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I have a funny story about this movie, or should I say a frustrating story. For weeks I'd wanted to see this movie, but it never worked out for me to go. It's a French film called Wild Grass. Last week I read that it was no longer going to be playing so I told everyone, "I am going no matter what," and I went to the 9:30pm showing. The movie looked so interesting, absurd, pretty and colorful that I couldn't resist. A woman's purse is stolen and returned. She calls to thank the man who returned it and he becomes obsessed with her. He writes her, calls her, contacts her, and slashes her tires. Finally they meet, and that is all I know of what happens because when I got to the ticket window they said the last showing had been canceled. I screamed, "Get out!" and "Are you kidding me?" and "Why?" I couldn't hold back because I couldn't believe it. I begged them to please show it anyway and they told me they didn't cancel it because of lack of audience but because the projector broke. Of course it broke. Why not? Why would the projector be working when I finally got out of the house at 9:30 at night to see the movie I wanted to see. I begged them to show it on another projector. I asked them to let me go up and fix the projector. I even asked if they would let me take the movie home. They wouldn't let me but they did laugh. They also told me it would be on DVD soon.Watching a movie at home is not nearly as exciting or satisfying as watching a movie at the theater. I need a big bucket of popcorn, a great big soda, and a giant movie screen. But that's not the way it turned out to be for me and Wild Grass. It turned out to be a movie-less movie night, but it just may be the best movie I've never seen.
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That is a terribly frustrating story! I wish you could have seen it in the theaters. I <3 the theaters. :) Better hurry, and go early next time....
Oh, that's hilarios. The movie had better be good after all your troubles. What if it turned out to be only as entertaining as a Mary Kate and Ashley preteen show? Ha! I'm going to look for the trailer on youtube.
A shock! Those eyes-that blinking, communicating eye. The actor Mathieu from The Diving Bell. I wasn't expecting that. I'd watch the movie just for that. Did you know he was in the movie? Can't wait to see it now. It got fantastic reviews from the critics, but not from the average viewer. Interesting. Did you ever end up seeing Low Down?
Erin, I only realized he was in it when I saw the trailer, which made me want to see the movie even more.
Did you see the trailer yet? I loved the colors and the music. I haven't read anything about it from the critics.
I've been checking the movies at our local theater and lately they have had some titles I didn't recognize. This theater has been showing foreign films so I was surprised. Usually I have to go to The Art House or La Jolla to see my movies.
The movies only run for a week or two here so, as I've realized, I have to see them as soon as they come out.
What made the movie even funnier was I had asked Tracy to come with me and she did! It's been years since she's come with me to see one my movies. I think the last movie I picked and she went with me to see was----now I can't even remember the name---it was a Garrison Keillor movie, with Meryl Streep. That was the last time. We've seen other movies, but that was the last time she willingly went to see what I wanted to see.
Anyway, it made it all the more funnier that she was with me and the projector broke.
Yes, I saw Low Down and I did like it. Robert Duvall was great in it. Mike went with me to that one and liked it too.
I saw, "I want your money," which was VERY interesting. Everyone should see it. It's about The Obama administration's leadership and what a failure it is. The director/writer is Ray Griggs, who is also making a new movie of Wind in The Willows.
This movie was very interesting and showed and discussed how socialism makes everyone poor, and that Obama is an extreme liberal and dangerous for our country.
In fact, someone in the movie said, "If the Democrats were in charge of the Sahara desert, they'd run out of sand in a year," which I thought was pretty funny.
As you watch the movie and see where all the money is disappearing and the deficit increasing you realize it could very well be true.
I loved hearing the people/experts they interviewed and would actually like to get my hands on all of their books.
Anyway, those are all the latest movies I've seen.
Please watch the trailer for Wild Grass and tell me what you think. It's so sad not to have a movie buddy who loves my movies. If you lived by me I'd drag you to all of them!
I'd drag Heidi, Mary, and Catherine too.
Michelle could come if she wanted to but I think she and Laurie would be movie better move buddies.
Oh well, here's to me and my movies and being the only person in the theater!
A Prairie Home Companion, was the name of the movie.
That was making me crazy. That was in 2006!!!!!
Also, Woody has a new movie out.
"You will meet a tall dark stranger."
Trailer looked funny. A man is in love with a woman.
A deceased woman, and it shows them at a seance, and him looking up to the sky and telling her he loves her.
One has to remember that we are in America! When I first got here they told me to, ' learn English or get out!'.
