TV/Movies Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

Spain does not have an embargo against Cuba.

Right, but presumably someone in the US paid Spaniards and Cubans for the right to air it her.

I can tell you for a fact it's the only movie I've ever seen that had Cuban participation.

[Sheilbh]

Buena Vista Social Club?

[Admiral Yi]

Buena Vista Social Club?

American made documentary, no?

[Eddie Teach]

I thought it was a band.

[Sheilbh]

Buena Vista Social Club?

American made documentary, no?

American, British, Cuban, French and German produced.

[Admiral Yi]

Well, I haven't seen it so my statement stands.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Looney Tunes episode had a node to Irving Allen.  Undersea Submarine Team and TIme Vortex.  Heh.

[CountDeMoney]

Jesse Pinkman [spoiler]is an emo shitbag[/spoiler].

[Ed Anger]

Showed the wife THX 1138.  Her review?

thanks for the depressing movie before going to sleep.

[Syt]

Elysium. Or: Johnny Mnemonic meets District 9. Good visual design. The political message ... I wasn't sure if it was supposed to bleeding heart liberal or a parody of the same. Also: make sure your psycho villain doesn't have a silly accent/ridiculously whiny voice (yes, I know it's the director, but that doesn't make it better) with no redeeming qualities. Overall: meh.

[Queequeg]

That wasn't the director. 

[Ideologue]

I'm not sure if he's talking about Sharlto Copley's (real) SAfrican accent or Jodie Foster's (hilariously fake) space/SAfrican accent.  I guess it was the director's decision for the latter actor to affect it.

[Ed Anger]

The twins wanted me to watch with them some My little Pony movie where the ponies got turned into teenage girls. The pain in my forehead became so intense, a thousand suns exploded.

I did get a 15 minute poo break. Tried to sneak off again, but those two caught me escaping.

[garbon]

I was just at CVS and stood in line in front of Mare Winningham. I only recognized her as she played Meredith's stepmother on Grey's Anatomy.

[Savonarola]

High Society (1956)

A musical version of "The Philadelphia Story" where Grace Kelley plays Katherine Hepburn, Bing Crosby plays Carry Grant, Frank Sinatra plays George Bailey and Louis Armstrong plays the Greek Chorus that wasn't part of the original film.  The film is set in Newport at the Jazz Festival rather than Philadelphia.  While Newport isn't close to Philadelphia, none of the principles are close to screwball comedy actors so it all works out.

The Cole Porter music does help make up for the lack of rapid fire wit.  Here's the crooner and the swooner singing "Well did you evah?":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksGTxGeyQ5c

Bing and Frank have more chemistry than Bing and Princess Grace; to the point that the film would have been more credible if they had hooked up at the end.  1956 was not ready for that, though.  The other high point of the film is Bing and Louis singing "Now you Has Jazz":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC3VTBG0tRc

Satch was thought of as an Uncle Tom by young black men inthe 60s and 70s; and while that is completely unfair, films like this did not make him come across as Curtis Mayfield.

In the special features of the DVD I had there was a little blurb on the gala premiere.  General Omar Bradley was in attendance, as were newlyweds Eddie Fischer and Debbie Reynolds.  I thought that was amusing as the latter two became as famous for their battles as did the former.