Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?

'Shindig'


Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned  

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Jesse - Mar 13, 2005 7:12:40 pm PST #9944 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Colin Firth seems like a family friend. Clive Owen seems like a sexy bitch. IMO.


§ ita § - Mar 13, 2005 7:14:22 pm PST #9945 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Who am I to be picky? I think they all look terribly like ... well, you know ... that nudity might be ... advisiable.


Burrell - Mar 13, 2005 7:19:48 pm PST #9946 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Who am I to be picky?

ah ha ha ha ha! If you weren't picky, I can think of few more guys who would've gotten lucky.


Gandalfe - Mar 13, 2005 8:27:00 pm PST #9947 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

When the trailer for Sin City first came out, I was befuddled by who the dark broody guy was.

In this movie, isn't that, um, every guy? And even some of the women?


Steph L. - Mar 14, 2005 4:44:58 am PST #9948 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

When the trailer for Sin City first came out, I was befuddled by who the dark broody guy was.

In this movie, isn't that, um, every guy? And even some of the women?

Well, Josh Hartnett isn't dark; Bruce Willis is....well, Bruce Willis; Benicio del Toro, somehow, doesn't seem to be broody. That leaves Clive.


§ ita § - Mar 14, 2005 4:52:59 am PST #9949 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Mickey Rourke is looking pretty dark.

Gotta give Rodriguez props for staying faithful to the visuals.


Gandalfe - Mar 14, 2005 6:00:02 am PST #9950 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

Gotta give Rodriguez props for staying faithful to the visuals.

Damn straight. And being so adamant about giving Frank Miller a co-director credit that, when the DGA said it was against the rules, he quit the DGA. And, from what I hear, many of the lines of dialogue are lifted directly from the comic.

And, yeah Mickey Rourke may have finally found a role that can redeem him from . . . . everything else he's ever done. Except Angel Heart. He was good in that. Basically, tho, I think he's decided to embrace the creepy.


beekaytee - Mar 14, 2005 6:11:32 am PST #9951 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

Mickey seems to be having a serious love/hate relationship with the creepy. I think it was in EW, where he described taking the comic to his shrink and saying..."See. They [meaning the world at large] still see me this way."

I'm not sure how else he should be seen, what with the boxing and the plastic!fantastic surgery and the domestic violence, etc.

Perhaps we should focus on his taking the wee little dog everywhere. Gives him a heart 'o gold quality?

Dunno.


Vonnie K - Mar 14, 2005 6:23:09 am PST #9952 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Except Angel Heart. He was good in that. Basically, tho, I think he's decided to embrace the creepy.

Angel Heart. I love that flick. Still not sure exactly what the hell happened there, but what marvellous atmosphere.

When is Sin City coming out anyway? I have no familiarity with the source material whatsoever, but the trailers make it look so fucking cool that I don't really care. (And despite my general dislike of Jessica Alba, that lasso dance so whatever she's doing in the first trailer is just spine-meltingly hot.)

Weekend Netflix binge:

Still in lust with Infernal Affairs. Are the prequel and the sequel out on DVD? Has anyone seen them, and if so, are they comparable in quality to the first part?

Time of the Wolf: Grim, GRIM, French post-apocalyptic drama. Tough to take even for me, who love everything post-apocalyptic. Lovely last scene, but mostly, it just made me want to swallow a bottle of drano.

Also: finally saw Office Space. So many jokes I haven't gotten over the years finally became clear! I think it fizzled out a bit at the end, but it was worth seeing just for the scene when our Trio takes a baseball bat to the fax/copy machine.


Gandalfe - Mar 14, 2005 6:25:24 am PST #9953 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

When is Sin City coming out anyway? I have no familiarity with the source material whatsoever, but the trailers make it look so fucking cool that I don't really care. (And despite my general dislike of Jessica Alba, that lasso dance so whatever she's doing in the first trailer is just spine-meltingly hot.)

April 1st. Seriously. As for reading the source material, it's definitely your call. As for Jessica Alba, she kept Dark Angel on for 2 years based solely on her ability to look hot in tight leather, so it's not that surprising, to me, anyway.