I'm with Plei. That movie made me bugfuck.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Consuela - Oct 17, 2004 3:09:00 pm PDT #4602 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Ginger - Oct 17, 2004 3:15:37 pm PDT #4603 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
True Lies has possibly the most appalling view of women ever filmed, with the added insult of gratuitous ethnic stereotyping. I would have walked out, except that I was paralyzed by anger.
alienprayer - Oct 17, 2004 3:21:15 pm PDT #4604 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
But it is a wonderful parable of Arnold's barely repressed homosexuality. He stays away from JLC so he can hang out with his overcompensating buddy Tom Arnold and his quirky vaguely foreign coworker. He becomes obsessed with big moustache Paxton after Paxton speaks of boy's asses.
Sure, it's no Commando, but even Tia Carrerre only gets his attention because he loves to dance.
§ ita § - Oct 17, 2004 3:25:24 pm PDT #4605 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, man, that movie is only appreciated by me in any way because I thought Tom Arnold was great.
Other than that, sheer hatred, and I'll never watch it again.
Maysa - Oct 17, 2004 3:26:36 pm PDT #4606 of 10001
The only time I've seen True Lies was when it was dubbed into Spanish, and oddly, I kind of liked it. That might be because my Spanish is pretty poor so I didn't understand most of the dialogue and I also didn't have to listen to the Arnolds (Schwarzenegger and Tom) voices.
Stephanie - Oct 17, 2004 3:47:30 pm PDT #4607 of 10001
Trust my rage
I loved True Lies for the reasons P-C mentioned. I don't remember feeling it was sexist, but I'll have to keep an eye out for that the next time I run into it.
Sean K - Oct 17, 2004 3:51:51 pm PDT #4608 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Oh, man, that movie is only appreciated by me in any way because I thought Tom Arnold was great.
ita is me on this.
But aside from Tom Arnold, what Plei, 'Suela and GInger said.
Gris - Oct 17, 2004 5:57:10 pm PDT #4609 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I laughed from moment one to moment last of TA:WP. The songs are the best thing in the whole wide world.
tommyrot - Oct 17, 2004 6:01:31 pm PDT #4610 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.
The songs are the best thing in the whole wide world.
I loved the songs a lot. But I think I lauged loudest when two of the TA:WP were trapped in the room with the panthers - that turned out to be two black housecats. But then there were parts of that where I was the only one laughing, so maybe it's just me....
Gris - Oct 17, 2004 6:02:34 pm PDT #4611 of 10001
Hey. New board.
That, too, was awesome. Personally, I laughed the hardest any time they were making fun of a Broadway musical.