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Friday night movie night:
Thank You for Smoking about tobacco lobbyist played by Aaron Eckhart who is a glib apologist for big tobacco. Well done but someone needs to tell me how it ends. The DVD went bad the last 15 minutes (just before the Congressional hearing begins) so I don't know what happened. I don't care enough to get another copy of the movie so...someone --either post in the comments (announcing spoiler) or email me.
Fur about Diane Arbus's life as a dissatisfied assistant in her husband's photography biz and ends as she "finds herself" by giving in to her taste for the outre. Nicole Kidman does a nice job as does Robert Downey, Jr. as the Dog faced man who is her upstairs neighbor. Preposterous and idealized and actually pretty silly movie but still enjoyable. I'm guessing the estate would not allow any use of Arbus's work, which is why it's not in the movie. And who could blame them?
Paprika, a pleasant Japanese anime about a contraption invented by a brilliant misfit that enables psychologist's to enter their patients' dreams. Unfortunately, the invention is stolen and used to create chaos. Paprika is the avatar of the head researcher, and she (Paprika) is a kind of imaginary super heroine.
And yesterday my friend Donni and went to see The Fighter before heading to Xmas dinner.
Good movie with a dynamic Christian Bale as the junkie former fighter who trains his baby brother Mark Wahlberg. Amy Adams is good as the girlfriend. Melissa Leo unrecognizable and terrific as the monster mom from hell. The large very close knit and totally dysfunctional family (9 total with 7 girls) is by turns amusing, frustrating,and annoying, (to Micky--who is trying to become a champion boxer) and to the audience). Based on a true story.
Thank You for Smoking about tobacco lobbyist played by Aaron Eckhart who is a glib apologist for big tobacco. Well done but someone needs to tell me how it ends. The DVD went bad the last 15 minutes (just before the Congressional hearing begins) so I don't know what happened. I don't care enough to get another copy of the movie so...someone --either post in the comments (announcing spoiler) or email me.
Fur about Diane Arbus's life as a dissatisfied assistant in her husband's photography biz and ends as she "finds herself" by giving in to her taste for the outre. Nicole Kidman does a nice job as does Robert Downey, Jr. as the Dog faced man who is her upstairs neighbor. Preposterous and idealized and actually pretty silly movie but still enjoyable. I'm guessing the estate would not allow any use of Arbus's work, which is why it's not in the movie. And who could blame them?
Paprika, a pleasant Japanese anime about a contraption invented by a brilliant misfit that enables psychologist's to enter their patients' dreams. Unfortunately, the invention is stolen and used to create chaos. Paprika is the avatar of the head researcher, and she (Paprika) is a kind of imaginary super heroine.
And yesterday my friend Donni and went to see The Fighter before heading to Xmas dinner.
Good movie with a dynamic Christian Bale as the junkie former fighter who trains his baby brother Mark Wahlberg. Amy Adams is good as the girlfriend. Melissa Leo unrecognizable and terrific as the monster mom from hell. The large very close knit and totally dysfunctional family (9 total with 7 girls) is by turns amusing, frustrating,and annoying, (to Micky--who is trying to become a champion boxer) and to the audience). Based on a true story.
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