Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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I've never seen In a Lonely Place, but the PF movie geeks just rated it higher than Rashomon in a deathmatch, so I'm definitely interested.
In A Lonely Place is great. It's more like a European movie about a fucked up relationship than a Hollywood movie. All kinds of shades of gray and tragic.
Invisible Green's post looks like English....
...but it comes out in crazy talk!
David, technically it isn't one of my favorite movies, it's one of my favorite bad movies. But, yes, so much goodness in the bad.
re RotS: Am I the only one who thought Palpatine was terrible? If they had had a actual cured ham chewing on the scenery, I thought it would have given a more credible performance.
I was rooting for evil, so I liked his performance.
Also, I was sad that General Grievous wasn't given more to do. He rocked in the animated series.
If General Grievous really existed, he'd make an excellent dog-walker, what with his four arms....
Huh. I thought Palpatine was the best-acted character in the movie.
Also, I was sad that General Grievous wasn't given more to do. He rocked in the animated series.
I was relieved that he wasn't given more to do, because Movie!Grievous was so incredibly lame compared to the Clone Wars version.
And I also thought Palpatine was great. Very nicely smarmy without quite going over the top until he needed to.
I've tried watching Lawrence of Arabia several times, but it's *so* boring I've never even been able to make it halfway.
Have you ever seen it in a theater? LoA is one of those where big screen is the only way to go (see also 2001).
I was relieved that he wasn't given more to do, because Movie!Grievous was so incredibly lame compared to the Clone Wars version.
But the lamest of all is Burger King!Grievous. He looks cute.