recent viewage
Antz. In keeping with my Woody Allen roll, I had to see this. Besides, I've been wanting to see it for a long time anyway. And when are you going to get Woody Allen and Sylvester Stallone in the same movie anyway? It was fun, basic computer animation story.
Relative Values. In keeping with my Colin Firth roll. This was a very, very, very silly movie. I just died laughing, though, because it was so ridiculous and silly. It had good actors, Julie Andrews for one, who has a special place in my heart from my childhood infatuation with Sound of Music and Mary Poppins. Jeeves (I don't know his real life name), and Colin Firth, who was actually a minor role, but the movie rolling in some respects because he was so silly. The movie, set in the 1950s, was actually about a young English lord who falls in love with an American actress. His mother (Julie Andrews) isn't too keen on the idea, esp after she meets the actress; the mother's maid is a little shaken up, because she knows something peculiar about the actress; and the actress's last boyfriend is determined to get her back...and it all converges at the manor home in England. So it's very silly, but funny.
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. This was a very interesting Merchant Ivory film. Exploring the dynamics of the social situation between a husband and a wife and their "roles" in 1940's Kansas City. Excellant, excellant, excellant.
And...to remedy some of cultural illiteracy and lost childhood....one good thing about Netflix is that you can get seasons of TV shows. I have never seen a Simpsons episode in my life! I wasn't allowed to as a kid. So I'm starting at the very beginning, season 1, and plan to watch every episode... I love it! I can't believe I've missed out on this all my life! It's SO hilarious! AND I watched my very first Dr. Who last night! And I'm an immediate fan...right up my alley. I didn't know a thing about Dr. Who, but Chris got it and insisted I watch it, and he's right, I love it...
Comments
I love Netflix. I love being able to able to choose a movie on the 'net and have it mailed right to me! Also, Stephen Fry is the actor who plays Jeeves.
Posted by: gosey | August 5, 2003 1:48 PM
oh that's right! I can't EVER remember his name. yea, so far, we're really enjoying Netflix, too...
Posted by: Jeannette | August 5, 2003 1:59 PM
yeah, the only problem is that now we watch movies all the time!
Posted by: gosey | August 6, 2003 9:40 AM
is that a problem? :-)
Posted by: Jeannette | August 6, 2003 12:07 PM
Don't give up on the Simpsons after that first season... they were pretty lame in my opinion in the beginning, but they perk up and define the characters much better as they go alone.
Those old ones give me the creeps... they just don't ACT like they are really supposed to.
But have fun - I can't imagine a Simpson-less world...
Posted by: Shannon | August 6, 2003 5:24 PM
my brother gave me the second season on dvd as a wedding present...depending on which one of us you ask, it was either the best or the worst present we got. regardless, it is absolutely a hilarious bunch of episodes.
Posted by: gosey | August 7, 2003 11:40 AM