movie night

[ellen_datlow]

I watched 28 Days with Sandra Bullock, Steve Buscemi and (yum) Viggo Mortensen--hearing that he's in it made me rent it. Sandra Bullock is pretty good as alcoholic and drug user and general party-going mess settled into a very bad lifestyle with her cute, alkie/druggy boyfriend. I gather from the netflix sleeve that she's supposed to be a journalist of some sort but you could have fooled me--we never her working or hanging out with friends who seem to work (granted most of the movie takes place at the rehab center). Painful drunkenless ick ick ick. Ruins sister's wedding --ick ick ick. Drunken mom memories--ick ick ick. And the whole thing about AA and the higher power stuff always rubbed me the wrong way--but strangely (and luckily, as far as I'm concerned) they dropped most of that for therapy sessions about 1/3 of the way into the movie. Viggo cute as a button. So-so.

Then I watched Sense and Sensibility directed by And Lee and with Kate Winslet, who I adore, Emma Thompson, who I adore, Alan Rickman (WIA) and Hugh Grant, who I may not adore but like an awful lot...oh yeah and Hugh Laurie (whoopie). I laughed I cried --just kidding I cried and cried--having not read the book I really wasn't sure if it would end sadly or happily. For those who haven't read the book or seen the movie, my lips are sealed. But I enjoyed it a lot. I was going to watch the last movie My Neighbor Totoro but decided to save it and work instead. So what the heck am I doing posting???? tsk tsk.

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

having not read the book I really wasn't sure if it would end sadly or happily

Go you and read the book! Do it now, please!

[birdhousefrog.livejournal.com]

I think you hit both movies accurately, though you don't mention the talented performance of Alan Tudyk in 28 Days. I had read Sense and Sensibility and it didn't make any difference watching that particular version of it. I was still in tears and wasn't sure how it would end. Go figure. Alan Rickman, OMG. Have you ever seen Truly, Madly, Deeply? Not to mention many other movies with your above list of Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, etc. It's what the imdb is for...adding to your netflix queue.

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

I'm always amused at different people's reasons for renting a movie. Me, I rented 28 Days for Alan Tudyk. :)

[dustyskinandall.livejournal.com]

I watched Sense and Sensibility for the first time just last night! I thought it was delightful, though I did use up many tissues.

[cinriter.livejournal.com]

Oooh, TOTORO - you're saving the best for last!

[eclexys.livejournal.com]

Heh, at first I misread and ended up imaginging of 28 Days After (or is it 28 Days Later? The British zombie flick) with Sandra Bullock, which made me laugh.

The higher power thing has always rubbed me the wrong way too... what's this? One needs to believe in a deity to deal with addiction? If you ask me, it sounds like something that would be said by a person who believes in a deity and thinks everyone else should too. I've heard there are atheist AA groups who don't push that particular issue. Makes me wonder what a group of sociobiologists in A.A. would talk about.

[shelly-rae.livejournal.com]

Hey Ellen!
Emma Thompson also wrote the screenplay for that adaptation. It's one of my favorites--the book as well as the movie. Of course I'm pretty well smitten by all of Austen's novels...
Anon