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Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video

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.

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DavidS - Mar 21, 2005 8:04:07 am PST #420 of 10002

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The original ending to Pretty Woman makes about $5 mil at the box office.

I know we have some Gary Cole fans here, so I wanted to include this bit from Stephanie Zacharek's review of Ring 2.

The other is the always fabulous, and always surprising, Gary Cole, as a cagily good-natured real estate agent. Cole is an actor whose face doesn't trigger an instant "good guy" or "bad guy" response; his benign good looks command us to watch him closely every second in order to figure out what he's up to -- he's just the sort of actor you want to see in a movie like this

§ ita § - Mar 21, 2005 8:06:27 am PST #421 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

he's just the sort of actor you want to see in a movie like this

I've considered him just the sort of actor I want to see in a movie that got better reviews.

Dana - Mar 21, 2005 8:06:39 am PST #422 of 10002

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I've read a couple reviews that have singled him out as one of the best things in an underwhelming movie.

Kate P. - Mar 21, 2005 8:09:24 am PST #423 of 10002

That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Meg Ryan/Billy Crystal makes sense to me, I suppose, although not as #1. I'm a little appalled that Pretty Woman is on there, though. Don't know who I'd choose--I think I've missed out on a lot of the classic romantic movies, so I'd vote for pairings like Franka Potente and Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity, or Angela Bassett and Ralph Fiennes in Strange Days. Or, you know, Sam and Frodo.

Hey Dana, I don't know if you stay current in the Music thread these days, but I posted in there a couple days ago about Tracy Grammer's new album--thought you'd be interested. Definitely pick up a copy when you can.

DavidS - Mar 21, 2005 8:10:52 am PST #424 of 10002

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I've read a couple reviews that have singled him out as one of the best things in an underwhelming movie.

He's probably due for a write up in Cintra Wilson's series on Undervalued Character Actors.

Alicia K - Mar 21, 2005 8:11:20 am PST #425 of 10002

Uncertainty could be our guiding light.

Several people in the audience (myself included) exclaimed "Lumberg!" when Gary Cole showed up in The Ring Two.

Connie Neil - Mar 21, 2005 8:11:54 am PST #426 of 10002

brillig

Meg Ryan makes me want to shoot things.

Dana - Mar 21, 2005 8:13:00 am PST #427 of 10002

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Thanks, Kate. I owe myself a big music buy, maybe when I graduate. I'll put it on the list.

§ ita § - Mar 21, 2005 8:13:12 am PST #428 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Angela Bassett and Ralph Fiennes in Strange Days

There's a couple I can get really enthusiastic about.

Oh. No. I've found my pairing: Li Mu Bai/Yu Shu Lien in CTHD. I can't think of a topper.

Scrappy - Mar 21, 2005 8:14:23 am PST #429 of 10002

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Come on, people, Hepburn/Grant in Philadelphia Story.

Few of the noir pairings work as great couples, because they may have the Hot Hot Lovin' but usually one of them is playing the other and there is no actual love there.

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