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Jesus, did I write that? Don't drink and post, folks. Really.

Really?? I hate to say I disagree but... I thought the Murray section of Coffee & Cigarettes was one of the weak ones. I'm not so enamored of Wu Tangers that anything they say is funny. :^/ Lots of people on SG found C&C dull; I liked all of it except the Wu Tang and Steven Wright and Benigni's part was soooo bad, it's like I had to check to make sure it was really them being that unfunny... but I liked the rest. My fave part? See, everyone's gonna say Iggy and Waits. That was good, but I liked the two Ivory Coast guys best; that was a perfect scene. The ska was great, too.

I thought Tenenbaums just seemed weak on (dialogue) details (it was fine on visual details.... I mean, this is Wes Anderson; if anything, there are too many visual details to catch in two viewings*). I didn't think Murray and Hackman really did enough, but I didn't think anyone had enough dialogue in the movie (except maybe, eh, Ben Stiller, coulda used less of him)... if I sound negative on the film, I still like it in a way. I am quite touched by the Luke/ Gwyneth relationship. And I have the soundtrack on WinAmp right now and it's great, of course.

*I am so kicking myself for not seeing Life Aquatic a second time. I tried watching Rushmore in TV-formatted mode yesterday; it's virtually unwatchable... a letterbox-mandatory film if there ever was one. Luckily, I have the letterbox VHS.