I also really want to see The Island.
It's scary.
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
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Gris - May 21, 2005 11:21:33 am PDT #3121 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Nutty - May 21, 2005 12:00:25 pm PDT #3122 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I saw an ad for The Island for the first time this morning, and had to god I thought it was a remake of Logan's Run until the title card came along. (I believe there is a remake of Logan's Run in the works, anyway, so the hot-iggerant-babes-dystopia genre seems to be having quite the revival.)
This morning I watched Strangers on a Train. How did I not know that the classic shot of "everybody in the audience look that way, except for the one creepy person in the middle who keeps looking at you" comes from this movie? How did I not know that the denouement involved a carousel gone berserk? If I had known, the movie would have been higher on the Netflix queue.
I'll say this for Hitchcock: his psychology may often have been overwrought cockamamie, but he knew how to come up with an interesting new visual.
Polter-Cow - May 21, 2005 12:44:25 pm PDT #3123 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love Strangers on a Train. Tit for tat.
Dana - May 22, 2005 8:50:32 am PDT #3124 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hee. From Salon's review of "Unleashed":
But director Louis Leterrier trusts Li to carry the moment, and he does, inventing a wholly new type of character: He's the first Dickensian orphan action star.
Mr. Broom - May 22, 2005 8:53:54 am PDT #3125 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
"Please, sir, may I kill some more?"
Sue - May 22, 2005 12:09:53 pm PDT #3126 of 10002
hip deep in pie
How did I not know that the classic shot of "everybody in the audience look that way, except for the one creepy person in the middle who keeps looking at you" comes from this movie?
I think of that as a Felllini thing.
I saw an ad for The Island for the first time this morning, and had to god I thought it was a remake of Logan's Run until the title card came along.
I'm still not convinced it isn't.
Frankenbuddha - May 22, 2005 2:44:14 pm PDT #3127 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'll say this for Hitchcock: his psychology may often have been overwrought cockamamie, but he knew how to come up with an interesting new visual.
I think the key to understanding Hitchcock is that the psychology was there only to get to the next interesting visual. Hitchcock came up with the set pieces - it was the writer's job to join the dots. Sometimes it worked out better than others, but oh those dots.
Lyra Jane - May 23, 2005 5:09:39 am PDT #3128 of 10002
Up with the sun
My one film class was on Hitchcock. I definitely remember the images and feelings much more than the McGuffins for most of the films.
Kalshane - May 23, 2005 7:04:31 am PDT #3129 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
So, I saw Episode III yesterday. I enjoyed it. Best of the prequels, still not as good as the originals, IMO.
However, the big letdown for me was Darth Vader lurching around screaming "NOOOOOOOO!" which seemed incredibly cheesy and ruined what should have been a dramatic highpoint.
Scrappy - May 23, 2005 7:13:31 am PDT #3130 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I sqw III yesterday, too. Like you, I liked it more than the other two prequels, but I still thought the dialogiue was cliched and wooden, and Hayden Christenson SUCKED.
Loved the four arms with four light sabers of General Grevious. Very cool.