Can't believe it's almost December. Had a work-related trip the week before Thanksgiving, flew back, flew out to see the parents the next day. Didn't see any movies the whole time! Catching part of
Stepmom in the hotel room in Palm Springs doesn't count, trust me. So yesterday we watched two movies, one a repeat, one almost a repeat.
101 Reyjavik is an entertaining little film. I liked it better this time, Shawn actually liked it a bit less. The cheezy version of "Lola" used as background music whenever Victoria Abril's character comes on screen is a scream.
The other one was
Gosford Park. Now, we are pretty strong Altman fans. So why the delay? The first time we rented this movie we ended up having a heatwave. This was in southeastern Massachusetts where almost no one had air conditioning. We had fled the apartment and gone off to Boston or Providence to see movies but when we came home, it was still 90 degrees. The video was due the next day (thank god for netflix, no more stupid due dates at Blockbuster) and so we turned it on. Shawn fell asleep pretty quick, and I couldn't sleep but was pretty annoyed. Well, imagine beginning
Gosford Park around midnight when you're exhausted and it's still 90 degrees outside and you have no air conditioning. This time we enjoyed it. We originally switched to DVDs to get widescreen versions of things, particularly foreign films, but are beginning to watch the special features. The deleted scenes section on this DVD offers particularly interesting insights into the mind of Altman. His most used line was a deadpan "This scene wasn't necessary." The film editor was with him on the commentary track and at one point remarked something along the lines of "Yeah, we wouldn't want it to turn into a plot thing." LOL.
I am anxious to buy the Seinfeld DVDs. There's a gift box at amazon - the DVDs have extra features, but it comes with a salt & pepper set as seen in the diner - so am still trying to decide whether to buy the plain vanilla ones or go for the features n kitsch box set.
