tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post9077044580546490163..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: Movies I've Walked Out Of, No. 1 & 2: Eat Pray Love and DamageFrescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-15473861722599753612010-09-10T10:54:11.565-05:002010-09-10T10:54:11.565-05:00RE: Eat, Pray, Love. Haven't seen the film bu...RE: Eat, Pray, Love. Haven't seen the film but the book was pretty awful, too. I did manage to get to the end, however. Still, I found it incredibly conceited. Strange because I loved "The Last American Man", also by Elizabeth Gilbert. I guess she's a lot better when she's NOT writing about herself!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06792485609256841475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-53600917326523479022010-09-09T10:44:30.041-05:002010-09-09T10:44:30.041-05:00RUDY: Yeah, it's ridiculous... There's no ...RUDY: Yeah, it's ridiculous... There's no mystery about why someone would be obsessed with Ms Binoche.<br /><br />And yeah again, people who have it both ways are not exactly the best spokespeople for happily doing without.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-12982411317923518542010-09-03T15:02:11.971-05:002010-09-03T15:02:11.971-05:00Oh, and EPL? To be fair, I haven't read the bo...Oh, and EPL? To be fair, I haven't read the book, but it's always seem retch-worthy to me and the movie! Gak! Yet another in an endless line about a gorgeous woman who's supposed to be plain or whatever who finds out she's happy without a man and then ends up with one in order to supply a happy ending. WTF?Rudyinparishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527306418916412817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-2674443253429953972010-09-03T14:59:49.650-05:002010-09-03T14:59:49.650-05:00You know what I hated about Damage? It was how Jul...You know what I hated about Damage? It was how Juliet Binoche, possibly the most beautiful, sexy woman EVER just as her plain ol' self, was dressed up like some freakish sexbot. I mean, it was about as subtle as trains shooting through tunnels. There's hapless Martin (was that the son's name?) all clean scrubbed and oxford-shirtish with his head-to-toe skintight black leather wearing girlfriend... I mean, OF COURSE the Jeremy Irons character was mesmerized by her Hypnotic Sexuality. Here's an idea, show normal looking people that possess unbelievably strong sexual magnetism. They do exist. For heaven's sake. I mean, really.Rudyinparishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527306418916412817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-29526155252517045062010-09-02T16:50:46.172-05:002010-09-02T16:50:46.172-05:00MOMO: You were wiser than I, to know this was a mo...MOMO: You were wiser than I, to know this was a movie to skip. I'd actually saved it for a hot day, as it's another long one. <br />Luckily I snuck into "Dinner with Schmucks" instead, which made me laugh, so all was well and I got my a/c after all.<br /><br />Never saw "Liquid Sky" or "Day of the Locust"...<br /><br />POODLE: See, I should have known, because I couldn't get past the first page of the book either!<br /><br />CLOWN: Oh, she had a book contract? The movie didn't make that clear. Maybe it just seemed too mercenary and they dropped it.<br /> <br />Jane Seymour? Henry VIII's wife?<br /><br />Never saw "Beastmaster".<br /><br />MRRET: The only book I've thrown across the room is "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues." Can't quite remember why now, just that I felt ripped off and lied to.<br />Nabokov's "Let's skip sex" is so funny. Mostly it's boring on film--that's why my "movie kisses" series is so slim.<br /><br />MANFRED: You're back! Missed you.<br />Had to look up "Southern Comfort"--sounds like "Deliverance" (a really good book! but I never saw the movie);<br /> whoever wrote the Wikipedia entry said it was inspired by Xenophon's Anabasis, which I have fond memories of translating out of Greek... <br /><br />I've never falled asleep in a movie.<br /><br />EMMA: Good point--labeling each country should have warned me off. I just thought, "How bad can this be? Javier Bardem is in it. <br />But as it turned out, I couldn't even hold out until he appeared.<br /><br />SARAH JANE: Heh. Glad you thought of "prey" too.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-78838918582034595232010-09-02T02:43:16.954-05:002010-09-02T02:43:16.954-05:00Such a great post - glad I'll be missing this ...Such a great post - glad I'll be missing this movie. I also thought PREY might be the apt choice here. So dumb.SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-81292955683815538902010-09-01T20:18:14.967-05:002010-09-01T20:18:14.967-05:00I knew there was a reason I broke out in hives whe...I knew there was a reason I broke out in hives whenever I reached for this book - the front cover itself kind of gave it away and the idea that eating/loving/praying were each single nation monopolies.Emma Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445947251876802806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-64692038686962702492010-09-01T15:58:59.571-05:002010-09-01T15:58:59.571-05:00Only one, Southern Comfort, which made me feel qui...Only one, Southern Comfort, which made me feel quite ill for some reason. I've fallen asleep in a few though.....ooooooooooooooooooooooooooohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347076050510425951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-21155411237643209702010-09-01T14:43:07.748-05:002010-09-01T14:43:07.748-05:00I'm guessing EPL made Oprah's book list?
...I'm guessing EPL made Oprah's book list? <br /><br /><i>A Million Little Pieces</i> - also on Oprah's list - I threw across the room. The literal book-throw is equivalent to the movie-walkout, I think. <br />The only other book I've thrown is <i>Twilight</i>. I came close to throwing <i>The Merchant of Venice</i> because of the ending. <br /><br /><i>Damage</i> sounds damaged. I sat through <i>I Am Love</i> with someone I barely knew a couple weeks ago - that was uncomfortable. When it comes to film, I'm with Nabokov: "Let's skip sex."<br />It's so easily indicated anyway.Marzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258262409718943594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-9231544873105588562010-09-01T13:01:17.865-05:002010-09-01T13:01:17.865-05:00It's not even tourism as therapy. It's boo...It's not even tourism as therapy. It's book contract as therapy (the contract was before the travel, which makes it even more cynical and creepy: we'll pay you to construct an epiphany). <br /><br />Reminds me of when Jane Seymour said that, to put a little spice into a relationship, fly to Paris. As I was living in a basement in Queens, I was not amused.<br /><br />I walked out on Beastmaster. I think that's it.Clowncarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219213001049223673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-78345172778747620412010-09-01T08:31:19.642-05:002010-09-01T08:31:19.642-05:00I felt the same way about the book. Couldn't f...I felt the same way about the book. Couldn't finish it.poodletailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-59128123563086248232010-09-01T07:59:59.408-05:002010-09-01T07:59:59.408-05:00Another reason not to go to EPL! I saw a preview a...Another reason not to go to EPL! I saw a preview and knew it would make me gnash my teeth for the reasons you give.<br />Hmm, I almost never walk out of a movie either.<br /> I did walk out of Liquid Sky (google "heroin aliens movie"). It was just SO BAD and not in a good way. <br />The movie I had to leave quickly was Day of the Locust. Too horrifying for words.momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.com