That' heartening, ita. Looks there is a reason to see the film beyond the purty cast.
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
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Scrappy - Apr 18, 2005 7:12:46 am PDT #1990 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
tommyrot - Apr 18, 2005 8:26:05 am PDT #1991 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.
Essay on why Darth Vader is so cool: [link]
Kinda' funny....
Yoda has all the best lines. “Much anger in him, like his father.” Anger in Luke? When was he ever really angry? How about: “Much whining in him, like his father”? That’s actually a truer line but not the grand lesson George Lucas wants to impart.
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Who knew that a room full of Jedi Knights could be so dull? And what’s with their training program? They take a super-intelligent kid, mature beyond his years, and after a decade’s worth of extensive one-on-one training he becomes, in “Attack of the Clones,” a stupid sulky teenager. Hell, I could’ve done that.
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The “Star Wars” saga, which originally felt like Luke’s, belongs to Darth Vader now. It’s his story: the rise and fall and semi-redemption of a bad-ass. Here’s the problem for George Lucas. Turning Anakin into Darth Vader, in “The Revenge of the Sith,” is supposed to be a tragedy, yet for most of us it’ll be a thrill, and a relief. No more precocious kid, or sulky teenager, or pasty white British guy. Just the mask and the breath and the voice. “Star Wars” is a morality play in which good triumphs over evil, but in another way George Lucas has shown us all the power of the dark side.
Alibelle - Apr 18, 2005 9:04:28 am PDT #1992 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
I saw "The Woodsman" last night, with Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. It was very good, very intense and creepy, and uncomfortable. The little girl in it was just great.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2005 9:43:14 am PDT #1993 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
Do they manage to make Bacon's role uncomfortably sympathetic? To me, that was the creepiest part of L.I.E., that Brian Cox actually managed to make his pederast character likeable.
Jim - Apr 18, 2005 9:50:48 am PDT #1994 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I should point out - as he very scrupulously does - that Hamid Dabashi was a paid consultant on the film. The article in S&S is great, though, in that it puts the movie into the context of Scott's films as being about redemption in foreign lands. Well worth reading.
Of course, you could also refer to the similarly highly regarded historian who raved about Alexander pre-release them admitted that he was mostly chuffed that they let him ride in a cavalry charge...
Alibelle - Apr 18, 2005 10:16:40 am PDT #1995 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
Do they manage to make Bacon's role uncomfortably sympathetic?
Yes. The whole movie is very uncomfortable, and I don't think there's a single character that you can view completely comfortably. Well, maybe David Alan Grier. He was cool.
Ash - Apr 18, 2005 10:59:13 am PDT #1996 of 10002
I saw Sin City this weekend. I won't need to be seeing that again.
Elijah should never be that creepy.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2005 1:11:59 pm PDT #1997 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
The Calgary Sun has an article about comic book movies.
Wonder Woman (2006): Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, has signed to write and direct. No word on who he'll cast, although he recently confirmed one thing to Entertainment Weekly: His Wonder Woman won't be battling evil in star-spangled panties.
Does this mean he's going to go with the Golden Age look, something more like the armor from Kingdom Come, or perhaps the stylin' Seventies approach?
Aims - Apr 18, 2005 1:13:18 pm PDT #1998 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Joe has that action figure.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2005 1:15:50 pm PDT #1999 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, but does he have the Mod Emma Peel-inspired Wonder Woman?
