You know, all this horribly historical movie dreck started with Gladiator.
Corsets! With steel busks! Louis Vuitton scarves, with logo! Horrible Acting, by Russell Crowe! I'm not obsessed! Really!
I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions.
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reequeen - Jan 03, 2005 9:15:17 am PST #7551 of 10001
"It's got to be the hair, Cotton. It's beautiful! Feathered and lethal. You just don't see it nowadays." Pepper Brooks - Dodgeball
Kathy A - Jan 03, 2005 9:24:04 am PST #7552 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Didn't Braveheart predate Gladiator?
reequeen - Jan 03, 2005 9:29:34 am PST #7553 of 10001
"It's got to be the hair, Cotton. It's beautiful! Feathered and lethal. You just don't see it nowadays." Pepper Brooks - Dodgeball
Yes, probably, but it was not as offensively bad-costumey. I didn't watch it because I knew it couldn't end well, with the protagonist being Scottish, and all. I much prefer upbeat endings and Mel Gibson not in a kilt.
Atropa - Jan 03, 2005 9:30:41 am PST #7554 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I can't wait for Phantom, and had no idea that I'd have to wait another 3 weeks to see it here. The 11 year old girl in me is tapping her foot impatiently.
I suspect I'm going to go see it again next weekend. Because, well, pretty! Plus, a lot of that gorgeous art direction needs to be seen on the big screen.
(I keep feeling like I should be ashamed of my shallow movie tastes, but oh well. Pretty!)
Connie Neil - Jan 03, 2005 9:34:53 am PST #7555 of 10001
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I keep feeling like I should be ashamed of my shallow movie tastes
Sweetie, one of the criteria for Hubby and I to see movies is whether there cool explosions or witty villains who you hope beat the hero. "Pretty" is a perfectly valid reason to love a movie.
I confess, I watch "Blues Brothers" for the epic car chase.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 03, 2005 9:38:46 am PST #7556 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I confess, I watch "Blues Brothers" for the epic car chase.
Henry Gibson's final scene makes it worth it all by itself.
Jessica - Jan 03, 2005 9:40:14 am PST #7557 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I know I'll see Phantom at some point, and it is the sort of thing that one should see in theatres, but I'll have to figure out a way to silence my inner 12 year-old pedant, because she's going to have issues.
Gandalfe - Jan 03, 2005 9:43:07 am PST #7558 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I confess, I watch "Blues Brothers" for the epic car chase.
Honestly, that and the music are the best reasons.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 03, 2005 9:43:57 am PST #7559 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I know I'll see Phantom at some point, and it is the sort of thing that one should see in theatres, but I'll have to figure out a way to silence my inner 12 year-old pedant, because she's going to have issues.
It's a shame you can't go to the real movies with two robot side-kicks.
Mr. Broom - Jan 03, 2005 9:44:01 am PST #7560 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
Maybe it's just me, but after the trailer for Kingdom of Heaven I'm a bit torn. On the one hand it looks to be a really good flick, as far as action and drama and whathaveyou. On the other hand, is anyone else tired of the veneer of modern sensibilities people like to put on their period pieces? A movie about the Crusades where the fighting is for "love instead of hate" etc, with no mention of "kill the filthy heathens"? I'm sorry, but if you're a Crusader who's doing the doe-eyed Orlando Bloom thing in the real world, you probably get the medieval equivalent of a wedgie from your fellows every day. Should we really be trying to inject even a little honor into the Crusades, one of the most awful things Christianity ever undertook?
This was most assuredly low blood sugar talking. I haven't eaten yet today. Time to grab some pizza and be less critical of life.