General Movie Thread

[Sarah]

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of Julie and Julia, Martin.

[Chris L]

A friend convinced me to go see 500 Days of Summer yesterday.
What kind of karaoke bar has Here Comes Your Man but not Born To Run?

You read my mind! I turned to my friend and said the same thing.

Maybe the same person from the Adventureland creative staff who decided that putting "Pale Blue Eyes" on the jukebox of a working-class Pittsburgh bar in 1987 was believable.

Ha! My personal favorite Unbelievable Movie Jukebox Scene is in Goodfellas, when you have DeNiro and a bunch of old school wiseguys sitting around a bar in like 1975 listening to "Sunshine of Your Love". Not so sure about that one.

It would be funny to see a list of other ridiculously unbelievable karaoke/jukebox scenes like that from movies.

A shot was set to that song, it wasn't playing on a jukebox. 

[Pat K]

A friend convinced me to go see 500 Days of Summer yesterday.
What kind of karaoke bar has Here Comes Your Man but not Born To Run?

You read my mind! I turned to my friend and said the same thing.

Maybe the same person from the Adventureland creative staff who decided that putting "Pale Blue Eyes" on the jukebox of a working-class Pittsburgh bar in 1987 was believable.

Ha! My personal favorite Unbelievable Movie Jukebox Scene is in Goodfellas, when you have DeNiro and a bunch of old school wiseguys sitting around a bar in like 1975 listening to "Sunshine of Your Love". Not so sure about that one.

It would be funny to see a list of other ridiculously unbelievable karaoke/jukebox scenes like that from movies.

A shot was set to that song, it wasn't playing on a jukebox. 

That makes more sense, if that's the case. You always hear about how Scorcese made such an effort to make all the music period-specific according to the year of every scene, so when remembering it I always kind of always assume that 90% of the music is diagetic.

[nec13]

It would be funny to see a list of other ridiculously unbelievable karaoke/jukebox scenes like that from movies.

In Mean Streets, "Please, Mr. Postman" playing in the background during the brawl in the pool hall. That song added an extra comedic element to that already ridiculous fight scene.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGk0FpGIxM[/youtube]

[Martin]

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of Julie and Julia, Martin.

I kind of loved it! I found Streep and Tucci absolutely irresistable, and the food porn was great. Didn't mind the Amy Adams parts either, even if her character without a doubt was very full of herself, as her otherwise rather bland husband so accurately pointed out. I was thinking that had I had a friend like that, who only talks about herself and Julia Child, and how Julia "speaks to her" and whatever, I would have a hard time maintaining that friendship.

A bit long, maybe. But I pretty much dug it.

[Mark in Helsinki]

When will there be a Mr. Rogers biopic?

I was just thinking about him last night - don't ask how he came up, I just don't know - and realized that he never, to my knowledge, licensed ANYTHING to sell to kids. Forget the movie, he should be sainted or something.

[nec13]

When will there be a Mr. Rogers biopic?

I was just thinking about him last night - don't ask how he came up, I just don't know - and realized that he never, to my knowledge, licensed ANYTHING to sell to kids. Forget the movie, he should be sainted or something.

Mr. Rogers is one of my heroes. I would hope that a studio would have the good sense not to commercialize and trivialize his life story, especially when he refused to pander to commercial interests during his life. Besides, a Mr. Rogers biopic would be boring for most people, as he led an entirely clean life. The lessons and wisdom that he imparted to his viewers should be his ultimate legacy, not some lousy biopic. 

[Pat K]

When will there be a Mr. Rogers biopic?

I was just thinking about him last night - don't ask how he came up, I just don't know - and realized that he never, to my knowledge, licensed ANYTHING to sell to kids. Forget the movie, he should be sainted or something.

I remember seeing him get pranked on some sort of Candid Camera type show years and years ago. It was in a nice hotel, and they were secretly filming people getting shown their rooms by the hotel clerk or whoever, who was actually with the show. The gag was that the room had all these problems with it, like none of the lights worked, the TV was broken, the sink was screwed up, etc, and they would film people getting angry about this and losing their cool. (I never said it was a funny show.)

