02-13-2005, 04:35 AM
Sideways.
No special effects.
Characters, a few well worked, a few not so. Story with enough exaggeration to be a story, and enough hooks into real life to make connections. Also, any number of things deliberately poked fun at, to include the entire mania that is "wine tasting" and oeniophilia. (Those folks who taste some expensive wine and quip "full bodied, good nose, with a hint of oak, but I am sure you'll be amused by it's presumption" and not be pulling your leg.)
And more than a couple of laughs. The answer to Bill and Ted's excellent adventure, aimed at folks over the age of 30.
Check it out, or wait until it comes out on video. I enjoyed the theatre experience this time, as it allowed me full immersion into the story, rather than the bloody phone going off.
In the rental arena, I was pleasantly surprised by "Spiderman 2." My son insisted I see it, he wanted to see it again in any case, and I am glad we rented it the other day. Higher quality than the first, which met the good enough standard with a few personal gripes, though I won't want a second look at it.
Wonder if they'll ever make a Calvin and Hobbes movie. I imagine that if they did, it would be incredibly hard to translate Watersons' spirit from strip to celluloid.
Maybe it should not be attempted. Garfield was such a bad idea for a film . . .
Occhi
No special effects.
Characters, a few well worked, a few not so. Story with enough exaggeration to be a story, and enough hooks into real life to make connections. Also, any number of things deliberately poked fun at, to include the entire mania that is "wine tasting" and oeniophilia. (Those folks who taste some expensive wine and quip "full bodied, good nose, with a hint of oak, but I am sure you'll be amused by it's presumption" and not be pulling your leg.)
And more than a couple of laughs. The answer to Bill and Ted's excellent adventure, aimed at folks over the age of 30.
Check it out, or wait until it comes out on video. I enjoyed the theatre experience this time, as it allowed me full immersion into the story, rather than the bloody phone going off.
In the rental arena, I was pleasantly surprised by "Spiderman 2." My son insisted I see it, he wanted to see it again in any case, and I am glad we rented it the other day. Higher quality than the first, which met the good enough standard with a few personal gripes, though I won't want a second look at it.
Wonder if they'll ever make a Calvin and Hobbes movie. I imagine that if they did, it would be incredibly hard to translate Watersons' spirit from strip to celluloid.
Maybe it should not be attempted. Garfield was such a bad idea for a film . . .
Occhi
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete