Electra "not nearly as wretched as Catwoman".
Eggs. The living legend needs eggs. Or maybe another milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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tommyrot - Jan 14, 2005 9:37:08 am PST #7876 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gris - Jan 14, 2005 10:29:12 am PST #7877 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Huh. One of the reviews I read said the opposite. Something like "when a movie makes you wish you were watching Halle Berry as Catwoman, you know something's wrong."
Maysa - Jan 14, 2005 10:55:18 am PST #7878 of 10001
I can't help but feel the movie was judged less on its merits than expectations. Perhaps Tenenbaums looked great after Rushmore because it had expanded his range and pallette, whereas this feels like Andersonian schtick.
I think that's the case, too.
ETA: Regarding your tagline, I think my favorite joke was when they went to get the bond guy and in the corner of the screen was written something like "Day 23: Rescuing the Bond Company Stooge"
tommyrot - Jan 14, 2005 11:05:05 am PST #7879 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So apparantly Electra is about as wreched as Catwoman, give or take?
Sue - Jan 14, 2005 11:08:24 am PST #7880 of 10001
hip deep in pie
It had a pretty high Rotten factor: [link]
"Elektra girds her loins with less intensity of purpose than if she were scanning the darkness for signs of copyright infringement."
JohnSweden - Jan 14, 2005 11:19:51 am PST #7881 of 10001
I can't even.
Funny: "Hmmm, where have I seen this before? Oh, yes, I saw it Wednesday night on television. Except her hair was pink. And I had eight more bucks in my wallet." -- Tom Long, DETROIT NEWS
Sad. I'll still see it. Have to. Source material compulsion.
Strix - Jan 14, 2005 11:27:32 am PST #7882 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I saw some trailers for it last night and yeah...they were pretty bad. But I'll probably see it, too. Goran! Pretty!
But I'll spend the movie wishing JG's chicken cutlets fall out of her bodice.
DavidS - Jan 14, 2005 1:14:14 pm PST #7883 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Regarding your tagline
Heh. I had about 20 different new taglines at various points in the movie. I want to go see it again.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2005 3:03:17 pm PST #7884 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Synopsis of Crash (no, not that one, another one coming out this year):
A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial conflict in America, CRASH is that rare cinematic event - a film that challenges audiences to question their own prejudices. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic cast, examining fear and bigotry from multiple perspectives as characters careen in and out of one another's lives. No one is safe in the battle zones of racial strife. And no one is immune to the simmering rage that sparks violence - and changes lives...
Funny, powerful, and always unpredictable, CRASH boldly explores the gray area between black and white, victim and aggressor?and finds no easy solutions. The dynamic feature directing debut of Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Paul Haggis, CRASH stars Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe and Larenz Tate
How pretty is that cast?
Mikey - Jan 14, 2005 3:23:52 pm PST #7885 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
I have heard he likes the young-uns.
You don't have to parboil 'em, for one thing.