tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post962700347279300608..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Red Rouge Carpet LineupNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7278347266253450532009-05-17T23:42:00.000-04:002009-05-17T23:42:00.000-04:00walter! you're actually right. I just try to forge...<B>walter</B>! you're actually right. I just try to forget that she forgot cuz it's too painful. as are her line readings in <I>her</I> "off form" projects ;) <br /><br /><B>nick</B> I KNOW. good news about Campion... although i'm trying not to get too hyped up because it's a pretty biopic and i'm usually not <I>wild</I> about those the way other people are.<br /><br />and interesting point about proportional wealth. It's so confusing now with so few people controlling all the money.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-81284663167388067152009-05-17T22:47:00.000-04:002009-05-17T22:47:00.000-04:00I still say Madonna was awesome in Dick Tracy. it'...I still say Madonna was awesome in Dick Tracy. it's not that she never learned to act. she learned AND forgot within a very brief span of time. "I'm wearing black underwear." hell yeah.Walter L. Hollmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636732594078157905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-76935311178746348642009-05-17T11:23:00.000-04:002009-05-17T11:23:00.000-04:00Everything said here about The Portrait of a Lady ...Everything said here about <I>The Portrait of a Lady</I> is true. The only thing I'm not digging about all the <I>Bright Star</I> hype at Cannes (which I frankly wasn't expecting, so yay), is the press's almost universal need to write off her last several projects as "off-form."<br /><br />@MrRipley: I teach this novel and film, so I've looked it up. Inflation comparisons work differently depending on how you're asking. Something that <I>cost</I> 70,000 pounds in the 1860s or so (which is about when Isabel inherits the money, I think, if the plot is catching her up to 1881) would cost about 5 million pounds now. But on the table of average earnings, a person who <I>earned</I> 70,000 pounds at that time would, in terms of prominence and proportional wealth, be more equivalent to someone who earns about 40 million pounds today (i.e., about 60 million dollars). It's not fully clear which of these comparisons is more helpful for thinking about Isabel's situation, but probably something more like the latter.<br /><br />But enough about literary economics - <B>@Nathaniel</B>: Jane's back and Mariah's wowing them. My kind of Cannes.NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-23305311316777603532009-05-17T08:49:00.000-04:002009-05-17T08:49:00.000-04:00greta -- I will do a Campion retrospective in the ...greta -- I will do a Campion retrospective in the fall. I'm eager to rewatch everything. (plus I've never seen Sweetie)NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-55589857241545278342009-05-17T04:36:00.000-04:002009-05-17T04:36:00.000-04:00sure it is one of THE most underrated and contains...sure it is one of THE most underrated and contains kidmans best performance and one of THE best non winning supp actress performances ever by barbata hershey,i find the film hypnoyic and always revisit once a year,by teh way how much 70,000 pounds be today as thats what kidman inherits.mrripleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-27409271322049232382009-05-17T03:32:00.000-04:002009-05-17T03:32:00.000-04:00Oh, and thank you Abbie Cornish for actually dress...Oh, and thank you Abbie Cornish for actually dressing in something that's not black! Lovely.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-23897360210143481772009-05-17T03:28:00.000-04:002009-05-17T03:28:00.000-04:00Elizabeth Banks is nice. That is all.Elizabeth Banks is nice. That is all.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-63532458305841646912009-05-16T18:42:00.000-04:002009-05-16T18:42:00.000-04:00You never told us what you think of The Portrait o...You never told us what you think of The Portrait of a Lady, Nat. <br />Do you agree that it's one of the most underrated movies of the nineties ?gretanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-6080877349561577602009-05-16T13:28:00.000-04:002009-05-16T13:28:00.000-04:00Brianmaru I agree. Elizabeth Banks IS bland. She s...Brianmaru I agree. Elizabeth Banks IS bland. She seems like the kind of second rate actress to guest star in CSI and then start playing the dutiful hot matriarch in her 40's.... I just don't get it. I actually wanted to cringe at some of her "funny" moments in Zack and Miri. THAT was a terrible movie. Homophobic, indulgent and just....unpleasant. <br /><br />- Sean C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-56371914292908148962009-05-16T08:37:00.000-04:002009-05-16T08:37:00.000-04:00I love Bae Doo-na and Hirokazu Koreeda!! I thought...I love Bae Doo-na and Hirokazu Koreeda!! I thought she was widely underused in The Host and she has not been in a feature film since so this comes with much anticipation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-16702535241830726622009-05-16T00:36:00.000-04:002009-05-16T00:36:00.000-04:00Air Doll has been made in the US, it was called La...Air Doll has been made in the US, it was called Lars and the Real Girl...or was it Mannequin with Kim Catrall...oh I don't know anymore. <br /><br />Also, am I the only person who finds Elisabeth Banks a bit bland. Not bad but not an engaging presence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com