The later two Austin Powers movies made the mistake, so common in movies these days, of confusing self-reference and repetition with humor.
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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Mr. Broom - Oct 08, 2004 8:50:18 am PDT #4436 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Alicia K - Oct 08, 2004 8:57:47 am PDT #4437 of 10001
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I didn't hate Party Monster, but I thought Macaulay Culkin was simply awful in it.
The Grudge previews creep me the frell out. I'll probably wait until it moseys along to Netflix to see it, though.
Kalshane - Oct 08, 2004 8:58:47 am PDT #4438 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Finally caught up. So much I wanted to comment on, but I was hundreds of posts behind.
I do have to take a moment to stick up for "The Fifth Element" though, as I love that movie. Yeah, the love bit at the end is silly, but it's a fun over-the-top anime-style action movie. Though it would have been even better if Chris Tucker's character had died painfully. He's the only part of the whole thing that really bothers me.
Kate P. - Oct 08, 2004 9:11:57 am PDT #4439 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
While I wouldn't pick Without a Paddle as a great piece of filmmaking, Seth is a lot of fun in it. If you can stand 95 minutes of Matthew Lillard, it might be worth seeing.
Matt, the previews struck me as overly homophobic, which turned me way the hell off. Is the movie not as bad as the preview made it out to be?
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2004 9:17:00 am PDT #4440 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 08, 2004 9:51:55 am PDT #4441 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
Matt, the previews struck me as overly homophobic, which turned me way the hell off. Is the movie not as bad as the preview made it out to be?
Well, the huddled-together-against-the-rain-in-their-underwear bit is homophobic, but it also turns out to be one of the funnier jokes of the movie. And within the context of the scene I really couldn't blame Dax Kelly's character for not being happy. The only other thing I can think of that's offensive in that way is the scene with the angry lesbian who catches her girlfriend cheating, and that's specifically set up to show Kelly as a clueless horndog.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 08, 2004 9:56:00 am PDT #4442 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The later two Austin Powers movies made the mistake, so common in movies these days, of confusing self-reference and repetition with humor.
It's a mistake that Mike Meyers is especially guilty of. I blame bad habits learned from Lorne Michaels.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 08, 2004 10:09:35 am PDT #4443 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh, and 4s!
Polter-Cow - Oct 08, 2004 10:50:32 am PDT #4444 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I do have to take a moment to stick up for "The Fifth Element" though, as I love that movie.
I'm with you, Kalshane.
tommyrot - Oct 08, 2004 10:54:52 am PDT #4445 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 liked that movie - up until the point where the universe had to be saved by Bruce Willis having sex with a supermodel.