Don't tell me how to enjoy my streusel.
This week we watched one of our all-time favorites, Inglourious Basterds. Here are a few things worth noting:
If it all goes to seed, I can just pretend to be 24 later.
You not 'bout to tell me how to live my life, Bertie.
Here are a few other things to take a look at:
This week we watched Judi Dench's first turn as Queen Victoria in the film about her (alleged) affair with her servant John Brown in Mrs. Brown. The plot gave us very little to grab on to, unfortunately, but we had a good time nonetheless.
You're not my dad, Conroy! And you never will be!
Hoo boy. Is it hot in here? Or is that just our boo, Mandy Patinkin?
We're trippin' over our new older bae this week because, whoa, who knew he was a smokestack when he was younger?
Also national treasure Barbra Streisand really did the damn thing on this movie. Her artistic vision was unfortunately a little less glitz and glam than I personally like in my musicals, but A+ feminist credentials, Yentl.
Next week: Young Victoria.
You got diamonds or nah?
A few notes from this episode:
LOL Bill. I'm not going to wear any of the frilly things you want me to wear.
For some reason, the young Sherman sisters were allowed—nay, encouraged— to watch this movie by our allegedly feminist grandmother. Upon closer inspection... it's got some prombles. Namely, it's really racist and misogynistic. But hey, Doris Day's voice is clear as a bell, and she really put some cute mannerisms into this role. Unfortunately, she wasn't given the chance to "stay home and lez out."
MOVE!
A few notes from our discussion this week:
If what I think is happening is happening... it better not be.
A few notes:
TFW you fall asleep on your feet like a horse.
This week, Lindsay finally watched this twelve-year old tearjerker starring one of her all-time faves: Heath Ledger. Here are a few things we mentioned in the episode to check out:
This week, we blessedly moved past our month of Jane Austen and into the world of the Plantagenet dynasty. With a script and timing that felt Amy-Sherman-Palladino-esque, plus Katharine Hepburn delivering some of the sickest burns we've ever heard, we absolutely loved all 135 minutes of this film. Get into some 1960s Medieval camp with us!
There will be pork in the treetops come morning.
Shockingly, this is my least upsetting bonnet.
Continuing Jane-uary (IS IT OVER YET?!), this week we watched the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee and starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, and Alan Rickman. It also happens to star the real-life Mr. Emma Thompson (Greg Wise) as a truly yucky cad, plus Imelda Staunton (sorry boo, someday I'll remember your name the first time), and Hugh Laurie as pretty minor characters. Overall, a pretty good movie, but as always, bogged down by Jane Austen's circuitous plot lines and more than a few tropes we've seen her trot out just in the three weeks we've been doing this.
This movie delivered about 300% less archery than the poster promised.
This week we were joined by our friend Nicole (who was originally scheduled to talk about Sense and Sensibility next week, but was afraid she wouldn't be able to bear hearing us tear her favorite apart). The 1996 Gwyneth Paltrow vehicle Emma was a favorite of Lindsay's in middle school, but when we took a closer look... it leaves a few things to be desired. Specifically: any semblance of chemistry between the two romantic leads. But hey, it's based on the book that inspired Clueless, so it's not all bad.
There's like hella people at Versailles today.
This is the final episode of our 2017 fire sale, and it's another one of our favorite movies: Marie Antoinette. In fact, we love it so much that it was the theme of our joint 16th/21st birthday party in 2007. Honestly so happy to know that our girl Kiki got to live in this candy-colored Rococo Versailles fantasy while filming with her director-of-choice Sofia Coppola.
My hennies are my care. My hennies are my only care.
Continuing our fire sale of episodes that we recorded in 2017, we humbly present our recap of one of our actual favorite movies of all time: Elizabeth. It stars the #1 lady of our dreams, the luminous, enchanting, perfect, elegant, husky-voiced (etc) Cate Blanchett. This one has so many great and classic scenes (and BITCH! I love an episodic plot!), but our current favorite is "What?! What-uuuuh? What?!"
It's called fashion, sweaty. Look it up sometime ;)
We recorded this episode literal ages ago, but when we realized it had somehow gotten shoved out of the editorial calendar, we knew we had to make it right. This movie is such a good, campy time that it absolutely had to be represented here.
picture of tom cruise's three front teeth
Can't wait to hear more about Reverend Fordyce's opinions about how I should be.
Rounding out Bec the Halls November, we watched The Prestige. This one is honestly just so good and so labyrinthine (hey-o, Bowie pun!). Even though I'd seen it a few times several years ago, there were still some details that surprised me all over again.
(If it's been a few years since you watched Arrested Development, the title of this episode came from a great visual gag after Buster kills a dove he purchased for an illusion.)
NEXT WEEK: The episode about Behind the Candelabra we recorded several months ago! If you need a refresher, you can check it out on HBOGo.
For the third week of Bec the Halls November, we watched a truly underwhelming film: A Promise. I immediately forgot most of this movie as soon as the credits rolled, because my brain efficiently sloughs off what it doesn't need to think about.
