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Continuing with the non-serious posts
Sep. 4th, 2005 02:34 pmWatched the 1st half of the BFI's 'Britain's Ultimate Film' thing which probably has the best idea for deciding this - it counted the number of tickets sold for each film in the cinema. Which means no bias towards post-1970 films. Apparently the British public bought a lot of tickets to see a seriously bizarre wide range of films.
Not that I don't have complaints, but mostly they were about the commentators. One, a hideously ironic, camp, New Yorker, said that the worst part of '101 Dalmations' was when Cruella got her comeuppance and that he really wanted her to get her fur coat. What a wanker, right?
Why did no one tell me that Nurse Racthed is Kai Winn?!! Now I shall be forever terrified. Although she's a lovely woman when interviewed.
Raymond Massey (who, along with Joesph Cotton, is the most underrated actor ever) has a wonderful speech about democracy in 'The 49th Parallel' - We own the right to be fed up with anything we damn please and say so out loud when we feel like it.
Which is why I get so annoyed when people say me speaking my anti-war views are helping destroy democracy, because I'm defending it my way, which is the only way I can.
Somehow, 'A Clockwork Orange' is at 54. The Brits are loony.
Finally seen what James King (Radio 1's replacement for Mark Kermode) looks like. He looks like a fashionable, modish fool. He is the anti-Kermode. (Mark Kermode is the man I consider to be king of the film critics.)
Superman is number 50. Have suddenly realised that the main problem of any Superman film/tv show/etc that is not this is that they don't have Christopher Reeve.
Also, Cutthroat Island, much though it made a huge loss, is not a bad film.
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Random late night film featuring Toby from the West Wing and a dyed blond Karl Urban. Hitting people! I'm happy. Actually he was playing one scary ass motherfucker (with due apologies to Samuel L. Jackson)
And Martin Donovan, but he's expected in crazy films.
And also Patrick Malahide, whose picture I put up yesterday. Only he's about 20-30 years older now. Although Martin Donovan, the way he looks at the end of this, would do as Lupin too.
Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are on the thank yous at the end of the film, it's a conspiracy I tell you.
On a similar tip, there's a new film out called 'Asylum' with Sir Ian McKellan and Martin Csokas, starring with Natasha Richardson. Apparently there will be naked Martin Csokas, very naked, according to magazines. Other than fitting my belief that there's a Lord of the Rings conspiracy to get one of the people in it on to every film in existance, when I am back somewhere with a scanner, there's a tiny picture from the film that I may scan in.
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The present fashion for old fashioned military-style coats plays right into my hands, or rather my shoulders, because I have them. Bwahahaha. I saw this coat in Topshop yesterday, and I want, but it's £40 so I shall have to keep wanting. Mum doesn't mind getting it for Christmas for me, though. I even tried New Look (same designs, ish, as Topshop, about 20% cheaper, and their versions were just as expensive 'cause the coats are made of lovely wool, which costs a lot.)
Not that I don't have complaints, but mostly they were about the commentators. One, a hideously ironic, camp, New Yorker, said that the worst part of '101 Dalmations' was when Cruella got her comeuppance and that he really wanted her to get her fur coat. What a wanker, right?
Why did no one tell me that Nurse Racthed is Kai Winn?!! Now I shall be forever terrified. Although she's a lovely woman when interviewed.
Raymond Massey (who, along with Joesph Cotton, is the most underrated actor ever) has a wonderful speech about democracy in 'The 49th Parallel' - We own the right to be fed up with anything we damn please and say so out loud when we feel like it.
Which is why I get so annoyed when people say me speaking my anti-war views are helping destroy democracy, because I'm defending it my way, which is the only way I can.
Somehow, 'A Clockwork Orange' is at 54. The Brits are loony.
Finally seen what James King (Radio 1's replacement for Mark Kermode) looks like. He looks like a fashionable, modish fool. He is the anti-Kermode. (Mark Kermode is the man I consider to be king of the film critics.)
Superman is number 50. Have suddenly realised that the main problem of any Superman film/tv show/etc that is not this is that they don't have Christopher Reeve.
Also, Cutthroat Island, much though it made a huge loss, is not a bad film.
~~~~
Random late night film featuring Toby from the West Wing and a dyed blond Karl Urban. Hitting people! I'm happy. Actually he was playing one scary ass motherfucker (with due apologies to Samuel L. Jackson)
And Martin Donovan, but he's expected in crazy films.
And also Patrick Malahide, whose picture I put up yesterday. Only he's about 20-30 years older now. Although Martin Donovan, the way he looks at the end of this, would do as Lupin too.
Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are on the thank yous at the end of the film, it's a conspiracy I tell you.
On a similar tip, there's a new film out called 'Asylum' with Sir Ian McKellan and Martin Csokas, starring with Natasha Richardson. Apparently there will be naked Martin Csokas, very naked, according to magazines. Other than fitting my belief that there's a Lord of the Rings conspiracy to get one of the people in it on to every film in existance, when I am back somewhere with a scanner, there's a tiny picture from the film that I may scan in.
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The present fashion for old fashioned military-style coats plays right into my hands, or rather my shoulders, because I have them. Bwahahaha. I saw this coat in Topshop yesterday, and I want, but it's £40 so I shall have to keep wanting. Mum doesn't mind getting it for Christmas for me, though. I even tried New Look (same designs, ish, as Topshop, about 20% cheaper, and their versions were just as expensive 'cause the coats are made of lovely wool, which costs a lot.)
