pretty goddamn short. That one, "Annie Hall"...man, that might be it.

Does that C+ of a french silent one that won a few years ago count as 'comedy'? It should.

[JL21]

Inherent Vice is the Lebowski prequel that we never knew existed.

There's also a strong Long Goodbye vibe.

[The Third Man]

You lose a lot of Pynchon's humor on the screen, plus the narrative is nowhere near as convoluted or involved, which is a bummer, but PTA does nail the feel of PTA's universe and the humanism/nostalgic melancholy at the core of his work.

[JL21]

I thought it was hilarious. And I thought the wildly convoluted plot was part of the film's charm, especially with a strung-out hero.

And more importantly, my biggest pet peeve- never compare the book to the movie or vice versa. Because: 1. You go in with a pre-concieved unfair notion of what the film HAS to be, which isn't fair to the film, and 2. They're different art forms, meant to be taken as they are and on their own merits.

[Jocephus]

has anyone seen wolfcop?

[jim]

We watched Get On Up last night. Guess who is jamming to James Brown today?

Good movie, I enjoyed it, and it reminded me just how much I love me some of that James Brown funk.

[Jocephus]

[jim]

Um-huh. You know what I'm talkin' 'bout.

Guy was a [expletive] musical genius, he really was. Shrewd business man too.

[Jocephus]

[jim]

Last song on the soundtrack - I couldn't get to sleep because I just wanted to dance. I triple dog dare you to listen to this and not dance. I'm sure people think I'm off my rocker in my office, I can't sit still.