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.
Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.
'War Stories'
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Hayden - Dec 01, 2004 5:18:35 am PST #6468 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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...
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 01, 2004 7:46:35 am PST #6471 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
For me, I guess the difference was that I really sympathized with Farrell's and Spacek's characters in the latter and could at least empathize somewhat with the others, whereas I just wanted to slap (or pistol whip) the idiocy out of all the characters in the former.
beekaytee - Dec 01, 2004 8:11:17 am PST #6472 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Well there you have it!
If I'd had been at all articulate, my thoughts would have been Matt's.
Kate P. - Dec 01, 2004 8:14:06 am PST #6473 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I know it's a minority opinion round here, but I really love Y Tu Mama Tambien. It just works for me.
Polter-Cow - Dec 01, 2004 8:25:00 am PST #6474 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I know it's a minority opinion round here, but I really love Y Tu Mama Tambien. It just works for me.
Wait, that's the minority opinion round here?
Woo, I'm in the majority!
Steph L. - Dec 01, 2004 8:32:46 am PST #6475 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Ah, good old Y Tu Mama Tambien, with the anvilly preachy voiceovers.
Honestly, a big part of why I didn't like the movie was that it had been hyped as this great deep, moving art film, when, basically, it was just Threesome set in Mexico.
Jessica - Dec 01, 2004 8:42:13 am PST #6476 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Honestly, a big part of why I didn't like the movie was that it had been hyped as this great deep, moving art film, when, basically, it was just Threesome set in Mexico.
I loathed the voiceovers. They seemed to be telling me that if I was paying attention to the plot of the movie, I was Missing The Big Picture. And if there's anything I dislike more than pointless narration, it's condescending pointless narration. Feh.
Scrappy - Dec 01, 2004 8:54:52 am PST #6477 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Count me in on loving the movie. I liked the voiceovers and liked the class allegory AND the threesome part of it. Part of the reason I liked the voiceovers is that most films like to show you images and say whatever you are looking at is what we want you to think about. In this film the image said one thing and the VO said another and I liked the tension between the two.
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