I finally saw Episode II last night. Dear heavens, that was awful. Django Fett was the only character I really liked in the whole thing, and of course they killed him off.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Anne W. - Apr 27, 2005 3:01:02 pm PDT #2258 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
tommyrot - Apr 27, 2005 3:50:23 pm PDT #2259 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.
I'm hoping Anakin won't whine so much once he turns evil.
Gris - Apr 27, 2005 4:03:57 pm PDT #2260 of 10002
Hey. New board.
I'm hoping Anakin won't whine so much once he turns evil.
I'm thinking he probably doesn't turn evil until 2 hours into the movie. So I don't care if he does stop then.
Strega - Apr 27, 2005 4:05:13 pm PDT #2261 of 10002
If I remember correctly, we hear a burst of shots and then silence, indicating that he is, indeed, dead.I just checked -- we hear tires squealing and sirens and a lot of shouting in the distance. I can barely hear it with the volume at "deafening" so whatever's going on certainly isn't meant to be clear.
I think of horror films as mostly relying on shocks along with the gore, and RD seems to rely more on trust and distrust.
Heh, that is actually the argument, now that I've got my reference book handy:
It outwardly resembles things we've seen before, but it works like a horror film: its first goal is to surprise and shock. [...] Part of the fascination of Reservoir Dogs is that you never know exactly what genre you're watching, or where it could possibly be going, and yet you know that a train wreck is in progress, so you excuse every betrayal of traditional storytelling.
Again, he's not saying it's a horror movie in terms of theme or plot. I think he's commenting on the style and effect. And I'm doing the piece a disservice if I'm making it sound like that's all he talks about; it's a few paragraphs out of about 20 pages.
But QT always has a brutal moralism in place.I'd agree with that in his other movies, but in RD? The characters demonstrate varying degrees of honor & loyalty, and they all die brutally for it. I don't think we're left with any kind of moral system at the end.
Gris - Apr 27, 2005 4:58:29 pm PDT #2262 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Did I just miss discussion of the new Batman trailer or could it be I'm the first to squee over it? Cuz, good!
(here's a direct link to the fullscreen version, if you want to avoid iTunes redirection)
Steph L. - Apr 27, 2005 5:04:05 pm PDT #2263 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dear sweet mother of god. A little more than 6 1/2 weeks away, right?
I really dig Christian Bale as Batman, if I haven't already said so a gazillion times. And the Batmobile is so. fucking. cool.
Gris - Apr 27, 2005 6:32:35 pm PDT #2264 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Honestly, I was worried after the last trailer. Because I didn't really dig the Qui Gon esque training sequences. But this one totally gives me a happy.
And yeah, CB is the PERFECT batman.
Jessica - Apr 27, 2005 7:19:56 pm PDT #2265 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Because I didn't really dig the Qui Gon esque training sequences.
Nepal does look suspiciously like Tatooine in some of those shots.
But Christian Bale is so perfectly cast. Yum.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 27, 2005 7:21:39 pm PDT #2266 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
And yeah, CB is the PERFECT batman.
I think the "bat" part of that sentence isn't really necessary.
§ ita § - Apr 27, 2005 8:21:26 pm PDT #2267 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, my. It's not quite "Does it come in black?" but I feel I must have been a very good girl to be getting HHGttG, Batman and Serenity in one year. It almost adds up to a hobbit movie.