May 18, 2005
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WEDNESDAY MOVIEIn Good Company
Doing a 180 from the subject of the movie I reviewed last week, this is a sweet, harmless, feel-good PG-13 (but rated PG in other countries) film with attractive actors in engaging roles. Saw it first out at the cinema and watched it again on DVD this week with my visiting daughter. Interesting trivia is that the studio apparently wanted someone from the cast of “That ‘70’s Show” for the role of Carter and originally gave it to Ashton Kutcher, who then dropped out. Topher Grace had to audition four times to convince the producer he was right for the part. The name Topher, by the way, is from
his real name, Christopher, which he didn’t like because people called him Chris. Who knew? I’m a great fan of That ‘70’s Show, and I think Topher Grace is charming and a promising actor, and this film is clever and entertaining and definitely worth seeing, but what I really like is that Dennis Quaid is still getting good parts in spite of aging (which is a major part of the plot of the movie – aging). Remember him in his first film, Breaking Away? Now there was a fabulous tale, an Indiana summer joy ride. Topher Grace is just about the same age now that Quaid was then. Time marches on, doesn’t it sports fans?
Deep Thought: “I think a good novel would be where a bunch of men on a ship are looking for a whale. They look and look, but you know what? They never find him. And you know why they never find him? It doesn’t say. The book leaves it up to you, the reader, to decide. Then, at the very end, there’s a page you can lick and it tastes like Kool-Aid.”
Today I am grateful for: The word moose being both singular and plural
Guess the Movie: “What happened mother? Why did we all run?” “Man was in the forest.” Answer: Bambi, 1942.
Winner: Silverthorn.
‘Star Wars’ Raises Questions on US Policy
by David Germain
Without Michael Moore and “Fahrenheit 9/11″ at the Cannes Film Festival this time, it was left to George Lucas and “Star Wars” to pique European ire over the state of world relations and the United States’ role in it.
Lucas’ themes of democracy on the skids and a ruler preaching war to preserve the peace predate “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith” by almost 30 years. Yet viewers Sunday — and Lucas himself — noted similarities between the final chapter of his sci-fi saga and our own troubled times. (Rest of article here.)
End of Day: 8:40 pm
+ = The exterminator showed back up after all and did some more getting rid of mice work.
- = I hate having to kill Anything.
Comments (16)
Bambi
Sure nuf.
Love Dennis Quaid! We haven’t seen this movie yet – sounds like a good one. I’m watching Joan Lefkow (with Barack Obama) addressing the Senate Judiciary Committe (on C-SPAN-2). She spoke about how easy it is to get personal info off the internet and I thought of you – thank you again for posting that internet info,
Have you seen Frequency? Yep, Dennis Quaid is aging nicely.
OMG, how sexy was DQ! And great trivia about ****Topher’s name.
That movie and Dennis Quaid made almost a soft spot in my heart for nearly a week, for my ex. My ex-husband lived a life with me and our three girls that the movie illuminated for me. My man worked in Seattle for most of the week and would then fly off to other places from there but when he was home, he was totally there for the girls and me. Granted he was drunk every night, towards the end, but that was after his dad died, he retired, and went a little nuts. But watching the movie, I remembered when he was in his prime and I could love the memory of that.
Indeed, Time does march….
Oh how I loved “Breaking Away”, I saw it many many times in hs. yep, time do march on, don’t it, but it’s not always of the bad. We get that awesome peace of mind. Dennis is aging quite nicely, thankyou. (gotta love Topher, too–daughter and I loved “Win a Date With Tad Hamilton” for the lighthearted fluff that it was.)
I did enjoy that movie. I really like Quaid and Jim Caviezal in Frequency too.
Bambi! Its Bambi! That is the first one I’ve known….I do love Dennis Quaid, especially “Frequency”…hope you have a great day and had fun watching the movie with your daughter.
