The Marx Brothers are timelessly hilarious. I'm so proud of Emmett
It's all about the coat.
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Sean K - Nov 30, 2004 7:37:25 pm PST #6461 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
JZ - Nov 30, 2004 7:46:53 pm PST #6462 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Proud of Emmett? Pah! What about MY achievement? A black-and-white movie starring a bunch of dead people is one hell of a hard sell to a Yu-Gi-Oh card collecting, Teen Titans obsessed eight-year-old.
Emmett started out saying that not only had he never seen a Marx Brothers movie, he highly doubted he ever would. It took some serious pimping (Anarchy, Anarchy, and possibly Anarachy; Groucho insults everyone to their faces; Chico is a crook; Harpo's pockets are full of weird-ass shit) to get him to even consider it.
Of course, it was easy once Groucho tried to put his coat on and found a puppy in his sleeve, and once Emmett saw Harpo pick the same five dollars out of the same man's pocket three times and then steal his sock, he was good and hooked, but getting him there willingly was no small task.
Do I at least get a toasting-fork?
Sean K - Nov 30, 2004 7:52:08 pm PST #6463 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Your achievement is quite impressive too, JZ. I'm just proud of Emmett's good taste.
Kathy A - Nov 30, 2004 8:29:34 pm PST #6464 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yay for Marx Brothers pimpage!!! I say it calls for at least a decent bagel toaster. Try A Night at the Opera on Emmett next--the state room sequence (where they fit everyone and their mothers into the one room) is the best.
Mr. Broom - Nov 30, 2004 8:53:42 pm PST #6465 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
Re: good non-Princess Brider performances by Cary Elwes: Shadow of the Vampire. Brilliant freaking film. Malkovich and Dafoe are, of course, great in it, but Elwes really nailed his part, I thought.
Sean K - Nov 30, 2004 9:04:07 pm PST #6466 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'd forgotten he was in that. Yeah, that was a good performance.
Alibelle - Nov 30, 2004 9:33:30 pm PST #6467 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Cary Elwes was also good in Ella Enchanted. But that was kind of farcical.
I adore The Grinch. It's the best Christmas half hour ever spent.
Surprisingly, like P-C, I simply adored Moulin Rouge, including Nicole. I love it. Yet, when I rewatch, I tend to skip over a lot of the scenes on speed at the begining. And I really love playing with the extras, where you can edit the Roxanne scene yourself. So fun.
Thank you, Matt, for articulating so well the problems I too had with Bridget 2. And I'd add that I hated having to feel embarrassed for Bridget, and I hated feeling like I should watch from the hall, and I really hated that they made her look really plain. There was NO reason for her to be splotchy and basically makeup-less throughout the movie, or for her hair to look as though it never gets brushed, ever. Also, it looked as though Renee had been on some sort of crazy salt diet. She looked puffy, not like she just had a few extra pounds. She looked unhealthy. It was disappointing.
And I'm done being superficial, for now.
Hayden - Dec 01, 2004 5:18:35 am PST #6468 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Go, JZ!
once Emmett saw Harpo pick the same five dollars out of the same man's pocket three times and then steal his sock, he was good and hooked
That's one of my favorite scenes in that movie, too.
DavidS - Dec 01, 2004 5:59:32 am PST #6469 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Got out of the shower this morning to hear Emmett in full belly laugh, watching the Marx Brothers again creating mayhem at the race track.
I owe my wife a toaster.
beekaytee - Dec 01, 2004 6:32:47 am PST #6470 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Had consecutive viewings of Y Tu Mama Tambien and A Home At The End of the World this week.
I was surprised by the similarities between them and that I liked Home so much better, despite all the terrible things I'd heard about it. (Colin's Hair! Saptastica!)
Not sure why, but Y Tu Mama, which I really wanted to love, just made me crushingly sad...from the very beginning.
Perhaps a rewatch is in order...