Comments on Crazy Days and Nights: DNfromMN - Movie Review - The Other Boleyn Girl

Is Eric Bana grabbing a handful of Natalie Portman...

2008-03-01T04:51:00.000-08:00

Is Eric Bana grabbing a handful of Natalie Portman's left breast on the poster or is that just wishful thinking on my part?

When I read "I come from Minnesota, the land of th...

2008-02-29T20:46:00.000-08:00

When I read "I come from Minnesota, the land of the clap", my mind went in a TOTALLY different direction.......

Sorry, D. I need to get out more.

Nycer, I'm still planning on seeing it, but I'll w...

2008-02-29T12:57:00.000-08:00

Nycer, I'm still planning on seeing it, but I'll wait until Netflix offers it. ;-)

I haven't really seen anyting with Eric Bana that ...

2008-02-29T12:54:00.000-08:00

I haven't really seen anyting with Eric Bana that I have been impressed with.
Maybe I just have high standards. IDK.
I had no desire to see this film, even on dvd. Though I like Natalie Portman, I'm just not interested in time pieces.

Nothing in the theater right now that I'd shell $10/ticket out to see.

twisted I agree w/ you that in most cases the movi...

2008-02-29T12:46:00.000-08:00

twisted I agree w/ you that in most cases the movie disappoints, following a great book. But in this case I'd have to see it to know. Loved her book, her take on history and I really admire Peter Morgan's work too. I think you'd need a strong director for this material and as a viewer you'd have to appreciate period pieces and the times.

As someone who is spoiled by the DVD, ability to f...

2008-02-29T12:42:00.000-08:00

As someone who is spoiled by the DVD, ability to find plenty of things on cable and *cough* torrents(not me. My friends. You wouldn't know them, they live in Canada), I must say a movie has to literally threaten to knock your socks off before I or my SO would consider going to see it. I think it's because the last two times we went to movies the people sitting around us had very young (and cranky) children and loud (and drunk) teenagers, respectively.
This is why I love reading your reviews DNfromMN. I feel like I get the good stuff while waiting to watch it at home. Cheers to you, thanks from this movietheaterphobe.

And helllllllllllloooooooo Eric Bana.

Looks like a threesome to me.

2008-02-29T12:39:00.000-08:00

Looks like a threesome to me.

From the Anne Boleyn biographies I've read, the re...

2008-02-29T12:19:00.000-08:00

From the Anne Boleyn biographies I've read, the reasons for Henry offing his wife seem murky and the incest/witchcraft charges against her were trumped up (as Gregory herself says in one of her later novels). It looks like he thought Anne would never produce a male heir, which he desperately wanted, and he had begun to see Jane Seymour, who some historians believe may have contributed to pushing the king to get rid of Anne. Many of the reviews I've read complain the film tries to have historical gravitas and soap opery fun; but without more than two hours to outline the whole story and the mystery surrounding why Henry suddenly seemed to turn on Anne, this might have proved too difficult for the filmmakers. Just a guess.

I loved Gregory's book as well and will see this m...

2008-02-29T12:08:00.000-08:00

I loved Gregory's book as well and will see this movie. The script is by Peter Morgan who wrote the screenplays for The Queen and The Last King of Scotland.

butterfly - usually through radio stations. This o...

2008-02-29T12:06:00.000-08:00

butterfly - usually through radio stations. This one actually came through my book club, though. It was weird, they contacted a lot of larger book clubs in the area and offered the tickets. And once you get on the lists for these places, they sometimes just email you out of the blue. There was a screening for Stop-Loss last night, too, that I should've gone to instead. :)

odd, the book was so good.just proves that books a...

2008-02-29T11:59:00.000-08:00

odd, the book was so good.

just proves that books are always better...

(Phillipa Gregory's other books are great too.)

I heard Tudors is a great show. For some reason I...

2008-02-29T11:55:00.000-08:00

I heard Tudors is a great show. For some reason I can't get into it.

The trailer for the Boleyan Girl even thought of going to see it.

It's a true story. The book was great and I'm a h...

2008-02-29T11:42:00.000-08:00

It's a true story. The book was great and I'm a huge Tudors fan so I'll probably see this as well. Two sisters who took 'all's fair in love and war' to the limits and I always find real life more interesting than fiction.

Feel bad for Phillipa Gregory. How Hollywood can ...

2008-02-29T11:39:00.001-08:00

Feel bad for Phillipa Gregory. How Hollywood can take a great book like "No Country for Old Men" and make it into an award winning movie, and then screw up so many other books turned into movies, is a mystery. I think in most cases the movie disappoints, following a great book.

DNfromMN, how do you get to see all these movies b...

2008-02-29T11:39:00.000-08:00

DNfromMN, how do you get to see all these movies before they're released? Just wondering.