Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: Liking It So You Don’t Have To #1 - Mission: Impo...

Totally agree. We also watched it on DVD - in a ho...

2009-05-11T00:06:00.000+01:00

Totally agree. We also watched it on DVD - in a hotel room in Christchurch NZ of all places - & loved it. As an action movie it's terrific, & Cruise is also terrific. Also anything with Philip Seymour Hoffman in it has to be worth a look-in

Maybe they're the same person. Have you ever seen ...

2008-10-12T11:00:00.000+01:00

Maybe they're the same person. Have you ever seen them both in the same place at the same time?

Jena: what? Your creative juices have gone somewh...

2008-10-12T09:45:00.000+01:00

Jena: what? Your creative juices have gone somewhere? This must be a new development because I find you to be consistently creative. Perhaps those juices are in the fridge door - that's where my juices are! :)

You're right Jen, the movies were less about the 'team' in action, much more TC the superhero.

Hi Matt: You know, I was thinking that too - I was saying, 'doesn't Matt's piccie fit nice on the page? Like Feng Sui for the blog.

Hi Rachel: I'm definitely with you on this one. I think John Barrowman can look astonishingly like TC and that he does it quite regularly. I quite like JB when he's not in 'Game Show Panel' mode - he's incredibly irreverent and nobody belts out 'Sunset Boulevard' better :)

Is it just me or does TC look like John Barrowman ...

2008-10-12T08:57:00.000+01:00

Is it just me or does TC look like John Barrowman in that picture?
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Ken...Nice blog of the day you've got displayed on...

2008-10-10T13:25:00.000+01:00

Ken...Nice blog of the day you've got displayed on your entrecard...it adds a nice splash of color, don't you think?

I haven't seen this one yet, as I'd been annoyed a...

2008-10-09T17:48:00.000+01:00

I haven't seen this one yet, as I'd been annoyed at the first film's "All About Tom Cruise" take on the MI folks. I mean, the whole fun of Mission Impossible on TV was the team element-- rooting the various folks on. And then here was the All Tom Cruise Coolness Squad of One in the films.

I hear this new film is different in that way. I probably should Netflix it.

Hi Ken,If it's a Tom Cruise movie, it is always go...

2008-10-09T13:59:00.000+01:00

Hi Ken,

If it's a Tom Cruise movie, it is always good, because I'm a fan. lol. but the plot was indeed great, fancy creating a plot like that! I hope I can one day when the creative juices will be back again.

You do have a ken I mean knack of convincing people to watch a movie. Kudos to you.

I would take you up on that, Hope, I really would ...

2008-10-09T00:08:00.000+01:00

I would take you up on that, Hope, I really would but your Yankee DVD's won't work in my emerald green Oirish DVD player - sad but true. 'Kind offer though.

Cecelia : Big smile for you :)

When you say 'what a guy' you are referring, of course, to me and not Tom Cruise. Of course.

I will indeed grab 'enchanted cottage' (don't know it). Friday nights are a struggle to find movies we can share.

Hi I gave you an award on Dragonfly Poems

2008-10-09T00:07:00.000+01:00

Hi I gave you an award on Dragonfly Poems

It wasn't your fault...I was disappointed with "Cl...

2008-10-08T22:47:00.000+01:00

It wasn't your fault...I was disappointed with "Cloverfield" because I figured JJ Abrams would make it great. He made it shaky. :)

The worst part of the film was listening to hubby yell at the scream every few minutes, "Hold the damn camera steady how about it! This is giving me a headache".

I thought the DVD might have a happier home with you than living its life in obscurity on the shelf, never to be taken down again, even for dusting. ;)

Such a guy!I adore Tom, even though he's a maggot?...

2008-10-08T22:44:00.000+01:00

Such a guy!

I adore Tom, even though he's a maggot? I don't see him as a real person or his issues while he's on the screen. That tells me he's good at what he does.

Why don't you grab The Enchanted Cottage... Watch it with your 12 year old. Let me know when the review is up...

*Clicks away humming the music to MI-*

@Alan: laffed til I cried... cheers mate (check i...

2008-10-08T20:51:00.000+01:00

@Alan: laffed til I cried... cheers mate (check it out guys, funny)

Since I don't see a contact link here....thanks yo...

2008-10-08T20:43:00.000+01:00

Since I don't see a contact link here....
thanks you inspired me for my latest post :)

I went to see this one in the theater with low exp...

2008-10-08T17:03:00.000+01:00

I went to see this one in the theater with low expectations, and I have to admit that it was much better than anticipated. Hoffman is a favorite actor.

Also, switching topics, I have shared a blog award with you.

Good reply Matt - Aladdin was Brilliant when it fi...

2008-10-08T15:21:00.000+01:00

Good reply Matt - Aladdin was Brilliant when it first came out but, as you say, time will take its toll on it - as it will with anything which is especially 'of its time'.

