Eternal Sunshine was brilliantly constructed and shot. I mean, I liked it. I did. But I kept missing out on the moments that were there to draw me in further. I was slightly invested in the leads' happiness at the end but really no more than I was invested in Richard Gere and Julia Roberts working things out in "Pretty Woman." I think the movie is somewhat spoiled by me wanting to love it and only liking it. Normally this isn't a problem at all but it feels like a movie I should love and I don't.
And if you were able to sit through The English Patient and told me I was missing out on something really grand and I needed to just persevere and get on with it - I'd try to watch the damn thing.
Movies with Sand:
Pitch Black -- sand is barely in a supporting role, really.
Oh - Blue Lagoon. Now I actually prefer "Return to Blue Lagoon" over the original but this is possibly because my mother would not let me see the original when I was the appropriate age to appreciate it because of the nekkid swimming. RtBL is one of the best worst movies ever made. Pirates!
Lawrence of Arabia: I've not seen it. I hear good things about it. I'm pretty sure I have been in rooms where it was playing as I can close my eyes and concentrate and remember bits from the movie and yet I have never seen it. There was a lot of sand in the bits I remember.
Dune: I haven't watched this since I was a kid. And what is up with my mom not letting me see Blue Lagoon but this instead?? There is no telling how warped I am because of this. Actually all I remember from the movie is the sand and the worms.
Mad Max III: Beyond the Thunderdome: OH - my dad had this taped on the same cassette as Dune! Again with what was my mother thinking? I actually have very fond memories of watching this movie because my father enjoyed it so - finally a film that captures the ferocity of hogs.
Also - it gave us Tina Turner singing "We Don't Need Another Hero" and if ever a song begged to be a Lord King Bad Vid - it is this song.
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Date: 2005-07-11 07:06 pm (UTC)And if you were able to sit through The English Patient and told me I was missing out on something really grand and I needed to just persevere and get on with it - I'd try to watch the damn thing.
Movies with Sand:
Pitch Black -- sand is barely in a supporting role, really.
Oh - Blue Lagoon. Now I actually prefer "Return to Blue Lagoon" over the original but this is possibly because my mother would not let me see the original when I was the appropriate age to appreciate it because of the nekkid swimming. RtBL is one of the best worst movies ever made. Pirates!
Lawrence of Arabia: I've not seen it. I hear good things about it. I'm pretty sure I have been in rooms where it was playing as I can close my eyes and concentrate and remember bits from the movie and yet I have never seen it. There was a lot of sand in the bits I remember.
Dune: I haven't watched this since I was a kid. And what is up with my mom not letting me see Blue Lagoon but this instead?? There is no telling how warped I am because of this. Actually all I remember from the movie is the sand and the worms.
Mad Max III: Beyond the Thunderdome: OH - my dad had this taped on the same cassette as Dune! Again with what was my mother thinking? I actually have very fond memories of watching this movie because my father enjoyed it so - finally a film that captures the ferocity of hogs.
Also - it gave us Tina Turner singing "We Don't Need Another Hero" and if ever a song begged to be a Lord King Bad Vid - it is this song.