Friday, May 09, 2008

What movie are you thinking about right now?

I'm curious.

58 comments:

James Ostler said...

state & main ... great 2000 ensemble piece from david mamet - better than redbelt [presumably].

Trey said...

The song from the opening of I Know Who Killed Me just sort of drifted into my head and...here I am. Thanks again, Lindsay!

NicksFlickPicks said...

The Wings of the Dove. I taught it this morning.

Also The Portrait of a Lady and eXistenZ (what a combo), both of which I'm teaching on Monday.

Anonymous said...

I had a childhood fixation on "Speed Racer" growing up, so I have been wondering if it has any chance of living up to the memories. My past experience has informed me that manga ages badly. I am also discouraged by the reception so far (a reeking 35% on Metacritic as of this writing), so I cannot feel hopeful. Still, they had my $10.00 when the Wachowskis announced the project. So let's think good thoughts about positive surprises...

Chad said...

The Philadelphia Story--I want to live in the world of that film for a week.

Unknown said...

Once.- Listening to Falling Slowly...

Anonymous said...

southland tales...so underrated.

Anonymous said...

Lola Rennt. Because I've just bought the dvd.

J.D. said...

Paranoid Park.

I just CANNOT get that movie out of my head.

Kamila said...

"Speed Racer", the movie I am going to see this weekend.

Michael Parsons said...

My Neighbour Totoro.

just arrived and want to watch it, but the bf is out boozing and I think he may enjoy it.

Anonymous said...

Shaft! Can you dig it?

Anonymous said...

Shaft! Can you dig it?

Anonymous said...

Magnolia. if only because I am currently listening to the amazing Aimee Mann. I wasn't a huge fan of the film when I first saw it, but it's grown on me. Still think it was a little too ambitious for its own good...

Anonymous said...

SEX IN THE CITY & CHERI

Anonymous said...

LAst Year at Marienbad...I was thinking why I have never seen it!

Anonymous said...

'Leaving Las Vegas,' specifically the table scene. (God, Elisabeth Shue was so great in that, wasn't she?!)

M

Ben said...

Nashville... I saw it for the second time about a month ago and am obsessed. Definitely on my all-time Top 10.

Dave said...

A Woman Under the Influence, because I've had it out on rental for almost a month and I still haven't watched the bloody thing...

Anonymous said...

Juno, because I'm doing a parody of it for an English project.

Sweeney Todd, last movie I bought. [and it's kind of amazing]

qta said...

Bad Education. I taught it this morning.

NATHANIEL R said...

film experience people have such good taste!

MORE MORE MORE

Anonymous said...

Contempt, because I'm writing a paper on Godard and that's where I'm up to. Except I'm being pretentious and calling it Le mepris in an effort to standardize all the titles in one language, some of which I gravitate to in English and some in French. Ask in an hour and hopefully I'll be to Pierrot le fou!

Catherine said...

Dave, watch A Woman Under the Influence. It's so good!

I'm currently thinking about Never Been Kissed, which I just watched with my little sister. It's the first time I've watched it in about five years, but I still laugh at it. Drew Barrymore is so great at comedy.

I'm also thinking about All That Jazz. I'm finding school a little difficult at the moment, but lately I've been pulling an "It's showtime, folks!" routine every morning and it seems to be working. Sad, but true!

Anonymous said...

One foot in hell and Duck, you Sucker: two great titles for westerns

Anonymous said...

Just finished watching The Lavender Hill Mob (again).

If I was a criminal I'd want to be in that gang.

Middle-P said...

x-men 3 cause i was re-reading the dark phoenix saga last night and just read your interview.... you are so right, missed opportunity...

Brian Darr said...

I've been thinking about Bruce Conner's a Movie this afternoon.

Anonymous said...

...completely superficial, the first title that came to my mind was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Just because how it sounds, I haven't seen it.

(yes, I deserved to be banned)

Iggy

Michael B. said...

Clueless (Only becuase I'm writing a 10 page report on how the media represents Beverly Hills High School----Damn you 90210! We don't really have Valet parking at the front of our school!)

Little Children and Eternal Sunshine. I'm always talking/thinking about them.

Robert said...

The movie I'm currently watching.... Blue Collar.

Damn Richard Pryor, you can act!

Anonymous said...

"500 Days of Summer" which is being filmed now with Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (like them both). Yes, the announcement of the film did put it in my head, but now I'm getting emails from friends who also mention it, so I guess we're all keen.

The Jaded Armchair Reviewer said...

Paranoid Park
Funny Games U.S.
Savage Grace
The Orphanage
The Counterfeiters

Can't decide which one to watch and review next after the Mormon road movie Bonneville and the comical Love in the Time of Cholera.

If I really can't decide, I'm watching Alice Adams again.

Anonymous said...

The Wings of the Dove. Because of that gorgeous still series you linked to. It was a truly stunning film, and time has done wonders for it.

