I'm gonna watch Wimbledon. I'm probably going opening weekend, and I'm probably gonna cry.
That just ain't right.
Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair! The government gave me bad hair!
Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2004 6:05:55 pm PDT #2828 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sumi - Aug 16, 2004 6:32:12 pm PDT #2829 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I hope that it won't be Paul Bettony's tennis skills that make you cry.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 16, 2004 6:48:38 pm PDT #2830 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
I just saw Shaun of the Dead, and I think it may be the most made-for-Buffista movie I have ever seen. It's like The Office meets 28 Days Later.
Isn't that the one that's a love story set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse, with the protagonist suffering from a horrible hangover throughout?
Yeah, I'm with Beej. Alessandro Nivola was by far the best thing about Jurassic Park III.
It's even more fun if you watch it with the assumption that Nivola's character is more than just a protegé to Sam Neil's. There's just enough subtext early on that, once it's been mentioned to you, it's hard to look upon theirs as a platonic relationship.
Dana - Aug 16, 2004 6:49:46 pm PDT #2831 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Heh. Glad that Matt mentioned it first.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 16, 2004 6:55:18 pm PDT #2832 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
It was hilarious how my pals reacted once I brought up the possibility. All it took was Billy accepting the dinner invitation for both of them, and everyone was going "Aw, man, now you've got me seeing it!"
Atropa - Aug 16, 2004 7:19:28 pm PDT #2833 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I just saw Shaun of the Dead, and I think it may be the most made-for-Buffista movie I have ever seen. It's like The Office meets 28 Days Later.
dies of envy, becomes zombie, lurches after Jessica
Jim - Aug 16, 2004 9:40:36 pm PDT #2834 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I just saw Shaun of the Dead, and I think it may be the most made-for-Buffista movie I have ever seen. It's like The Office meets 28 Days Later.
It's absolutely ace, but is pretty much a featurelength episode of Spaced. And if Spaced never made it to the US, you all pretty much need the DVDs. If only for the constant flow of subliminal Buffy/Trek/LOTR gags. To continue Jessica's theme, imagine the Evil Trio scenes from Buffy remade by the makers of The Office and you're close.
None of which is to say that Shaun isn't totally watchable as a standalone, cos it is - it's just the same creative team, much of the same cast, and very similar style. As well as the constant brilliant zombie jokes and some really hilariously vicious gore, it's also the most accurate picture of the London people actually live in I've seen on film.
Jim - Aug 17, 2004 3:43:29 am PDT #2835 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I should say that the Office comparisons aren't fair to Shaun/Spaced, btw - they're actually much more laugh-out-loud funny and less existentially despairing.
Jessica - Aug 17, 2004 4:46:35 am PDT #2836 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's absolutely ace, but is pretty much a featurelength episode of Spaced.
It never aired over here -- the press notes for Shaun were the first time I'd heard of it. But it's on DVD, you say? Hmmm.....
Jim - Aug 17, 2004 5:11:09 am PDT #2837 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
If it helps you decided, Shaun isn't even an outstandingly good episode of Spaced. The episode it grew out of, "Art", is much funnier - Tim stays up for 48 hours playing Resident Evil on speed and then becomes convinced that everyone at a performance art exhibit is a zombie.