"And cancel Christmas!"
Well, don't leave out Michael Wincott, who made a great straight man for Rickman.
"Why a spoon, brother?"
Mal: Does.. um.. does this seem kind of tight? Kaylee: Shows off your backside.
'Shindig'
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Frankenbuddha - May 26, 2005 11:03:22 am PDT #3404 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Matt the Bruins fan - May 26, 2005 11:04:24 am PDT #3405 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
Even Morgan Freeman was painful to watch.
I didn't so much have any problems with his acting, as with the basic concept of the character.
Betsy HP - May 26, 2005 11:43:30 am PDT #3406 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I liked how during the rescue he kept nudging Annakin towards doing little evil things
Yeah. The scene where he was encouraging Anakin to break into the carpool lane was priceless.
§ ita § - May 26, 2005 11:46:48 am PDT #3407 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I heard something about that list that made it pretty clear they were picking their favorites, not the Best or Most Influential. Which that page doesn't indicate at all.
Jesse - May 26, 2005 11:48:17 am PDT #3408 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ah yes, that very thing.
erikaj - May 26, 2005 11:55:08 am PDT #3409 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Every time I hear somebody say they can't watch the Godfather, it still makes me sad. I should be used to it, but, oh well. JZ is me on It Happened... I think it is my favorite of those crazy-heiress movies. No way is "Purple Rose" better than Annie Hall.(I liked both though.) Corwood, babe, breaking genre "restrictions" to watch "The Wild Bunch" next week. Between y'all and David Simon, I had to, you know...it's a Wirehead thing. If I hate it, you'll get the hate mail, ok?
Matt the Bruins fan - May 26, 2005 11:57:50 am PDT #3410 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
Hmm, I need to break down and rent Annie Hall someday.
§ ita § - May 26, 2005 11:58:29 am PDT #3411 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yahoo article on 2005 movies from books:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
In theaters: July 15
Based on: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964)
Plot: After finding a rare Golden Ticket inside a chocolate bar, sweet but poor Charlie Bucket and his grandfather get to visit the tightly guarded factory of candy magnate Willy Wonka. Charlie and the other lottery winners tour the lavish plant run by the Oompa Loompas, unaware that they are all on a secret job interview to take over the imaginative candymaking enterprise.
Difference between movie and book: Unlike the 1971 Gene Wilder film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, based on the same book, which featured psychedelic elements in its adaptation, this latest screenplay sticks closely to what Dahl wrote in the novel. Even the lyrics sung by the trusty Oompa Loompas are taken straight from Dahl's classic.
tommyrot - May 26, 2005 12:00:01 pm PDT #3412 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.
Even the lyrics sung by the trusty Oompa Loompas are taken straight from Dahl's classic.
Is it a bad sign that I really want to know what these Oompa Loompa lyrics are?
eta:
Oompa Loopa doopitty det
There once was a man from Nantucket
Hayden - May 26, 2005 12:08:31 pm PDT #3413 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Corwood, babe, breaking genre "restrictions" to watch "The Wild Bunch" next week. Between y'all and David Simon, I had to, you know...it's a Wirehead thing. If I hate it, you'll get the hate mail, ok?
I'm used to it. FWIW, The Wild Bunch is also one of Joss Whedon's avowed favorite movies, too.