Yes, and if you didn't buy into the spectacle...

I did like Moulin Rouge! though. Ewan McGregor is not bad looking.

I haven't seen it, but it's basically a musical remake of Camille, isn't it?

Yes... no...? What's Camille?

It's not a brilliant movie but I really enjoyed it.
Struggling writer... falls in love with dying courtesan... etc.

Yeah, that's Camille. It's a movie from the 1930s.

Intriguing.

The oldest movie I actually genuinely enjoy (apart from oldest Disneys) is It's a Wonderful Life.

"My mouth's bleeding Bert, my mouth's bleeding!!"

Ah, I love old films! Noir, the screwball comedies. Such good stuff to be found. I've never really been one to go to movie theatres. What is on offer doesn't intrigue me or merely isn't original.

I watched a little bit of one of the Marx movies, and it was pretty good. I hadn't seen one before.

I go see new movies all the time, at university there are three cinemas in walking distance, it's fantastic.

This year had some great ones - Inception, Toy Story 3, Kick Ass... I wanted to see The Kids are Alright but never got round to it.

Yes, none of those really piqued my interest. Although... doesn't Inception have ties to Paprika?

Never heard of Paprika, but Inception was intense.

My body, my mind... I was just frozen in its awesome.

Hmm.
Paprika (2006 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

edit: ah yes, right here:

Anyway, visually, it was very intense in a way that hasn't been done before. That, at least, is unique to Inception.

Afterwards I felt like I'd just come out of a wind tunnel. It wasn't like an action movie which was explosion blah blah running blah blah car chase blah blah. It was just fantastic.

Interesting. The trailers did seem to highlight visual approach that goes above and beyond most of what is out there.

I still feel like sharing this, though:

Looks very interesting, but more "ooooh" than "wooooah"

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If you know what I mean... xD

More impressive than mind bending? Give it a try, it really is worth seeing. Satoshi Kon (R.I.P) had a golden touch.

I know it's mentally very impressive, but it's not visually as powerful - not saying Inception is better, but Inception is part action movie, Paprika clearly isn't.

True. Most of Kon's works have a very strong psychological element to them. The only one I can think of that doesn't is Tokyo Godfathers.

Although you couldn't have picked a more obscure movie xD

The only animated Japanese movie an American or Brit might be able to name would be Spirited Away.

(Speaking for myself here, obviously, although I do know one or two others)

:o it was Miyazaki-san's birthday yesterday (According to Coilhouse, anyway.) A ripe old seventy. And I think he's still got a few movies in him.

Aw, I heard that Dick King-Smith died yesterday. I loved his books.

He was almost as big a children's author as Roald Dahl over here, his biggest success, The Sheep-Pig, was turned into the movie Babe.

Oh. I can't remember ever hearing of him before. And per my "I rarely go to movies" admission, I've never seen that film.

The film is pah, but his books are wonderful. Very prolific, very charming.

When I saw his name in the obituaries it was like a big piece of my childhood had been cut out.

I celebrated his birthday and didn't een know it! I watched Ponyo yesterday. It's inspired Hans Christiansen Anderson's Little Mermaid, but without the potential killing!

I love a lot of old movies. I don't go out to watch movies much either. Some Like it Hot is still a definite favorite of mine. I keep meaning to watch more but I haven't yet. Paprika sounds interesting though. I'll have to see if my library has it.

Haha, I love Some Like it Hot.

I think everybody should see that movie.

I like the element of danger in unadulterated fairytales, but I think in Ponyo a genuinely good job of cutting it out while still making a truly well done and meaningful childrens' film was done.
I'm a bit dazed by that sentence I just typed.