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So, hey, you know what rocks the casbah?
I'M GOING TO BE ON Lost Radio! That's right, I'm going to call DJ Kaidy (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kaidysoft) next week and be on her radio show which YOU cna hear LIVE on the internet! I'm calling to pimp Naveen-Andrews.net because she's doing a Sayid show. I am so excited!
Okay, here's She by Harry Connick Jr.
I Won't Dance, the original by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. My favourite song by Ella right now is 'People Will Say We're in Love', so you can get that here.
I'll get to the guys in a second, but for another more modern jazz song, here's Martha Wainwright's 'There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears.'
Okay, men: firstly, you have to have Me and My Shadow by Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. My favourite song by Frank on his own is The Way You Look Tonight, but you also should download New York, New York if you don't already have it.
Uh, a bit of Dean Martin probably wouldn't go astray, and my favourite's Volare.
Then, of course, there's Louis Armstrong:
La Vie en Rose
When the Saints Go Marching In
And, just because they amuse me, Heigh Ho by Louis and Ding Dong the Witch is Dead by Ella.
I HATE MY EARS. They are stupid and prone to infection. Because, you know, being sick, headachey and tired isn't enough to deal with.
I watched Both were absolutely hilarious. I found that 40-Year-Old Virgin suffered from a lot of the same problems as Wedding Crashers, though to a lesser extent - it had trouble reconciling the sweet romcom aspects with the sex jokes, and it ended up being far too long for it. They both also had random moments of comedy that didn't fit in at all with the rest of the movie (Age of Aquarius, anyone?) in the style of Anchorman and those more sketch-based movies. Parts of it just made me uncomfortable rather than making me laugh - it's not that I'm squeamish or anything but I have trouble watching deeply embarassing scenes or scenes where I feel sorry for or uncomfortable about people instead of wanting to laugh at/with them. I do so love Paul Rudd, though, and parts of it nearly had me rolling on the floor laughing. Steve Carrell's a genius, I loved him as Brick in Anchorman.
Napoleon Dynamite was completely different. It took me a while to get into the world and I still spent most of the movie trying to figure out when it was supposed to be set and why every person and every set seemed to be from a different era, but eventually I gave up on that and enjoyed the ride. OMG MAC! All the individual tics and oddities of every character were perfect, and I don't think Jon Heder's facial expressiion changed once in the whole thing. I think it could've expanded a little more on certain characters and situations - Diedrich Bader was completely underused, for one thing, and there were a few promises than never quite came to fruition - but on the whole I thought it was very cute. Kind of like a quirkier, less serious Garden State. With llamas. The dance at the end was inspired, too.
40-Year-Old Virgin: 7 out of 10
Napoleon Dynamite: 8 out of 10
Thankspatsie for the watermarked ones and indilime for the clean one!
Oh yeah? Well, how many pots have you smoken?
Green Queen
I'M GOING TO BE ON Lost Radio! That's right, I'm going to call DJ Kaidy (
kaidysoft) next week and be on her radio show which YOU cna hear LIVE on the internet! I'm calling to pimp Naveen-Andrews.net because she's doing a Sayid show. I am so excited!Okay, here's She by Harry Connick Jr.
I Won't Dance, the original by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. My favourite song by Ella right now is 'People Will Say We're in Love', so you can get that here.
I'll get to the guys in a second, but for another more modern jazz song, here's Martha Wainwright's 'There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears.'
Okay, men: firstly, you have to have Me and My Shadow by Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. My favourite song by Frank on his own is The Way You Look Tonight, but you also should download New York, New York if you don't already have it.
Uh, a bit of Dean Martin probably wouldn't go astray, and my favourite's Volare.
Then, of course, there's Louis Armstrong:
La Vie en Rose
When the Saints Go Marching In
And, just because they amuse me, Heigh Ho by Louis and Ding Dong the Witch is Dead by Ella.
I HATE MY EARS. They are stupid and prone to infection. Because, you know, being sick, headachey and tired isn't enough to deal with.
I watched Both were absolutely hilarious. I found that 40-Year-Old Virgin suffered from a lot of the same problems as Wedding Crashers, though to a lesser extent - it had trouble reconciling the sweet romcom aspects with the sex jokes, and it ended up being far too long for it. They both also had random moments of comedy that didn't fit in at all with the rest of the movie (Age of Aquarius, anyone?) in the style of Anchorman and those more sketch-based movies. Parts of it just made me uncomfortable rather than making me laugh - it's not that I'm squeamish or anything but I have trouble watching deeply embarassing scenes or scenes where I feel sorry for or uncomfortable about people instead of wanting to laugh at/with them. I do so love Paul Rudd, though, and parts of it nearly had me rolling on the floor laughing. Steve Carrell's a genius, I loved him as Brick in Anchorman.
Napoleon Dynamite was completely different. It took me a while to get into the world and I still spent most of the movie trying to figure out when it was supposed to be set and why every person and every set seemed to be from a different era, but eventually I gave up on that and enjoyed the ride. OMG MAC! All the individual tics and oddities of every character were perfect, and I don't think Jon Heder's facial expressiion changed once in the whole thing. I think it could've expanded a little more on certain characters and situations - Diedrich Bader was completely underused, for one thing, and there were a few promises than never quite came to fruition - but on the whole I thought it was very cute. Kind of like a quirkier, less serious Garden State. With llamas. The dance at the end was inspired, too.
40-Year-Old Virgin: 7 out of 10
Napoleon Dynamite: 8 out of 10
Thanks
patsie for the watermarked ones and indilime for the clean one!Oh yeah? Well, how many pots have you smoken?
Green Queen
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I think the great part of it is the characterisation, the way characters are instantly slightly repulsive and yet attractive at the same time. I flinched a lot when Mac (can't remember her name in the movie) came on screen because I was dressed like that as a child.
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Well, not quite THAT cool. But close!
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And Napoleon Dynamite, I loved it instantly. It felt like it was set in the 80s in Midwestern American, which is exactly when I was a teenager in high school in midwestern america. Thoughtout the entire movie I kept saying, "OMG! That's exactly what high school was like! Yes! Exactly!" Even all the Future Farmers of America stuff (with the milk tasting, etc.) because two of my brothers were in FFA. It was so surreal, I loved it.
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I liked the surreality of it too, and I think it had a sweetness that carried it through some of its stranger parts.
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I hated Napoleon Dynamite the first time I saw it. I didn't even make it through the whole film. But I loved it the second time! It's kind of a "must-love" here because it was filmed so close to my hometown. The city buses used were from here!
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I've already got the Connick Jr. and Fitzgerald, but I'm snagging all of the Armstrong and Sinatra. Extra special thanks for posting "La Vie En Rose". It is only one of my FAVORITE songs of all time, and Louis' rendition makes me sigh.
♥!
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"it had trouble reconciling the sweet romcom aspects with the sex jokes, and it ended up being far too long for it."
Yep, well-said. Although I thought that particular movie did a better job than most - but you're right, there are a lot of current movies that make you jerk with surprise from the changes in tone, because they're trying to be everything to everyone.
Still haven't watched Napoleon... maybe one day. *S*
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I wish I could listent to the show grrr stupid dial-up internet
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