Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?

Fred ,'A Hole in the World'


Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned  

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Steph L. - Sep 06, 2004 7:01:23 am PDT #3624 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Top Gun came out, and we all grew up a little.....

God bless volleyball.

It was like porn for us, for real.

Dude, I *still* stop what I'm doing and watch the volleyball scene whenever Top Gun is on TV.


Lilty Cash - Sep 06, 2004 7:03:03 am PDT #3625 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

Dude, I *still* stop what I'm doing and watch the volleyball scene whenever Top Gun is on TV.

Once in college a friend an I blew off an afternoon class to make pina coladas and watch the volleyball scene.


Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2004 7:06:39 am PDT #3626 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I don't think I've ever seen Top Gun, and thus have no clue what's up with this volleyball scene.


Jessica - Sep 06, 2004 7:08:17 am PDT #3627 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

SotV had "And...iris in!" every five minutes (as though every single shot in Nosferatu began with a circular wipe, which just isn't the case -- the portrayal of Nosferatu as a cheesy B-movie overall was just irritating), and BJM had that fuzzy-edged oval Malkovich-cam.


Lilty Cash - Sep 06, 2004 7:08:42 am PDT #3628 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

Oh, P-C. You must.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 06, 2004 7:27:04 am PDT #3629 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

SotV had "And...iris in!" every five minutes (as though every single shot in Nosferatu began with a circular wipe, which just isn't the case -- the portrayal of Nosferatu as a cheesy B-movie overall was just irritating), and BJM had that fuzzy-edged oval Malkovich-cam.

Huh. Didn't notice the former, and I'm not sure I'd agree that NOSFERATU was treated as a "cheesy B-movie". I would agree that Dafoe's performance was by far the best thing in the movie, but I enjoyed other parts of it as well. They wasted Eddie Izzard, but this is hardly the most egregious case of that (THE AVENGERS and MYSTERY MEN being just two of the more blatant cases of Izzard waste).

As for BJM, it never pinged me as an abuse because I figured they needed some way to delineate Malkovich-view from the rest of the movie.


DavidS - Sep 06, 2004 9:52:05 am PDT #3630 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I like Izzard in Mystery Men. Though admittedly there was a ton of comic talent in that movie that was severely underutilized.


Gandalfe - Sep 06, 2004 9:54:18 am PDT #3631 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

I loved Eddie in The Avengers. Big, strong silent type (even tho in real life he's tiny) who has one line the whole movie - "Oh, fuck."


Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2004 10:17:21 am PDT #3632 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm not sure why I'm doing this to myself, but I just watched Jason X.

Jason X answers the question, "What would happen if you crossed Friday the 13th with Alien ?"

The answer is, "You get a bad Jason movie and a bad sci-fi movie! Two for the price of one!"

The characters are...not interesting! The plot is...not logical! The killing is...not creative! The humor is...not funny! (With the exception of a pretty hilarious metajoke near the end.)

No, no, no, people. I'm generally a lenient guy, but this movie's just plain bad.


tommyrot - Sep 06, 2004 3:05:25 pm PDT #3633 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Is Terminator III worth watching?

'Cuz I'm watching it. (For free, on cable.)