Top Gun was magical, man. I missed the John Hughes boat, but if I'd been in the States, maybe I'd have gotten on. Top Gun didn't care about borders or ages.
Don't let the space bugs bite!
Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
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§ ita § - Apr 08, 2005 8:14:34 am PDT #1635 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2005 8:15:45 am PDT #1636 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Everyone thinks it's so wholesome
The "chick's'll cream" "pussy wagon" Grease, or some other version?
Jessica - Apr 08, 2005 8:15:59 am PDT #1637 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Everyone thinks it's so wholesome
Really? Who?
Gris - Apr 08, 2005 8:16:51 am PDT #1638 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Also Armageddon! You can't argue with Armageddon!
Yes, actually. I can. Won't, but can.
I also adore The Fifth Element but I'm completely meh on Bruce himself. Good movies don't require good acting, necessarily - I don't see anybody praising Jovavich on the strength of that movie, after all. I mean, he's decent, better than an awful lot of people out there (definitely better than Ford, I'd say, to go way back in the thread, but Ford totally bugs me in everything that doesn't have "Indiana" or "Star" in the title), but he doesn't specifically inspire me to see anything. His was definitely my least favorite part of Sin City, and I blame that partially on him (if mostly on Alba). He's also the worst part of Pulp Fiction.
Of course, I also have this theory that Bruce Willis is the best when he's being fatherly. His best Sin City bit is the bit when Jessica Alba is played by little Makenzie Vega (little sister of Spy Kids' Alexa Vega, btw) and he's pretty fabulous in all of his scenes with Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (another personal favorite movie, btw, and one of the four DVDs I bought the day I got my own DVD player, along with Good Will Hunting, American Beauty, and The Matrix) . I also liked him in the stinker Mercury Rising, where his main strength is, again, working with the kid. He's good with them. So any movie where he costars with a kid, that I'll see. But him alone? Meh. Does nothing for me.
Jim - Apr 08, 2005 8:19:46 am PDT #1639 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Of course, I also have this theory that Bruce Willis is the best when he's being fatherly
As in, for example, Armageddon! What's more fatherly than chasing Ben Affleck round an oil rig with a shotgun, eh?
Frankenbuddha - Apr 08, 2005 8:20:31 am PDT #1640 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Generally I agree, but his next project has Ewan MacGregor and Djimon Honsou in it. You can see the bind I'm in.
That would be the big budget remake of PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR (even though we're not saying that's what it is) , right?
Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2005 8:20:53 am PDT #1641 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Armageddon!
The Musical!
That would be the big budget remake of PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR (even though we're not saying that's what it is) , right?
No, Frank, this is SEND IN THE CLONES, PART TWO.
Jessica - Apr 08, 2005 8:21:09 am PDT #1642 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Er...yes. But with very very pretty people.
Nutty - Apr 08, 2005 8:22:03 am PDT #1643 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
what's more fatherly than chasing Ben Affleck round and oil rig with a shotgun, eh?
Supremely fatherly. It's not often that fathers get to hand nuclear weapons to their future sons-in-law.
Connie Neil - Apr 08, 2005 8:24:56 am PDT #1644 of 10002
brillig
Really? Who?
For some reason, it's a hugely popular movie with Mormon kids, and their folks all seem to say, "Oh, the '50s, it's about cars and dates with ice cream, how sweet." I listened to the lyrics of the song about the car and went, "Are you out of your minds?" And the whole transformation thing at the end just irks, though I suppose the whole "putting his arm around her shoulder and they smile inanely" thing is supposed to show them avoiding sleaze.