What DVD's are we Watching?

[infinite monkey]

3 more from Odd Lots Moviepalooza:

Love, Actually--I'd passed it by a few times, thinking I really didn't want the typical old romantic comedy. I'd heard good things though. It was really great. Maybe i was in the right mood but I laughed! I cried! I spent 3 bucks! What a cast. Against my will I remembered how damn charming Hugh Grant can be...he sort of plays the same guy but he is a charmer. I was struck by how strikingly differently beautiful Keira Knightley is (once again), how sensationally not-even-trying sexy Liam Neeson is, how classic Emma Thompson is. Oh, and Laura Linney, Colin Firth, Rowan Atkinson...and the kid who played the little boy was darling.

Then I watched An Education, with Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan. Emma Thompson was also in this one (all three I watched today had ties.) It was pretty good, but I've always like Peter Sarsgaard. About an Oxford-bound 16 year old who meets Peter's character and sort of changes plans.

Last I watched Kinsey, which was of course about Alfred Kinsey. Very good movie. It starred Liam Neeson and Laura Linney, and Sarsgaard was also in it, along with Chris O'Donnell, Timothy Hutton, John Lithgow, Oliver Platt, and Tim Curry.

Quite a fruitful movie foray today, I must say.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

3 more from Odd Lots Moviepalooza:

Love, Actually--I'd passed it by a few times, thinking I really didn't want the typical old romantic comedy. I'd heard good things though. It was really great. Maybe i was in the right mood but I laughed! I cried! I spent 3 bucks! What a cast. Against my will I remembered how damn charming Hugh Grant can be...he sort of plays the same guy but he is a charmer. I was struck by how strikingly differently beautiful Keira Knightley is (once again), how sensationally not-even-trying sexy Liam Neeson is, how classic Emma Thompson is. Oh, and Laura Linney, Colin Firth, Rowan Atkinson...and the kid who played the little boy was darling.

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That matches my experience of Love, Actually. Avoided it for years then finally watched it because it came on tv and I was just in that mood...and really enjoyed it. I too had forgotten how charming Grant can be.

@ Wolf: what did you think of that? I found the Pertwee era a little difficult to get to grips with. Much as I love the actor, I didn't much like the feel of that era of Who. But I know a fair few Whovians who rate it very highly.

[Beest]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

...and the kid who played the little boy was darling.
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