I'm afraid to see that movie, because I love the book so much, and Bogie looks so wrong -- even though he's great in the part, he does not look like a blond devil. Does not.
Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.
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Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Jesse - Nov 18, 2004 10:24:09 am PST #5979 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
DavidS - Nov 18, 2004 10:27:17 am PST #5980 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's a great movie, Jesse. Just a little incoherent, but all kinds of great dialogue and chemistry and atmosphere.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 18, 2004 10:35:22 am PST #5981 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So they picked the most va-va-va-voom girl they could get, dyed her hair brown, put glasses on and let Bogie set her aflame.
The implications of how they passed the time are almost at the level of "Kirk pulls on his boots while sitting on the bed".
DavidS - Nov 18, 2004 10:50:46 am PST #5982 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
DavidS - Nov 18, 2004 11:06:03 am PST #5983 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Heh. The world's first (and I suspect only) Dorothy Malone Opera Glove Gallery.
Connie Neil - Nov 18, 2004 11:23:43 am PST #5984 of 10001
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Actually, Bogie got to show off a lot of chemistry in that movie - he had that great scene in the bookstore when he lets the (really cute) clerk in on what he's doing vis-a-vis the bookstore across the street.
Yes! The first I saw the movie I went, "Wait a minute! I thought he was after Bacall? Who's she now?"
Polter-Cow - Nov 18, 2004 2:37:13 pm PST #5985 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I believe ita, at least, will enjoy today's IMDb poll:
It looks as if Tom Hanks is going to star in the Holy Grail mystery thriller The DaVinci Code. What should they do to the adaptation of the runaway bestseller to make it more "Hanksian"?
- Add a small mouse who leads him to the clues about the Holy Grail
- Team him up with an American astronaut, played by Tim Allen
- Turn it into a computer-animated extravaganza where he plays all the characters
- Bring in Wilson the Volleyball as a sidekick
- Introduce historical figure Mary "The Mermaid" Magdalene
- Put one of the clues inside a box of chocolates
- Add dancing keyboard sequence in the Louvre
- Set it in outer space, call it The Apollo Code 13
- Have him accidentally "out" DaVinci during an acceptance speech
- Go for broke -- cast Meg Ryan and turn it into a romantic comedy caper
Results here, until tomorrow.
§ ita § - Nov 18, 2004 3:41:05 pm PST #5986 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Meg Ryan! Better call than Julia Roberts.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 18, 2004 4:19:33 pm PST #5987 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh yeah! Plus, there's a chance that the combined saccharine levels could put whoever greenlighted this turkey into a diabetic coma when he watches the dailies.
§ ita § - Nov 18, 2004 4:55:41 pm PST #5988 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, dear. I'm reading this entry in People's sexiest men and notice the phrase:
he'll romance Meg Ryan for In the Land of Women
oh, ick.