Wasn't it itself a remake of a French film or something?
"Les Onze du Mer"?
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First of all, 'Posse?' Passé
Cordelia ,'Potential'
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Steph L. - Nov 02, 2004 7:29:15 am PST #5392 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Lee - Nov 02, 2004 7:56:53 am PST #5393 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
How do you say "Steph sucks" in French?
Steph L. - Nov 02, 2004 7:59:20 am PST #5394 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"Steph est la plus belle du tout!"
lisah - Nov 02, 2004 8:03:58 am PST #5395 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
The Rat Pack Ocean's Eleven was pretty mediocre
There are a couple of good bits but really it's one of the most boring movies ever.
Lee - Nov 02, 2004 8:07:17 am PST #5396 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
"Steph est la plus belle du tout!"
Hmm. Somehow I am thinking not.
Mr. Broom - Nov 02, 2004 8:14:30 am PST #5397 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
Lewis Milestone has said that directing the original "Ocean's 11" was the worst experience of his filmmaking career. The only reason it and most of the other Rat Pack movies were even made was that the entire Pack was in the same place at the same time for extended engagements, so the studio decided to capitalize on a unique opportunity to make a film, regardless of how good any of them were at acting. Sinatra routinely showed up late to the set and usually drunk too, and he and the others would frequently ad-lib when they just didn't like the lines they were given. They're fun movies, but I'd never call them good. Soderbergh made a good and fun flick.
Sean K - Nov 02, 2004 8:22:34 am PST #5398 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
But I just visited one of the stores (to buy comics)
What's the store? Is it Secret Stash gone national? (And where's one here in LA?)
But Ocean's Eleven doesn't suck
The Rat Pack Ocean's Eleven was pretty mediocre.
Actually, having seen the Soderburgh version first, I thought the Rat Pack version blew chunks. It was incredibly boring, and they were all supposed to be just regular Joes. They didn't have the hip, detached slickness of the recent one that made it so much fun.
§ ita § - Nov 02, 2004 8:30:15 am PST #5399 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's now a Secret Stash in Westwood. It opened in September.
Sean K - Nov 02, 2004 8:36:17 am PST #5400 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Huh. Thanks ita.
evil jimi - Nov 04, 2004 6:54:27 am PST #5401 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
For an oldie-but-goodie horror spoof, I remember liking Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein, with appearances by Dracula and the Wolf Man, IIRC. I remember seeing it when I was in junior high and giggling pretty much nonstop. It might be less funny now, though.
Hah! I just downloaded this movie via Bittorrent. It hasn't been released on DVD in Oz and I haven't seen it on the teev for donkey's years, so it was nice to revisit it. I went off most Abbot & Costello movies years ago but I thought this flick was still funny.