I have nothing against him at all, but I also don't really get all the love for him either.
Have you seen him in his classic HK movies, Alibelle? Like A Better Tomorrow or Full Contact?
And we live to fight another day.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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DavidS - Dec 20, 2004 6:15:20 pm PST #7293 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Alibelle - Dec 20, 2004 6:23:11 pm PST #7294 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
Nope. ita threatened to sit me down and make me watch a bunch of Hong Kong movies once. Or maybe it was just Bruce Lee movies. I don't really remember. That's the closest connection I can come up with to seeing HK movies, though.
Gandalfe - Dec 20, 2004 8:04:41 pm PST #7295 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I really hope SMG doesn't get cast. Too short. I'd like to see Angelina Jolie in that outfit . . . . Oh, god, would I.
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2004 8:17:13 pm PST #7296 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I gotta go with Allyson's suggestion of Gina Torres. Just gotta.
Glamcookie - Dec 21, 2004 2:09:22 pm PST #7297 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
Dude, I'd take Angelina or Gina. Mrowr.
Has anyone seen/heard anything about A Tale of Two Sisters? Looks creepy but kinda in a good way. [link]
Mikey - Dec 21, 2004 2:28:33 pm PST #7298 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
Dude, I'd take Angelina or Gina. Mrowr.
I'll second that "Mrowr." Also, thanks for the link. Now I wanna see A Tale of Two Sisters!
Alibelle - Dec 21, 2004 9:39:32 pm PST #7299 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
So, I saw The Big Easy last night. Either that movie has the most abrupt ending ever, or for some reason it was edited for TV. I'm not sure. Otherwise, I liked it. It felt very New Orleans.
Beverly - Dec 21, 2004 10:50:53 pm PST #7300 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Now that you've seen The Big Easy, when Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn arrive at Meduseld in TTT and Hama tells them they have to disarm before he can let them enter, and the three divest themselves of bow, quiver, knife, sword, shurikan, garrotte, ankle gun and brass knuckles? I always expect Gimli to mutter, "And if that don't work, I piss on 'em."
Alibelle - Dec 21, 2004 11:12:38 pm PST #7301 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
I can certainly see why.
Though the funniness of that still wouldn't entice me to watch TTT.
Nutty - Dec 22, 2004 6:19:31 am PST #7302 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Hilarious cruelty alert:
Of course, Lord Lloyd Webber's music is the whole point of the film, and Joel Schumacher, the director, does his best to find a visual style to match the vulgarity and pretentiousness of the soundtrack.
A. O. Scott (NY Times) vs. Phantom of the Opera. Scott 1, Opera 0.