I saw it. I liked it, especially the performances, whcih were impressive all the way around. I felt the last 45 minutes was a little draggy, but on the whole I was engrossed throughout.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
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Scrappy - Nov 29, 2004 9:23:20 am PST #6387 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Nutty - Nov 29, 2004 9:24:23 am PST #6388 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
We're generally in agreement, Jessica -- both Theo and I wanted more context too. Or, more of a sense of the social impact. But I imagine it's hard to show visually how frightening new knowledge can be to those firmly entrenched in old/wrong knowledge.
Jessica - Nov 29, 2004 9:26:55 am PST #6389 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Even just a few datestamps would have made me happy. The age makeup wasn't good enough for me to judge when things were happening in the last half of the film.
Steph L. - Nov 29, 2004 9:27:42 am PST #6390 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Does. Dr. Kinsey sing "Like a Virgin"?
Nutty - Nov 29, 2004 9:31:48 am PST #6391 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I'm afraid not. There is no recreational singing in this movie.
Word on the need for datestamps -- for some reason I totally forgot there were 1920s and 1930s in the mix, and was very confused when a montage whipped right through 15 years of childrearing in the middle of the movie. Also, we wondered after how Clyde had avoided the draft, and how the war would have affected the student body of UI Bloomington.
Theodosia - Nov 29, 2004 9:32:15 am PST #6392 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Does. Dr. Kinsey sing "Like a Virgin"?No, but the end credits include documentary footage of animals Doing It. You will never look at porcupines the same way again....
Glamcookie - Nov 29, 2004 9:33:55 am PST #6393 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I want to see Kinsey. And Spongebob!
Frankenbuddha - Nov 29, 2004 9:34:06 am PST #6394 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
No, but the end credits include documentary footage of animals Doing It. You will never look at porcupines the same way again....
That reminds me of the old joke: How do porcupines have sex? Very carefully.
DXMachina - Nov 29, 2004 9:40:39 am PST #6395 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
No, but the end credits include documentary footage of animals Doing It. You will never look at porcupines the same way again....
Birds do it,
Bees do it,
Even educated fleas do it...
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2004 9:42:49 am PST #6396 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.
A visit to the set of Peter Jackson's Kink Kong
"To live the rest of your life trying to top 'Lord of the Rings' would be a foolish and unsatisfying thing to do. So you set your sights on making a thoroughly entertaining movie so that people are not disappointed. It is highly unlikely 'King Kong' will ever make more money than 'Lord of the Rings'."
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Andy Serkis, whose acting was the basis for the digital Gollum, will "play" Kong
Some of the details might be spoilers? I haven't seen the original in ages.