He used up the last of my Chinatown esteem on this movie.
Did he get any back with The Pianist ?
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
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Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2004 7:03:14 pm PDT #1872 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Aug 01, 2004 7:04:31 pm PDT #1873 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What ignorance of Bourne do you mean? Wasn't she brought in as someone who knew more about him?
Nutty - Aug 01, 2004 7:08:10 pm PDT #1874 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think yes, but all things considered, she knew nothing about him. Like, she seemed ignorant of the stuff that Brian Cox and Joan Allen already knew. If she had never heard of Bourne in her life before the night he invaded her office in the first movie, she couldn't have been more ignorant of him. But, if she'd actually been his handler/contact for three years before that, how can she be so ignorant of him?
Minor detail, in the scheme of things. Really, no more significant than the funny-wrong accents of every character who speaks a foreign language.
alienprayer - Aug 01, 2004 7:18:47 pm PDT #1875 of 10001
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce
Not really, Polter-Cow. For some reason I want to put a u in your name. Huh.
The Pianist felt like paint by numbers, with one great performance and a few good supporting. Don't know if this is heresy around here, but the film frustrated more than it moved me.
§ ita § - Aug 01, 2004 7:20:49 pm PDT #1876 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But she was telling them stuff to help predict his behaviour and suggest his motivation, wasn't she? Cox did know more, but that was the point. What did Allen know that she didn't?
Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2004 7:22:10 pm PDT #1877 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Not really, Polter-Cow. For some reason I want to put a u in your name. Huh.
You're not the only one.
The Pianist felt like paint by numbers, with one great performance and a few good supporting. Don't know if this is heresy around here, but the film frustrated more than it moved me.
I don't know that it moved me. I don't know that it could move. It wasn't trying, was the thing. It was so objective. It was just like, "Here. Here's the story. Do with it what you will." And I don't normally see that.
Scrappy - Aug 01, 2004 7:25:43 pm PDT #1878 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I found it moving.
alienprayer - Aug 01, 2004 7:33:03 pm PDT #1879 of 10001
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce
I probably should have been more clear - I meant the movie did not impress me. I felt I could wander off and not miss a whole lot other than Brody performing. Never felt caught up in the story, but it might have been my Polanski bias bubbling up. When a creative person turns me off, they have to fight hard to get me back.
Irrational is my middle name.
§ ita § - Aug 01, 2004 7:53:10 pm PDT #1880 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey, do you think there could be a Manchurian Candidate 2? I swear at the end that Raymond wasn't dead. I mean, he didn't die onscreen -- he took a guy shot which nailed ma in the chest. I was expecting to see him again on the island.
Atropa - Aug 01, 2004 9:36:08 pm PDT #1881 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I found Blade II entertaining in a cheerfully-schlocky way. Yes, in exactly the same way I found Underworld entertaining.
the Hitler Youth as redesigned by Hot Topic
Bwah-ha-ha-ha!
When the camera panned past the Big Bad Vampire Team, I turned to Pete and whispered "Look! A Tim Bradstreet illustration from White Wolf Games!" Of course, when Tim Bradstreet's name scrolled by in the credits for "character design", my respect for the costume department went up a notch.