There are some really odd choices on that list.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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DXMachina - Nov 29, 2004 12:10:12 pm PST #6417 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Lyra Jane - Nov 29, 2004 12:22:24 pm PST #6418 of 10001
Up with the sun
Also, when Carey Elwes is not in Princess Bride or Robin Hood: Men In Tights, he's not a very good actor.
This is what I think, too. He seems to be especially bad when he has to do an American accent.
What was the hivemind opinion on Ginger Snaps II? I rented it last night and really enjoyed it -- very creepy, and the screenplay has a near-Buffy-level mixture of snark and horror.
beekaytee - Nov 29, 2004 12:34:51 pm PST #6419 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
a criminal waste of Jeremy Piven.
Can I just say Cupid?
And where are those frelling dvds!?
As for Ginger Snaps II. I liked the dialogue a lot and the characters well enough. The bad seed
girl was creeptastic.
But, I didn't like the ending at all. Felt like it brought down the franchise a bit. All in all though, I was glad I saw it.
I'm thinking of buying Ginger Snaps I. Anybody seen III!The prequel? (sheesh)
Polter-Cow - Nov 29, 2004 12:43:41 pm PST #6420 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What was the hivemind opinion on Ginger Snaps II? I rented it last night and really enjoyed it -- very creepy, and the screenplay has a near-Buffy-level mixture of snark and horror.
Not as good as the first one, but all right. Lemme Nilly.
Beej "Buffista Movies 2: (Working Title)" Jul 2, 2004 9:38:01 am PDT
And then my thoughts are here:
Polter-Cow "Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned" Jul 16, 2004 4:29:12 pm PDT
Lyra Jane - Nov 29, 2004 12:50:16 pm PST #6421 of 10001
Up with the sun
Yeah, i agree it's not as good as the original, in part because Ginger is dead, and the sister's interplay was one of the best things in the first one.. But I enjoyed Brigitte's interplay with the clinic director. And Ghost was just ... astounding, in writing and in execution. The ending was a little lame, but I can go with it.
Also, did anyone know the actress who plays Brigitte was the young Beverly in the miniseries of It, which gave me bad dreams many years ago? Quite the creeptastic career she's had.
Zenkitty - Nov 29, 2004 1:14:27 pm PST #6422 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Kathy, I saw Christmas with the Kranks, and I disliked it immensely.
beekaytee - Nov 29, 2004 1:43:34 pm PST #6423 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
P-C really captured my Ginger Snaps 2 experience. That boy can turn a phrase.
beekaytee - Nov 29, 2004 1:50:00 pm PST #6424 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Well, Ginger Snaps Back (clevah) has done pretty well in the Netflix reviews. It's now at the top of my queue.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 29, 2004 2:03:33 pm PST #6425 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
So, in this version Kong and the girl do it?
Didn't see the Jessica Lange version, didja?
Has anyone seen Christmas with the Kranks? I clicked over to Rotten Tomatoes, and it has a 4 percent rating, the lowest I ever remember seeing there.
Good Lord! That rating is lower than Catwoman and The Cat in the Hat, and only rivalled by House of the Dead. I'd heard bad reviews, but nothing to indicate there was a need to round up a lynch mob to prevent the director from filming again...
Kathy A - Nov 29, 2004 2:32:37 pm PST #6426 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I read a few of the bad reviews for Xmas/Kranks, and the common thread was the sheer detest everyone had for the central theme that "Americans must march in lock-step with their neighbors, especially when it comes to crass commercialism in the holidays."