Sunday TeaRoom 8/09/09 Seen any good flicks?

[Teasing]

I saw a chilling old movie with Peter Lorre. "M"

English Breakfast - Harrod's house blend.

[gingkoseto]

last week I saw on PBS an American Master series documentary about Garrison Keillor, the NPR Sunday music program host. It was great. I always think Keillor is the smartest person in the world! How can he sing greetings and stories just like talking, and he wrote new stories and songs every week And I love his voice very much, so smooth and deep, like wu yi yan cha

[Maitre_Tea]

Even though I saw this movie about two months ago...it's relevant because it's about tea! sorta...

Red Cliff II, which has a lot of Han Dynasty tea porn. The way they prepare the tea though is very different from the way we prepare it today. Still fun to watch though.

Toki wrote about it on his blog, for those who are interested:
http://themandarinstea.blogspot.com/200 ... ff-ii.html
http://themandarinstea.blogspot.com/200 ... class.html

I also tried to see Tea Fight, a joint Japanese/Taiwanese production...I basically just watched the scenes with tea, but the story left little to be desired. The tea scenes though were pretty cool though, IMO

[kymidwife]

Just adding to the flick chat... before HP, the last movie I saw in the theater was "My Sister's Keeper", based on the novel by Jodi Picoult. If I had not read the book, I would have enjoyed the movie immensely... well cast, well acted, the whole package... great tear-jerker chick flick. However, I *did* read the book beforehand, which was absolutely wonderful, and had my anticipation for the film soaring. I'm not sure I have ever been more disappointed in a film interpretation of a book (with the exception of 90% of films based on Stephen King books). While it was a tender, touching, lovely film... they totally changed the entire basis for the climax of the ending!!! I don't mean a slight variation sometimes necessary to make a book work on film... I mean a deviation of epic proportion. I am still upset about it, as you can probably tell. I cannot believe the author allowed it to happen... turned what made the book so unique into something fairly cliche and predictable. I am still shaking my head in amazement.

Next chick flick coming down the path which will be a must-see for me is "The Time Traveler's Wife"... was hoping to read it beforehand, but in light of recent events, perhaps it is better that I don't.

I have some karigane sencha cooling for iced tea for the afternoon... with just a pinch of dregs of yutaka midori leaf from the very bottom of the package thrown in for a punch. I'm currently drinking about a 4th or 5th infusion of Long Feng Xia from Tea from Taiwan... huge leaf, light roast, nice aroma and sweetness, good staying power so far, and the first infusion was amazing. I am really enjoying my samples from TfT.

Sarah

[Salsero]

Lots of good movies here!

I saw a chilling old movie with Peter Lorre. "M"

I think this Fritz Lang production was the first serial killer movie.

Red Cliff II, which has a lot of Han Dynasty tea porn. The way they prepare the tea though is very different from the way we prepare it today. Still fun to watch though.

Neither the first nor second of this series seems to have been released on DVD in the States yet.

[Chip]

I am trying to remember movie titles, and I am just drawing blanks right now, though I have seen several. Love a good movie.

Began the TD with Yutaka Midori from O-Cha which was of course excellent. SweeTea would have to agree. Wulong, Pyrit and Fuji were doing their best to sway attention from tea and back to them where they felt it belonged, of course.

Next up, 88 Nights from Sugimoto USA with DW. Have to say this is really good blended shincha.

[Maitre_Tea]

Lots of good movies here!

I saw a chilling old movie with Peter Lorre. "M"

I think this Fritz Lang production was the first serial killer movie.

Red Cliff II, which has a lot of Han Dynasty tea porn. The way they prepare the tea though is very different from the way we prepare it today. Still fun to watch though.

Neither the first nor second of this series seems to have been released on DVD in the States yet.

It was recently released in the United States, although in a compressed version..they edited the two parts into a 150 feature film. Don't know any details though. I saw Part I last year in Taiwan, so I was dying to see Part II.

[Riene]

I've actually seen a handful of movies this summer, which for me is rather unusual. So far we've enjoyed the Pixar film Up!, the new Star Trek film, Harry Potter, My Sister's Keeper, and Julie and Julia. All fun and enjoyable.

Kymidwife, I know what you mean about My Sister's Keeper. I read the book after the movie and was very surprised at the vastly different endings.

[geeber1]

Sarah, I think it's smart of you to skip reading 'The Time Traveler's Wife' until after you see the movie - the trailer doesn't look like it follows the book much.

Another movie that was nothing like the book was 'Inkheart,' again a kid-related movie, but it veered so much from the book it was ridiculous!

Riene - how did you like Julie and Julia? I am planning to take my mother-in-law to see that one.

[Riene]

Riene - how did you like Julie and Julia? I am planning to take my mother-in-law to see that one.

Meryl Streep absolutely captures Julia Child's mannerisms, personality, and voice. I loved all the scenes with her, and it's a very accurate portrayal of her earlier life in Europe.

Amy Adams is cute and is a much nicer Julie than the Julie of the book or blog. Overall it's a pleasant movie--not great but an enjoyable two hours.

[sriracha]

I went to the movies for the first time in years last Thursday, my company gave us free ticket vouchers last Christmas and though they're good though 2010 I saw no reason not to go now that I'm on vacation.

A couple of weeks back I saw a review of Kore-Eda Hirokazu's new work, Aruitemo, aruitemo/Still walking which seemed to be exactly my kind of film.
It was. Slow, lots of dialogue and not much else going on on the surface, most of the important stuff being left unsaid. Really beautiful and thought-provoking. Good music, too.

And nice to see Abe Hiroshi and Natsukawa Yui in the same film, though playing a very different couple compared to Kekkon dekinai otoko. =)

[silvermage2000]

I have not seen any movies lately.