Kathy BATES as the Marquesa? oy.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Consuela - Nov 15, 2004 7:04:31 pm PST #5788 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Polter-Cow - Nov 15, 2004 7:12:28 pm PST #5789 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I haven't read the book since tenth grade, but I loved it then. I just loved the whole idea of it. I forget whether that was before or after I read Skin of Our Teeth, which cemented my love of Thornton Wilder for having a dinosaur randomly appear on the lawn.
evil jimi - Nov 15, 2004 7:34:59 pm PST #5790 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Oh, they're never going to recoup that. Slow opening weekends can be overcome by a sleeper hit, but I don't think there's ever been a $270 million sleeper hit. Maybe My Big Fat Greek Wedding, once you factor in foreign grosses, but it made its money over more than a year and the word of mouth wasn't of the "it's the eeriest thing you've ever seen!" variety.
Matt ... MBFGW isn't a good comparison b/c it was actually a monster freak of a hit. IMDB list the budget as an estimated 5 million (that seems a bit low for a US movie, so I'd put the budget nearer to 10 million minimum) but it raked in over 240 million at the US box office alone.
The only computer animated movie I'm waiting to see besides The Incredibles, is the new one by the makers of Ice Age, called, Robots. Saw the trailer over at Apple and it looks great.
Aims - Nov 15, 2004 7:38:22 pm PST #5791 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Aimee, did you know there's an adorable AA Milne poem called Emmeline?
I didn't know!!! Must to find right exactly now!!
Holli - Nov 15, 2004 8:31:31 pm PST #5792 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Skin of Our Teeth! I only read it because it was in the same volume as Our Town, and the rest of the class was taking too long, but I ended up really enjoying it. Such an odd play-- I can see why Our Town is better known, but they're both very good.
Kathy A - Nov 15, 2004 8:36:03 pm PST #5793 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I recently saw a trailer online for the new Merchant of Venice film, with Pacino as Shylock. Has anyone heard any early news on if this might be any good or not?
Sean K - Nov 15, 2004 8:47:26 pm PST #5794 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
He thinks it's the best adventure movie ever made.
Is he at all a Connery Bond fan? I noticed that there were distinct nods to Dr. No and Diamonds Are Forever, and in several spots the music had a very Bond quality to it.
Anne W. - Nov 16, 2004 2:01:16 am PST #5795 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Another thing I loved about The Incredibles was that the makers went to the trouble of showing that Frozone couldn't make ice if there was no moisture in the air.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2004 4:20:57 am PST #5796 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They could just cast Julia Roberts as the female lead, and make extraplus sure I'll never watch it:
Tom Hanks is leading the way to star in the big screen adaptation of bestselling drama novel The Da Vinci Code. According to trade paper Hollywood Reporter, Hanks is the favorite to land the lead role of art historian Professor Robert Langdon in the big screen take of Dan Brown's book. The Oscar-winning actor is reportedly already in talks with Columbia Pictures studio bosses and director Ron Howard about the coveted role. In Brown's book, Langdon is the man who cracks the mystery of the renowned Holy Grail. The film is expected to begin shooting next year.
Jim - Nov 16, 2004 4:34:24 am PST #5797 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Given that the sole piece of characterisation in the whole book is the repeated "Langdon clenches his manly jaw" variations, casting ol'potato face is kind of perverse.