Tara ,'Empty Places'
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That always interest me, Betsy -- how some stories are incredibly popular for a generation or two, and then get lost or forgotten, while others live on.
ION, I saw Napoleon Dynamite a few nights ago. Didn't like it -- I agree with the people who have said here that it tried too hard to be quirky and didn't really have anything else going for it. (Okay, the acting is probably pretty good, but decent acting in a lame semi-comedy doesn't really save it for me.)
Vonnie, the story goes that the actor playing Messala was told to play the character as if he and Ben Hur were former lovers.
And also, they made a very conscious decision not to tell Charlton Heston because "he just wouldn't get it."
And Heston denies the whole story.
OMG, actual talking about movies!
Yeah, I got nothin' else right now.
Does he not get the "...and we made sure never to tell Heston!" part of the story?
And Heston denies the whole story.
I wonder if he realizes how well this backs up the fact that he was deliberately kept out of the loop?
We are talking about Charlton Heston.
Although I think I might threadsuck the last two days and a) see exactly how many of them I can identify for sure, and b) compile them into a massive movie quote quiz.
I'd have to cull them first. Get it a little more manageable.
Although I think I might threadsuck the last two days and a) see exactly how many of them I can identify for sure, and b) compile them into a massive movie quote quiz.
That would be cool.
A very Buffista movie -- Salon compares Oldboy to both Buffy and Kill Bill in the first paragraph.