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To Die For (1995)
nicole's breakthrough performance
i saw the trailers on TV, especially the part about "you're not anybody unless you're on TV" and so was curious ... i went to see it alone ... there i was sitting in the dark threatre, laughing out loud to some wonderful and sly jokes from the inimitable Buck Henry (the line about Garry Trudeau had me splitting my sides) ... it took me 3 views to actually understand the ending ... i thought it was casey affleck's character frozen in the ice, but d'oh, stupid me, why on earth would he have to die? (i figured it out finally, and only after feeling like a total schmuck) ...
i was quite entertained by the time i left the theatre, but something hit me on the way out: this actress is Australian and she pulled off the best American accent i'd heard in ages ... and on subsequent viewings, i tried to find a flaw in it, and a law i did ... she uses the word "idea" and it comes out "idear" ... but that's hardly a criticism for an actress who in once performance made her presence known to me ...
a friend of mine also raved about the film and sent me a postcard saying what a pity it was that nicole wasn't nominated >.. she did, however, get the golden globe, and that's good enough in my books ...
they nay-sayers are wrong ... this is a solid film and it cooks.
Disco Beaver from Outer Space (1979)
laugh-out loud funny
i remember seeing this when i lived with my grandparents, every night for the week if was on super-channel ... i don't remember much about it nearly 25 years later except the HOMO NO MO' part ... i tried not to laugh too loud to wake the folks up, but one night it didn't work ...
to be honest, i had never heard of national lampoon up until that point and that brought a lifetime love of their productions.
and come to think of it, i remember the homosexual Dracula now ... i didn't understand it ... THEN ... two years later i came out of the closet ...
< blush >
that is all.
Dead Man Walking (1995)
moving even after the 100th viewing
i've read some of the comments posted on this movie and most of them are right on track ... for those detractors, may i suggest faster faster pussycat kill kill ...
the stars of this movie were Sarandon and Penn, but i think the real star here is director, Tim Robbins ... i don't believe this movie is propaganda for it is not taking sides ... take the initial scenes of sarandon and penn, filmed through glass windows ... the next little while the camera is held at the side of the windows separating them ... and at the end, there is no glass or window separating them ... to see each other's reflection kinda blew me away ...
i read the book and hated it ... wasn't enough meat to it ... the film, however, did provide the meat and every time i hear that guard cry out "dead man walking" right before penn is lead to the chamber, i go a little bit numb with shivers ...
very powerful movie A++