'Out Of Gas'
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
I am all about the To Be Or Not To Be. Because I hadn't understood the idea that you could be elegant and beautiful and funny all at once till that movie. Also, dressing up as clowns to escape Nazis. How can you not love that?
Gotham as Brooklyn
I think Brooklyn is not tall enough for Mr. Dark And Broody to sit atop its ramparts contemplating the city. Whereas, the Chrysler Building is perfect for that, if you are not afraid of heights, or if you are Margaret Bourke-White.
Because I never saw it.
Star Wars script. Spoilery. And funny.
INT. SOME WEIRD OPERA THING
IAN MCDIARMID You seem worried about Natalie dying. Also, you're confused about being a Jedi.
HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN (furrowing his brow) They don't want me to fuck Natalie Portman. That's insanity. Did you see her in Closer? Holy fuck.
I don't have to whitefont that, do I?
Oh, YAY! The Editing Room hasn't been funny in far too long. Good to see it back in form.
I like how the script refers to the character as SAMUEL L. MOTHERFUCKING JACKSON.
This is the line I wanted to hear:
SAMUEL L. MOTHERFUCKING JACKSON
Ian, you're under arrest for being
a manipulative motherfucker.
I saw Crash and Longest Yard last night. The later was tedious.
Crash had some terrific performances, but the writing felt awfully forced and the author's hand was everywhere. I felt that characterization and dialogue were always being sacrificed to make a point. And since the point is "racism is bad" which, hey, is something I already knew, not such a great movie-going experience.
I think I'm lucky because I haven't really spent enough time in non-D.C. cities to be able to tell them apart. You want to say Chicago is New York? Toronto is Los Angeles? Whatever. I probably would notice if someone tried to pass Alberta off as Honolulu, but in general I am extremely non-picky about geography.
I'm always amused when watching Wayne's World, and seeing the palm trees in "Aurora." You can dress up the set with all the Chicagoland trivial bits (Empire Carpet commercial, drive by the Car Tower in Cicero), but you can't hide the trees!
What does this bit from The Editing Room mean?
NATALIE has her twins,the order of which creates a completely unnecessary continuity error for no reason other than the fact that DIRECTOR GEORGE LUCAS must really enjoy watching his obsessive fans rationalize obvious flaws. She DIES.