Ryan McNeil
I must admit, I do wish I was staring down the barrel at a long weekend. Things have been pretty crazy up here in the Great White North lately, and four days off would do me good.
Alas – no such luck. Not only did we already have our big turkey day last month, but we even had our festive parade last weekend. Yes gang, while many of y’all are eating, shopping, watching football, and taking in some good movies…we here in Canada will be celebrating the traditional holiday known as “Thursday”.
It’s not all bad – things on this blog have actually been getting busier lately. I might not be able to get out and see as many new flicks as I’d like, but that hasn’t managed to stop a bit of a writing streak.
However, my writing proclivity will have to wait for now. It’s Friday morning, and that means it’s time to see what everyone else is up to. I feel especially indebted this week, since many of them stopped by my space in droves and left a lot of fun comments.
So, for your reading fulfillment I give you…
It’s been ten years since FIGHT CLUB was released, and Evil Dead Junkie takes a look back at the cult classic.
Fandango put up a neat post this week combining my love of movies, my love of music, and my love of making lists. Give it a look!
Matthew at From The Front Row has seen Almodovar’s latest film, BROKEN EMBRACES. Looks like he wasn’t all that impressed.
The Flick Chick dedicated a post to one of my favorite scenes in movie history.
Blake watched 8 1/2 this week and thinks NINE will have a rough go living up to it.
Perhaps inspired by my talk of vampire movies that don’t feature glittering emo twerps, Movieman has gone all the way back to Bela Lugosi in DRACULA and written a thoughtful piece about the grandaddy of ’em all.
And last but not least, Marcy at Because I Saw The Film rhymes off some movie moments she’d love to have happen to her.
Enjoy!
I know Fight Club is coming up soon my top 100 films, that'll be a walk down memory lane. I think that was the first movie I ever watched and said "what the hell just happened!" when the credits rolled and had to watch it again. Love that movie, despite it's obvious flaws.
I need to revisit Dracula though, it's been far too long since I've seen it. Meant to revisit it this past year for Halloween but never did.
I think forming an opinion of Nine based on how it lives up to 8 1/2 is a bit unfair. There is no way critics are going to come out of this film and say that it was better than 8 1/2.
I picked up Fight Club on Blu-Ray on the way home for Thanksgiving Break yesterday and I can't wait to revisit it. It's been years.
@ Univarn… I'll be interested to see what you think of DRACULA. These days people come off it finding it very dated, so watch it soon – I'm really curious to know!
@ Danny… You're right, Blake was just kinda thinking out loud. NINE has been around in its stage form for a while now, so some people should know what to expect. For that matter, it's not like 8 1/2 is the most accessible film out there!
@ Jake… Enjoy! It's one of my all-time faves 🙂
Just finished writing my review for FC. My God the film is even better than I remember, and the Blu-Ray is gorgeous.
@ Jake… Looks like I have my Monday morning read all ready then! Lookin' forward to it 🙂