Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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I've been spending the last week fighting with conservatives who refuse to see Farenheit 9/11 but feel qualified to lecture me on how it's not factual. So I've bookmarked Michael Moore's site for reference. Admittedly it's not unbiased, but at least it's focused on the facts in question.
Otherwise, I'm sitting here getting depressed about Sci-Fi's Earthsea attempt. The previews are looking a lot different from the books.
Desk Set is freaking awesome. See it!
Also awesome? Ocean's Eleven. SO FUN. I love heist movies, I love each of the people in it, I love Vegas. Really, you can't go wrong.
I love heist movies, I love each of the people in it, I love Vegas. Really, you can't go wrong.
So The Score wouldn't have sucked had it been in Vegas?
Plus there's a romantic triangle.
Desk Set has one of my favorite lines of gal-to-gal advice, about a fella who's taking Katherine Hepburn's character for granted (advice delivered by the fabulous Joan Blondell): "You're like an old coat that's hanging in his closet. Every time he reaches in, there you are. Don't be there once."
I'm sitting here getting depressed about Sci-Fi's Earthsea attempt. The previews are looking a lot different from the books.
All I've seen is the three-second ad on SFC, and what I've heard about the casting. Those in themselves are enough to make me nervous. It makes it all sound... twee.
Sigh.
So The Score wouldn't have sucked had it been in Vegas?
I didn't hate The Score. Granted, it was Generic Heist Movie, Style 7 Plus Twist C, but still. Heist. Plust great cast.
Was that the one with Ed Norton? I liked that one too.
And I liked Reign of Fire, in that profoundly cheesy way. But as far as eye candy went, not bad at all.
Yeah, Norton, De Niro, Brando.
Brando.
Brando getting winded by the effort it took to walk from the front door of a bar to the nearest table.
I liked that movie too, but Brando looked like he was about to colapse under his own gravitational pull in that movie.
what I've heard about the casting
Like Ged being...white? Yeah.