The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

(Pretty poster)

Okay fourth film in the challenge, Germany, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari silent film from 1920, about 50 minutes long so it will be perfect before bedtime. And knock on wood, silent films are never scary so…

Tea: None
Snack: None (because you should snack all the time, and I’m still stuffed since dinner)

Not a good start, 44 seconds and what does somnambulist mean? Sounds like it has something to do with sleep… ah, sleepwalker, okay now I can continue to watch the movie.

(Funny picture, had to show it)

I liked it, silent films are usually very charming and this was no exception. It reminded me of Tim Burton, apparently the light and shadows were painted directly on the set, background ect and I think that could be one of the things that gives it a Burton vibe.

(Very Burton to me with the curles on the wall. The shadow on the wall is a door, pretty neat)

Apparently they did a remake of the movie 2005 and it seems that they couldn’t come up with anything on their own and shot the thing using green screen and used footage from the original film. Be inspired by all means, I can understand that the original movie gets people excited but use that inspiration and do something of you own.

(2005 version)

(Original version from 1920)

Best thing in the movie: Lil Dagover who reminds me of my mom back in the day, without the Leno chin but I don't remember that from the movie, bad ligh hopefully.

Upcoming movies

The Nines: Written and directed by John August, he’s written a few scripts for Tim Burton so I feel it’s my duty to see what he’s up to on his own. I don’t know much about the movie; I want to be surprised so I’ll keep it that way.

Disturbia: I saw the trailer and it looked like fun so… There are a few things in the trailer that I liked, I hope I wasn’t fooled. Not a fan of that Shia guy but, I’ll live through it I’m sure.

Oldboy: It’s on top 250 so I have to watch it but I think it looks interesting so hopefully it won’t be one of those movies were you suffer for a 120 minutes.

Alice trailer

I like that the tree looks like the on the Sleepy Hollow... Still not sure about this one... All I can do is hope. (Johnny looks like Madonna/Elijah Wood, very very creepy)

More pictures

Not as nice as the other pictures if you ask me... Still doubtfull about this movie. Found pictures here and here.

Haven’t been looking forward to this but…

The pictures look pretty darn nice. Well, Johnny looks intense and creepy, a little like Elijah Wood. He might give me nightmares.

Anna looks divine, makes me want to go blond which has never happened before. I would probably look freaky as a platinum blond…

Helena looks great, love the eyebrows and heart-shaped mouth. And the hair is killer, maybe I should go red?

The gardens look amazing; I think there’s a little crazy gardener in Tim somewhere. He can fix my garden if he wants to.

Still a Burton girl

Watched Dark Knight yesterday (it’s on the 250 list) and… I don’t get it, I didn’t get it with Batman Begins and I still don’t understand what is supposed to be so brilliant about these movies… Gary was good and Heath was good but I expected more after all the talk about him.

Three more movies

First I saw “O Brother, where art thou?” and it was okay, reminded me a little of “Big Fish” but it’s not a movie I’m likely to ever see again. I wanted to see what happened but then at the end I was like, “So…?”

I hate to see Johnny in bad movies, I don’t like to hear him say cunt. He wasn’t even good in this movie which he usually is even I crappy movies. The best parts of “The Astronaut’s Wife” was when I squinted and pretended it was Mia Farrow and not Charlize Theron. It was quite recently I realized what a beauty she is, Mia that is.

(Mia Farrow)

Then I watched a Danish movie, a thriller called “Murk” and it was like Swedish movies, dull, grey and “real”. There’s a wedding scene and if it had been an American movie it would have been bright and funny, laugher and spontaneous singing but there it was stiff and dull and people were sitting in rows with pieces of paper with the lyrics on singing along looking bored and uncomfortable. The plot was okay but the execution wasn’t.

Lisa Marie as Vampira

Ed Wood was on TV the other day and Lisa is a cute Vampira. Is it just me or has she not stared in a movie since she and Tim Burton broke up?

Burtonizing the garden

I fear that the garden bug has got me once more, I want a Burtonesque garden (I just promised myself not to waste money) and a Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ is in my opinion very Burton so I have to get me one of those. And it’s cutting time, have to remember to take my garden shears with me and get as many cuttings as I possibly can of boxwood, yew, privet and lavender (and whatever I have forgotten to mention).

Picture from Nzplantpics

Latest book

I finished it the other day and I don’t know… It was pretty boring to me, I don’t think it was anything special, and Tim is actually making a movie out this? I wonder if Helena will play a witch one more time, she’s pretty good at that by now.

Last night

I finally saw Sweeney Todd and… I wasn’t that impressed actually. Parts of it I liked but when the movie was over I wasn’t happy. Helena was great and so was actually Sacha Baron Cohen which I didn’t really expect. But this movie was supposed to be GREAT and I was like, “Whatever…” when it was suddenly over. Think I’ll have to wait until there’s a Burton film I truly like. When I first heard he was making “Alice in wonderland” I was thrilled but I heard some rumor that it would be made with the same way that Beowulf was made with and I think it’s so ugly and I really don’t get the point. And I hope I’m wrong about it and I also hope I’m wrong that the remake of Frankenweeine will be made in the same way. So what is there to look forward to?

And I also remember why I don’t like to go to the movies… everyone clapping and cheering during the movie and getting forced out of your seat because someone needs to go to the bathroom over whatever. There were also the constant noise of candy wrappers and such, surely they realize how loud they were but I guess they didn’t care. This evening it was also freezing in the theatre which I somehow had predicted and I brought a hoodie along but it was so cold I ended up putting my gloves on.

The real Catwoman

Saw Catwoman the other day, if you haven’t seen it, don’t! You’re not missing out on anything, I promise. Read somewhere that Tim Burton was thinking about doing a Catwoman movie after Batman with Michelle Pfeiffer; that would have been nice.

How hot is Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman? I give her a 10, easy.

Big Fish

Saw "Big Fish" yesterday. Not my favorite Burton but... favorite scen was Jessica Lang and Albert Finney in the bathtub, "I don't think I'll ever dry out"

Sweeney Todd (again)

The Sweeney Todd trailer made it’s way to youtube and the quality is better so here it is. It’s better when you have let it sick in for about three days.

Sweeney Todd trailer!

Okay, here it is the Sweeney Todd trailer.
I must say, I a little nervous, not sure I will like this. The little you get to hear Johnny sing sounds okay but the person shinning seems to be Helena Bonham Carter. It’s just a trailer but by the looks of it she’s doing a good job and no one can say she got it just because she and Tim are dating.

Official site Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

More Tim Burton on Tim Burton Collective

Sweeney Todd

Here I was worrying that there weren’t any good movies but I had forgotten all about Tim Burtons “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”. How could I? Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman in a Tim Burton film and I forget about it? Shame on me…

Love them!

Want them, need them! They are so cool, only complain is that they are not tea jars but salt and pepper shakers. More info here (or at least there used to be), sometimes found at Amazon or at Entertainment Earth