Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[alan derthawits]

british soap star thrown off balcony, "on-screen" drug dealer boyfriend arrested.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...715630,00.html

I wonder if her on-screen friend and family warned her not to get involved?

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Ed Norton is actually the weak link in it, but I'm not sure why ....

I'm assuming you are referring to the circumstances under which he made the movie.

He did the movie under lawsuit or threat of lawsuit. He had a 3 movie contract and he kept turning down scripts for the third picture after he gained more power. Finally, the studio said "you must perform" so he did, though he let everyone know in the press and on the set that he was unhappy.

Even(fortunately for me, the geek test did not test current levels of general pop culture knowledge)Odds

Originally posted by evenodds
OMG, you liked Singles?!

That was such a crappy movie. And it thought it was so cool, so insular, but it was so wack. He did so much better with Say Anything and his later movies, of course.

For your classics list, I would add It Happened One Night. I watched it again this weekend, when it aired on AMC. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, 1934. I think Billy Wilder directed. It's one of the best movies ever made.

I also highly recommend The Philadelphia Story. I haven't seen it on television. I have it on vhs. It was one of the first movies I purchased. Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant.

Why dont you take your ROdger Dodger and your It Happened One Night and throw in some Dying Young and get on that fucking kayak of yours and paddle up to Mineesota where Bilmore is apparently beached on some "island" off of Lake Whathefuckee

Singles rocked. It was hilarious, signified the times, it had Matt Dillon, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott and Bridget Fonda at their cutest. It had early arragned dating, it had coffee shops before starbucks, it had Eddie Vedder when he had some Indie cred and it was a fucking hilarious satire on indie rock amonst other things.

I am sure you can get halfway off your highhorse and rent Spanish Prisoner with me. I bet we both liked that one.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic

I can also recommend the Italian Job. Light, charming adult fun. Not quite as fluffy (or as tooth-ache stylish) as the Thomas Crowne remake, but in the same vein. And you will WANT a mini when you leave, I guarantee it. Very different character from Marky-Mark this time out - he actually seems ... relaxed and confident, with none of that "working class boy makes good" vibe he usually brings, which I'm not used to, but it sits nicely on him. Ed Norton is actually the weak link in it, but I'm not sure why ....

I agree with some of what you say, except I thought Marky-Mark was weaker than Ed Norton. Norton was wooden, but I don't buy Marky-Mark as some sort of genius. I liked the rest of the cast - sort of Oceans Eleven lite (and Oceans Eleven was very lite itself) I really liked the chase scenes. Good overall.

Would have been a whole lot better if the idiot woman beside me had not kept saying "whoa - cool" or "ahhh" every five seconds, like the plot was so very tricky. And she kept dancing in her seat to the soundtrack.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Why dont you take your ROdger Dodger and your It Happened One Night and throw in some Dying Young and get on that fucking kayak of yours and paddle up to Mineesota where Bilmore is apparently beached on some "island" off of Lake Whathefuckee

Singles rocked. It was hilarious, signified the times, it had Matt Dillon, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott and Bridget Fonda at their cutest. It had early arragned dating, it had coffee shops before starbucks, it had Eddie Vedder when he had some Indie cred and it was a fucking hilarious satire on indie rock amonst other things.

I am sure you can get halfway off your highhorse and rent Spanish Prisoner with me. I bet we both liked that one.

That would be a high kayak. Except she doesn't really kayak. She's ascardy. And where is Bilmore, is he sulking or something?

Is this the new asshat?

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by evenodds
For your classics list, I would add It Happened One Night. I watched it again this weekend, when it aired on AMC. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, 1934. I think Billy Wilder directed. It's one of the best movies ever made.

Worlds colliding -- my wife and I watched it last night on Turner Classics. You are right that it is one of the best movies ever made. It is amazing to watch, and hard to believe that it was made in 1934. Frank Capra directed (as I learned from the intro by Sidney Pollack), and Clark Cable was loaned to Harry Cohn's Columbia by MGM's Louis Mayer for this movie as punishment for some misdeed.

Originally posted by evenodds
I also highly recommend The Philadelphia Story. I haven't seen it on television. I have it on vhs. It was one of the first movies I purchased. Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant.

