i love this list topic! but then, i love dictionaries so i don't mind the challenge. (recently i bought one of those huge-ass dictionaries and i'm highlighting every word i look up. eventually i hope to open it and see how well used it is, but right now it's pretty sad.)
would you say you enjoy it--or do you think these authors are pompous people who seem to write sentences just so they can use a 50 cent word?
MILD SPOILER HERE:
i agree with your comment about the previews giving too much away regarding the murder(s)--but you have to admit there was a lot about the Talented Mr. Ripley that they *didn't* let on about--like the gay subtext, for example--but i, for one, am glad of that. (however, i know some reviewers who were not at all pleased about that particular surprise...)
merry christmas, jim--i added my list for ya. can't believe how hard that was! (read my comments for more on that.) i also have a feeling that this list will change a bit when i see Sleepy Hollow... anyway, thanks for the challenge!
it's so funny because i rarely think of foreign as canadian or UK--but it's true. i guess i go by the old "subtitled or no" division. i loved jean de florette (1&2) and central station--and i'll be taking some of these others as suggestions in the future--thanks!
it strikes me that, on this list, lili taylor sticks out more so than gwyneth paltrow... i guess she's just not considered beautiful in the classic movie-star way or something. theories?
i have that SAME habit! but i decided that while it does take a while to accomplish anything--one's reading accomplishments come in packs, rather than individually...which, synergistically, should be more rewarding. (well, aren't i verbose today.)
[i think our friend of Comment #1 was a little confused... being able to quote something word for word is a COMPLIMENT where i come from.] at any rate, judging from this--your first list--i'm anxious to see more from you! sid & nancy, breakfast club, princess bride, and harry & sally are all favorites of mine as well.
what's to be guilty about Fifth Element when there's so much to love?
you see luke perry get killed in the first ten minutes;
gary oldman playing the wackiest villain since his spot in the professional;
milla jovavich with orange hair sporting all kinds of gualtier outfits...
sounds good to me!
oh, ok thinking bruce willis looks good as a blonde--that's *kind of* a guilt thing. =]
did you read Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman? i just wondered how Stardust compared...
i love this list topic! but then, i love dictionaries so i don't mind the challenge. (recently i bought one of those huge-ass dictionaries and i'm highlighting every word i look up. eventually i hope to open it and see how well used it is, but right now it's pretty sad.)
would you say you enjoy it--or do you think these authors are pompous people who seem to write sentences just so they can use a 50 cent word?
MILD SPOILER HERE:
i agree with your comment about the previews giving too much away regarding the murder(s)--but you have to admit there was a lot about the Talented Mr. Ripley that they *didn't* let on about--like the gay subtext, for example--but i, for one, am glad of that. (however, i know some reviewers who were not at all pleased about that particular surprise...)
merry christmas, jim--i added my list for ya. can't believe how hard that was! (read my comments for more on that.) i also have a feeling that this list will change a bit when i see Sleepy Hollow... anyway, thanks for the challenge!
see the Usual Suspects first! it's not to be missed...
it's so funny because i rarely think of foreign as canadian or UK--but it's true. i guess i go by the old "subtitled or no" division. i loved jean de florette (1&2) and central station--and i'll be taking some of these others as suggestions in the future--thanks!
Me again--just rented Pushing Tin and thought it would definitely fit in this category. Have you caught it? Pretty intense, if i do say so...
it strikes me that, on this list, lili taylor sticks out more so than gwyneth paltrow... i guess she's just not considered beautiful in the classic movie-star way or something. theories?
have you seen Rushmore yet? it fell in this category for me--and it has its similarities to Harold&Maude, also a classic in my book.
i have that SAME habit! but i decided that while it does take a while to accomplish anything--one's reading accomplishments come in packs, rather than individually...which, synergistically, should be more rewarding. (well, aren't i verbose today.)
[i think our friend of Comment #1 was a little confused... being able to quote something word for word is a COMPLIMENT where i come from.] at any rate, judging from this--your first list--i'm anxious to see more from you! sid & nancy, breakfast club, princess bride, and harry & sally are all favorites of mine as well.
what's to be guilty about Fifth Element when there's so much to love?
you see luke perry get killed in the first ten minutes;
gary oldman playing the wackiest villain since his spot in the professional;
milla jovavich with orange hair sporting all kinds of gualtier outfits...
sounds good to me!
oh, ok thinking bruce willis looks good as a blonde--that's *kind of* a guilt thing. =]