Nobody wants to see a movie you have to READ. Please keep in mind most of us are asleep by chapter 2. I don't know about you, but the last time I fell asleep in a movie, I woke up with popcorn, trash, and a soda lid on my head, with the straw still in it.
I can't go through that again.
Maybe next week you should try Social Network or RED, not a movie that looks like it has something to do with Herbie the Love Bug...........in translation.
I'm pretty sure that was an action movie you fell asleep to! What else could put you to sleep so easily!
In action movies you are WAAAIITTTINNNG for the dumb crash and bash scenes to end so something can finally happen!
I've already seen Social Network and read the book it's based on as well, but I'm sure you already know that.
As for the love bug translation, I have no comment.
Just know if you were home in the day time I'd drag you to my foreign movies every Friday.
It would be on your schedule!
My laptop is so infuriatingly sensitive. I already wrote a comment and then erased it all accidentally. Now I'm on my desktop but I don't remember what I wrote this morning. Except I really loved your banter with Mike. I wanted to picture Mike at the theatre with the lid and straw. I also wanted to share a bucket of popcorn with Mike and Jack so we could impress with Mike once again with the Renouf style of eating popcorn. It's a visceral force of nature. I would want to see all of your movies, and we would have to see the other "crowd pleasers" like Forrest Gump, we could talk all the way through it again. I really haven't seen a good movie in the theatres except Pixars in ages. All right, I better go but maybe I can sneak in a call. E
Oh Erin,
I tried to call you and talk to you. I had a whole hour of ironing to do and was hoping you would answer.
I forgot all about us gabbing through Forest Gump.
The only thing good about that movie was the music.
Well, I'm glad you enjoyed the banter between Mike and I. I love all of his comments on your blog and laughed at the one today of him finding me reading in bed with my baseball cap on. Birdy Joe even wears it to bed otherwise it's ugly hat hair for bedtime.
I loved the cute, colorful pumpkin cookies today.
Call me later if you can. Byyyyeeeee
Look at all these super duper whopper long comments on your blog. I'm sorry I don't have one to add to your collection, but I'm sorry you didn't get to see your movie. But I laughed out loud at all the things you begged them to let you do. I wish they would have let you fix the projector. Did you tell them that you used to work a leaf blower when all by yourself when you were only 15? Maybe that would have convinced them to let you try. =D
I'm sorry to laugh, but this is totally something that would happen to me. I love it.
I did finally watch My Kid Could Paint That. We did not like her dad at all, and I definitely think he coached her. I didn't like that he made her paint and then criticized what she was doing. If she felt like smearing paint into big brown blobs somedays she should have been allowed to do exactly that. I was wondering if you have seen anything she painted recently? She does look like Alyssa, too. Funny that you noticed that. There were a few shots of her that I could have believed were Alyssa (when she was 4) at first glance.
Julie,
Feel free to laugh all you want. This kind of stuff happens to me all the time and I laughed that yous said it does to you too.
I am so glad you watched the movie. I think Catherine watched it too, but we haven't even discussed it yet so maybe she'll join in.
I'm relieved you thought Marla looked like Alyssa. I thought maybe you might think I was crazy.
She is such a cute little girl and so is Alyssa.
I haven't seen anything she has painted recently, but I will google her to find out.
I thought her father coached her, too. At first I wasn't sure. He was so excited and seemed so innocent going on television, and then stunned at the expert, Ellen Winner's reaction. I trust Ellen Winner though. I know her work, and have a few of her books and several of her husband's. I was so surprised to see that she was in the movie.
Yes, I thought the father was mean and there was too much pressure on her to paint, but I thought it was cute how they began painting together. It was imitative play and she wanting to paint and do what her father was doing.
At the end though, the final interview when she won't paint without him, and she keeps telling him to tell her what to draw, clearly, she needed his help.
I thought the father looked like he was lying and was completely uncomfortable.
Even thinking about it makes me want to watch it again.
You'll have to tell me what you thought of the mother. I'm so glad you watched it, Julie.
Thank you.
Hi Catte Woman,
I'm so glad you like my extra large, super- duper, extra colossal long comments.
That night was hilarious, by the way. I cannot believe it came out so perfectly and hilariously, and I am so glad you remember. You have a great memory Catherine, like a vault, and you can always obtain it!
I'm so glad I was your Laurel class Mutual teacher. That night was a mutual night wasn't it? Well, it seems like it was.
How are you? Are you so excited for Israel? I am. I even have accelerated anticipation and wish we were leaving today or tomorrow. I keep waking up in the middle of the night thinking it's time to go.
