It turns out that watching this movie is much easier if one is knitting and counting stitches. The incredibly banality is not quite so annoying when trying to ensure you’ve cast on 99 stitches exactly. Plus, this time I know who Taylor Kitsch is, so I got to evaluate his portrayal of Gambit.
Cost: free from library.
Where watched: at home with Matt who is watching all the X-Men movies in order.
Part of the Ruby Oliver Film Festival.
Amusing throughout, but I couldn’t help but feel annoyed at Katherine Hepburn’s character. Full of lots of zany hijinks that make this a good family-friendly film. I think my favorite line came from Aunt Elizabeth: “I’ve always wanted a leopard!”*
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home.
*Really? Times sure have changed.
Part of the Ruby Oliver Film Festival
This looked dumb, but it was on the list and so I watched it. I’m a fan of both of the leads in this motion picture, so I had that going for me, but even so, I was pleasantly surprised to greatly enjoy this movie. It had a good blend of comic and tender moments.
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home.
Part of the Ruby Oliver Film Festival
This movie was bizarre, mostly because the main characters were doing really horrible things* that in real life you would be suing if you found out someone was doing to you. So I guess good that they found each other, freaky weirdos. Also, as a side note, for years I’ve seen this cover and guessed that Meg Ryan was a cheerleader, based on the tank top she’s wearing on the cover.**
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home
*Spying on ex-partners, bugging the apartment, plotting to break them up. Though the camera obscura did lend a nice touch to their stalking.
**Spoiler alert, she’s not. It’s just a very cheerlead-y looking top.
Part of the Ruby Oliver Film Festival
From a feminist perspective, this was interesting viewing, as you get the traditional fairy tale* story and also the feminist tale of a woman striving to break glass ceilings. Of course, the feminist story is merely a subplot, but I’ll take it. The sex scenes were pretty hot and overall it went in directions I didn’t think it would go, so I was pretty happy with this flick.
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home.
*I knew the ending of this before I started watching it, due to it being referenced fairly often as a “good movie ending”
Part of the Ruby Oliver Film Festival.
This is another one of those classics that’s actually fun, not a grind to sit through. I loved Hepburn’s embrace of the crazy that her life had become and the freedom it brought her. It was also both amusing and gripping in places and packed much more of a punch than I expected.
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home.
I was a fan, as I’m always interested in movies that mark college-to-real-world transition, especially from a female perspective. It was also interesting as fan of the television show Girls, because some of the same actors appear. There’s a scene that takes place in a playground that will probably stick with me for awhile.
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home
I really, really, really liked both of the main characters in this movie* and parts of it were amusing. It was, however, incredibly slow, which made for disappointing viewing. I do like how smartly crafted it was, wrapping an abortion into a standard rom-com format.
Cost: $8.00
Where watched: Cinema 21 (in the new expanded theaters) with a certain boyfriend.
*With the male lead reminding me of a certain boyfriend in both looks and level of nice.
Being someone who is fascinated with adolescence and the transition to adulthood, especially from a female perspective, I’ve been looking forward to this series for some time now. It completely delivered with hilarious and also cringe worthy situations, great writing, fun wardrobe and a lot of a naked body of a type you don’t see much in media. I’m really looking forward to the second season.
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home, with Matt who got pulled in halfway through and caught up on his own.