List of Movies I "Need" to Watch
Feb. 7th, 2005 11:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matrixrefugeeIf you've been following this LJ since I started it one year ago, January 17th, you'll remember I ran my own version of the Academy Awards. I'm working on this year's version, but there's one small problem: I need to watch some more films from last year, otherwise the noms are gonna be pretty thin... So, I'm posting a list of stuff that I missed in the theatres but which have since come out on DVD and which I plan to watch soon. In no particular order, and subject to additions being made:
"The Manchurian Candidate" (I saw the 1962 version and utterly loved it. Eerie as hell, but funny, too.)
"The Village" (I admire and love M. Night Shyamalan's work.)
"De-Lovely" (Okay, I think Cole Porter the human was a thorough jerk, but I love his music.)
"Collateral" (I saw the previews for this and immediately got curious.)
Edited February 8th, 2005 to Add: "Vanity Fair" (I like 19th century novels, and costume flicks based thereon.)
"Shrek 2" (I liked the first one.)
I *did* just watch the new version of "The Stepford Wives": Okay, so it's not exactly "2001: A Space Odyssey", but I enjoyed it. Yes, there were things about it that irked me, the most glaring being the fact that the science in this sci-fi fable didn't really work. If the secret of Stepford is that they're putting nano-chips with Perfect Homemaker Programming, what's the deal with giving these women robot bodies, too? Or are they putting a human brain inside a robot body and then adding the nanochips? Someone screwed up the script... I also found the subplot involving the gay couple a little irksome, but that's just my own personal gripe, no artistic judgement implied. Plus, I don't think Nicole Kidman really does comedy that well. She's too serious, even for a black comedy. But I have to admit, it was fun to watch (okay, part of the fun was giggling over the fact that Nicole Kidman is, what, three inches taller than Matthew Broderick?). And my eyebrows went swooping over the back of my head when the real master-mind of Stepford is unveiled.... It's more fun that the book was (I haven't seen the 1970s film version of it, and I don't intend to since horror and my easily jangled nerves don't tend to mix well.) and it throws a nice, big brick at the 1950s mentality!
I wish the soundtrack was availible on CD: I liked the loopy, twisty, creepy little waltz theme used in the main and end titles.
"The Manchurian Candidate" (I saw the 1962 version and utterly loved it. Eerie as hell, but funny, too.)
"The Village" (I admire and love M. Night Shyamalan's work.)
"De-Lovely" (Okay, I think Cole Porter the human was a thorough jerk, but I love his music.)
"Collateral" (I saw the previews for this and immediately got curious.)
Edited February 8th, 2005 to Add: "Vanity Fair" (I like 19th century novels, and costume flicks based thereon.)
"Shrek 2" (I liked the first one.)
I *did* just watch the new version of "The Stepford Wives": Okay, so it's not exactly "2001: A Space Odyssey", but I enjoyed it. Yes, there were things about it that irked me, the most glaring being the fact that the science in this sci-fi fable didn't really work. If the secret of Stepford is that they're putting nano-chips with Perfect Homemaker Programming, what's the deal with giving these women robot bodies, too? Or are they putting a human brain inside a robot body and then adding the nanochips? Someone screwed up the script... I also found the subplot involving the gay couple a little irksome, but that's just my own personal gripe, no artistic judgement implied. Plus, I don't think Nicole Kidman really does comedy that well. She's too serious, even for a black comedy. But I have to admit, it was fun to watch (okay, part of the fun was giggling over the fact that Nicole Kidman is, what, three inches taller than Matthew Broderick?). And my eyebrows went swooping over the back of my head when the real master-mind of Stepford is unveiled.... It's more fun that the book was (I haven't seen the 1970s film version of it, and I don't intend to since horror and my easily jangled nerves don't tend to mix well.) and it throws a nice, big brick at the 1950s mentality!
I wish the soundtrack was availible on CD: I liked the loopy, twisty, creepy little waltz theme used in the main and end titles.
