Yeah, true. Can he just keep this one? Please?
I hope it's not close to the one he used for Laurel Canyon. It'd be nice to have at least a tiny part of me that doesn't want to hump Batman. (This was SO not a problem in the days of West or Keaton...)
Tara: What's so bad about them coming here? Aren't they good guys? I mean, Watchers, that's just like whole other Gileses, right? Buffy: Yes! They're scary and horrible!
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Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 28, 2004 5:53:23 pm PDT #1541 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
quester - Jul 28, 2004 6:03:02 pm PDT #1542 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Triplets is just so wonderfuly weird. and great music.
Kate P. - Jul 28, 2004 6:33:37 pm PDT #1543 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The appeal of The Triplets of Belleville, to me, was the atmosphere, and all that that encompassed: the music, the animation, the lack of dialogue, the oddity of all the characters. I can see it not being someone's cup of tea, but I loved it.
Polter-Cow - Jul 28, 2004 7:00:44 pm PDT #1544 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Polter-Cow, I am so very sorry, but you are now DEAD TO ME.
It just struck me as yet another corrupt cop story, and I like my corrupt cop stories with more meat in them (take, for instance, L.A. Confidential ). In its defense, I've been regularly falling asleep during everything for the last week or so, and the library DVD is scratched, causing it to skip terribly at points. It failed to draw me in. For classic noir, give me Sunset Boulevard. It has a monkey.
That best-ever-in-the-history-of-anything long, long opening shot!
Okay, so it was kind of cool, in a "Wow, how did he manage to pull this off way back then?" kind of way, but the actual content of the shot was disappointingly mundane. I think the opening shot of Halloween is fair competition.
I just saw Cube, which finally broke my streak of meh. A bunch of people wake up trapped in this grid of cube-shaped rooms, and they try to get out. Except there are booby traps everywhere. So they begin to search for patterns in the chaos, all the while trying to understand why they're there in the first place.
It's a great little idea for a movie because not only does it come with a built-in metaphor for human existence, but you get to use the same set over and over!
The first half especially handles the metaphor well, often very subtly, and in the second half, it pretty much shifts to full-out thriller mode. Oh, and it's mathy!
The acting is subpar at times, and the characterizations are a bit wonky (I wasn't quite sure who I was supposed to find likable, because they were all unlikable at times, but then again, that's people for you), but it's definitely worth checking out. (There's a sequel starring Kari Matchett (Beth from Wonderfalls ), but it looks to be a sequel in the "Let's remake the movie with totally different characters!" sense...and there appears to be a third one coming out soon. But this movie doesn't need a sequel.)
Glamcookie - Jul 28, 2004 7:49:36 pm PDT #1545 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Just got back from Ju-on (The Grudge). I thought it was totally silly. It had suspense and some creepy images but overall, silliness. And I scare easily. The entire audience was laughing at certain parts that I'm sure weren't supposed to be humorous. I'll still see the SMG remake cause I want SMG to keep getting roles but now I'm not really looking forward to it.
Burrell - Jul 28, 2004 8:16:30 pm PDT #1546 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm with you on Touch of Evil, JZ. I think Orson Welles is brilliant.
That best-ever-in-the-history-of-anything long, long opening shot!
You mean the shot that goes accross the border into Tiajuana? Wasn't that shot in Venice, or does it just look like it?
Sean K - Jul 28, 2004 8:51:07 pm PDT #1547 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Just got back from Ju-on (The Grudge). I thought it was totally silly. It had suspense and some creepy images but overall, silliness.
Oh, GC. I loved it. I thought the movie was very effective for its microscopic budget, and creepy as all fuck. We'll have to compare notes when we see each other next, and you can tell me what you like in your horror movies.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 29, 2004 4:09:23 am PDT #1548 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wasn't that shot in Venice, or does it just look like it?
Yep, although the sequence of the shot is it comes from Tiajuana into Venice.
Dana - Jul 29, 2004 4:38:32 am PDT #1549 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't understand people who liked Cube. It seemed to me like a pretty typical gory horror movie. Also, don't watch the second one.
Your hotness update: Orlando Bloom: hot. Christian Bale: hot.
kat perez - Jul 29, 2004 4:48:03 am PDT #1550 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I'm probably the last Buffista in the free world to see Spiderman 2 and I know the conversation has moved on, but saw it, loved it. I will now forever hear the Spiderman song as sung by the plucky violin woman. And I don't find JF hot, but I did find TM hot in this movie which is a little disturbing because he's always creeped me out a bit in the past. The astronaut patsy that KD was going to marry. . . now he was hot.