I think it would make a great rental. The odd looseness of the structure wouldn't matter at home where you can stop it if you need a break.
Plus a couple of scenes definitely bear a rewatch.
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Scrappy - Nov 10, 2004 6:35:12 pm PST #5604 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 10, 2004 6:36:22 pm PST #5605 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
P-C, you should see The Third Man. One of the more delightfully cynical movies of its day.
Polter-Cow - Nov 10, 2004 6:39:19 pm PST #5606 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I definitely want to, though I always get it confused with The Thin Man.
Sue - Nov 10, 2004 6:46:04 pm PST #5607 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I don't remember much of the Theremin one. But there were Theremins in it.
There was a hilarious bit with Brian Wilson semi melting down.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 10, 2004 6:48:06 pm PST #5608 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I definitely want to, though I always get it confused with The Thin Man.
Also a worthy movie, but I prefer the THIRD MAN. The Thin Man has an excellent detective team though. And a great dog.
tommyrot - Nov 10, 2004 6:54:14 pm PST #5609 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.
I saw one of the Thin Man movies (forget which one). I liked it a lot, except for the racist sight gag involving the dog.
Gris - Nov 10, 2004 10:18:48 pm PST #5610 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Captain Critic (all our insults combined!) doesn't seem to hate The Polar Express
flea - Nov 11, 2004 4:42:31 am PST #5611 of 10001
information libertarian
I love the New York Times on Polar Express:
Tots surely won't recognize that Santa's big entrance in front of the throngs of frenzied elves and awe-struck children directly evokes, however unconsciously, one of Hitler's Nuremberg rally entrances in Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will." But their parents may marvel that when Santa's big red sack of toys is hoisted from factory floor to sleigh it resembles nothing so much as an airborne scrotum.
Lyra Jane - Nov 11, 2004 5:03:53 am PST #5612 of 10001
Up with the sun
They showed a clip from the movie during Gilmore Girls last night. It was awful. Not only did all the characters look totally freaky, but they must have hired the cheapest composer in Hollywood. The song sucked, and Tom Hanks cannot sing
It was HIDEOUS. I kept waiting for it to stop and it ... kept .... going ... a .... little .... longer.
Really, if you WANT to write a Busby Berkley number about hot chocolate, okay, I can feel that. But a)the song needed more than five freaking words if they were going to drag it out that long, becausre the lyrics were insanely annoying; and b)it looked like they took the cups back before the children could have POSSIBLY had time to drink it, which is just mean after all the song and dance.
Plus, the animation process creeps me out on a very visceral level. It's one of those movies that makes me glad I don't have kids and cannot be dragged to it.
sumi - Nov 11, 2004 5:13:49 am PST #5613 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, the Polar Express thing just bugs me -- it looks so wrong somehow.