I feel the same way.
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
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Aims - Oct 18, 2004 12:28:55 pm PDT #4681 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
DavidS - Oct 18, 2004 12:31:26 pm PDT #4682 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Heh. It was sort of entertaining, but not enough to make me want to watch it again. Most of my friends adore it. I am a little mystified.
I feel the same way.
Lebowski is almost famously a "grower." You'll be channel flipping and it comes up on cable and you hang around for a few scenes and you start giggling. Except, it doesn't matter what scene you enter on. Definitely gets better on re-view.
Mr. Broom - Oct 18, 2004 12:44:29 pm PDT #4683 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
Hec is correct as all hell. First time by buddy showed me Lebowski, I said, "Why did you make me watch that?" By the second viewing I got it and have been as big a fan as one can be.
Does the spoileriffic cover art for Hudsucker piss anyone else off? First time I saw it was a rental copy and I hadn't seen the art, which gives away the amusing little revelation about halfway through. "You know... for kids!"
Hayden - Oct 18, 2004 12:55:46 pm PDT #4684 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
My wife always says that she hates Lebowski, too, but sits spellbound and laughs like hell whenever we watch any moment of it. It's one of my favorite movies, and ties with Miller's Crossing for title of My Favorite Coen Brothers Movie.
Sean K - Oct 18, 2004 12:57:31 pm PDT #4685 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
BOWLING!
Hayden - Oct 18, 2004 1:01:25 pm PDT #4686 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
We're both fond of the dubbed for TV version, too, which repeatedly features the great line: "This is what it's like to meet a stranger in the Alps!"
Vonnie K - Oct 18, 2004 1:09:39 pm PDT #4687 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
"But the rug tied the room together!"
It does grow on you. The first time I saw it, I thought it was reasonably funny; the second time I found myself giggling helplessly. Now, I make sure I'm never without the ingredients for a White Russian.
Steph L. - Oct 18, 2004 1:15:32 pm PDT #4688 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I don't fucking bowl on the Shabbos!
Best use of Gabriel Byrne ever.
I'm sorry, the correct answer is: Stigmata.
Or maybe the ex-Catholic in me still has a thing for hot priests.
Sean K - Oct 18, 2004 1:17:02 pm PDT #4689 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
"This is what it's like to meet a stranger in the Alps!"
That's very "Yippee Kaiyay, Mister Falcon."
I think my personal favorite re-edit for TV was for a broadcast of Ghostbusters which included first a redub to something along the lines of "Everything was fine until the power grid was shut off by monkey breath over here."
When the mayor asks Venkman "Is this true," they included a whole different take, with Murray looking straight at the camera as he says, "Yes, it's true. This man resembles some kind of animal, I don't know what."
Sean K - Oct 18, 2004 1:19:04 pm PDT #4690 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
"Nihilists? Man. Say what you will about National Socialism, Dude. At least it's an ethos."