Comments on: Item! Corsets and clairvoyance. On the train!

By: Pam Belding

Pam Belding — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:57:26 +0000

One of my most favorite movies ever is “The Commitments” . I especially love the manager, Jimmy Rabbit. He goes through the whole movie “interviewing” himself. It says alot about believing in yourself, and making a commitment to something, just because you need to.

By: Wendy Cholbi

Wendy Cholbi — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:23:10 +0000

Yep, the Hawaii Chair thing was pretty funny (I’d never heard of it before).

Just wanted to point out that I’m sure I get the same benefits in only a slightly less ridiculous way: My office chair is a yoga ball.

It doesn’t force me to contort myself but I do have to (gently) use my back and stomach muscles to sit up straight. I find it very comfortable and my back doesn’t ache the way it does after I’ve been sitting in a regular office chair. Plus I can bounce when I feel like it!

I don’t sit on it all day, though — half an hour or maybe an hour at a time, max. I spend quite a bit of time on the couch too :)

I’m so intrigued and grateful to see all these movie recommendations. Mmm, movies. And cider. And couches. Ahh.
.-= Wendy Cholbi´s last post … In which I compare myself to the spaceship Heart of Gold =-.

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:27:50 +0000

Hi there… I’m the fellow dork who’d love to read some discussion on chakras from you. Your filing system intrigues me.

Jessica

By: Havi Brooks

Havi Brooks — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:56:39 +0000

Ohmygosh. So many great things here. And so many good reminders of films I really, really like.

Of course. Kung Fu Panda! Kung Fu Panda!

And Wallace & Gromit. And Howl’s Moving Castle! And The Royal Tenenbaums. And The Station Agent.

These are all so, so great.

Thank you!

By: WeeHoo

WeeHoo — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:53:13 +0000

Thanks so much for the Ellen post! My entire family is recovering from influenza, and this gave me a much-needed laugh. Actually, I was snorting so loudly my kids thought I was having an attack of some sort.
Movies: I love Michael Clayton. In the same vein, Duplicity. Great stories, enough humor to keep things from getting bogged down, terrific directing. Also: Clueless. Also, if you’re into kid’s movies at all: anything Wallace & Grommit. Chicken Run. Flushed Away (awesome sound track).
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By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:37:08 +0000

Seeing other comments, just wanted to add two more thoughts:

Another great thing about The Darjeeling Limited is the palette–he uses a narrow range of gorgeous colors and it is so visually pleasing. I love when directors do that, it’s subtle and yet it has a big impact on the movie as a whole (Kirosawa is another one who is super aware of the frame–he makes great compositions all the time–esp. in the movie Dreams which someone mentioned above)

Lives of Others is also really great, but heavy. (I think Sparky Firepants and I have the same taste in movies). This movie is good for a snowstorm or a weekend of hunkering down–be forewarned, it might be hard to go do something else right afterwards, it certainly had a big impact on me….
An interesting tidbit about that movie is that the actor who plays the the main Stassi (spelling?) officer is East German himself and was followed by the Stassi for years as a young man.

I guess I like movies…
.-= Sarah´s last post … Two Chairs, One Postcard, Big Hurry =-.

By: Inge

Inge — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:18:39 +0000

Just so you know, you just made me fall off my chair. And it’s not from Hawaii. I <3 Ellen.

By: Anna-Liza

Anna-Liza — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:55:13 +0000

Dang! I vote for Kung Fu Panda too!! Absolutely! And My Cousin Vinny! (How did I miss those suggestions before?) .-= Anna-Liza´s last post ... Pollyanna Isn’t Ready for This =-.

By: Anna-Liza

Anna-Liza — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:52:09 +0000

Wow, Tactical Corsets have Fire Poi Pouches! Now *that* is ready for anything!!

I love Items! Just so you know.

I loved the movie Princess Mononoke, by Hayao Miyazaki. There is some violence, but it is an animated, beautiful movie and the violence feels sort of … poetic? Remote? but also an important part of the story and the character development. And I adore the ending of the romance part of the story.

A really gentle movie, also animated and also by Miyazaki, is My Neighbor Totoro, which is a kids movie but it’s still great. It’s set in the fifties in rural Japan and is just a lovely thing.

House of Flying Daggers – operatic story, incredible martial arts/dance scenes, absolutely stunning visually.

Funny martial arts – Kung Fu Hustle, although you probably would want to miss the opening scene which establishes the real bad guys, open your eyes in time for the dance/kata sequence right after.

Big ol’ vote here for Local Hero – one of my all-time favorite movies EVAH. And with a similar flavor (and similar vintage), Shirley Valentine.
.-= Anna-Liza´s last post … Pollyanna Isn’t Ready for This =-.

By: Leocadia

Leocadia — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:07:21 +0000

“Julie and Julia”. First because Meryl Streep is in it and she is fabulous in every role and she is once again a very sovereign woman in this one. And secondly because the film is also about blogging. And it is the perfect sit-on-the-couch-with-a-female-friend-and-drink-tea-or-wine-while it-is-so-totally-yukky-chilly-rainy-autumnal-outside-movie.