I got motion-sick from The Blair Witch Project. And Dancer in the Dark. Stupid hand-held cameras....
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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tommyrot - Jul 23, 2004 5:11:49 am PDT #1193 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
juliana - Jul 23, 2004 5:14:01 am PDT #1194 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I got motion-sick from The Blair Witch Project.
I boycotted that movie, out of sheer crankiness. I lived two blocks away from the local art-house theater at the time, and the line would stretch past our door, filled with obnoxious people. Blech.
Also, the fact that I get seriously motion-sick has made sure I'll never see that movie.
There's a theater here called "Brew and View" which has tables and pizza and beer and what-not. They show second-run movies. That would be a fun place to see it.
Oh, yeah.
DXMachina - Jul 23, 2004 5:28:48 am PDT #1195 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
On The Village
Got to love a movie where the villains are park rangers.
There's got to be a Yogi Bear joke there somewhere. "I'm smarter than the average villager"?
Jim - Jul 23, 2004 5:41:06 am PDT #1196 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
More:
His pretence towards meaning is one of the most irritating things about the whole fandango. It wants to be The Crucible, if The Crucible were shit and about nothing at all.
Setting the general awfulness aside for a moment (something Shyamalan would have been well advised to consider), even the basic plotting and dramaturgy is hopeless. Why does William Hurt reveal the plot to Ivy? There's absolutely no need to in story terms - they could intentionally have used her to bolster their story further with a bit of well-judged menacing en route - and dramatically it just makes the bit with Adrien Brody all the more redundant. This, I appreciate, is a bit like complaining about the colour of the effluence which is flooding one's house, but it's irritating nonetheless.
P.M. Marc - Jul 23, 2004 5:47:37 am PDT #1197 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
Jim, thank you for the morning giggles.
Yes! Such are the makings of unintentional camp comedy gold! But I think it might be better on DVD where I can mock it out loud.
It's begging for it, don't you think, Jess?
JZ - Jul 23, 2004 5:48:59 am PDT #1198 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Heee. I just ran into the other room and spoiled Hec, who said, "Historical recreationists run amok! It's a feral Ren Faire!"
And now I so have to see it.
Jessica - Jul 23, 2004 5:58:44 am PDT #1199 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's begging for it, don't you think, Jess?
Absolutely. Also, there should be a drinking game.
P.M. Marc - Jul 23, 2004 6:00:22 am PDT #1200 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
Absolutely. Also, there should be a drinking game.
I'm trying to think of perfect movies for a double feature with it, but I keep defaulting to Army of Darkness.
juliana - Jul 23, 2004 6:00:51 am PDT #1201 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Have you guys been to the website for the movie yet? A more ponderous, annoying thing I have not seen in a long time. Blech.
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2004 6:06:38 am PDT #1202 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have this sinking feeling I'm going to think the twist is ultraclever and brilliant or something, and you all will look down on me forever and ever.