Also: "you wouldn't understand, it's not a chick flick."
I think you should at that point have pulled the comic geek card to counter the chick flick assumptions. I would have.
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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P.M. Marc - Jul 20, 2004 10:25:29 am PDT #1004 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
askye - Jul 20, 2004 10:35:09 am PDT #1005 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Ple--
I definitly went into my whole comic book-action/sci fi movie buff mode but they weren't interested.
They were totally blinded by the idea of Halle in a catsuit.
I suggested Gina Torres in a catsuit but they weren't interested.
Halle's thrall is disturbingly strong.
Calli - Jul 20, 2004 10:47:46 am PDT #1006 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
They were totally blinded by the idea of Halle in a catsuit.
I suggested Gina Torres in a catsuit but they weren't interested.
That is 31 flavours of wrong and then some.
Jeff Mejia - Jul 20, 2004 10:51:12 am PDT #1007 of 10001
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
When I saw Spiderman on the weekend we saw a trailer for Michael Mann's new movie Collateral with Tom Cruise. Has there been any buzz about this? It was the first that I'd heard of it.
There's been some buzz to it (and some contraversy - I believe that Mann isn't the first director on the project) and it's supposed to show Tom Cruise portraying a "dark" character - I think he's a hit-man in the picture. I expect the full promotional blitz to be hitting pretty soon.
(Current speculation is that it will be close to the "blockbuster" $100M box office.)
P.M. Marc - Jul 20, 2004 10:54:07 am PDT #1008 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
They were totally blinded by the idea of Halle in a catsuit.
Me too, but that's just because I poked my own eyes out as a precaution...
Fred Pete - Jul 20, 2004 11:06:25 am PDT #1009 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Halle's thrall is disturbingly strong.
Recent conversation with friend, inspired by Catwoman commercial:
Me: OK, I get it. It's an excuse to put Halle Berry in a skimpy costume.
J: And what's wrong with that?
Me: All a matter of perspective.
J's wife then listed the actresses that push J's buttons. Including Charlize Theron. (I didn't quote Harmony's 3some quote about Theron, but only because I wasn't sure if they would get it.)
Nutty - Jul 20, 2004 11:16:59 am PDT #1010 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I would have buckets less derision for someone who admitted she'd done a trashy underpants caper for the money/fame and the goof of it than for someone who insists every step of the way that it's "empowering". Like, Hugh Jackman selling Van Helsing didn't make me go see the movie, but it did make me forgive him for being in it.
I've been seeing ads for Collateral but have heard not a word. I tend to like Michael Mann, just for how he puts a movie together; but he can also go way over the top with a large cast all of whom need to die. (I mean, the cast is usually good people, but the characters are too many and too baroque.) So it's a tossup, but I think I'll probably see it.
Steph L. - Jul 20, 2004 11:24:08 am PDT #1011 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Collateral with Tom Cruise. Has there been any buzz about this?
I saw a trailer for it, and all I could think was "What's with his *hair*? Is he *trying* to look like Richard Gere?"
bon bon - Jul 20, 2004 11:25:41 am PDT #1012 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Ah, Collateral makes me crazy. Sounds like a good concept, I like watching Mann's movies (he has the best soundtracks), and I really dislike the two stars.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 20, 2004 11:26:01 am PDT #1013 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've been seeing ads for Collateral but have heard not a word. I tend to like Michael Mann, just for how he puts a movie together; but he can also go way over the top with a large cast all of whom need to die. (I mean, the cast is usually good people, but the characters are too many and too baroque.) So it's a tossup, but I think I'll probably see it.
The premise is basically a two-character study, with supporting cast, so this may not be an issue.