Shaun of the Dead is damn fucking funny.
Never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?
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tommyrot - Sep 25, 2004 10:29:21 am PDT #4101 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.
alienprayer - Sep 25, 2004 12:56:26 pm PDT #4102 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
Now I have to get a region free DVD player and order Spaced from amazon UK. Damn the funny British and their zombie movies.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 25, 2004 4:59:29 pm PDT #4103 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
Saw Dirty Shame tonight, and I have to say I wasn't nearly as impressed as I expected to be. When Johnny Knoxville does a better acting job than the leads, you know something is wrong.
I have to give the previews credit for making me want to go see Seed of Chucky though. I'd seen an earlier trailer that made me want to avoid it like the plague, but today's implied that Jennifer Tilly is going to both voice the evil female doll and play herself as a victim. And the trailer ends with Chucky apparently driving Brittney Spears off the road to her fiery demise, with John Waters snapping a photo of it and saying, "God bless the little people!"
The studio sure knows how to make me want to see a picture.
tommyrot - Sep 25, 2004 6:55:12 pm PDT #4104 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.
I dunno - the "film within a film" premise kinda scares me.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 25, 2004 7:19:54 pm PDT #4105 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 know I've been among those who've laughed at funny gaffes when movie titles are translated into foreign languages. But every once in a while, they get it just right.
tommyrot - Sep 25, 2004 8:28:26 pm PDT #4106 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.
I saw Donnie Darko - Director's Cut. Then I went back and read all the posts about it, as well as the explanation in Salon.
I actually wish I had seen it a second time before reading the explanation. Which is weird. 'Cuz a lot of the stuff I missed. But then, I was pretty much on the "he's really just psychotic" train through most of the movie - which many consider to be a better interpretation.
Jesse - Sep 26, 2004 10:58:51 am PDT #4107 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey Jessica, Ethan is the "Hot Pick" review on rottentomatoes for Shaun of the Dead. Cool!
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2004 11:04:09 am PDT #4108 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm trying to think of movies based on video games. I can think of:
- Resident Evil (and series)
- Mortal Kombat (and series)
- Tomb Raider (and series)
- Final Fantasy
Any other big ones out there?
Polter-Cow - Sep 26, 2004 11:06:26 am PDT #4109 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Street Fighter, Super Mario Brothers, House of the Dead.
Oh, and let's not forget Double Dragon and Wing Commander (though that's a computer game). Also, there're Alone in the Dark and Silent Hill games in the works.
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2004 11:08:52 am PDT #4110 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I totally missed House Of The Dead. Never even heard of it. But it has Tyron Leitso! Did you see it? Is it worth suffering through for his hotness? Does his ass ring?
eta: Double Dragon -- how could I forget the movie that insisted that Allyssa Milano could kick ass and Mark Dacascos was related to a Party Of Fiver?