anxiously awaited movies
Submitted by chicky on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:18
Tags:
- soul survivors
- fantasia 2000
- holy smoke!
- eye of the beholder
- being john malkovich
- "a people's history of the united states"
- the age of innocence
- hamlet (modern, with ethan hawke, julia stiles, etc.)
- love's labour's lost
- just to be together
- julien donkey-boy
- gossip
- thirteen
- getting to know you
- steal this movie!
- emporte-moi (set me free)
- coming soon
- i'm the one that i want
Author Comments:
(newness at very top)
these are almost entirely just movies that have completely grabbed me, either through reading or trailers, and which i haven't gotten to see yet but want to. feel free to add anything else you think i should be looking forward to, or even anything you think i should see that's already out.
*update note (1.6): yes, it's been a long time. i've seen autumn in new york (yes, it was AWFUL), fight club (which was fun, but trust me: *don't* go in already knowing the ending. it's not as much fun), guinevere (which...i didn't get), and almost famous (which i LOVED). yeah.
If you're interested in Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare movies (I assume it's his HAMLET you're desperate to see) I recommend his HENRY V. It's not completely boy's Shakespeare: there's some girl's stuff too - a royal romance, of sorts.
actually, it's not his hamlet i'm dying to see; i've already seen that about 10 times! along with henry V, which was actually my first introduction to branaugh's films (in an english class). there's a new hamlet coming out with ethan hawke and julia stiles and a bunch of other younger actors which looks and sounds like it won't really be very good, but since i've seen most of the other shakespeare adaptations of late, i figure it's worth it. plus eye candy can *always* be a strong attraction.
Is it the complete 4 hour version you've seen 10 times? Wow! that's 40 hours of Hamlet - that beats me. Have you seen Ian McKellen's RICHARD III? - it's a non-traditional version set in a sort of alternate-history 1930s. It's much better than the recent ROMEO AND JULIET, the one with Leonardo Di-whatsis-face.
yup, the four hour version, branaugh and kate winslet. :) i'm not sure that i've seen it ten times in its entirety, but i know i've seen it at least five times as a whole, along with a bunch of times seeing it in pieces (either the sundance channel or the independent film channel had it on a *lot* probably two years ago now). what can i say, i enjoyed it. :D
i haven't seen richard iii, no. is it as long as hamlet? i tend to not watch movies of shakespeare plays unless i know the play....and i don't know richard iii. i'll definitely put it on my list of movies to see, though, thanks. :)
No, RIII isn't nearly as long as the complete version of H (you do realise, don't you, that almost all movie versions of Shakespeare present abridged versions of The Bard?).
Too bad you're not familiar with RIII; it's about how a deformed prince ruthlessly claws his way to the throne; it begins "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York."
If you do happen to get into RIII, there's another recent movie that might interest you. It's called LOOKING FOR RICHARD. It's a semi-documentary about Al Pacino's attempt to film the play. Worth seeing, even though Pacino is a much overrated actor, in my opinion.
Unfortunately, I thought The Last Days of Disco was vintage Whit Stillman. Occassionally witty dialog, but neither the characters nor the story were particularly engaging. To be fair, the only other thing I've seen of his was Barcelona (I haven't seen Metropolitan). But if you saw Barcelona and loved it, then by all means see Disco.
i've never seen a walt stillman movie....but i just saw boys don't cry and have become very much enamoured of chloe sevigny....so of course disco's on my list. i've seen a bit of it awhile back and wasn't *too* thrilled....but it was the middle of the movie and i didn't really know what was going on. thanks for the warning, though. :)
I'll have to agree. Last Days was vintage Stillman, and I didn't care for Barcelona. Metropolitain, on the other hand, I found somewhat more likeable. The thing that most bothers me about Stillman is that it always seems like each character has the same voice, and their "character" is made up of what they talk about. Rather drab.
having finally seen last days, i can say that i did, indeed, like it. but i can also totally understand it being easy not to like it; it's definitely one of those movies like before sunrise (which admittedly it's been a *long* while since i last saw, but which is the only thing i can think to compare it to right now) which is *all* talk, and thus really hard to get into. but thanks for all the tips....maybe someday soon i'll try to catch stillman's other movies. they're definitely on my list of movies to see. :)
Fight Club is wonderful. See it like a million times. Sorry, I get very excited.
it's all good.....i love seeing movies a gajillion times. for example, i've seen boys don't cry at least five times....and i haven't even gotten the dvd yet (it just came out this week)! and i saw both dogma and the talented mr. ripley more times than i can remember. so trust me: you're not the only one. ;)
hey chicky, you should check out the original score that the french band, AIR, did for the virgin suicides...it's really great....have you read the book? (i assume you have since you're anxiously awaiting the movie...) yeah it was such an original idea and structure for a book...i enjoyed it a lot...the soundtrack is a great companion and has some (i think) direct quotes of passages from the book...barbieOO(a crazy hampshire student who forgot her password)
barbie, i've never heard the soundtrack *nor* read the book, actually; my wanting to see it is based solely on things i've read about it, and, as of tonight, the trailer for it. i'm assuming you're saying the book is worth reading? ;)
Chicky, if and when you catch EYE OF THE BEHOLDER I'd be very interested in reading your opinion of it.