And now I must commune with the dolphins.
What does the color blue taste like? Bobo knows....
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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.
Sean K - Aug 26, 2004 7:10:57 pm PDT #3151 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Kate P. - Aug 26, 2004 7:10:58 pm PDT #3152 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I have the love for The Fifth Element, and not just 'cause of Milla. I'm actually surprised, though I suppose I shouldn't be, that so many people hate it so much. It's so silly and entertaining and shiny and yeah, obviously cribbing from Brazil but without any of the, well, depth, but look over there! Luke Perry!
Okay, so I am easily won over by silly science fiction movies.
DebetEsse - Aug 26, 2004 8:51:27 pm PDT #3153 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I like 5th Element (I think I may actually own it somewhere. I also have an mp3 of the Diva's aria that I heart.). It's so pretty, and looks like a comic book translated directly to film (even the transitions). The plot's rather along the lines of a stereo-typical comic book, too, I suppose, which means campy good fun, in my book.
big bada-boom. hee.
Glamcookie - Aug 26, 2004 8:54:05 pm PDT #3154 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
meara-ing:
Hero is great. I have the DVD and am really excited to see it on the big screen. Hepburn/Cary TOTALLY trumps Hepburn/Tracy. I (still) want to see Open Water . The only Milla movie I've seen was Joan of Arc, which sucked, but I think she's super cute.
Sean K - Aug 26, 2004 9:03:00 pm PDT #3155 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Hey GC! Long time no see. How's things?
I know this isn't the regular comics thread, but Miracleman hooked me on Powers. I just finished Roleplay, and have to borrow the next book the next time I'm over at his place.
Glamcookie - Aug 26, 2004 9:12:25 pm PDT #3156 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
Hey, Sean :) Things are good - too much traveling for work but otherwise good.
Re: Powers. One of us! One of us!
Atropa - Aug 26, 2004 9:30:08 pm PDT #3157 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(And I loved Fifth Element, but between AvP, Resident Evil, and Hudson Hawk, it should be pretty obvious that I will occasionally love a movie that has no Earthly reason to be loved)
scoots closer to Sean
In fact, tonight's deeply silly but oh-so-pretty movie viewing was Sleepy Hollow. mmmm, Tim Burton visuals and Johnny Depp.
Melpomene - Aug 27, 2004 2:48:21 am PDT #3158 of 10001
Ever fired your gun in the air and yelled, 'Aaaaaaah?'
The Fifth Element is one of my favorite movies. I love the the way the opera scene is intercut with Milla Jovovich kicking ass. I'm totally crushing on her. Hudson Hawk and Resident Evil are just as equally fun. I got to watch the RE commentary now.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2004 3:27:41 am PDT #3159 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
GC, wrt Hero - how long is the running time of the DVD? I'm just curious if Harvey "Scissors" Weinstein kept his mitts off of the movie or if he showed his usual good taste with Asian movies and hacked the crap out of it (e.g. Shaolin Soccer).
edited because while she may bring good things to light, Gloomcookie initialized is not GE.
Nutty - Aug 27, 2004 4:14:05 am PDT #3160 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Yep, I hated The Fifth Element too. Reasons? Because I wanted to smack the smirk off the faces of... everybody involved in it, and the baroque sentimentality of the ending (OMG! Did you know war is bad ??), and the pointlessness of its high-concept design. Also? I do not book interstellar travel to go watch an opera singer get remixed for the dance floor. I can have that in any discotheque in France.
The last good thing that movie did was make Luke Perry beg for his mother.