I have always loved Dennis Quaid and he IS as handsome as ever … Loved him in Frequency – thought he was a hoot in Great Balls of Fire – playing Jerry Lee Lewis….but my favorite movie of his is The Rookie – I get goosebumps everytime I see it – and cry LOL such a mush ! xoxo
In good company was a good movie…Dennis Quaid made it happen…
Dear Lionne,
(I could not find a Christian name so will use your Xanga handle unless otherwise instructed, as I begin all my “comments” with a salutation.)
I came here from Dosmangoes blog, where he mentioned your entry on Sutra on the Eight Realizations. I have an “essay” online since 1999 titled “The Books of the Realizations” which is the “introduction” to my “Universal Blog” so was quite intriqued to see the title, and naturally, as I am a curious sort, decided to check you out.
It is quite late for me (10:00pm pdt) as I have to arise at 4am to go to work, but I have spent about a half hour, not really reading a lot of your content, but skimming the types of entries you feature, and I am most impressed by what little I have read/seen/absorbed of this most magnificent blog you have here. I have checked out your personal website, and although as I just mentioned, I have not read much in depth, rather rifled through the magazine pages of your life, as it were, I will certainly return when I have more time to absorb and relish what you have created.
This will be one of my “short comments” as I am a slave to time, but expect me back tomorrow. I just cannot stay on a blog/website without making my presence known. I created my own website, AllThingsMike, which I humbly call “the only website you will ever need” in 1999, and it has hundeds of sections and pages, and I am always interested in how the internet has made self publishers of us all. I notice you, as do I, have photographs, art, and movie reviews, poetry, political commentary, and themed posts on your Xanga, which also has a very pleasing structure and layout.
I tell folks my own Xanga, which is one of many portals to my main site, is like a magazine, and the entries are articles. I feel that way when perusing yours as well.
As I say, this is a short introductory comment, and because I don’t like to post comments without mentioning the entry to which I am commenting, I will mention that I read three of your review entries, “The Interpreter”, “The Woodsman” and this one, I have seen the other two films, but have listed “In Good Company”:as my next Netflix selection based upon your review. I did want to see it, but didn’t know it was out on DVD yet.
I also read with great interest about three paragraphs of your article (A Tuesday Political Post) on Hilary Clinton, whom I’ve been championing as our first Woman President since the Clinton Administration. (I’m a proud liberal, and have been since I left the Republican Party following the Watergate scandal in 1972) I was somewhat surprised to read your comment that you are “afraid, very afraid” and will certainly return to check out the rest of the entry.
Well, it is now encroaching on 10:30 and I really must retire, or risk falling asleep at my computer tomorrow at work, where I design electrical control panels. I was just “checking email” and “comments” on my own blog. I have afforded you a first for me. I subscribed to your blog. Usually I do not do this until I have established a symbiotic relationship with a blogger, but I didn’t want to “lose” your address here, since I am so intrigued.
I hope you have the time to make it over to AllThingsMike. I’m featuring one of my “internet movies” this month.
Also please check out my own blog if you have the time. I can see that constructing this blog and your website must take up a lot of time, so don’t bother if you don’t want to. I’ll certainly understand.
It has been a pleasant visit for me, and I must remember to thank Doug (Dosmangoes) for the offhand “introduction” to your site, and for mentioning it, so that I could come over here and be amazed.
Did I say this was a short comment?
Have a pleasant evening and tomorrow. And to quote your current profile pic, “Peace on Earth”. which is a wondrous and lovely thought.
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
I was going to leave a comment about D. Quad, but after baldmike’s post I feel a little inept.
I was a student at Indiana University when “Breaking Away” was being filmed. Being young and stupid at the time, I paid no attention to the filming at the time, thinking that the movie was not going to be very good. I always regret that, because it turned out that I loved the movie. I also knew (though not very well) a young woman who played a tiny role in the movie. She was a fellow student, and she also happened to be a native of the college town where it was filmed.
I actually thought “In Good Company” was a very good movie. I liked the ideas it expressed about the changes taking place in corporate American, and more importantly about people finding their calling in life, and the character of Dennis Quaid’s nemesis was basically a good person who hadn’t found his calling yet. It wasn’t a perfect movie, but I liked it quite a bit.
So’s the word sheep.