OK, if JF were lying in my bed with only a container of Ben & Jerry's cappucino heath bar crunch and a smile to his name, I probably wouldn't kick him out.

I'd take the ice cream, and then kick him out.

James Franco annoyed me almost as much as Anakin Skywalker.

I'd agree, except that Hayden Christensen has been really good in everything else he's ever been in, whereas I have yet to see proof that James Franco can fully open either his eyes or his mouth.

Kate P. is me in this thread too.

Ouch, that's a pretty high-level of annoyance. At least we're not likely to have to sit through watching a cloyingly cute 10 year old version of Harry saying "I get to be a jedi? Yipee!"

Oops, I was actually thinking of Aanakin, teen padawan. Not that annoying kid.

I would love JarJar forever if only he'd kicked little Annie into the intake of a pod-racer engine.

we're not likely to have to sit through watching a cloyingly cute 10 year old version of Harry saying "I get to be a jedi? Yipee!"

"I get to be a villian? A retread villian? Yipee!"

Yeah. The threesome scene was brilliantly gratutious (and is, as far as I'm concerned, the only excuse for Denise Richard's presence in ANY movie), but chicks should have had something to ogle, too.

I wouldn't say Kevin Bacon's shower scene was entirely bereft of something for the ladies to ogle, even if Dillon didn't join in. But the scene as shown still read very much as if that's where they were headed (though of course I too would have liked seeing it onscreen). Guys aren't generally that comfortable walking in on each other's showers in a private setting unless they've had some back scrubbing experience in the past.

Kate P. is me in this thread too.

t high-fives Polter-Cow

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I really wanted to defend the movie, but I couldn't find the right words. So thanks.

RE: Eternal Sunshine

Actually, I really liked the movie for many of the reasons Kate mentioned. I had actually forgotten that I was watching Jim Carrey until he made that funny face when trying to wake up. Also, I'm having trouble coming up with the rights words exactly, but I liked the feel/look of the film.

What I was trying to say was that the movie seemed to me like it had some sort of theme, but I couldn't find it. I wasn't trying to say the movie was not good because it didn't have a theme - I was just wondering if anyone else had some insight that I had missed. Kate, it wasn't so much that I thought the movie needed something as much as I was wondering if I missed the something.

I once had to write a paper on the uses of pink and green in Lord of the Flies. That's not the sort of thing I'm looking for. I'm just wondering if the director had an idea in the back of his head that he wanted to get across and maybe I missed it.

I loved Pulp Fiction as a very original exercise in creative storytelling. But I would have liked it better if I had walked away thinking that it had shown me something about life that I hadn't seen before. That's my only point/question.

editted to explain what I'm talking about.

Ah, to heck with it. Styling a link as hidden is too hard.

See. I think Pulp Fiction is ALL about a theme. The whole structure of the film is built around Jules and Vincent's choice whether to continue to be evil or to try to do good. Vincent decides to keep doing evil and ends up dead. Jules decides to be moral and lives. All the characters are presented with clear choices and what happens to them follows from whether they choose the righteous path or not. Watch the film again and you'll be amazed at how well explored the theme actually is.