Adorable for adorable's sake

Ah, to look like this at my age.

A new breed of fuck

I watched In the Company of Men yesterday. It's a delightful rom-com about two businessmen who decide to wine, dine and emotionally destroy a co-worker.

In all seriousness, the movie was pretty good, though its notoriety seems far less deserved now than it did 13 years ago. It's dark by all means, its protagonists thoroughly disgusting, but compare it to something like Happiness, which came out only a year later, and it's relatively tame.

That being said, the acting is solid across the board. Aaron Eckhart is really great if by great I mean effectively portrays one of the biggest dicks I've ever encountered in a film.

Here's a good bit that most people seem to remember:



Unfortunately my favorite scene (HEY!) isn't online. I cracked up when I first saw it, felt guilty, then watched it another 3 times. The last scene is also a perfect closer.

So I guess it's sad that Aaron Eckhart ended up in a Batman movie and the dude who directed this is also responsible for this gem.

Voilà , ma morale

I'm still unsure of how I really feel about this movie, but this might be one of my favorite openings ever.

Stop acting like Henry VIII

Back when I was in high school, I went to see some movie at Film Forum and saw the trailer for a restored print of Classe Tous Risques. I didn't get to see it then, but I finally rented it today and was fairly disappointed. It wasn't bad, a slightly above average gangster flick, but not much else.

Anyway, it prompted me to look into a movie I saw a poster for while I was in Paris. This one:



Jean-Paul Belmondo is up there in age now, so seeing him in an ad for a movie called A Man and His Dog was harmless, but kind of giggle-inducing.

The trailer only made things better. It's worth a view for the "chien" count, even if you don't understand anything else (plus, bamf Max von Sydow makes an appearance):



-My dog, where is he?
-MYYYYYYY DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOG
-What's your dog's name?
--My dog
-My dog, my dog, my dog
-We're going to find your dog

This is my father in 20 years.

I still like Belmondo a lot in the 60s stuff. Maybe he needs to call it a day.

MOOOOOON CHIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alain Delon gets pelted with a then/now next.

Just because

Tipping is un-American

I think I have my handful of favorite leading ladies from the Golden Age of Hollywood and Bette Davis has never been one of them. Whether or not it's from my not having seen many of her films or just not loving her, I'm not sure, but I watched The Petrified Forest for the first time last night (first movie of 2010). It was weird seeing her play a little bumpkin instead of an ice queen. I didn't love her in it, but the movie was pretty good, quick, and she was adorable (simultaneously looking 18 and 80):



Obligatory insane, elderly Bette Davis:






I also watched Man on Wire, which was a nice little treat.

Excluded from ravioli night

Redoing this blog for 2010 for the following reasons:

-new year
-new decade
-it was shit before (how I eventually feel about most blogs I start, but so be it)
-my tastes have slightly evolved (normal)
-urge to practice free writing skills
-last semester of college
-boredom

Not fascinating or original, but whatever.

Introductions are always terrible, so I'll leave you with a treat and call it a night:



For the kid in you!