Motion Picture Mania!

[tealin]

Just saw Frost/Nixon.

Y HLO THAR, MOIST VON LIPWIG

In other news, it was fantastic.* Wonderfully written, very well shot, and the production design made me cringe with all the vigour that only the 1970s can induce. The fact that I like it so much speaks wonders for it,** as it's a topic I know little about, have little interest in, and involved such a scungy time period and crowd (I mean, politicians and media types? Bleh!). I was surprised at both how suspenseful and funny it was, even at the same time. But mostly I was just watching Michael Sheen's perfect facial acting and million-watt smile. Heee.
*Possibly because of Moist, but I spotted at least two objectively movie-making things that were completely non-Moist related
**Unless of course it's all down to Moist

I also saw all the Oscar-nomtinated shorts today – I'm sticking with 'La maison en petits cubes' to win because 'Lavatory Lovestory,' while arguably uglier, was too cute and simple to rake in the art points. 'This Side Up' was a very pleasant surprise, though I may be biased by the dark humour and wackiness and also the BBC production credit at the beginning ... it was like Edward Gorey meets Warner Bros. Neverthless, I still have a shred of hope, because 'The Danish Poet' did manage to win its year so someone out there knows entertainment...

By the way, this is my ONE THOUSANDTH POST! Ring in the new millennium with some craaaazy wallpaper action!

Comments

[salamandersoup.livejournal.com]

MOIST WHAT WHERE. I will be watching this movie in the near future thanks to you. :D

And I saw the shorts today too! I can't remember the name, but my favorite was the French one with the guy that was hit by the meteorite.

Happy 1000th posting!

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

That was my favourite too, but it didn't get nominated! It's still a mystery. I asked a guy at work about it and he said they thought it was too pretentious, or something. Too pretentious for the Oscars. The mind boggles.

[fani.livejournal.com]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Congratulations for your thousandth post, Ms. Noodle.

Wait, what? How can anything getting hit by a meteorite* be too pretentious for the Oscars? More like not pretentious enough! Could I see this one?

*) reminded me of a short manga I read 6 years ago about a guy getting hit by meteorite that I cant find anywhere online.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

It's called 'Skhizen,' if you wan tot try to find it, and isn't so much about being hit by a meteorite as the odd effect of it, which is that the guy lives his entire life 91cm to the right – to open a door he has to grip an imaginary doorknob 91cm from the actual one, he looks like he's walking through walls, etc. The narration at the end could make it sound like an allegory for mental illness ('a little off-center') which ... is pretentious, I guess ... but the film was really fantastically well-done and didn't feel overwhelmed by its 'message.'

[ardys-the-ghoul.livejournal.com]

Wow--sorry for butting in, but as someone with Asperger's Syndrome, that sounds like an eerily accurate allegory of my entire life. "A little off-center," heh.

[linda-lupos.livejournal.com]

OMG. I never even considered Michael Sheen for Moist! But he's PERFECT! Yes, the megawatt smile, and also the ability to disappear into a character so you go 'wait, Lucian from Underworld is Tony Blair in The Queen? WHAT?' Perfect for a nondescript conman who looks like everybody and nobody in particular. :D

Also, he's sexy.

*starts Michael For Moist campaign*

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Naw, he's too old. He can act him, but he's about ten years past the right age, I think. It's just that this character was SO MOIST it was hilarious.

[buttfacemakani.livejournal.com]

Aww he would be an awesome older Moist :3c