Motion Picture Mania!
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tealinJust 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!
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!
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Date: 2009-02-18 06:48 am (UTC)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!
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Date: 2009-02-18 02:34 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2009-02-18 04:10 pm (UTC)Also, he's sexy.
*starts Michael For Moist campaign*
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Date: 2009-02-18 08:20 pm (UTC)