We saw Jon Favreau's CHEF last weekend and really enjoyed it. Came out immensely hungry for a Cubano sandwich.
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Like the current 3 Days To Kill, written and directed by Luc Besson, and both suffer from schizophrenia - straight-faced serious action with serious prejudice, but played with comedy stylings. The two elements contrast so drastically that each has the effect of undermining the effect of the other: consequently, neither works as it should and the film as a whole doesn't.
Thanks for the healthy disagreement! Besson is someone whose work I always think I ought to like more than I do - it often seems to have a solid core, but something in it which sets my teeth on edge (the screeching annoyance that was Rubi Rhod in Fifth Element, for instance). And anyone with the posing pretentiousness to call himself "McG" has got two strikes against him before he even starts inserting stylistic tics into his material (and yes, I am displaying the prejudices which 60-odd years on this earth have entitled me to!).
PS Apologies for saying Besson directed in my original post. I wasn't concentrating.
The Big Lebowski (1998) Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
I have seen this one a few times and never tire of it. It seems to get funnier every time I see it. It's sort of a detective story except that the detective in this case (Jeff Bridges) is not really a detective but is the probably the laziest dude in California. John Goodman plays the sidekick and if John Goodman has ever had a better role than this, I haven't seen it. The Coen Brothers are awesome and just seem to turn out one great flick after another in all kinds of genres.
There are far worse movies out there.I watched Kick Ass 2 and Man of Steel recently. I wouldn't suggest watching either one.
M O O N that spells....Watched "Moon" with Sam Rockwell, I found it very absorbing.
Not your "run of the mill" shoot 'em up, alien in space, SF Movie. Very thought provoking about to what, and where, the current developments in genetic engineering might lead in the future.
Well worth a look.
Favreau is quite the director--he's rapidly becoming one of my favorites. CHEF is one I'm really looking forward to seeing.We saw Jon Favreau's CHEF last weekend and really enjoyed it. Came out immensely hungry for a Cubano sandwich.
Sounds like it almost could be a true-to-life story. Sorry, not much of a Kim Cattrall fan- she always seems to play to type.I watched Meet Monica Velour, with Kim Cattrall. Its about a geeky teenage boy who is somewhat obsessed with 70's and 80's porn. When he gets a chance to see in person his favorite porn star from that era, Monica Velour, he goes off to meet her and finds that the years haven't been kind to her. But he then becomes determined to help her and begins to fall in love. It's a quirky, funny, bittersweet movie. Very good performance by Cattrall as the aging porn star. Overall an enjoyable and entertaining movie.
Sounds like it almost could be a true-to-life story. Sorry, not much of a Kim Cattrall fan- she always seems to play to type.
Love this movie... hilarious.The Lego Movie. Grandma and I thought we must be on drugs much of the time, but we laughed our butts off.
I've been humming and singing "Everything is Awesome" for the last 18 hours and haven't minded it.Love this movie... hilarious.