So I’m gonna take off here in a little while to go get myself a copy of The Royal Tenenbaums on DVD. Then I’m going to watch it. And I might even watch it while enjoying some strong, chilled hooch. Blogging will no doubt suffer for it.
Along those lines (he said, attempting a rather hamfisted segue), here are a couple of links to The Weekly Standard’s amusing Point/Counterpoint debate on the DVD “revolution.” First, Matt Labash’s “Point: The DVD — with the aid of Blockbuster — is destroying everything movie lovers hold dear.” Which is duly answered by Jonathan Last’s “Counterpoint: The DVD revolution is unstoppable–resistance is futile. And that’s a good thing.”
Me, I’ll buy a DVD if its got some worthwhile extras on it, but I also have somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 movies on tape, so I won’t be ditching my VCR anytime soon.
I know. I’m pathetic. But I can be watching Sixteen Candles at the drop of a hat. Let’s see you do it.
Smartass.
what did you think of the film? Gene Hackman
reminds me of my father.
BTW, please explain “chilled hooch.” where I come from this is served warm.
all the best.
To be honest with, I haven’t yet seen it. But anything by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson is gonna be good…
Owen ain’t Dignan in this one…but he has his moments. And Gene Hackman’s performance is worth the price of the dvd alone.
Actually, the 1st 3 quarters of the movie have some flat out hysterical moments. And check out Royal’s sidekick, Pagoda (aka Kumar from <i> Bottle Rocket</i>
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Very funny…I’m running out to buy it now myself.
Picking that up this weekend, looking forward to it. While my girlfriend likes Nick Cave, she redeems herself by liking those guys as much as I do.
Excuse me, I have to go drink some turpentine before I start hearing music from <i>Sixteen Candles</i> in my head.
I, too, can watch 16 Candles at the drop of a hat. Merely by being a customer of the cable company. That’s one of those movies that’s on everytime I check the guide for something good blowing up all to hell.
“Thanks for getting my undies back”
“She’s not ugly, she’s just…<i>void,</i> y’know?”
What are your feelings on cinema in general? I’m concerned about the rarity of a good, thought-provoking and nonpreachy film, these days. Anyone agree?