The Blind Side - Great Date Movie

[RichH]

Oooh... Colin Firth ::dribble:: ::banana::

My wife says the same thing.  I sat through Pride and Prejudice and I don't get it.

Now that we're in JSID: Jennifer Ehle is slated to play Catelyn Stark in the HBO adaptation of A Game of Thrones.  Of course all casting news for that series pales beside Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.

I recognized about half the words in your post.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Heh heh.  He said "dinklage".  ::dribble::

[KeithK]

Oooh... Colin Firth ::dribble:: ::banana::

My wife says the same thing.  I sat through Pride and Prejudice and I don't get it.

Now that we're in JSID: Jennifer Ehle is slated to play Catelyn Stark in the HBO adaptation of A Game of Thrones.  Of course all casting news for that series pales beside Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.

Why do a TV adaptation of a series he seems destined to never finish?  Work on the damn books - Dance with Dragons was supposed to be done three and a half years ago.

[Roy 82]

What is a "date"? ::drunk::

[TimV]

What is a "date"? ::drunk::

A fruity thing found in many middle-eastern desserts??

[Trotsky]

What is a "date"? ::drunk::

Everybody here knows what a date is.

Now, a second date...

[judy]

Oooh... Colin Firth ::dribble:: ::banana::

My wife says the same thing.  I sat through Pride and Prejudice and I don't get it.

Hopping in late but...drooool.

[judy]

Oooh... Colin Firth ::dribble:: ::banana::

My wife says the same thing.  I sat through Pride and Prejudice and I don't get it.

Try "Love Actually" if you want to give Colin Firth another try (and spend quality time with the wife). On the plus side (for you), it is not as long as P&P ;-). Alternatively, you just might be short an "X" chromosome :-P.

I must go watch Love Actually. It's the time of year for it. It doesn't stream off of netflix This one's more about Hugh Grant But yes, like Rita said, nyc94 I think you are short an X chromosome.

[Rita]

NPR had a review on the new Colin Firth movie "A Single Man".

At least from the pictures, I'm not digging Colin Firth as a brunette too much. But still might be worth finding out where the local movie megaplex is and checking it out during this Cornell hockey lull. **]

[RichH]

If we're talking about recent "date movies," I saw "Up in the Air" this week (oddly enough, right before I took a red-eye from SFO) and liked it a lot. A rare romantic comedy which can be enjoyed by both sexes, thanks to a healthy blend of satire and romance.  It features some really good writing, while providing a very natural dialogue. Clooney gives a nice turn as a self-important, yet likable character.  There's one part that is miscast IMO, which is glaring considering there are only four main roles, but other than that it's a really well put together film.  Personally, it amused me since I've been traveling about 90% of my time this year.  You should probably overlook the relentless product placements for American Airlines and Hilton.

And there's also a brief Cornell mention.

[billhoward]

A Frank Rich New York Times OpEd today, "Hollywood's Brilliant Coda to America's Dark Year," declares Up in the Air to be biting commentary: " ...it captures the distinctive topography of our Great Recession as vividly as a far more dour Hollywood product of 70 years ago, 'The Grapes of Wrath,' did the vastly different landscape of the Great Depression." Imagine how much Steinbecks's estate would be worth if he'd thought of product placements.

[Robb]

A Frank Rich New York Times OpEd today, "Hollywood's Brilliant Coda to America's Dark Year," declares Up in the Air to be biting commentary: " ...it captures the distinctive topography of our Great Recession as vividly as a far more dour Hollywood product of 70 years ago, 'The Grapes of Wrath,' did the vastly different landscape of the Great Depression." Imagine how much Steinbecks's estate would be worth if he'd thought of product placements.

Are there brand-name nursing pads?  :-D

[jtwcornell91]

You should probably overlook the relentless product placements for American Airlines and Hilton.

Actually, I heard and interview on Fresh Air with the director, who I think said they didn't actually get any money from AA, just access to film in real airports/airplanes/security checkpoints.

I also need to see that movie, given how much I fly.  (Although I'm sure it'll be an inflight movie next year.)

[Rita]

You should probably overlook the relentless product placements for American Airlines and Hilton.

Actually, I heard and interview on Fresh Air with the director, who I think said they didn't actually get any money from AA, just access to film in real airports/airplanes/security checkpoints.

I also need to see that movie, given how much I fly.  (Although I'm sure it'll be an inflight movie next year.)

And according to the same interview, the director and crew did not get any frequent flyer miles for all the flying they did to get the overhead shots.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I read the book on my flight over to Taiwan 2-1/2 weeks ago.  It's a strange little book.  I wonder how it translates to the big screen.  And the airline he flew in the book was fictional.

And FWIW, I've earned well over 1 million miles on United, although I only have about 230,000 in my account right now.  I use my miles for free international travel fairly regularly.  A co-worker has 1.25 million currently in his mileage balance.  So the 1 million miles in the book is not that big a deal.

However, I have >800,000 actual flight miles on United.  That's excluding class bonuses, credit card miles, hotel miles, etc.  It works out to something like 40-60 round-trips to Asia.  Gotta admit, I'm not really that anxious to get to 1 million.