it's quite possible that my Gregory Hines love is large, large, large.
Mine, too. He's fantastic.
Don't I get a cookie?
Spike ,'Never Leave Me'
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juliana - Apr 14, 2005 4:51:32 am PDT #1872 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
JohnSweden - Apr 14, 2005 5:16:44 am PDT #1873 of 10002
I can't even.
I hear that in the original Nick Hornby version (which I haven't read), the main character's team is supposed to have lost--apparently that was the plan for this movie as well, then the damn Red Sox went and won the World Series and the filmmakers had to go and change the ending. Heh.
Arsenal were pretty dismal (known as boring-boring Arsenal) for much of Nick Hornby's aware life. They would occasionally have flares of creativity then sink back into the mire. He had to put an afterword in the book for later editions of the book as Arsenal became a british and european powerhouse in club football in recent years. They were undefeated in the league all year in 03-04, which makes me wonder how that has affected his fannishness. I do have a friend who has been a Red Sox fan all his life who is thinking of switching his allegiance to a "lesser" team now because the suspense and mystery/misery has gone. Fans are weird, but that's the fun of the original book.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 14, 2005 5:20:00 am PDT #1874 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ah well, there's always the Cubs for your friend.
Vonnie K - Apr 14, 2005 5:22:38 am PDT #1875 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Yeah, I imagine the whole "curse of the bambino" thing kind of lost its mystique once the curse got broken.
beekaytee - Apr 14, 2005 5:26:04 am PDT #1876 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
it's quite possible that my Gregory Hines love is large, large, large.
Mine, too. He's fantastic.
SUCH Gregory Hines love over here.
While it wasn't the best, nor least melodramatic film I've ever seen, I really liked his work in The Tic Code. Very much against type and very well done.
ION, I saw Dear Frankie yesterday. The Scots do sap so much better than the USians do. I really liked the sweetness with a hard edge and not having every little thing worked out on screen. Nice performances.
It joins A Slipping Down Life on my short list of little-tiny-movies-to-love. Number one on the list, at the moment, is Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself. Love, love, LOVED that one.
eta: seeing Fever Pitch Saturday. Not much of a baseball fan myself, but taking one for the team. Ah well. I like Drew's work in general, but I made the mistake of seeing Fallon in Taxi. Nearly inspired me to put an eye out. Blech.
Gandalfe - Apr 14, 2005 5:47:33 am PDT #1877 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
"Red Shoes".
This is NOT the same thing as Red Shoe Diaries, which was a Showtime soft-core erotica movie/series.
tommyrot - Apr 14, 2005 5:49:30 am PDT #1878 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
which was a Showtime soft-core erotica movie/series.
Not just any Showtime soft-core erotica movie/series, but the one narrated by Fox Mulder.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 14, 2005 6:13:33 am PDT #1879 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Not just any Showtime soft-core erotica movie/series, but the one narrated by Fox Mulder.
And includes an episode with Tasha Yar as a cop who has an, ahem, encounter with her nightstick.
So I've heard...
Vonnie K - Apr 14, 2005 6:23:56 am PDT #1880 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Dude. I once saw Donnie Pfaster having sex on top of a convertible with some blonde in one of the Red Shoes Diaries episode. I guess the actor can be considered sorta attractive in an objective way, but I just couldn't buy it because I kept waiting for him to fixate on the woman's fingers and start calling her "girly girl". t shudders
Jessica - Apr 14, 2005 6:27:34 am PDT #1881 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
then the damn Red Sox went and won the World Series and the filmmakers had to go and change the ending. Heh.
Yup. And anyone who was watching the game has already seen the end of the film, since they were there live and in character. (And using the feed from the Fox cameras since they weren't allowed to bring their own.)