British job-lost movies: The Full Monty and Brassed Off!.
Willow: You know what they say. The bigger they are... Anya: The faster they stomp you into nothin'.
'The Killer In Me'
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Ailleann - Jun 11, 2005 6:49:39 pm PDT #4012 of 10002
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Allyson - Jun 11, 2005 8:08:49 pm PDT #4013 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I just saw High Tension. Has anyone else seen it? If so, can you explain it to me?
DavidS - Jun 11, 2005 8:15:31 pm PDT #4014 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I haven't seen it Allyson, but this review discusses it.
Allyson - Jun 11, 2005 8:42:36 pm PDT #4015 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Damn. That explains nothing. There was...and then the....and IT DIDNT MAKE ANY SENSE.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 12, 2005 2:19:27 am PDT #4016 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Damn. That explains nothing. There was...and then the....and IT DIDNT MAKE ANY SENSE.
I think I've guessed the big twist, as some reviews have mentioned FIGHT CLUB , so, yeah, it probably doesn't add up.
Then again, it's Euro-horror. Captain Logic slipped on a banana peel on the gang plank and went into the water without ever getting on board.
Scrappy - Jun 12, 2005 6:55:57 am PDT #4017 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I saw Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Lords of Dogtown last night.
I'm with Jess on the Smiths. Great Fun and the leads are ssizzling, charming and funny--a perfect mix for a popcorn film like this.
Lords of Dogtown was really good. It got the look (and more importantly the feel) of that era exactly right. There were a few clunky moments, but the young leads give great performances all around. If you haven't seen the documentary this is based on, or even if you have, this is worth a watch.
sumi - Jun 12, 2005 7:27:45 am PDT #4018 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Hmmm, how about a double of The Full Monty and Calendar Girls - people from Northern England stripping to raise money (that is if I have the second movie right.)
erikaj - Jun 12, 2005 7:56:12 am PDT #4019 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, Sumi, good one. It's very cute...Mom and I liked it very much.
§ ita § - Jun 12, 2005 4:20:36 pm PDT #4020 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
One of our guys worked on Mr & Mrs Smith and I need to know if it was on the main fight scene, because that was nice and kravvy.
I laughed a lot -- I've never found Brad Pitt this hysterical. Jolie bugs me a little, not least of all because she's just way too thin for the picture her role demands in my head.
But it was fun, and so cheerily violent. Adam Brody -- well, maybe he can play Seth Cohen all his life. I mean, if people will pay him, what's the problem?
sumi - Jun 12, 2005 5:07:32 pm PDT #4021 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
My impressions of Mr and Mrs Smith?
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -- so pretty and so tall!
Also, many things go boom . .. and really just because a movie is PG-13 doesn't mean that you should bring your child to it. I'm thinking that the movie would have been better if it had been an R because conceptually it's not a kid/family film and with an R they could balance the violence with more sex, you know?
And, what ita said about Adam Brody. (Loved that he was wearing a Fight Club t-shirt while being held hostage. )