I think they should reshoot the movie so it's just 100 minutes of Gandolfini beating the crap out of Affleck using assorted methods.
Nothin'. I just wanted you to face me so she could get behind ya.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2004 8:53:39 am PDT #5085 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
DavidS - Oct 26, 2004 9:01:20 am PDT #5086 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What the music guy actually means Don't Look Now.
hangs head in filmic shame
Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 9:20:03 am PDT #5087 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Did anyone read the "review" of The Machinist in last week's EW? Didn't really discuss the movie, but instead took Bale to task for losing all that weight when there are hungry people in the world.
ita, I saw that. And I was a little miffed that Lisa Schwarzbaum described my weight as "skeletal."
Jessica - Oct 26, 2004 9:20:49 am PDT #5088 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The EW Machinist review.
Ah, Lisa Schwartzbaum. Her reviews tend to be oddly issue-focused rather than movie-focused.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2004 9:21:52 am PDT #5089 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was a little miffed that Lisa Schwarzbaum described my weight as "skeletal."
How tall are you?
I think she was on crack, rude, and pointless. He is looking disturbing, very skeletal, but come the fuck on, lady. You're first world too, and I bet you take all sorts of advantage of your privilege.
Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 9:23:39 am PDT #5090 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
How tall are you?
5' 7" or 5' 8". I've never really picked one.
I think she was on crack, rude, and pointless.
Seriously. It's a movie. He did it for a role. It was the nature of the character. Get over it.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2004 9:27:10 am PDT #5091 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
5' 7" or 5' 8". I've never really picked one.
Skeletal is related to height. He's listed at 6'2. On him, the weight is as skeletal as I'm even slightly comfortable considering.
Signed,
Not Seeing The Movie For Reasons Of Discomfort But Doesn't Think That Makes It A Bad Movie.
Thomash - Oct 26, 2004 9:29:21 am PDT #5092 of 10001
I have a plan.
I don't think that's a fair thing to say at all, let alone without seeing the movie.
In Sean's defence, he didn't call anybody a moron. And I don't think he intended to personally insult anybody by making a generalization on 'mainstream' critics inability to enjoy some thinking movies.
As far as not seeing the movie yet, perhaps he should have used the original's title when putting in his two cents. But it is his understanding that The Grudge was shot so fairly indentically to the original, that I guess he felt comfortable enough to make a judgement call.
Jessica - Oct 26, 2004 9:34:14 am PDT #5093 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Signed, Not Seeing The Movie For Reasons Of Discomfort But Doesn't Think That Makes It A Bad Movie.
Leaning towards that myself. Will probably end up seeing it anyway.
But it is his understanding that The Grudge was shot so fairly indentically to the original, that I guess he felt comfortable enough to make a judgement call.
Dude, if that were all it took, Gus Van Sant's Psycho should have been a masterpiece.
Hayden - Oct 26, 2004 9:37:01 am PDT #5094 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Must. Own. This. MUST, I tell you!
Jilli, you'd freakin' love it (if you don't already).
As far as owning it, get it sent overnight from Facets: [link]
Here's Facets' review:
Guy Maddin (Tales from the Gimli Hospital) brings his unique vision to Bram Stoker's archetypal novel and creates one of the finest cinematic adaptations of the classic vampire tale to date. An ode to silent cinema shot entirely in black and white with injections of red, the film successfully transposes the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's interpretation of Dracula from stage to screen without losing a drop of the dance's eroticism, subtle humor and lush, stylized movement. "Victorian sexuality and melodrama are brought together in a shadow world of expressionistic images and an athletic, almost rabid, choreography" (Bruce Diones, The New Yorker).
And here's a review from High Hat contributor and all around cineaste George Wu: [link]