First full frontal nudity I ever saw. I was, like, six. Mess you up.
Jayne: Anybody remember her comin' at me with a butcher's knife? Wash: Wacky fun.
'Objects In Space'
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.
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
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.
Gris - Oct 26, 2004 5:38:46 pm PDT #5148 of 10001
Hey. New board.
The Shining is overrated.
I'm gonna pretend you didn't say this.
Even if you don't find it scary - which I, frankly, cannot comprehend, but I've got lots of "I first saw it in second grade and it gave me nightmares that recur to this day" history there - then it's STILL a fantastically directed, written, and acted film. With a killer score.
Thomash - Oct 26, 2004 5:40:38 pm PDT #5149 of 10001
I have a plan.
And Scatman Cruthers.
Not sure of the spelling on his name there.
Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 5:40:45 pm PDT #5150 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
it's STILL a fantastically directed, written, and acted film.
I thought Jack Nicholson's performance was overrated. He went from zero to crazy in two seconds. There was no nuance.
Gris - Oct 26, 2004 5:43:40 pm PDT #5151 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Are you sure we watched the same movie?
tommyrot - Oct 26, 2004 5:44:52 pm PDT #5152 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.
all work and no play makes Polter-Cow a dull boy...
Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 5:45:10 pm PDT #5153 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Have you read the book? That could be it.