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Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned  

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Jessica - Mar 14, 2005 7:33:15 am PST #9957 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

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?

I've seen them, but AFAIK, they're not available on DVD, at least in Region 1. (They screened at the New York Film Festival as a triple-feature.) The second film/prequel is as good or better than the first (it's a gangster epic rather than a thriller), and the third makes up in entertainment value what it lacks in coherence. (There's a lot of jumping around in time, and several dream sequences which may or may not actually make sense by the end of the film. I'd have to see it again.)


Jars - Mar 14, 2005 8:16:41 am PST #9958 of 10001

Elijah Wood is going to creep me the bugfuck out in Sin City. I see it coming, but it's not going to stop me watching it, no sir. I've watched the trailer about a bazillion times now. So very pretty.


Sean K - Mar 14, 2005 8:36:51 am PST #9959 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I saw the Sin City preview last night finally and HOLY FUCK!

I gotta see that movie.

Gotta give Rodriguez props for staying faithful to the visuals.

And Frank Miller and Quentin Tarantino.

How many directors does one movie need?


§ ita § - Mar 14, 2005 8:37:52 am PST #9960 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm going to give Rodriguez the props, since in everything I've read, it was his choice.


Steph L. - Mar 14, 2005 8:37:52 am PST #9961 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Sean, did you see it at the theater? Or online? Because I want to know what it looks like on the big screen.


Sean K - Mar 14, 2005 8:42:44 am PST #9962 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I'm going to give Rodriguez the props, since in everything I've read, it was his choice.

Fair enough. Though I can't imagine how, since Miller was right there, it was made without some input from him.

Quentin was there just to be Quentin, I imagine.

Sean, did you see it at the theater? Or online? Because I want to know what it looks like on the big screen.

On TV, during the Simpsons. I too would like to know how it looks on the big screen.


Sean K - Mar 14, 2005 8:43:41 am PST #9963 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Serial:

I'm going to give Rodriguez the props, since in everything I've read, it was his choice.

Not to mention that Miller should get some props in there somewhere for having done the drawings that Rodriguez chose to emulate, n'est pas?


§ ita § - Mar 14, 2005 8:45:40 am PST #9964 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Not to mention that Miller should get some props in there somewhere for having done the drawings that Rodriguez chose to emulate

Well, if I was giving props for creating the visuals, I'd give them to Miller. But I'm not. Rodriguez's insistence on sticking to source material is reflected in the adherence to visuals, and in making sure Frank Miller was right up in the project.

For that I give Robert props. Doesn't take anything away from Miller -- his good works are other.


Sean K - Mar 14, 2005 8:46:32 am PST #9965 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Sure, just get all specific and stuff.


Steph L. - Mar 14, 2005 8:48:14 am PST #9966 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Sure, just get all specific and stuff.

She's tricksy like that.