Movies
Tony and I haven't been watching tons of films of late, but one movie we did watch recently that I ADORED was Tangled, Disney's retelling of Rapunzel. I LOVED it so very much, and have many times since remarked that I think it's a movie every little girl should watch (even if they happen to be 28! 😉 ) because this movie is just so kick-ass. I'm sure no one is surprised to hear that growing up one of my favorite movies was Disney's Beauty & the Beast, but I honestly think this might be better. Sure Belle will always have a place in my bookish heart, but Rapunzel was just so cool with her frying-pan-wielding ways and general "can do" attitude. It's a really great story of a girl becoming a woman and learning how to make her own way in the world, and I just thought Rapunzel was really awesome and the kind of female role model that more girls could use.
But Rapunzel wasn't a chameleon, which is obviously what is depicted in the above image. That would be Pascal, her animal sidekick. I loved him very much too, and upon watching the film, I flippantly asked Tony if he would draw me a picture of him. I pretty much forgot about my request, but the other day, Tony said he had a little gift for me, and when I opened up my email, the above picture was waiting in my inbox. I was having a super crappy day, so Pascal's little smiling face paired with Tony's sweet words really made my day. Every time I see it, I feel happy, which is why this is now my desktop background! Instant mood enhancer! I just loved Tony's drawing so much I had to share it with all of you. And if you haven't seen Tangled, you are missing out and need to get on that! 😀
- We talk about why senior thesis projects don't always make good movies when we discuss 9
- Tony tells you how to be an effective stalker while critiquing Jimmy Stewart in Vertigo
- Everyone who works with him may hate him, but we still love Ricky Gervais in The Invention of Lying
- If you're looking for the definition of "80s humor" look no further than A Fish Called Wanda...
- Steph winds up with a lot of strong views about effective video game films, which come out when we discuss Prince of Persia
- Is Iron Man 2 the Ulysses of summer 2010? No, not really... unless you found Transformers 2 to be a subtle and intelligently-crafted art film
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- Tony reveals a crush while we talk about The Girl in the Cafe... and it's not on a girl!
- Yes, Fantastic Mr. Fox is pretty fantastic!
- Generally time-lapse photography is meant to speed things up, but we talk about how it seems to slow things down in Chronos
- Michael Douglas may be the King of California, but he's also pretty creepy... and maybe that's a good thing?
- Steph insults Asians everywhere (and Tony) while discussing facial hair and Infernal Affairs
- We rag on Gwyneth Paltrow so bad while talking about Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow that she may have to whine on Goop about us
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- Much to Steph's chagrin, all the puns in the world aren't enough to make Running Man a good movie
- I Heart Huckabees? More like I ZZZZ Huckabees...
- Our discussion of Rosemary's Baby devolves into what makes a movie scary... Also, Tony tells you all the ways in which you are stupid
- We get passionate about education and inner-city school kids (who knew?!) while discussing the documentary Pressure Cooker
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Warning, this one's a doozy, folks. Plenty of banter and grousing!- Tony gets all cranky when discussing the flapper fashion that features in Enchanted April
- Did you know that Steph loves musicals and had the weirdest childhood ever? Our discussion of Showboat makes this clear... for the 20th time.
- Like the protagonist in An Education, we fall for an older man... but his identity might surprise you!
- The Legend of The Shadowless Sword teaches us the valuable lesson that the line between good and bad martial arts movies may be fine, but it does exist!
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- Red Riding (1974) makes us wonder whether movies that feature actors from Yorkshire, England qualify as "foreign language" films...
- Another win for Pixar with A Bug's Life (even if it's about actual bugs, and not our little bug, Rory). Also, Tony geeks out.
- Tony schools Steph in American history, though she makes a legitimate point about settlers in Washington state while talking about Sleepy Hollow.
- We revisit Savannah and Kevin Spacey with Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. We probably prefer Spacey's performance as a grasshopper to Jim Williams, but we definitely prefer John Cusack when he plays "that guy who is not in whatever movie we're watching".
- We belatedly continue to watch movies that were nominated but did not win the 2010 Oscar for Best Picture, this time with A Serious Man. I think we know why this one did not win.
- Did you know Bruce Willis once had hair? Don't believe us? Watch Die Hard. Also: Alan Rickman! Who knew?!?!
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- We pontificate on what Franka Potente’s audition must have been like for Run Lola Run
- No, your eyes don’t deceive you. We really did watch Labyrinth again. But this time, ON THE BIG SCREEN!!!
- We discuss the various ways in which A Perfect Getaway was anything but perfect
- Steph reveals another girl crush when discussing A Mighty Wind
- Tony threatens to end our marriage when he discovers another egregious lapse in Steph’s movie watching history which is revealed when we discuss Assassination of a High School President
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- Find out who Ray D. Tutto is when we discuss The Adventures of Baron Munchausen!
- We debate the titular appropriateness of Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove
- NY I Love You may be all about love, but we think maybe we're better off just as friends... and Steph may or may not make a culturally insensitive joke in this segment (but she promises it was a joke!)
- When in Rome don't see this movie. Really, that's a good rule of thumb whichever country you happen to find yourself in.
- Into the Wild teaches us the important life lesson of not heading into the wilds of Alaska with a 5-lb bag of rice, a 22 shotgun, and a shaky knowledge of edible plants. There go our one-year wedding anniversary plans...
- Is The Hurt Locker a worthy Oscar nominee? Consensus: ????... ????
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- We coin a new term - "mehcommendation" - while discussing the mediocre Inkheart
- Find out why Three Coins in the Fountain is filled with dirty, dirty lies, starting with (but not limited to!) its title
- Steph finally catches up to 1999 and watches Fight Club... Was it worth the 11 year wait?!?
- We revisit childhood favorite, Labyrinth, and discuss whether David Bowie automatically makes a movie inappropriate for children...
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