Well unbeknownst to the show, by chance Mr Rogers happens to be one of the guests. But the funny thing was that he was totally nice and polite and unflappable, and shrugged off all of the deficiencies with this totally genial "oh, I'll make do, that's fine" attitude. As hard as they tried, they could not get him to get upset whatsoever. It was hilarious and completely sweet and heartwarming at the same time.

[Mark in Helsinki]

[ The lessons and wisdom that he imparted to his viewers should be his ultimate legacy, not some lousy biopic. 

Fair enough.... I was just trying to stay on topic while getting off it completely. He's a huge hero of mine, too. I didn't realize how much he meant to me, but I guess he did (does).

So you want drama? When's the Oliver Stone Ted Kennedy biopic coming out? Any guesses?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of Julie and Julia, Martin.

I kind of loved it! I found Streep and Tucci absolutely irresistable, and the food porn was great.

i can tell from the trailer(s) alone that im going to love meryl streep in this movie.  i also happen to catch her on the colbert report talking about the movie and she seemed just as charming.  go figure!

[Sarah]

Thanks, Martin.  I will accordingly look forward to next year when it shows up on a station I get.

[MattJohnson]

A friend convinced me to go see 500 Days of Summer yesterday.
What kind of karaoke bar has Here Comes Your Man but not Born To Run?

You read my mind! I turned to my friend and said the same thing.

Not to be a jerk, but I, too, had that thought. And Train in Vain!

Also, as someone from Michigan I can tell you that—believe it or not—we listened to Belle & Sebastian in high school.

[fonpr]

When will there be a Mr. Rogers biopic?

I was just thinking about him last night - don't ask how he came up, I just don't know - and realized that he never, to my knowledge, licensed ANYTHING to sell to kids. Forget the movie, he should be sainted or something.

I remember seeing him get pranked on some sort of Candid Camera type show years and years ago. It was in a nice hotel, and they were secretly filming people getting shown their rooms by the hotel clerk or whoever, who was actually with the show. The gag was that the room had all these problems with it, like none of the lights worked, the TV was broken, the sink was screwed up, etc, and they would film people getting angry about this and losing their cool. (I never said it was a funny show.)

Well unbeknownst to the show, by chance Mr Rogers happens to be one of the guests. But the funny thing was that he was totally nice and polite and unflappable, and shrugged off all of the deficiencies with this totally genial "oh, I'll make do, that's fine" attitude. As hard as they tried, they could not get him to get upset whatsoever. It was hilarious and completely sweet and heartwarming at the same time.

I remember Mr. Rogers doing an interview and chuckling about how his crew would put stuff in his slippers to catch him off guard while filming the show.  He came across as unflapable. 

[masterofsparks]

Finally got to see In the Loop last night. Loved it. While Peter Capaldi is (deservedly) getting a lot of attention for his performance, I was also really impressed by David "Sledge Hammer" Rasche. I can't wait to see it again and hear some of the dialogue that got lost in the accents the first time through.

[hugman]

A friend convinced me to go see 500 Days of Summer yesterday.
What kind of karaoke bar has Here Comes Your Man but not Born To Run?

You read my mind! I turned to my friend and said the same thing.

Maybe the same person from the Adventureland creative staff who decided that putting "Pale Blue Eyes" on the jukebox of a working-class Pittsburgh bar in 1987 was believable.

Ha! My personal favorite Unbelievable Movie Jukebox Scene is in Goodfellas, when you have DeNiro and a bunch of old school wiseguys sitting around a bar in like 1975 listening to "Sunshine of Your Love". Not so sure about that one.

It would be funny to see a list of other ridiculously unbelievable karaoke/jukebox scenes like that from movies.

I always questioned (but enjoyed) the idea of a bunch of rough and tumble baltimore cops getting drunk to the Pogues in The Wire.