1. Why did I just watch Rat Race?
2. Why did I laugh?
My gym shows Rat Race in the cardio room all the time, and I disgrace myself by laughing at it WAY more than I should. That's mostly the Seth Green factor, though.
That's disturbing. You're emotionally scarred and will end up badly.
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
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Steph L. - Apr 10, 2005 6:58:37 am PDT #1741 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Lyra Jane - Apr 10, 2005 7:10:54 am PDT #1742 of 10002
Up with the sun
The Quentin Tarantino "guest directed" scene was instantly recognizable because the acting suddenly came to life, and the visuals were really used instead of the only goal being to make it look like the comics.
How much exacty did he direct? I have heard he directed the Clive Owen segment, but that seems kind of lengthy for a "guest director" credit.
Jessica - Apr 10, 2005 7:12:26 am PDT #1743 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
His was the scene where Clive Owen is talking to the almost-decapitated Benicio del Toro in the car.
Invisible Green - Apr 10, 2005 7:30:49 am PDT #1744 of 10002
The only thing I noticed that was different about that scene was that the lighting was fucked up. It's like they filmed it inside a disco.
Elais - Apr 10, 2005 10:01:45 am PDT #1745 of 10002
making her home at bronzebeta.com since 2001
I find it intersting that so many buffistas have mentioned that the Marv segment was the weakest, because that was my favorite part of the movie (though not necessarily most enjoyable).
I thought the Marv segment was the strongest of the three. Cared nothing for Bruce as Hartigan and thought that segment was the worst one. Clive Owen was too pretty for me, but his segment was the most enjoyable. My reactions towards movies is seems to be so often completely opposite of many others.
Gris - Apr 10, 2005 10:37:09 am PDT #1746 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Not this time, Elais. Those are exactly my opinions. Well, except for the word "too" in front of "pretty." Those words in that order have no meaning to me.
quester - Apr 10, 2005 4:40:57 pm PDT #1747 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I saw The Animation Show today. I went to a theatre that has a row of recliners and sat in one. It was comfy but I almost fell asleep.
Anyway, the movie was good.
DavidS - Apr 10, 2005 4:55:41 pm PDT #1748 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
However, cows remain funny.
Cows are comedy gold. We're currently enjoying the ads for the Tiananmen Cow staring down the bulldozer that's clearing space for a new burger joint. "Eat More Chikkin" - it's very Far Side really. I love how Far Side animals can write, but their spelling is atrocious.
BIG HEAT, Hec. WHITE HEAT is "Top of the world, MA!!!!"
I think it is well established by now that I totally and completely suck, and am way too lazy to find the proper reference for the increasingly unglued associations in my head. From now on, whenever I refer to something like Othello, you should probably assume I'm talking about Three's Company instead. I'm that unreliable.
Fred Pete - Apr 10, 2005 4:58:39 pm PDT #1749 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
"Eat More Chikkin" - it's very Far Side really
Chik-Fil-A and San Francisco. Two things that I never thought would go together.
And, getting back to topic, It's Love I'm After held up all the way to the end.
askye - Apr 10, 2005 5:21:54 pm PDT #1750 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
I saw Sin City with my friend EJ tonight. She didn't exactly like the movie but she didn't hate it either. If it weren't in black and white she probably would have walked out.
Although I think she was more freaked out by the trailers for Amityville Horror and some Louisana voodoo thriller movie -- Skeleton Key-- I think. There were also trailers for the next Star Wars movie (which I didn't watch just because it makes me pissed off at George) and Hitchhiker's Guide, which made me sad after reading the review linked to earlier.
I'm mixed about Sin City. On the one hand I liked the black and white with the flashes of color, especially where there were just hints of color peaking out. But I think it ran long, at times -- even when there was action -- I kept wondering how long we'd been in the theater.
I enjoyed Alexis Biedel's performance more than I thought I would after hearing the comments here while I did think she was very Rory in her second scene, I didn't see Rory in the most of her performance.
The parts I liked the best were with Merv. The dialouge worked with him and while I liked Clive Owen by the time that came around I was getting impatient and wanted most of it to be over. Although I really liked Jackie Boy's corpse talking to Dwight. The way the voice changed was neat. But I was kind of getting weary by the end. I don't think I would have missed anything if Bruce Willis's pieces had been cut out.
Over all the violence didn't freak me out too bad. But by the end I was at an odd state where it was kind of freaking me out but I was also kind of bored with it.