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winterbadgerHollywood, original and creative as ever, has decided to remake Bella Martha, an excellent German film from 2001, as an English-language vehicle for Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Because, gosh, no one will see a movie in a FOREIGN LANGUAGE! Because GOD FORBID they come up with an original idea. Why not make an over-produced, corny, cutesy sexpiece extravaganza out of a sweet, beautiful, slightly sad, understated, gentle romantic film?
And I have to say, I've reached my limit of interest in CZ-J. Many of the male (and some of the female) members of my readership may be astonished at the idea of having enough of her, but IMO she's turned into the worst kind of star--one who is all about celebrity and not much about actually acting. Yes, she's very pretty and very sexy, but it's like that has been so highly polished that she's gone over the top, like a really good piece of cake that's been covered with so much buttercream frosting, glazed nuts, crystallised flowers, and chocolate-dipped berries and stuffed with so much jam, candied fruits, and liquer that no one could actually bear to eat it.
Because, gosh, no one will see a movie in a FOREIGN LANGUAGE! Because GOD FORBID they come up with an original idea. Why not make an over-produced, corny, cutesy sexpiece extravaganza out of a sweet, beautiful, slightly sad, understated, gentle romantic film?
And I have to say, I've reached my limit of interest in CZ-J. Many of the male (and some of the female) members of my readership may be astonished at the idea of having enough of her, but IMO she's turned into the worst kind of star--one who is all about celebrity and not much about actually acting. Yes, she's very pretty and very sexy, but it's like that has been so highly polished that she's gone over the top, like a really good piece of cake that's been covered with so much buttercream frosting, glazed nuts, crystallised flowers, and chocolate-dipped berries and stuffed with so much jam, candied fruits, and liquer that no one could actually bear to eat it.
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Date: 2007-07-13 03:51 pm (UTC)A check of my Netflix rentals over the last 5 years (not counting ones I returned after watching enough to know I didn't want to watch more) shows:
17 US films (probably at least 1/3 of them made before 1970)
11 UK films
5 Japanese films
11 other films (3 Canadian, 2 German, one each Dutch, Russian, Polish, Irish, Indian, and Chinese)
5 US TV series
18 UK TV series
A couple may have been misattributed or really don't fit their notional category, as all or most of the talent was from one country, even if it was made by a studio from another. 'A Constant Gardener' is credited on IMBD as "German/UK', but I put it down for UK...
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Date: 2007-07-13 04:01 pm (UTC)I forgot, I approve of Pirates of the Caribbean as well! Great fun. Partly because the way he walked reminded me very much of someone I knew when I was younger. Well, more the way he stood, slightly unsteadily, and swayed a bit from side to side.
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Date: 2007-07-13 04:26 pm (UTC)Am currently catching up with Life On Mars, did I say? The rest of the UK, almost uniformly judging by my workmates, seems to have been utterly hooked on both series of it. They're showing it again from the beginning and I've started watching it now. Silly in places and we spot one or two trivial historical inaccuracies per episode but overall it's really good stuff.
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Date: 2007-07-13 04:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-13 04:39 pm (UTC):-)