seen in 2001
Submitted by taryn on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:22
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- december
- serendipity
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- picture of dorian gray
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I also found Erin Brockovitch surprisingly enjoyable, but of course I saw it for $2.00 at a second run theatre!
i know what you mean--i paid $1.50 to see it in a double feature...(it's $3 for two flicks at my favorite cinema) but if i had known i'd like it so well, i might have paid full price.
C'mon, you secretly enjoyed Cruel Intentions 2 didn't you? :-)
And hey, come to think of it, I don't recall there being any kind of disclaimer when Cruel Intentions 1 made the list . . .
lol, jim--no, there was no guilty pleasure for this horrendous prequel. it became apparent after the first five minutes that they made great efforts to derive a formula from the first one (presumably for the TV series that never was--at one point a character even says "god, we sound like a cancelled TV show!"). they even reused jokes/lines word for word, which strikes me as a bad idea if they're going for the same audience.
as for the first Cruel Intentions, i must admit i fully appreciate it. at first i was embarrassed to admit it because it could be lumped with other teensploitation flicks, such as "She's All That" or "Loser"--but i've come to look at it as more along the lines of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet, a loose interpretation of a great literary work in modern times. but maybe that's just my rationalization for thinking ryan phillippe's a cutie!
Confession time - I saw most of Cruel Intentions on a business trip (I am unable to resist the premium movie channels you usually get in hotels, even when they are showing something I don't particularly want to see). I failed to hate it. :-)
Wow, Antitrust. You really do like Ryan Phillipe. :-) I saw it too, but more because I like Tim Robbins. Although I find it hard to believe that the Tim Robbins of Bull Durham, Bob Roberts, and The Player is the same Tim Robbins that did Mission to Mars and Antitrust. How the mighty have fallen.
Nice to see you thought O Brother as worth watching twice - I am going to buy it on DVD at my earliest opportunity.
Taryn, have you watched Ryan Phillipe in the Way of the Gun?
nope, i wasn't sure it would do it for me. and i'm not a big fan of the greasemeister he's in that with...(what's his name...benny the bull, i mean, benicio del toro.) did you see it, though--would it be worthwhile for me to rent?
I think The Year of the Gun is an awesome film. Also, I would be careful about my comments referring to Mexican people as greasy. Benecio Del Toro is one of the best actors around and also seems to be a very nice guy.
Am I correct in remembering that Dogma was on your "films I'm avoiding" list? If so, how was it forced upon you, and what did you think of it?
great memory, jim! i was meaning to add a comment to one of these lists... yes, it just so happened that i was stuck at a friend's house and dogma came on HBO so i decided to see how much i could stomach.
to my surprise it not only made me laugh in parts, but i felt it also made some decent points. unfortunately much of the over-the-top humor (ie, the shit-demon) makes those points nearly impossible for anyone who may need to think about them to grasp in a serious way.
overall, i don't think i would've been missing anything had i not seen it, but it wasn't nearly as intolerable as i'd assumed it would be--even with the dreaded damon/affleck duo. ;)
Yeah, the shit-demon was a detraction. But it wasn't a particularly long or even relevant scene, so I found it pretty easy to shrug off, and I can't really think of any other scenes that came off similarly. But I did think the movie caved in on itself when God finally showed up, but talk about a tough movie to end! I'm not sure what would have been a satisfactory ending. Anyway, glad you didn't hate it! Should I go through you "movies I'm avoiding" list and try to pick out others you might not hate? :-)
you can try, jim--but i'm not making any promises! :)
you know, this has me thinking. i may need to revise/reorganize these movie lists... the "avoiding" one is getting out of hand and i could divide it by reason--and this one i should at least try to narrow down what "recently" means. any suggestions?
I like the idea of "avoidance by reason." Aso for the "recently" issue, I humbly suggest adopting my format. I plan on keeping a series of lists like this one, broken out by year.
Excellent! Now if I could just convince you to start adding mini-reviews, I'd shut up and leave you alone. :-)
I have to ask...what was your opinion on Vertigo? A movie that has caused some debate on this site in the past?
i personally loved vertigo, but i haven't seen enough hitchcock to rank it or anything. (i'm working on that--it's a new goal of mine to check em all out in the near future.) sorry i can't add more to the debate at this time; perhaps when i get more versed in dear alfred's work.
HEDWIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and Ghost World is excellent, what did you think of those two?
Ghost World was a great movie. I really liked the crazy white trash guy that hung out in the quickie mart. Only problem I had with it was that I thought it dragged on a little too long, but I did really like the ending, it fit very well with the movie's over all mood.
it's funny you should ask about both these films at the same time... because they both surprised me in being the opposite of what i thought they would be.
after reading a brief synopsis of Hedwig i thought it would be a bit sad, but it turned out to be very witty and tastefully done. Ghost World, on the other hand, i was expecting to be sarcastically hilarious and it turned out to be a bit melancholy. i liked it but felt it could use a bit more light (not something i usually wish for).
also, strangely enough, both of these films end with someone walking away/leaving the situation and moving on. is this the ending of the moment? should someone start a list of films that end this way?
What did you think of Toy Story and The Widow of St. Pierre?
i had seen Toy Story before, but long enough ago that all the jokes were funny again. (my dad on the other hand, has it memorized because my two-year old twin brothers are obsessed with it. ha!)
the Widow of Saint-Pierre was wonderful. (of course, i'm slightly biased because i think Juliette Binoche can do no wrong.) the storyline wasn't too surprising or anything, but raises some interesting thoughts on the politics of the death penalty and criminal reform --also a beautiful love story.