Yes, my movie night was hilarious. Can you believe it? I really couldn't. I really wanted them to take the movie and show it on another projector but they didn't offer to do that.
As for the leaf blower, please know I was so happy to have it. It made my job so much easier. I just didn't want it for my birthday and Dad had teased me and told me it was! Instead I got a pretty ring from Dad and a big Sweet 16 birthday party.
Julie watched My Kid Could Paint That! I was so glad. I know you have too, but we haven forgotten to remember to talk about it. I was counting on you to remember with your superb memory!
I hope you'll come back and make an extra-large, super-duper, extra-long, colossal, comment!
I am still not sure how I feel about Marla's mother. I don't think she was as clueless about what was going on as she pretended to be. I do think that she deeply regretted getting her child into the awful situation that unfolded. I think she would have given it all up to make things right for her child, at least I'd like to believe she would have. I still think it's weird that they allowed cameras in their home. They had to have known they were going to want footage of Marla painting. We got a weird vibe from the whole family, but especially dad.
I also finally watched 500 Days of Summer, which you posted about ages ago. I am such a bad movie watcher, so I tivo-ed it and watched it in 10 minute increments until I finished it. I thought he was such a werid choice for the role. He looks about 12 to me. I did think that the movie felt very real in parts though. I actually felt that physical break up pain a few times. Sometimes it was just something small like when she wouldn't hold his hand. And then other times when she was downright cruel. Who dances and flirts with their ex, and then invites them to their engagement party? I felt bad that she did not reciprocate his feelings for her, but in her defense, she never claimed that she did.
Julie,
I have to tell you that my boys and husband hated Summer. They really, really hated her and thought she was horrible.
She was so mild in her horribleness though, and so pretty that it was shocking to watch how awful she treated Tom. I agreed with you and said she was always detached and wasn't interested in a boyfriend.
I thought Joseph Gordon-Leavitt was an unusual choice too, but he did a good job. My girls loved him. I thought they portrayed the heartbreak so well and you could feel his misery.
I was happy with the end and was relieved to know he would move on with Autumn and be happy.
Thanks for watching it. I love movies, and love to go the movies.
And I don't know how I feel about the mom either.
She seemed unaware and surprised by all of it.
I think they were kind of sabotaged by the 60 minutes interview. Did you?
It seemed they were eager, excited and naive, and then it turned into a nightmare. I don't think they anticipated problems. They seemed genuinely surprised by the reaction, but I also think Marla was coached very much by her father. I thought the move was fascinating and it still makes me wonder.
I wanted to hate Summer too, because I really wanted her to fall in love with Tom. You can see how much he loves her and I wanted to shake him and tell him SHE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU! Poor guy! She had her issues, but she never pretended to want what he wanted. He saw what he wanted to see. I liked when his sister told him that the next time he looked back he should look closer, and then he finally saw what was always there. The heart wants what it wants, and even though she told him flat out where they stood, he saw what he wanted to, until he was ready to see the whole picture. The only part that made me really mad was when she danced with him and then just blew it off with "I wanted to" when he asked why she did it. Even though she couldn't make herself love him, she knew he loved her and could have been more sensitive. I loved the ending though when day 500 became day 1.
Thanks for chatting with me about it. We should start a cousins book/movie club blog where we can all chat. That would be fun!
Lesla,
I thought the dad in "my kid could paint" that was horrible. At the end, when she won't paint and keeps asking her dad to tell her what to do, And then he gets on the phone to his wife and starts talking about how of course they'll use that footage, he looked guilty as sin. I think the mom should have followed her instincts and not done the TV interviews. I did feel badly for them, though. And for little Marla, who just didn't want to paint anymore.
I'm getting excited for Israel, but I'm kind of a wreck over the whole thing. I think I'll be better once we're actually there. But now I can't relax, or sleep, or eat, "I'm going to look so hot." Kelly says that on Office when she's totally starving and looks horrible and ill.
Yes that was a YW activity. I think we went and played tennis and then went to McDonalds and ordered, super duper extra large, whopper collosal cups of ice. you were the best laurel advisor ever!!!
I know you didn't really get the leaf blower for your birthday, but it makes for a better story, if we say that you did. I actually remember your sweet 16 party or at least I think I do. Were people dancing in the family room? I have a vague recollection of what I believe was your sweet 16 party.
Anyway, can you believe we'll be in Israel on Saturday?! Or maybe we won't really be there until Sunday. So anyway, I'll see you then, Shalom.
I cracked up when I read how you ended your last email!
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