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greenelephant

Recent reading...

Jan 25, 2007 12:12

While I have been spending rather a lot of my time reading materials for work, I have been slowly making my way through a "fun" book, namely A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire. So far, it's been pretty enjoyable. It traces the history of the color red, as seen in cloth and other dyed items, touching on the ( Read more... )

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whiskeypants January 25 2007, 19:38:34 UTC

dude, i already own little miss sunshine. the only problem with that movie will be the desire to see it again.

greenelephant January 30 2007, 16:42:32 UTC

You're right, it was a good film. Thanks for the rec.

jetspeaks January 25 2007, 19:42:57 UTC

*sigh*
I've seen none of these, unfortunately, and I may well not get to see them (although Oscar nomination will hopefully keep them in the cinema longer :). So... no advice from me.

greenelephant January 30 2007, 16:44:30 UTC

Yes, I should think that some will be around at least until the Oscars are awarded. FWIW, Little Miss Sunshine was indeed very good, and plenty of good fun. It might be worth a trip (even to the video store) to take a break from the monotony of diss. writing (how I remember, and how I loathe it!).

bossieboots January 25 2007, 20:00:20 UTC

Yeah, I already own Little Miss Sunshine, too, and have watched about three times already.

greenelephant January 30 2007, 16:46:50 UTC

I'm not sure I liked it enough to buy it, but it was pretty entertaining. The end was certainly rewarding; I'd have to say that it didn't quite make up for the strongly negative reaction I'd had to the family dynamics in the first 2/3 of the film. But since you liked this, you may also like Keeping Mum, which I mentioned in the original post: Kristen Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Rowan Atkinson (most surprisingly good). What's not to like?

the_lady_lily January 25 2007, 20:43:31 UTC

Meh... *shrug*

As you probably recall, I didn't find Little Miss Sunshine particularly successful, but as it's the only one I've seen that's not The Queen, I rather have to recommend it. I was thinking about Babel, but having not seen it, didn't want to lead you into something I have enograsp on.

greenelephant January 30 2007, 16:48:32 UTC

Well, as it turns out, I'm with you. I liked it rather well, and certainly I laughed and was rooting for Olive, but overall, I think I was suffering from too-high-expectations. I think Keeping Mum (see above) was actually more enjoyable.

the_lady_lily January 30 2007, 19:58:56 UTC

Oooh, I'd missed that one - thank you :)

fauxmiddlechild January 27 2007, 05:22:36 UTC

Little Miss Sunshine was the only one not thoroughly depressing. I've seen them all and actually loved all of them, but for uplifting, an a quirky kinda way, see Sunshine.

greenelephant January 30 2007, 16:49:49 UTC

Yeah, it was good for that, at least. I usually like Serious Films, but I'm not sure I'm up for the emotional turmoil of Babel. I do want to see The Departed, though. Perhaps that will be next.

fauxmiddlechild February 2 2007, 01:29:27 UTC

I'd love to hear what you think of The Departed. Babel was not as emotional as expected it to be. Certainly not as much as Crash, which got me completely worked up.