I finally saw The Big Lebowski and found it quite funny indeed. Not as hysterically funny as the people in the room who had clearly already seen it (as you say, it's a grower), but very funny. I like how the plot meanders but builds: the movie is well paced by virtue of each plot point's being a direct result of the previous plot point.
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
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Polter-Cow - Nov 13, 2004 10:20:27 pm PST #5740 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Mr. Broom - Nov 14, 2004 10:02:23 am PST #5741 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
My friends keep wanting to play the Big Lebowski game with me, which involves smoking a joint and/or drinking a Caucasian whenever the Dude does. I'm not one for either activity, besides which it's damn near impossible to make it through the entire movie conscious that way, as they've proven during previous attempts. Still, as movie drinking games go, it's one of the more amusing ones just for its being ridiculous.
Thomash - Nov 14, 2004 11:12:08 am PST #5742 of 10001
I have a plan.
Try playing the Tombstone drinking game. Every time Val takes a drink, you take a shot of tequila.
Aims - Nov 14, 2004 11:13:13 am PST #5743 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
That shit'll fuck you up.
Jars - Nov 14, 2004 11:18:21 am PST #5744 of 10001
My personal favourite is drinking every time Frodo looks meaningfully at Sam in LotR.
Burrell - Nov 14, 2004 12:29:46 pm PST #5745 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I have a friend who once thought up a drinking game (one we never dared play) called "Keeping Up with the Oldsters." It involved renting an old film from the 40s or 50s, like The Thin Man, and then trying to keep up with the characters whenever they drink. We figured that you'd probably pass out if you even tried it.
Thomash - Nov 14, 2004 12:33:43 pm PST #5746 of 10001
I have a plan.
You definitely would if you played it with 'The Thin Man'.
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2004 1:40:16 pm PST #5747 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Nora: Say, how many drinks have you had?
Nick: This will make six martinis.
Nora (to waiter): All right. Will you bring me five more martinis, Leo? And line them right up here.
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2004 1:59:04 pm PST #5748 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Also, saw The Incredibles this afternoon. SUCH a kick-ass movie. The closing credits are right up there with the Alex Ross Spider-Man 2 opening credits in terms of Really Fucking Awesome.
I'm curious, though: Jess, you said there were crypoints for you -- what were they? Because I didn't have any, and while I am heartless, I usually tear up when appropriate.
Also, Syndrome is totally the Heat Miser. It made me laugh. And I *need* a lava wall in my apartment.
Anne W. - Nov 14, 2004 2:41:15 pm PST #5749 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm curious, though: Jess, you said there were crypoints for you -- what were they?
I'm not Jess (duh!), but the crypoint in the movie for me was when Mr. Incredible tried to keep his wife out of the fight at the end, and kind of broke down and said "I can't lose you again!"