I'm a Farscape fan who's seen Avenue Q and Meet the Feebles. I'm just impressed that there's puppet sex out there I haven't seen yet.
updates JessiMoon's file. Note: pull Ethan aside to discuss this next time I see him.
That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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DavidS - Oct 06, 2004 12:15:59 pm PDT #4409 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Theodosia - Oct 07, 2004 1:48:40 am PDT #4410 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Brotherhood of the Wolf wasn't a good film? I must have watched another one of the same name, then.
Nutty - Oct 07, 2004 7:20:36 am PDT #4411 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I didn't think it was a good film. Actually it struck me as a French sneer at Hollywood-style filmmaking. Like, you want incoherent action-y grand guignol? Check this out!! I'll even throw in some Orientalism and a naked assassin, for free!
I think the only thing missing from the movie was a huge illogical explosion, and then the filmmakers would have had the whole set of Silly Hollywood Set-Pieces.
Jessica - Oct 07, 2004 7:25:04 am PDT #4412 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I adored Brotherhood of the Wolf, in all it's semi-coherent glory.
DH and I saw Sideways last night, and we both loved it. There are a few bits that are a little overwritten, but on the whole, it's a fantastic film. I don't think it's going to get quite the amount of attention that either LiT or American Splendor did last year, but it's in that same vein -- really well-written, really well-acted, very funny and heartfelt. And the NYTimes food section was impressed with how accurate the wine talk was.
Polter-Cow - Oct 07, 2004 7:29:32 am PDT #4413 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I didn't think it was a good film. Actually it struck me as a French sneer at Hollywood-style filmmaking. Like, you want incoherent action-y grand guignol? Check this out!! I'll even throw in some Orientalism and a naked assassin, for free!
Hey, Nutty, we agree on another movie. Just have to mark the occasion.
Vonnie K - Oct 07, 2004 8:20:53 am PDT #4414 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Brotherhood of the Wolf was awfully pretty. And didn't make a lick of sense. It was like, Peter Greenaway went French and applied a bit of restraint wrt grotesquerie.
Stage Beauty is getting lukewarm-to-bad reviews, which saddens me because the whole genderfuck of a premise sounded really interesting.
lisah - Oct 07, 2004 10:47:43 am PDT #4415 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Stage Beauty is getting lukewarm-to-bad reviews
Liz Smith seemed to love it in her column this morning. Not that she's a film reviewer or anything...
Aims - Oct 07, 2004 7:36:24 pm PDT #4416 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Have just finished watching Party Monster.
What a ginormous piece of crap. How they could take such interesting and intriguing material and turn it into complete crap is beyond me. Oh wait - it might have something to do with Macauly Culkin and Seth Green running around acting like giant flaming queers. And I mean that in every horrible, stereotypical sense that there is. Michael Alig and James St James *were* giant flaming queers. They were the Club Kids. It's who they were. But MC and SG aren't and couldn't even pretend halfway decently that they were. I wanted to smack them both. Wilmer Valderama was good and they completely wasted Wilson Cruz-who was the MAIN reason I wanted to see it.
Blech. I am so dissapointed.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 07, 2004 7:42:35 pm PDT #4417 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 saw the documentary on that case a few years ago, and so figured I didn't need to see the adapted version. Glad to hear that was a good decision—I'd prefer to avoid anything that would diminish my affection for Seth.
Aims - Oct 07, 2004 7:50:46 pm PDT #4418 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
What can I watch to get it back?
I saw the documentary and read the articles and that's why I wanted to see it. I have not read the book by James St James.
But I have to blame this on acting choices and/or direction. It was a cariacature of these people, not a realistic portrayal, which you NEED TO HAVE IF YOU SAY BASED ON A TRUE STORY in the beginning.