Kevin's Watch

Now that I'm back, I have my part-time job back at Hollywood Video. Thought I'd start my own recommendation thread rather than all the separate ones for each movie.

First -

Return to Neverland 4/5

I've never much cared for Peter Pan, and as some people might understand, I'm not a big fan of the "imagine a world..." kind of thing. Fanciful imaginings of everyday events don't hold much appeal for me (Amelie bored me to death, for the most part). This movie, though, was different. The plot was a little predictable (based on the life of J. M. Barrie... didn't know he was Scottish), but it kept me entertained and even a little misty-eyed at times.

Around the Bend

It's got Christopher Walken and he dances. Isn't that enough?

But then, this movie might not be for everybody. It struck a chord with me, though, mainly because I've never really met my father. Without that, it probably would have been a 2.5. With, 3.5.

I really had no interest in Peter Pan from the beginning, but I took a chance on Spielberg's Hook movie in '91, and it was so awful that it drove me away from anything to do with Peter Pan for good. To clear up the confusion, Finding Neverland is the current movie starring Johnny Depp, right?

On March 15 danlo wrote:Saw a good "indie" flick the other day called Around the Bend about four generations of men in one family that go on a road trip that ends up in the barrio of Albq!!! Very funny and eccentric-Michael Caine, Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas. Walken steals the show and dances! (I am ALWAYS knocked out when I see him dance! )

I lucked out and scored a copy of Finding Neverland on Friday, we're watching it today!

Matrixman wrote:I really had no interest in Peter Pan from the beginning, but I took a chance on Spielberg's Hook movie in '91, and it was so awful that it drove me away from anything to do with Peter Pan for good. To clear up the confusion, Finding Neverland is the current movie starring Johnny Depp, right?

Yep, Johnny Depp and Kate Winslett.

Finding Neverland is wonderful!

Syl wrote:I'm not a big fan of the "imagine a world..." kind of thing.

How can you be a fantasy fan without it? I'm not critisizing I'm just curious as to how your mind works...

Syl also wrote:Fanciful imaginings of everyday events don't hold much appeal for me

I thought you liked Big Fish...

Christopher Walken dancing

Hey, thanks for posting while I'm editing (posting while editing is one of the infinite things that annoys danlo, in case you rere wondering -editor dANYou've never seen him dance (on SNL or that one music video)? He's fabulous!

So sorry, Danlo! I promise to never, ever again post to a topic shortly after you have.

No, I've never seen him dance....guess I'll have to check it out! What music video?

Duckie....

Walken originally trained to be a dancer, I can't remember why we went into acting instead. Have you ever seen The Deer Hunter? He does some good footwork in the wedding scene.

Sylvanus wrote:Around the Bend

It's got Christopher Walken and he dances. Isn't that enough?

Heh, "Catch Me If You Can" has Walken dancing too.

I rented What the Bleep Do We Know? the other day. Meh. It kind of reminded me of Waking Life, with the nominal story and lots of expounding dialogue but not nearly as well done (and no rotoscoping - though at one point there were some dancing peptides). It's worth watching for the information, but the story was boring and I felt like I was being talked down to a lot of the time (could have something to do that I already knew about 99% of what they were talking about).

I felt the same way about Bleep--The Mind's Eye with William Hurt is much more engaging and eye opening...

onewyteduck wrote:Christopher Walken dancing

You should see when Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin are singing
in "Paint Your Wagon" What a HOOT!

cheval wrote:

onewyteduck wrote:Christopher Walken dancing

You should see when Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin are singing
in "Paint Your Wagon" What a HOOT!

That's real?!

Wow! I had no idea that one of my favorite Simpson's episodes was actually poking fun at an actual musical western starring Clint and the gang. I gotta get a hold of that one!

Sylvanus wrote:Now that I'm back, I have my part-time job back at Hollywood Video. Thought I'd start my own recommendation thread rather than all the separate ones for each movie.

First -

Return to Neverland 4/5

I've never much cared for Peter Pan, and as some people might understand, I'm not a big fan of the "imagine a world..." kind of thing. Fanciful imaginings of everyday events don't hold much appeal for me (Amelie bored me to death, for the most part). This movie, though, was different. The plot was a little predictable (based on the life of J. M. Barrie... didn't know he was Scottish), but it kept me entertained and even a little misty-eyed at times.

I bought it about a month ago and finally watched it over the weekend (thankfully the baby managed to take a long-enough nap for us to sit down and watch it...). Great movie that definitely tugs at the ol' heartstrings. Maybe a little bit predictable at points, but still a great movie overall.

The Aviator

This was a great two-hour movie. Unfortunately, it has a run-time of about 180 minutes. Great performances (especially by Di Caprio, really surprising there... how much credit of that goes to Scorcese...), production, and all that.

4 out of 5.

Matrixman wrote:I really had no interest in Peter Pan from the beginning, but I took a chance on Spielberg's Hook movie in '91, and it was so awful that it drove me away from anything to do with Peter Pan for good.

Yeah, Hook was one of those movies that was a great idea and the casting was ok and it looked fairly good but falls flat on it's face for some reason.

Now on the other hand, Universal's Peter Pan that came out in 2003 was WONDERFUL!
The colors, the casting, the costumes, the effects....
I can't recomend it enough.
My little girl and I have watched it dozens of times and I've never been bored.
"I do believe in Faries, I do, I do!".........ummm sorry.

www.peterpanmovie.net/