Toys is one of the most wonderful, under-rated movies in the world.
SUCH a brilliant, subversive movie. Plus -- Joan Cusack! "Red usually means danger. Or beef, if it's a boullion cube."
Well, look at you. All dressed up in big sister's clothes.
Faith ,'End of Days'
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Steph L. - Jan 19, 2005 7:53:08 am PST #8022 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Alibelle - Jan 19, 2005 7:57:09 am PST #8023 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
Plus -- Joan Cusack! "Red usually means danger. Or beef, if it's a boullion cube."
Hahaha. So my favorite quote, too.
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2005 8:12:34 am PST #8024 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I need to watch that again. I saw it a while ago and remember thinking it was weird, but liking it. And yeah, Joan Cusack is always awesome.
erikaj - Jan 19, 2005 8:15:43 am PST #8025 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I've never seen it. Must have been during my Susie Mainstream phase.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 19, 2005 8:22:38 am PST #8026 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I like a LOT about TOYS, but the climax didn't work for me. I thought it was filmed horribly, and you could only tell about half of what was going on. I think I understood what they were going for, but it was done so abstractly that it really threw me out of the movie.
I did love the final revelation about Joan Cusack's character, though.
Beverly - Jan 19, 2005 8:37:32 am PST #8027 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Snipes was very restrained and quite good in Down in the Delta, too. Which wasn't as long ago (1998) as I was thinking.
Mikey - Jan 19, 2005 10:09:58 am PST #8028 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
The Thing Called Love
River Phoenix, Trisha Yearwood and Jimmie Dale Gilmore? How did I miss that one?
Maybe I ddin't...can't recall. Was it good?
It was ok. Mostly, I liked it for the Jimmie Dale Gilmore cameo. And wasn't Kevin Welch in the songwriter's circle scene?
Sean K - Jan 19, 2005 10:35:33 am PST #8029 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Wasn't Ice Cube also in Boyz in the Hood?
I didn't include the breakout roles.
How are you defining "breakout" P-C? Because I've always thought Boyz n tha Hood was a breakout movie for everyone involved.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 19, 2005 10:47:40 am PST #8030 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Because I've always thought Boyz n tha Hood was a breakout movie for everyone involved.
Even Laurence Fishburne? Because if you're saying Cowboy Curtis wasn't a breakout role, them's fighting words!
Sean K - Jan 19, 2005 10:50:55 am PST #8031 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
t throws down with Frank