massive movie!geek squee (TM)
Oct. 1st, 2010 09:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
floatingleafMy Good DVD (preordered through Amazon a few weeks ago) just got here. It claims to include NINETY MINUTES OF BONUS FEATURES. O_O It also claims the film is the best work Mortensen has ever done. Funny how in recent years they keep saying that about each single movie he makes. Looks like he just can't help getting better & better, huh?... *giddy chuckle* (Don't mind me, I'm on a little bit of a Viggo-high at the moment. Big surprise, that. *shakes head at self* Oh well... never mind.)
Incidentally, I also just happened to take a few vacation days on the account of Chicago International Film Festival. Which is where I first saw Good two years ago. It just sort of occurred to me that I still have plenty of unused vacation, because obviously I don't go anywhere, and that I might just as well use it to see a few good foreign films that aren't likely to be shown in theaters around here. Of course, at some point they will probably be available through Netflix - but as for the big screen, this might be the only chance. And there is at least one movie on schedule that definitely deserves to be seen on the big screen. It's a Greek historical drama called Black Field - a near-mythical love story between a young nun and a wounded soldier who takes refuge at her convent. I've seen the trailer on YouTube, and it floored me. It looks absolutely poetic. I love Greece, I love historical drama and I love unconventional/controversial love stories - so this film seems very likely to push all my buttons. And they are also showing ANOTHER movie by Ferzan Ozpetek that I didn't know about - must be the latest one (I thought that was Saturn in Opposition, which I found on Netflix a few weeks ago, but apparently that one is old news already... LOL). It's called Loose Cannons, and said to be a "delightful comedy" (gay-themed, of course). So I don't want to miss that one either. I wouldn't mind seeing a few others as well if time allows, but these two are the main points on my agenda.:) The festival starts next weekend, and I will be off until the following Wednesday. Keeping my fingers crossed for tolerable weather, since the festival theater is downtown and I really don't want to be driving around that area. So I'll be taking the train (and/or possibly a taxi back home if it's a late showing). In fact, might make the trip tomorrow, just to see how long it takes and to buy tickets in person from the box office, since evil Ticketmaster wouldn't take my credit card for some reason.:/ Not sure how quickly these movies might sell out (if at all), but better safe than sorry. Plus, if I get tickets in advance, I will be REALLY motivated to put my ass in gear and arrive at the theater before they resell my seat to someone else.:P (there are no refunds) Anyway... I somehow found myself staying up till 1 a.m. last night looking through the festival schedule and trying to decide which days to take off, so I could give my boss at least one full week of advance notice (she tends to flip sometimes if people request time off at the last minute) - and therefore am now falling on my face. Going to bed at 10 p.m. on a Friday night may sound stupid, but I find the idea extremely appealing at the moment... *gigantic yawn*
Incidentally, I also just happened to take a few vacation days on the account of Chicago International Film Festival. Which is where I first saw Good two years ago. It just sort of occurred to me that I still have plenty of unused vacation, because obviously I don't go anywhere, and that I might just as well use it to see a few good foreign films that aren't likely to be shown in theaters around here. Of course, at some point they will probably be available through Netflix - but as for the big screen, this might be the only chance. And there is at least one movie on schedule that definitely deserves to be seen on the big screen. It's a Greek historical drama called Black Field - a near-mythical love story between a young nun and a wounded soldier who takes refuge at her convent. I've seen the trailer on YouTube, and it floored me. It looks absolutely poetic. I love Greece, I love historical drama and I love unconventional/controversial love stories - so this film seems very likely to push all my buttons. And they are also showing ANOTHER movie by Ferzan Ozpetek that I didn't know about - must be the latest one (I thought that was Saturn in Opposition, which I found on Netflix a few weeks ago, but apparently that one is old news already... LOL). It's called Loose Cannons, and said to be a "delightful comedy" (gay-themed, of course). So I don't want to miss that one either. I wouldn't mind seeing a few others as well if time allows, but these two are the main points on my agenda.:) The festival starts next weekend, and I will be off until the following Wednesday. Keeping my fingers crossed for tolerable weather, since the festival theater is downtown and I really don't want to be driving around that area. So I'll be taking the train (and/or possibly a taxi back home if it's a late showing). In fact, might make the trip tomorrow, just to see how long it takes and to buy tickets in person from the box office, since evil Ticketmaster wouldn't take my credit card for some reason.:/ Not sure how quickly these movies might sell out (if at all), but better safe than sorry. Plus, if I get tickets in advance, I will be REALLY motivated to put my ass in gear and arrive at the theater before they resell my seat to someone else.:P (there are no refunds) Anyway... I somehow found myself staying up till 1 a.m. last night looking through the festival schedule and trying to decide which days to take off, so I could give my boss at least one full week of advance notice (she tends to flip sometimes if people request time off at the last minute) - and therefore am now falling on my face. Going to bed at 10 p.m. on a Friday night may sound stupid, but I find the idea extremely appealing at the moment... *gigantic yawn*
