Prophecy without Chris Walken is just so wrong, so horribly wrong on so many levels. I will probably see it anyway, but I will do so under protest and with lots of bitching and moaning.
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
'Just Rewards (2)'
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Nicklas - Jun 13, 2005 3:39:04 pm PDT #4045 of 10002
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 13, 2005 6:15:09 pm PDT #4046 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
Prophecy 2 with Christopher Walken was horribly wrong on many levels. The third installment was a lot better, but the filmmakers were trying so hard to imitatereference the original that they might as well have opened with Walken looking at the camera and saying "Y'know what, just go back and rent the original again instead. You'll thank me later!"
Rio - Jun 13, 2005 9:11:35 pm PDT #4047 of 10002
Are you ready to be strong?
I loved the Smiths. It taught me an important lesson about domestic violence: it is good for your relationship!
Nicklas - Jun 14, 2005 2:40:39 am PDT #4048 of 10002
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
Of course Prophecy 2 was wrong but at least it had Walken. He was still very entertaining even though the plot and all that was horrid. What will the forth have to justify it's existence? Nothing.
Ailleann - Jun 14, 2005 6:44:14 am PDT #4049 of 10002
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Just got back from screening the Bats. Thoroughly enjoyed it. There were a few things that made me go "huh?", but I suspect that's just a lack of comics knowledge.
Also, not. nearly. enough. shirtless CB.
Sean K - Jun 14, 2005 7:31:46 am PDT #4050 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
... some bad guys
SCARECROW!!!
(The Scarecrow mask has started making a couple of brief appearances in the ads)
DavidS - Jun 14, 2005 8:27:34 am PDT #4051 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I loved the Smiths. It taught me an important lesson about domestic violence: it is good for your relationship!
"Saget! Wham, Bang - to the moon!"
bon bon - Jun 14, 2005 8:35:25 am PDT #4052 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
While watching the scene where Pitt kicks the shit out of Jane I was thinking (while squirming) that Jolie is pretty much the only actress where it's conceivably acceptable for Brad Pitt to try to beat the hell out of her. Not Charlie's Angels. Not Jennifer Garner. Nor Halle Berry. And given what Slate reported recently about the difficulty in insuring Nicole Kidman, I can't believe she was considered for this role. We really dodged a bullet with that one...although I'm not sure I prefer her trying to act across from Will Ferrell.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2005 8:43:31 am PDT #4053 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can you imagine this movie with Johnny Depp and Nicole Kidman? Just not right.
Actually, I can see Lucy Liu in that scenario, as well as Jennifer Garner. They both fall into my category of oh, just give them a second to recover and you're a dead man. Halle Berry's never triggered that in me, despite her "action" resume. Don't get me started about the rest of the Angels. Well, okay, I'd like to see Drew in that scenario too.
I didn't squirm during that bit, probably because it was so detached from reality (more than any of the other physical combat bits) -- she had absolutely no negative after effects, so it read more like John being crazy than actually hitting someone else. Also, if the person being kicked had been male, I probably wouldn't have reacted any differently.
DavidS - Jun 14, 2005 8:52:30 am PDT #4054 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Uma got quite a lot of beatings in Kill Bill, but it never felt like she wasn't equal to (or better than) her opponent.