h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

s'ok if you have cable

I find a David Lynch film is best enjoyed on an empty stomach.

To wit: Blue Velvet. Never again can I look at Dennis Hopper without shivering.

I recommend Mulholland Drive. I enjoyed it. I'll certainly watch it again when it appears on tv.

Bumblebee - The Scandanavian trip is probably two years away, we are going to Paris and the south of France next summer on holiday. However, I will definitely give notice ahead of time, and plan to meet up.

Regarding Eyes Wide Shut, I loved the movie, but I love all of Kubrick's films. When I recommended the movie, I would ask if the person liked Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket, if they did, then I told them to see the movie.

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i LIKED both full metal jacket and a clockwork orange. i just didn't like the overly bombastic music while the camera showed every possible angle of the scene, the incredibly trite plot (oh please), and frankly, nicole kidman can carry an 'art" film....tom cruise? not so much.

then again, i thought the end of 2001 went on far too long, as well.

*shields self from flying debris*

*sips after magically appearing on her sofa*

"You can't do that to Ludwig Van!"

I wasn't terribly thrilled with Eyes Wide Shut either. I did like the version of Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing that Chris Issacs did for the soundtrack, though.

i don't know that i've ever seen Eyes Wide Shut all the way through; even if i did, i didn't get it.

sea, there's nothing to get. happily married man finds out about something secret, goes to an orgy, and the elite members of the group try to get him. end of story. that's it.

which is why I really hated the movie. I'm not saying I have to have explosions every 73.6 seconds, but I would like something more to happen than that, especially in 3 hours plus.

Now that we're on the movie topic, what's everyone's all time favorite scene in a movie? I have several, but the one I am thinking of is the moment in Gladiator when Russell Crowe turns around and says, "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, and I will have my revenge, in this world or the next." Sends shivers down my spine every time!

I also like the moment in Gosford Park where the inspector, coming in to begin his investigation, gestures towards the man on the phone, only to be told, "Oh, never mind him. He's an American."

Anyone else?

Not offhand...

I must say, I've never understood why old films get remade, but you can see why all those foreign films get slung into English, considering that most people don't watch foreign films, whether they be arty or just fun...

But on the other hand, it must be frustrating for actors and directors, when there's this great film out there and they want a shot at it too. I mean, plays get redone and reinterpreted all the time, and so lots of actors, directors, choreographers, designers and whathaveyou get their shot at it, so maybe that explains the others...

Subtitles - having grown up with them I've no idea how difficult it is for adults to get used to them - I find them easy enough, and besides I get to hear other languages than my own...

...I was quite surprised the first time I took my mother with me when travelling by train through several European countries - she understood quite a lot of English despite never having studied it. Turned out she had picked it up from the soap operas she likes to watch - hearing the most common words and seeing the translation at the same time!

And I definitely prefer subtitles to dubbing... *shudder* ...I've seen so many examples of how completely 'wrong' dubbing voices can change the character of a film - in Switzerland I happened to see an episode of The Nanny - and the dubber's voice wasn't the least bit nasal - and that's one of her most prominent features!

I agree with you on the subtitles, T. Even if not all the subtitles are correct translations, it's better than dubbing. The only films that gets dubbed in Norway are those that are for children under school age, mainly cartoons. The Norwegian voices to Iceage was in fact funnier than the original, but that's very rare.

i agree. subtitles rule! i just bought 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' on DVD and i can't wait to watch it, subtitles and all. i might watch the dubbed version just to compare... maybe once.

i agree, MR, the 'Gladiator' moment you mention is pretty fantastic. i also like the scene in 'Donnie Darko' (anyone seen it?) where he's tapping the tip of the knife on the mirror, and the mirror is doing a water-like ripple effect... strange movie, that.

my current favorite movie moment, though, is at the end of 'Pay it Forward', when they go outside and see all the people... (i tried to make that as vague a reference as possible so not to ruin the ending for anyone who might still want to see it )

there are some good bits in 'Signs', too, but that was far too good a movie for me to ruin it for anyone. i've seen it twice already.

The 'Gladiator moment' just makes me crease up. It's the 1950's BBC radio announcer accent that Russel Crowe adopts that does the damage.

Crouching Tiger - there's another one that everyone took so seriously and I found hilarious. The hedge trimming scenes are particularly funny - but a good trick if you can manage it.

One of my favourite movie moments is from The Shawshank Redemption when Red is asked to explain the origin of his name. He says he thinks it's because he's Irish. The line is not funny in the book but in the film we can see that Red is in fact black.

{[caer csd] It is chilly and damp this morning. Poor old Sadie went out for her morning constitutional and got mobbed by those bl**dy magpies. No physical harm done, just frayed nerves and she is now in a favourite hidey hole; under No2 son's bookcase.

The chill in the air has me thinking about our holiday and what to wear. I am expecting the days in New England to be mild in early October, but the nights cold. As clothes are so much cheaper there, I shan't pack too much and buy any extra layers if necessary once we arrive.

I have discovered that Talbots merely swop the $ for the £ on the price labels so an item that costs $35 is £35 here. Their justification is shipping costs. Rip off or what!

However I'm not writing Summer off just yet, after all we were sitting outside enjoying a pub lunch wih warm sunshine in mid October last year. Especially as No1 son is off to Cornwall for a week, tomorrow.}

*reading aloud from newspaper*

Studies at the Max Planck Institute in Germany have shown that certain substances in the brain, called cannabinoids (because they are very similar to cannabis) have the function to erase horrible memories

The Cambridge University in Massachusetts have discovered that cats with cancerous lymphoma in their legs is twice as common in in families with a smoker than a non-smoking family, and 4 times as common if several family members smoke

Did they say anything about goldfish?

Bumble. ex-smoker on the third year, or is it the fourth?

It was a small article, Bee - it only mentioned cats...

One of my colleagues is an ex-smoker, and he says it's like beeing a sober alcoholic - no matter how long ago you quit smoking, there will always be the risk that you fall for the temptation

Yup, one day at the time....
The intervals between the cravings grow longer, but it never completely stops. My dad stopped when I was born, and he still gets these pangs from time to time..

Hearing that, I'm glad I never started!

I'm just giving in to an old vice . I'm having my first cup of coffee for a year . And very nice it is too. I gave up everything that could possibly harm me while I figured out how to get better. I don't think that caffeine was the problem so I'm going to reintroduce moderate amounts to see how it goes.