... some bad guys
SCARECROW!!!
(The Scarecrow mask has started making a couple of brief appearances in the ads)
You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.
Giles ,'Touched'
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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
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.
Jessica - Jun 14, 2005 8:54:44 am PDT #4055 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I flinched a little during that bit, but it was the kicking, that got to me, not the Angelina.
It just looked really painful.
DavidS - Jun 14, 2005 9:01:34 am PDT #4056 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How about Patricia Arquette vs. James Gandolfini in True Romance?
bon bon - Jun 14, 2005 9:07:00 am PDT #4057 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
NSM. That wasn't really a popcorn movie beating. In this one I think the audience is supposed to sympathize with Pitt.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2005 9:09:02 am PDT #4058 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
More than you're supposed to sympathise against him (you know what I mean) when he's being hit?
bon bon - Jun 14, 2005 9:24:34 am PDT #4059 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I'm not sure what you mean, but I think we're supposed to find each character's success satisfying. So yes, we like it when Jane gets her licks in, and we like it when he gets his in. As long as it's not obvious that one is terribly wounding the other.
I really wish there were some morning krav classes in town. I would totally!