I heard a comedienne do a funny riff on her once, asking if she was the daughter of a studio head.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2004 1:06:55 pm PDT #5138 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
jentk421 - Oct 26, 2004 1:48:44 pm PDT #5139 of 10001
Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go, when things have gotten about as bad as they can reasonably get.
It was Paula Poundstone: "What is Darryl Hanna doing in a film? Does her dad own a studio or something? She is the worst piece of shit actress I’ve ever seen in my life. She’s painfully, wretchedly, horribly bad. And people say, well she’s pretty. And I agree that she’s pretty, I think she’s beautiful, but couldn’t we just have a picture of her in the upper corner of the screen? Does she have to try to move and talk like that? Because I think those are the two problem areas for her, the moving and the talking. Without that she’s golden. Cause she hasn't really played a human being that many times if you think about it. What did she do? Splash, Blade Runner, and Clan of the Cave Bear. So she's played a fish, a robot, and a missing link. I'm willing to bet you she was best in Clan of the Cave Bear."
Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 1:50:25 pm PDT #5140 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Splash, Blade Runner, and Clan of the Cave Bear. So she's played a fish, a robot, and a missing link. I'm willing to bet you she was best in Clan of the Cave Bear."
Ooh yeah, she was pretty cool in Blade Runner, though. Did she do her own gymnastics?
jentk421 - Oct 26, 2004 2:02:37 pm PDT #5141 of 10001
Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go, when things have gotten about as bad as they can reasonably get.
No, according to IMDB they had a stunt gymnast. One scene was even done by a male gymnast when they needed a replacement in a pinch.
One of my guilty pleasures is High Spirits, which not only has Darly Hannah (as a ghost this time) but also Steve Guttenberg. I also like Steel Magnolias, but she isn't really a factor in my enjoyment of it.
Alicia K - Oct 26, 2004 2:22:14 pm PDT #5142 of 10001
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I think she’s beautiful, but couldn’t we just have a picture of her in the upper corner of the screen?
BWA!
Alibelle - Oct 26, 2004 2:24:00 pm PDT #5143 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
She makes a good mermaid?
I watched that movie all the time when I was little. I liked it so much. Although I thought they made a mistake in making her tail orange. I thought it should be pink, or at least green, if it couldn't be pink. Orange is so ugly.
Mr. Broom - Oct 26, 2004 4:05:23 pm PDT #5144 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
First full frontal nudity I ever saw. I was, like, six. Mess you up.
Sean K - Oct 26, 2004 4:49:20 pm PDT #5145 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
My apologies to everyone for my being an ass, by the way.
Gris - Oct 26, 2004 5:32:49 pm PDT #5146 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I'm not sure it's fair to say that The Grudge is being universally panned. That's a perfectly reasonable score - mediocre, sure, not as good as The Ring got, but not all that much worse. And definitely better than, say, Surviving christmas. Plenty of (not professional critic) people I know didn't like The Ring, either, and the critics' score seems to reflect that it's not for everybody - people that don't scare easily or don't LIKE being scared aren't going to like the movie. Personally, it scared the bejesus out of me, and that's what I wanted out of the movie, so I loved it. If I get that out of The Grudge then it, too, will have done what I wanted it to do.
My personal score for The Ring? 7/10, maybe. Because, despite scaring the crap out of me, it failed to grab me enough that I have any intention of buying it, ever. It wasn't The Shining, you know? So I understand where the critics were coming from on that, and maybe The Grudge is from the same place. Which doesn't stop me from wanting to see it. Soon.
t /Professional Critics Defender
Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 5:35:34 pm PDT #5147 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It wasn't The Shining, you know?
The Shining is overrated. Ooh, buckets of blood. Ooh, kid on a trike. Scary.