I loathe The Fifth Element. Every second of that film is like fingernails on a blackboard to me.
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Jessica - Apr 08, 2005 8:40:37 am PDT #1652 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
juliana - Apr 08, 2005 8:41:09 am PDT #1653 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I always thought the movie was a paean to peer-pressure brainwashing.
Meh. It's a musical. I don't tend to have high expectations for their "message".
Nutty - Apr 08, 2005 8:42:16 am PDT #1654 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I loathe The Fifth Element.
I didn't really start hating it till I found out that war is bad and love is good. Up till then, vaguely irritating euro-pop comedy, but not actively hateable. Okay, not really hateable, but not good enough to keep me on that channel for more than 10 minutes.
Jessica - Apr 08, 2005 8:42:23 am PDT #1655 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's a musical. I don't tend to have high expectations for their "message".
See also, Carousel.
Gris - Apr 08, 2005 8:42:46 am PDT #1656 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Damn. CURSE YOU Michael Bay! Why did you have to start casting interesting actors?
Always remember: Scarlett Johansson was in The Perfect Score. True, she was the absolutely best thing about that movie (as many of the reviews will bear out) but the movie still blew. She, like everybody, enjoys money.
Though she does have a better record than most actresses in her (my) age group, I must admit.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2005 8:43:56 am PDT #1657 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I'm to get a message from Grease, it is to deny yourself in order to get ass.
I'm single. For all I know, my reluctance to embrace the above is related.
Why are musicals exempt from "message"? Is it history, or intrinsic to the genre?
Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2005 8:44:54 am PDT #1658 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Why are musicals exempt from "message"?
I don't think they are.
JohnSweden - Apr 08, 2005 8:45:43 am PDT #1659 of 10002
I can't even.
I was only 8 when The Terminator came out, so it wasn't exactly what my parents would have been taking me to anyway.
We need a good offa my lawn post. Oh wait, I'll do.
DAMN KIDS, OFFA MY LAWN!
(saw Terminator a bunch in the theatre)
We now return you to your regularly scheduled posting. Stay in school.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2005 8:46:53 am PDT #1660 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I saw Terminator in the theatre too -- the weekend T2 came out. Montreal used to have great rep theatres.
Betsy HP - Apr 08, 2005 8:48:01 am PDT #1661 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
The first issue musical is Show Boat, which premiered in 1927. There are also such examples as Of Thee I Sing and Finian's Rainbow and South Pacific, for pity's sake.
Grease is deliberately fluffy, the movie much more so than the stage production, in which Frenchy has a pregnancy scare.