I don't think Bale looks better than he did before losing all that weight for The Machinist. The rapid weight loss sharpened up his features in a not-prettier way, kind of like what happened to Marsters with all the weight training in 2001-2002. I'd say the period from All the Little Animals to Laurel Canyon was his most appealing period, with the zenith during the latter film.
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2005 6:01:09 pm PST #9791 of 10001
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P.M. Marc - Mar 07, 2005 7:11:33 pm PST #9792 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I don't think Bale looks better than he did before losing all that weight for The Machinist.
I do, but I suspect that's the suit talking to me...
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2005 8:15:58 pm PST #9793 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they don't look good after packing on the pounds
Right -- what I was saying was that they didn't look good after packing on the pounds -- all three men had done the same thing to lessen their attractiveness. However, the key was body mods, not the method of said mods.
Kathy A - Mar 07, 2005 9:08:27 pm PST #9794 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
New Sin City trailer! Very cool.
Alibelle - Mar 07, 2005 11:41:52 pm PST #9795 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
Does anyone have a copy of The Tango Lesson that I may borrow? Or should I just go ahead and buy it from Amazon?
Gris - Mar 08, 2005 12:03:35 am PST #9796 of 10001
Hey. New board.
New Sin City trailer! Very cool.
Mommy! The anticipation hurts!
Anne W. - Mar 08, 2005 2:26:42 am PST #9797 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That looks amazing. Even if the adapation, acting, etc. suck, it's going to be beautiful to look at.
candyb - Mar 08, 2005 4:22:59 am PST #9798 of 10001
Sin City Looks very cool. I still need to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
I got my DVD of the 2004 hit Japanese movie Casshern last week.
I had an ordering snafu and ended up with an extra unreturnable copy.
Anyone who wants it and has a DVD player that can play all regions email me at candyb_three@yahoo.com
It's the official HK release, not a bootleg, still shrink-wrapped. All my asian movie friends have seen it or have it already or can't play all-regions.
Casshern made a huge splash when the super-exciting unsubtitled trailer and images hit the internet last year. It's based on some old anime show and was almost entirely shot on a "digital backlot" like Sky Captain and Sin City.
First film by Kazuaki Kiriya, a music video director and husband of J-Pop star Utada Hikaru.
I think its a pretty but frustrating movie with a gorgeous cast. Has interesting elaborate & cool visual design. Some effects could've been better but what was done with a hard to believe budget of just US$6 million is astounding. Thought the first half was good, second half gets messier and not so good, maybe even bad. Too long and completely humor-free. Also too ambitious and melodramatic with lots of trite & pretentious exposition anvils like: "war only perpetuates a never-ending cycle of violence and hatred" and "man only exists to annihilate each other". Kazuaki Kiriya has some WWII issues he had to make us all work through with him in this movie.
But I'd still go see it in the theater if Dreamworks ever gets around to releasing it in the US.
Vonnie K - Mar 08, 2005 5:01:08 am PST #9799 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Why does the IMDb front page have "Passion of the Christ" under the 'opening this week' column? I didn't want to see it the first time. Yeesh.
Is it wrong the previews kind of make me want to watch the new Joan Allen/Kevin Costner rom-com? The one in which he's playing a retired ball player to boot, and she's got four perfect-looking blond daughters? (But I *like* Joan Allen, damnit.)
Under 'coming soon' column: "Oldboy" seems to be getting a limited release in US--I only know of this film because it was apparently a blockbuster in Korea and is supposed to be an incredibly intense psychological thriller. I actually have a DivX copy of the movie, courtesy of my brother who's more in tune with Asian cinema than I am, but I've heard it compared to Fincher's "Se7en", which makes me hesistant to watch it. I found Fincher's film incredibly hard to stomach. I don't suppose anyone around here has seen the film...
Nutty - Mar 08, 2005 5:02:43 am PST #9800 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Saw Infernal Affairs last night. Andy Lau is teh hott. Bedhead + $1000 suit = nice. (Tony Leung is always teh hott, so I needn't mention it, except that wearing his hair in his eyes makes him look a decade younger than he is.)
The movie itself, being 1/3 of a trilogy, didn't make very much sense, but it swanned about beautifully in its preposterously angsty storyline. Perfect use of cellphones and codes as plot devices; pity about the melodrama.