Deborah said...

Thunderball.

I'm reading a book: The Battle for Bond, about the lawsuit against Ian Fleming for the rights to Thunderball, and what happened thereafter, and it's totally fascinating. Sounds like a book about a lawsuit would be dull, but it reads like an adventure tale and sometimes I laugh out loud. So, Thunderball.

Anonymous said...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (I bought the Fitzgerald short story today)

par3182 said...

the savages; i'm wondering if it'll ever be released down here

(i need a lovely laura fix)

Rob said...

"The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Writing a 12-page term paper on it as we speak.

elgringo said...

Peter Weir's The Cars that Ate Paris, because it's on right now.

Scott
he-shot-cyrus.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Walkabout, because it's the last film I saw.

Becca Scarfato said...

Some Came Running, because it comes out on DVD next week!

Anonymous said...

Cranford - the Masterpiece Theatre series now airing on Sunday nights at 9 PM. Gotta love Judi Dench !

Also, thinking about Revolutionary Road w/Kate Winslet .

Bullets over Broadway w/Diane W.

Anonymous said...

Cranford - the Masterpiece Theatre series now airing on Sunday nights at 9 PM. Gotta love Judi Dench !

Also, thinking about Revolutionary Road w/Kate Winslet .

Bullets over Broadway w/Diane W.

NATHANIEL R said...

i'm noticing a theme in the comments: teachers and students. hmmmm

Glenn said...

Par, it's out July 24!

I'm thinking about Gone Baby Gone, which I saw today. I liked it! Although even despite liking Amy Ryan very much I'm a big puzzled as to how she managed to fenagle so much awards attention.

NATHANIEL R said...

especially in the year of TILDA. It's so weird that only the Oscars got it right for once ;)

Anonymous said...

Children of Men and Y tu mama tambien. Clearly, I have a Cuarón fixation.

Anonymous said...

The Dark Knight.

A website I was on earlier had a link to some spoilers concerning Two Face which, despite not wanting to know any spoilers, I clicked on. And now I wish I didn't know them :(

I couldn't help myself.

Anonymous said...

Sweeney Todd... cause... It's, like, the best movie ever...

..and thinking weather or not to watch that new Dark Knight trailer...

PIPER said...

What a great post Nat.

Simple.

Of course now with all this pressure, I can't think of any movies I've been thinking about. Maybe Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. I recently got it on Blu-Ray and am looking for the opportunity to watch it.

The Pretentious Know it All said...

Thinking about "Howards End" and the scene where Margaret Schlegel is begging for permission for her sister to sleep in Wilcox's house...And also thinking about the days when Best Actress showed some discerning taste. Ah, Ms. Thompson. How I miss thee in the Oscar race...

Anonymous said...

Nicole Kidman in the movie on Dusty Springfield

Glenn Dunks said...

Nat, it's not so much that Ryan wasn't good (I thought she was very good) but that the role was seemingly so small. Like it was one of those roles they give to someone like Martha Plimpton on Law & Order so they can be nominated for Best Performance by a Guest Actress in a Television Drama at the Emmys, ya know?

Anonymous said...

Ballad of a Soldier. Someone just assigned me to write a review of it. And Tin Pan Alley, but more because I'm annoyed the print was messed up than because it's worth thinking about.

whitney said...

Face/Off

Remember how Nick Cage can smoke without lips??

-Whitney
dearjesus.wordpress.com

Anonymous said...

I just watched LIFE SUPPORT last night and the first thing I though about when I woke up was Queen Latifah's mesmerising, full-bodied transcendent turn. Seriously, has anyone else seen this? I know it was aired on TV in the US about a year ago so it's not really hot news, but it's just been released on DVD over here.

Oh. My. Good. God. Is Latifah beyond brilliant in this or what? She won the Best Actress Golden Globe and SAG (and I'm sure narrowly missed the Emmy to Helen 'awards-horse' Mirren). Almost bagged the trifecta. I know this post is too far down in the comments thread, but, please, someone tell me what they thought of the performance. Has anyone else even seen the film? I'd love to have a dialogue with someone about it, but no-one's seemed to have seen it and it's not a film that really gets talked about in the blogosphere.

Latifah is so good that she immediately (but not without a pang of sadness) replaced Julie Christie as my Best Actress pick for 2007, with it regrettably bumping the lovely Laura Linney out of my Best Actress shortlist.

Does anyone else agree that if LIFE SUPPORT had a cinematic release, Latifah would've been a shoo-in for a nomination, if not the win (disease theme, previous nominee, American) in such a divisive Best Actress year without a strong frontrunner?

Slightly too obsessed by this film this morning!

NATHANIEL R said...

i haven't seen that but your rave makes me think i really missed something

Anonymous said...

Yeah the film itself is so-so - nothing we haven't seen before, with some nice moments - but it's Latifah that really makes it worth your time.