A *fantastic* movie! Unlike today's movies, you never really know who will end up with the girl.

However, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frankie Sinister did a musical remake (called "High Society") that I absolutely hated. Bing was too old for Grace, Grace did a bad Hepburn impersonation, and Frank didn't sing enough (although he and Bing did have a duet that was wonderful -- can't remember the title, but it was something like "have you heard" or "what a swell party this is"). And Louie Armstrong and his band play some good tunes, too.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Is this the new asshat?

Well, I like to think it is a little kinder than asshat. But ok.

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic

I can also recommend the Italian Job.

Seemed to me to be nothing but a remake of a classic heist movie - but with 2000s genre "eye candy". Same method employed by the remake of Oceans 11.

Unfortunately, can't decide if Charlize Theron or Julia Roberts is hotter.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Why dont you take your ROdger Dodger and your It Happened One Night and throw in some Dying Young and get on that fucking kayak of yours and paddle up to Mineesota where Bilmore is apparently beached on some "island" off of Lake Whathefuckee

Singles rocked. It was hilarious, signified the times, it had Matt Dillon, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott and Bridget Fonda at their cutest. It had early arragned dating, it had coffee shops before starbucks, it had Eddie Vedder when he had some Indie cred and it was a fucking hilarious satire on indie rock amonst other things.

I am sure you can get halfway off your highhorse and rent Spanish Prisoner with me. I bet we both liked that one.

Dying Young? Spanish Prisoner? Yeesh.

Singles was two dimensional caricature at best. It is a historical artifact of our time, but it was shockingly soulless melodrama. It lacked heart, when it purported to be all about the heart.

This is no way to score points for sleeping on the Odds-Man futon in September.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by evenodds
I also highly recommend The Philadelphia Story. I haven't seen it on television. I have it on vhs. It was one of the first movies I purchased. Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant.

"All About Eve" is another great old movie, and a great movie, period. Bette Davis in all her imperious glory, skillful backstabbing, perfect sarcasm, and a bonus Marilyn Monroe bit part before anyone had any idea who she would become.

P(old movie fanatic)J

[SlaveNoMore]

Bad_Rich_Chic
Ed Norton is actually the weak link in it, but I'm not sure why ....

Contractually obligated to studio to make movie. Kicked and screamed not to.

Studio threatened to sue him if he said no - so he did the film on autopilot.

not7yS

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I agree with some of what you say, except I thought Marky-Mark was weaker than Ed Norton. Norton was wooden, but I don't buy Marky-Mark as some sort of genius. I liked the rest of the cast - sort of Oceans Eleven lite (and Oceans Eleven was very lite itself) I really liked the chase scenes. Good overall.

Marky, genius? Oh, god no. He just had a different kind of vibe going than he usually does, and it was charming.

Oceans 11 lite is a good summary - but there was something interesting going on in the pacing of the movie, which was very different, and was clearly intentional. Maybe it was just their homage to the '60s original, having a leisurely pace to it, and having reasonably cool "action" scenes without having the usual barage of action-movie images.

But Norton was a MUCH better villain than Andy Garcia.

Originally posted by evenodds
Dying Young? Spanish Prisoner? Yeesh.

Singles was two dimensional caricature at best. It is a historical artifact of our time, but it was shockingly soulless melodrama. It lacked heart, when it purported to be all about the heart.

This is no way to score points for sleeping on the Odds-Man futon in September.

You thought Spanish Prisoner sucked? For someone whose musical taste seems limited to rap music, you sure are mighty critical about my excellent film taste.

Singles. classic. i watch it every time it comes on. Its lovable enjoyable stuff a la Sixteen Candles and Class. I guess my legs arent long enough to mount your high horse. Sheesh.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Contractually obligated to studio to make movie. Kicked and screamed not to.

Studio threatened to sue him if he said no - so he did the film on autopilot.

not7yS

Resulting in numerous lectures in first year contracts on why with the exception of land deals we normally don't force people to go through with contracts but instead, make them pay damages.

Ignoring the whole, but damn he would have had to pay a shitload of money.