Cinco DeNio

I just took the Letterboxd plunge (CincoDeNio, surprisingly). Seen enough posts mention it I'd like to be able to read those reviews. Not sure how much detail I can get into on some films but ones like Reefer Madness I can bore that audience as well as I did this one. :-)

Actually I have no idea. I thought everyone calling Darcy "Will" for no good reason was off-putting as well. It was like a "Remember he's WIll in the original so we'll call him Will even though everyone up to that point called him Darcy."

I'm so corrupted by Musical Mondays now. I bought La La Land at Best Buy for $8.99 because I'm sure someone will pick it. I get the Blu-Ray, DVD and a digital copy so I will be READY when someone picks it! (And that someone will NOT be me! I already have my next pick well in hand.)

I know this one! It's so they could link to the director's previous film, Bend it Like Beckham! Now it's Will Fights With Wickham (or some such nonsense).

I fear it's exactly that. Probably needed in order to secure Miramax's participation maybe? But then they pick a relatively unknown actor! So they shot themselves in the foot anyway because who's going to see it because of Martin Henderson? I think of Shakespeare in Love which was a wild success here and had American actors but doing British accents and participating in the period.

He's telling her to be who she is and stop trying to "fit in". From Wikipedia: Also, this movie was SUCH a waste of Indira Varma! What was the point of her character?

That I don't think they do. Most numbers I've seen are way too wordy to mime every described action. [media=''] [/media]

I'm not sure about acting out every word but they do seem to emphasize every beat. Here's the title song from the one movie I've seen. (It's the Bollywood adaptation of While You Were Sleeping.) They definitely choreograph to the beat. [media=''] [/media]

Granted. I meant to imply that she had done no other Bollywood movies to date. I should have stuck to her credits and not her background.

I'm not sure she's the best expert on Bollywood movies. From IMDB: "Gurinder Chadha was born in Kenya, and grew up in Southall, London, England." Her other credit of note is Bend it Like Beckham.

Even the cast didn't find him interesting. There was no chemistry and the end credits never show him singing.

Just finished watching this. Oh boy am I ready for tomorrow! In the meantime enjoy this clip of KBell and John Kassir Off-Broadway in 2001. [media=''] [/media]

Like this? Oh, wait, that's the Chrysler Building.

I've never read P&P but, in seeing what other adaptations there were, came across a couple that sound unusual and worth checking out. Would like your opinions on them and if they're worth watching. Also, I won't have time to read the novel before watching Bride & Prejudice but would it be worth reading before these (also the BBC "extra-smolder" ediiton)? Death Comes to Pemberley The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Team Austen for me despite my love of Monty Python. I read Wuthering Heights and hated almost every minute.

I can't speak to the various versions of Pride and Prejudice but they can't compete with the Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights.

Genetic feel-good plots? There's a Bollywood version of Repo!?

On a separate unrelated note, anyone heard from JammerLea or Eternal Sammich lately? I don't remember seeing them post for a few weeks.

I'm happy for this one. I have one Bollywood pic in my history and own the DVD but it wasn't available anywhere or I would have selected it. (Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega if anyone cares.) I see this one has Indira Varma in it and I am all in for her. She could have taught this Darcy about smoldering.

Completely unrelated: I almost saw Alfonso Ribeiro on Broadway in 1985. He was starring in The Tap Dance Kid. I don't know why but it was the understudy for that performance (maybe a weekday matinee?). Instead we saw Dule Hill, Gus from Psych. He was astounding at only 6 years old!

I've never seen someone so happy about waiting.

I watched the Rifftrax commentary on the original 1936 movie and it was OK. Had some good laughs (and one snort "WHAT?!?!?"). I'm glad they mentioned the obvious age of Ralph in that movie but it applies to this movie as well. Heck it applied for the stage show on top of that as John Kassir played Ralph in both recent versions. John Kassir was *drumroll* FORTY when he first played Ralph. Several weeks ago, on October 24th, he turned SIXTY! He wasn't even a former college boy when the musical first hit the boards.

Some more notes before we move on. I have been watching the movie and listened to the stage soundtrack recently. I realized the lecturer/narrator from the stage show not only plays the warden but is the voice of the radio announcer as well. That matches the stage show. Funny how much I've heard his voice and didn't put two-and-two together until now. The stage show doesn't have Jimmy make a magical escape as far as I can tell. The trial ends, Jimmy is found guilty and immediately sentenced. Jesus reappears and Jimmy makes a plea bargain attempt. Jesus rejects this ("You didn't 'Listen to Jesus, Jimmy'") and sends Jimmy to Hell. (This is interesting since it sounds like Robert Torti played both the judge and Jesus. That must be quite the quick change.) The soundtrack has an interesting cut number called "We Know Best". Sung by Jimmy's parents it talks about he's still a teenager so he shouldn't think for himself and just do whatever they say. I understand why it was cut but it probably planted the seed for expanding the "trust the government" narrative to the extremes the movie did. The lecturer seems to appear as Moloch even in the stage soundtrack so I am curious how many roles the lecturer plays and how many were added/changed for Alan Cumming. I think Alan fits in pretty well despite knowing it's obviously him each time. I can't imagine the stage soundtrack lecturer acting that out on stage. I'm curious to see a stage production. I don't imagine it's in wide production but there are lots of videos on YouTube. Not sure if it would be appropriate for a high school but the protagonists are supposed to be high school students.

I'm so happy medical research has advanced so we no longer allow brain-destroying "knock-knock jokes". CTE is no laughing matter!