Haven't seen that one, but I hear there's a mutilated horse. Woo!
It has got to be the most creative and artsy horse-mutilation scene ever.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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tommyrot - Jul 24, 2004 7:33:05 pm PDT #1339 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.
Kate P. - Jul 24, 2004 7:44:38 pm PDT #1340 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Artsy, yes, and also really gross and awful. The only reason I didn't walk out of The Cell is because the friends I'd gone with were into it and I hadn't brought a book with which to occupy myself while waiting for them in the lobby. I really strongly disliked that movie.
Atropa - Jul 24, 2004 8:16:52 pm PDT #1341 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ah. So, much like The Cell, then? Good to know that's another one I don't have to see.
Much about The Cell causes me to roll my eyes or twitch, but the art direction of that movie is stunning. Yes, everything is really fucked up, but it's preeeeeety (in a disturbing, 'yep, crazy person!' sort of way, I will admit).
tommyrot - Jul 24, 2004 8:17:56 pm PDT #1342 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.
To me, The Cell didn't really add up to much--but yes, very pretty.
Beverly - Jul 24, 2004 10:42:25 pm PDT #1343 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Kate! My sistah! The only reason I didn't leave the theatre at Two Brothers is because my ride was into the movie. I sat in the lobby and read the book I'd brought. The friends I'd gone with were distraught. I had hurled so much invective at the screen and was beyond keeping it below a whisper, so I left. I enjoyed my book, and so did my blood pressure.
Now I realize Two Brothers is nowhere near the 'artistic' level of the other movie, but your reaction struck a chord nonetheless.
Nutty - Jul 25, 2004 4:10:26 am PDT #1344 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Agreed The Cell was pretty but incomprehensible in a silly and pretentious way. Then again, has there ever been a serial killer in movies who just strangled and dumped his victims in a ditch, without getting baroque (and thereby caught)? Probably not.
Pleased to see all this Manchurian love. The plot itself I can take or leave in some ways; but the signature Frankenheimer verve of the camera is what really sold me on it. I'm just a Frankenheimer nerd.
Lyra Jane - Jul 25, 2004 6:15:26 am PDT #1345 of 10001
Up with the sun
The Cell was beautiful but incomprehensible.
We watched Romy & Michele's High School Reunion last night. I had forgotten how incredibly goofy that movie is, but the ballet to"Time After Time" is brilliant. And Mira Sorvino should play Scarlett Johansson's relative, either an older sister or a Loralei Gilmore-esque mother.
tommyrot - Jul 25, 2004 6:18:55 am PDT #1346 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.
Then again, has there ever been a serial killer in movies who just strangled and dumped his victims in a ditch, without getting baroque (and thereby caught)? Probably not.
Um, Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer?
That was a very creepy movie because it felt real.
Betsy HP - Jul 25, 2004 7:13:29 am PDT #1347 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I got home and walked out of Bubba Ho-Tep, so it just wasn't my night for enjoying movies. (BHT was on the DVD player.)
Atropa - Jul 25, 2004 9:25:58 am PDT #1348 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Then again, has there ever been a serial killer in movies who just strangled and dumped his victims in a ditch, without getting baroque (and thereby caught)? Probably not.
Um, Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer?
I *still* need to see that. But in the same vein, Rue Morgue magazine (which is a fabulous read for anyone interested in any aspect of the horror genre) says that a new British movie called The Last Horror Movie is a top-notch re-working of the serial killer movie genre.