Wait, isn't that the plot of the first Batman movie?
Book: Captain, you mind if I say grace? Mal: Only if you say it out loud.
'Serenity'
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Nutty - Jul 19, 2004 5:49:08 pm PDT #969 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2004 6:11:38 pm PDT #970 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wow, Jessica. I have to thank you for that one. Never would have gone to see it anyway, mind you, but I think you for taking it for the team, nonetheless.
Sean K - Jul 19, 2004 6:45:18 pm PDT #971 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
t builds shrine to Jess for her sacrifice
Strega - Jul 19, 2004 6:54:27 pm PDT #972 of 10001
David -- I think I have that one; I haven't read them in a while. I should do that. I mostly remember being very disturbed by Luna, which starts out goofy and turns into Deliverance at the end.
Edging back toward the topic... I had no interest in seeing Catwoman until I started hearing it compared to Battlefield Earth. Now I may have to see it.
alienprayer - Jul 19, 2004 7:01:35 pm PDT #973 of 10001
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce
How about The Day the Earth Stood Still? That movie had a profound effect on my childhood.
Umm... Pi? Probably not.
Scrappy - Jul 19, 2004 7:51:52 pm PDT #974 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Teppy--you convinced me. I'm going to see De-lovely tomorrow afternoon. Looking forward to escaping the heat with the oh so talented Mr. Kline.
Steph L. - Jul 20, 2004 4:39:14 am PDT #975 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Teppy--you convinced me. I'm going to see De-lovely tomorrow afternoon. Looking forward to escaping the heat with the oh so talented Mr. Kline.
I can't wait to hear your take on it!
juliana - Jul 20, 2004 4:41:06 am PDT #976 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Can we count E.T. as sci-fi? I thought that it was pretty thoughtful. Well, before the guns morphed into walkie-talkies....
So amused by the Catwoman commentary....
Angus G - Jul 20, 2004 4:44:44 am PDT #977 of 10001
Roguish Laird
Thoughtful sci-fi: I agree with Gattaca. And I think Starship Troopers is about a zillion times more thoughtful than The Matrix!
Calli - Jul 20, 2004 4:47:56 am PDT #978 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
What did you think about the way the movie itself was framed?
I found the initial framing in Delovely OK. I like Jonathan Pryce, and the aging effects for Kline were well done. But the various cuts back and forth between time periods distracted me from the story. I didn't need Cole Porter to tell us something in the past was sad/disturbing/wonderful. I needed to see this at the time of the action. And I thought Kline conveyed the emotion of the moment just fine, so the flash forwards seemed kinda anvilly. The Gabrielle's Trumpet piece didn't work for me either, although it was nice to hear JP sing a line or two. But the end, where CP's final heavenly destination seems to be just sitting with Lily at the piano, noodling around with the music, really worked for me.
What did you think?
BTW, I didn't make the connection between you and AM hate. She could have been worse, to be sure. I just thought the song could have been better.
I can definitely see myself picking up the CD.