I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Alibelle - Jan 24, 2005 8:28:08 am PST #8378 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
Polter-Cow - Jan 24, 2005 9:39:34 am PST #8379 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Watched some trailers on the Apple site.
XXX: State of the Union - They're replacing Vin Diesel with...Ice Cube? Well, Are We There Yet? was number one this weekend. And Samuel L. Jackson doesn't even get trailer billing, while Scott Speedman and Xzibit do?
Bride and Prejudice looks good. They're playing raas and everything!
Sin City looks pretty cool, and damn, that's a lot of stars. And Alexis Bledel taking what looks to be a pretty dark role, at least in comparison to everything else she's played.
The Jacket also looks vaguely interesting, since I'm into that sort of thing. And Keira Knightley also seems to be playing a slightly darker, edgier role.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2005 10:57:50 am PST #8380 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's a huge article on Million Dollar Baby in today's USA Today, which makes the point (and pretty well, though I skimmed) that it's a movie to see now because there's a huge twist that can't stay secret much longer. Which is annoying, because I fall for that shit, especially when I think it's to be a good movie (as opposed to The Sixth Sense, or something).
And no, I'm not sure why I whitefonted either. There are no plot details in the above paragraph. But it was news to me.
Calli - Jan 24, 2005 11:07:18 am PST #8381 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Alexis Bledel taking what looks to be a pretty dark role,
I read that as Alexis Denisof at first, and I was all "woo-hoo!"
sumi - Jan 24, 2005 11:12:05 am PST #8382 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Is it a HUGE twist?
I don't know.
But really -- it's a boxing movie full of Oscar-winning actors. What sort of ending do you think it's going to have?
Betsy HP - Jan 24, 2005 11:13:07 am PST #8383 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
The Clint Eastwood character is a transvestite.
Dana - Jan 24, 2005 11:13:48 am PST #8384 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
A dead transvestite.
Fred Pete - Jan 24, 2005 11:13:56 am PST #8385 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
...named Rosebud.
Alibelle - Jan 24, 2005 11:14:50 am PST #8386 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
They're dead boxers?
They're actually from the Boxer Rebellion?
They're all really Boxers-- the dogs?
Jessica - Jan 24, 2005 11:15:22 am PST #8387 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Calling it a "twist" is misleading, IMO. I do think it's probably better to see the film unspoiled, but I wouldn't say there's a plot twist.