Movies

[plumtreeblossom]

Last night, Miss Essie opened her home to a small huddle of Firsties to watch the 1938 film version of You Can't Take It With You, the play we're currently in the midst of producing. Basic premise: a lovable family of eccentrics and misfits interfaces with huff-puffy stilted gentry. Mayhem ensues. Love is fallen into. Someone Learns A Lesson.

My character was cut from the film version. But with the modifications in narrative arc from stage to film, she wouldn't have fit in or added anything we hadn't seen before. As one hapless person after another fell to the cult-like charm of the family, the Dutchess will be the final convert. You will eat my blintzes...

Tonight is V Is For Vendetta with tcb and goat and friends. EDIT: It was last night and I missed it by screwing up my calendar. But since I blocked out the time to see the movie tonight, I'm still going. Anyone interested is welcome and encouraged to join scatterbrained me. I'm one of those people who never saw the Natalie Portman Star Wars movies, and am acquainted with her work only through the ass-kicking Day In The Life of Natalie Portman. Hope we get more of her smackdown 'tude tonight.

Comments

[goat.livejournal.com]

Tonight is V Is For Vendetta with tcb and goat and friends.

That was actually last night. We were wondering where you were. :/

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

How did I get that date wrong? God, now I feel like an idiot. I've got it written down as tonight, even. Damn! Well, glad the movie was good. :-(

[goat.livejournal.com]

We missed you!

BTW, rent The Professional, it has Natalie Portman in it, when she was probably 12 years old. Great movie.

[vanguardcdk.livejournal.com]

Plumtree: I actually have The Professional in my collection if you want to borrow it sometime. (good film too) :)

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

When I was at Harvard
I smoked weed every day
I cheated every test
And snorted all the yay

Props to the boys from The Lonely Island who masterminded this and other SNL digital shorts. They're giving SNL a true rebirth.

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

I have my own copy of the movie version. They split Mr. De Pinna's character into two people in the movie. I still think mangosteen is the better Kolenkov. It's still hard to channel James Stewart in my head.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I loved the character of Mr. Poppins that was added in the movie. We were saying, he sort of plays the audience, by showing us a first reaction to the family, and eventually assimilation.

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing that video. That was hawt!

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Although I already saw this movie a couple of weeks ago and I do not generally go to see movies too too shortly after I have already seen them, I might actually be into seeing this one again. If you let me know which theater and what time, I might show up (if you feel like giving me your cell# so I could call in case I don't see you, fee free).

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to bag it for tonight, and maybe try over the weekend. I'm feeling sleepy and I think I'll just go for a duck-feeding walk in the Public Garden and head home. But I'll post before I do go!

[tcb.livejournal.com]

I figured that you double-booked yourself.. you owe me a movie :)

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry! And I do indeed owe you a movie. :-)