Hi again Hope - I surely do know my trivia, alas. I played Trivial
Pursuit as a part of a team with my German Brother-in-Law (svaga) once and, after we won he complimented me by saying 'how can one brain hold so much s*it? :)

Do I detect a slight 'accusatory' tone to that Cloverfield offer? (only kidding) Sorry about that bum steer though. :)

Ah...I didn't know that piece of history about Ros...

2008-10-08T14:59:00.000+01:00

Ah...I didn't know that piece of history about Rosebud and William Randolph Hearst.

I don't think the sled was precious to Orson Welles in Citizen Kane, I think it was his childhood. Now the references make sense.

And the movie makes more sense. With all that Citizen Kane acquired in his life, what was precious to him was the innocence of childhood.

OK, maybe the movie has gone up a few notches in my estimation now. However, one thing is clear, without knowing the historical references, the movie can't stand on its own, and that's a flaw in the film making.

A great movie contains all the information you need to understand the movie within it's frames. If a movie has to rely on cultural literacy and an understanding of current events, it will lose relevance over time.

That's why Disney's Aladdin was so brilliant when it came out, but why it won't stand the test of time. All of Robin Williams' ad libs will lose their meaning as time goes on. However, Beauty and the Beast, the Little Mermaid, Mulan, Hercules, etc....they don't stray outside the story and the film, so they'll continue to be timeless.

It's also why WALL-E, perhaps the most brilliant Pixar film, will lose relevance over time if our global society actually decides to deal with environmental issues. But until then, WALL-E will reign.

Cheers!

I knew a movie guy would know an actor's brother. ...

2008-10-08T14:25:00.000+01:00

I knew a movie guy would know an actor's brother. :) I'd be glad to mail you the DVD I made the mistake of purchasing, which you adored: Cloverfield. It was watched once. That was enough.

You do know your trivia! I'd read the same story about Hearst & "Rosebud". :)

Matt! You jumped in there and I missed you. :)'R...

2008-10-08T13:46:00.000+01:00

Matt! You jumped in there and I missed you. :)

'Rosebud' was also, allegedly William Randolph Hearst's nickname for something precious to him and it didn't amuse him to see the reference turn up in the movie.

Glad you're renting, see caveats above. :)

Fragileheart: I'm sure BF and I would get on just...

2008-10-08T13:32:00.000+01:00

Fragileheart: I'm sure BF and I would get on just fine after a few pints and a rousing chorus of some faintly belligerent rebel song. :)

Jim: If you switched off on M:I One, then you may have missed the ending which was the worst bit of all - well done you. Wait for this on telly, it should be along fairly soon, I would think.

Hi Dave: I'm not wishing to be judgmental but there is a chance that this one is not going to be a hit with you. Remember, with this post I am going out of my way to find things that I like but which nobody else may. So this isn't a Bona Fide recommendation Per Se.

Hey! Linguistic gymnastics. :)

Oh, and Netflix is a DVD "rental" company. I'm no...

2008-10-08T13:25:00.000+01:00

Oh, and Netflix is a DVD "rental" company. I'm not buying DVDs anymore...OK, I just lied. I just ordered "Stardust" from Amazon. I think Stardust is an awesome story, a "Princess Bride" for adults. Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Deniro are incredible in it.

Well, technically, Rosebud was the "manufacturer" ...

2008-10-08T13:23:00.000+01:00

Well, technically, Rosebud was the "manufacturer" of the sled. Kind of like American Flyer, in a competing company kind of way.

I probable will watch it - though without your rec...

2008-10-08T12:27:00.000+01:00

I probable will watch it - though without your recommendation I never would have.

A while ago I was trying to think of films I'd wal...

2008-10-08T11:38:00.000+01:00

A while ago I was trying to think of films I'd walked out on and I suppose I should've included films I'd switched off on TV. The first Mission Impossible was one of them. Yup, pretty much hated it. So, I've never seen the sequel (and, since I also turned off Face/Off that was a no-brainer) and the third installment hasn't reached me yet. Based on your recommendation I'd have a look at it so you've done your job. It's not that I hate action films because I don't – I watched all the Die Hards several times over – but as a genre it can get a bit samey. That said, I've never actually got around to The Bicycle Thieves either so there you go. I should hang my head in shame for that.

Well, its official - you and my bf would get along...

2008-10-08T00:35:00.000+01:00

Well, its official - you and my bf would get along. I don't hate these movies because they are well done but I *hate* Tom Cruise.

And uh Phillip Seymour Hoffman kicks ass in everything I've seen him in (after Almost Famous).

That's the idea, Alan, 'I like it so you don't hav...

2008-10-08T00:14:00.000+01:00

That's the idea, Alan, 'I like it so you don't have to' - thanks for playing :)

Hi Hope (Hi Hope it's off to work we go... never mind) James Arness! Marshall Dillon, Marshall Dillon... I remember him better for his part in a TV series called How The West Was One...

I skipped Matt's Citizen Kane comment accidentally, so excited was I on other matters. CK, for me, is one of the single most over-rated movies of all time...

... and Rosebud was his sled... so there!! :)