mstrox

There was clear eye contact between Firth and the lady, after he had directed his troops not to make eye contact. Whether he saw his wife again or was overwhelmed with empathy in general that completed his face then, I guess, is up to us. The guy who looked like an eyelashless Nester Carbonell was doing what he had probably done for years or a decade along with all the other company men in that room under the command of Firth. Whether he didn’t have contact with Blunt or just didn’t have the capacity for empathy, seems like he just saw everyone else give up and said “what the fuck, you guys?”

Weird that they’d tack the bonus disc contents onto the end rather than more gracefully integrating the tracks. Not rebuying since I have the box, but it’s a good score and I’m glad it’s in print.

I assumed it was

They’re getting tired of your calls, Bes!

My 10 year old loved it, except she wanted the movie to go on longer so she could hear The Speech. I thought it was pretty good!

My kid liked it a good bit. I’m sure the impact on her at home is not the same for her as it was in theaters for 11 year old mstrox though.

I don’t think there’s a definitive summer blockbuster - it’s a timing thing, whatever popped up while you were imprintable. For me, Jurassic Park and Independence Day were the ones that I was the right age to participate in, so I guess one of those. Introduced our kid to Independence Day tonight and it really holds up. I probably haven’t seen the movie since the 1990s, but as a guy now in his 40s who has been witness to enough historical destruction, there wasn’t much “thrill” in the big attack sequence, which I probably had found when I was a kid. Regardless, you need that down to feel that the “up” is earned later. A few pretty lousy special effects, mostly bluescreen fire stuff, but even the CGI passes muster.

Pop music at the moment is big on the capitalize nothing style if you’re looking for a change

It sounds like Gershwin - maybe a snippet of something uptempo from Rhapsody in Blue, or designed by Powell to evoke that.

I happened to listen to Rabbit and Rogue a couple times yesterday and it really is lovely.

It’s one of the only Elfman scores from the past 10-15 years that has stuck with me - I can’t explain it! Maybe I was just grateful that it wasn’t barely warmed over “Burton fantasy.”

Some non-Burtonesque favorites Black Beauty The Family Man (perhaps my last grail) Mission: Impossible The Next Three Days The Circle

Dreamworks, HGW’s subsequent solo entries in the Shrek and Chicken Run series do nothing but confirm my long-held theory that all of the interesting material stemmed from Powell in the first place.

Dune was awful. Cutthroat Island and Speed 2 were dumb but watchable. Babe 2 was an insane sequel given its predecessor. Gigli was fun trash. Speed Racer was terrific. Synecdoche was unwatchable. Pan was fine for what it was and Cats never had a chance of being good but there were a few good songs. Have a great day! I can at least agree to that.