I just got back from seeing The Aviator, I missed the first 10-20 minutes and was wondering if anyone can fill me in.
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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quester - Feb 02, 2005 5:03:40 pm PST #8703 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Kathy A - Feb 02, 2005 5:11:58 pm PST #8704 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I just saw Aviator on Saturday--let's see if I remember the beginning well enough...
First we see a young (12-ish) Howard Hughes standing in an old-fashioned bathtub in a darkened room, being bathed very carefully by his mother, who's telling him about the terrible germs that are there waiting to get him if he doesn't keep clean. She uses the dark soap and the tin that we see him using throughout the film in the various bathrooms when he washes his hands. Then, flashforward to Hollywood in 1926, on the set of Hell's Angels (Year One), where he's interviewing his new flunky, played by John C. Reily, while walking around the outdoor set. He needs a few more cameras to get the shots he needs of the dogfight, so he goes to the Cocoanut Grove to ask for a loan of the two cameras from LB Mayer, who asks him how many cameras he's currently using. When he answers, "24," Mayer treats him as a foolish movie-newbie and dismisses him.
Does that get you past where you came in?
Jesse - Feb 02, 2005 5:19:23 pm PST #8705 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw, when I read part of the script in Vanity Fair, I didn't realize that guy was John C. Reilly! Fun.
quester - Feb 02, 2005 5:19:46 pm PST #8706 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Kathy, yes, thanks! I think that is about where I came in. He was flirting with a cigarette girl. Does that sound like it?
tommyrot - Feb 02, 2005 5:23:28 pm PST #8707 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.
He was flirting with a cigarette girl.
That's how Fred and Barney met Wilma and Betty.
quester - Feb 02, 2005 5:31:47 pm PST #8708 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
That's how Fred and Barney met Wilma and Betty.
But they turned out to be much saner, ironically.
DXMachina - Feb 02, 2005 5:32:30 pm PST #8709 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
That's how Fred and Barney met Wilma and Betty.
Imagine what Howard Hughes could've done with the Spruce Goose if he'd had access to pterodactyls.
Kathy A - Feb 02, 2005 5:34:38 pm PST #8710 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yep, he ran into his press agent and joined him at the table, ordering milk instead of the "tea" that everyone else was enjoying (this was during Prohibition, which I forgot until the agent used a euphamism for the booze). The agent was hitting on the girl first by using the standard "hey, doll, you're beautiful" lines, but Howard was much more direct.
quester - Feb 02, 2005 5:39:45 pm PST #8711 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Thanks again, Kathy. I was thinking there would be about 15 minutes of previews so I thought I'd get in on time. I guess they don't show too many with shows that have been there awhile, or are as long as this one.
Lyra Jane - Feb 03, 2005 4:39:12 am PST #8712 of 10001
Up with the sun
I thought Kissing Jessica Stein was sweet, but agree that it wasn't especially believable. I liked some of the writing, though.
I saw Chinatown last night. It took me a while to get into the story, but once I did -- wow. And I totally never knew jack Nicholson used to be sexy.