I was right there with you Nutty.Ditto. I was thinking "how did I miss Brendan Fraser in that movie? Was he a doctor that treated one of the crazy crash fetishists?"
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 15, 2005 10:13:57 am PDT #1950 of 10002
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Alibelle - Apr 15, 2005 10:16:27 am PDT #1951 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Ditto. I was thinking "how did I miss Brendan Fraser in that movie? Was he a doctor that treated one of the crazy crash fetishists?"
Oh, I see. Crash is the repeated title. No, this one is new. The writers also worked on Million Dollar Baby. And the writer/director did a lot of TV, including Thirtysomething. And, funnily enough, Walker, Texas Ranger.
Hayden - Apr 15, 2005 10:27:48 am PDT #1952 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I was right there with you Nutty.
Me, too. In fact, I was convinced that you were the first person to ever call Crash "great" without using "twisted" or "disturbing" in the same sentence.
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2005 10:29:53 am PDT #1953 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Heh. Having already drooled over that SO PRETTY cast list, I'd forgotten the existence of that other Crash movie.
Unrelatedly:
ABC said Thursday that on May 7 it will preview scenes from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when it airs Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. "As a special treat for Harry Potter film fans," the network said in a statement, "this presentation will include interstitials throughout featuring an exclusive first look at film clips, cast interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage from the fourth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, opening in theaters November 18th, 2005."
Jars - Apr 15, 2005 12:46:02 pm PDT #1954 of 10002
Does anyone know of a film, animated, about an elderly couple who are dying of radiation poisoning but don't quite realise it? It may have been a kids' film, but I don't remember. I know I watched it as a kid, and it creeped me the bugfuck out. I'm not sure if it caused my apocalypse neurosis as a child, or if that's the reason it stuck with me. I was discussing it with a friend earlier, and she remembers it as a book, but I'm pretty sure it was a movie I saw.
It's been annoying me all day. Anyone? Bueller?
Betsy HP - Apr 15, 2005 12:46:35 pm PDT #1955 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
God. I saw that one too. "The Wind"?
Betsy HP - Apr 15, 2005 12:47:56 pm PDT #1956 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Jars - Apr 15, 2005 12:50:39 pm PDT #1957 of 10002
Yes! That's it! So very, very disturbing. And it was a book too. It's all making sense now. Thanks, Betsy.
Polter-Cow - Apr 15, 2005 3:15:04 pm PDT #1958 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ah, Alibelle. Yeah, that looked interesting. As someone who loved Magnolia, I'd like to check it out.
Jessica - Apr 15, 2005 6:16:53 pm PDT #1959 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I saw H2G2 tonight, and I am both vastly relieved and terribly concerned.
They got the tone right. They got it right. The movie is hysterically funny in all the right ways, and the changes I thought would bother me really didn't, and there's a new element (based closely on an old one, but tweaked) that works just beautifully, and in spite of the plot being a bit on the unresolved side, I had an incredibly good time and was very happy with this new version of my beloved Guide.
And the audience was completely cold and unresponsive. The only people in the theatre laughing were me, DH, and one guy in the row in front of us. It was dead.
Granted, this was a junket screening, and so perhaps not the best gauge of audience reactions, but...it was dead. And so I have a feeling that this poor little film will open quietly and then fade quickly away. Which is a shame, because it really is incredibly funny.