The NY Post has this to say about the studio reaction to BB's weekend: [link] (Scroll down to the " BATTY FOR BALE" headline.)
Here is your cup of coffee. Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.
Xander ,'Chosen'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 20, 2005 8:30:56 am PDT #4439 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
bon bon - Jun 20, 2005 9:05:17 am PDT #4440 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Huh. I don't doubt there will be sequels, but the box office was much lower than predicted.
DavidS - Jun 20, 2005 9:18:18 am PDT #4441 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Huh. I don't doubt there will be sequels, but the box office was much lower than predicted.
I bet it has legs though.
Caught bits of two documentaries on Sundance over the weekend and they were both very interesting.
I've Tivoed To Be And To Have to watch all the way through. We saw the second half of it. It's a documentary about a one-room schoolhouse in Auvergne France, and the teacher who handles a class that ranges in age from 4-11. It's very moving and sweet and beautifully shot and I'd recommend it to just about anybody, but particularly all the teachers here.
Also watched parts of Yank Tanks which is about the odd and beautiful phenomenon that Havana, Cuba is filled with classic American cars from the fifties which are constantly being rebuilt against the rust and decay. It's gorgeously shot in Havana which is a fascinating city.
However, I mostly thought that Trudy, ita and Laura would particularly like the long scene of bare chested Cuban teens and young men playing street soccer in the rain. Barefoot. In slow motion. All these handsome, young, lean Carribean guys in various shades of multiethnicity wet and frolicking. Kat Perez would probably like it too.
Jessica - Jun 20, 2005 9:34:34 am PDT #4442 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
a good story well-told
I think I need to see the dubbed version, because the subtitled version had DH and I both walking out of the theatre scratching our heads. There were at least 5 major things left totally unexplained.
Mr. Broom - Jun 20, 2005 9:58:18 am PDT #4443 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Chinese translations of everyone's favorite dialogue exchange in Episode III.
PADME: "Something wonderful has happened. Annie, I'm pregnant"
("Waiting for the happy event condescends to come. Dear, I was pregnant")
ANAKIN: "That's... that's wonderful"
("This...... This is really too stick")
Melpomene - Jun 20, 2005 10:03:36 am PDT #4444 of 10002
Ever fired your gun in the air and yelled, 'Aaaaaaah?'
I saw Batman over the weekend. Twice! I won't go into the gushing but I was grinning like an idiot on the way home from the theater. Loved Christian Bale, loved Liam Neeson, and I absolutely lurved Cillian Murphy.
Katie Holmes was alright. Her character annoyed me a bit but that might have been due to TomKat media overdose.
Melpomene - Jun 20, 2005 10:12:34 am PDT #4445 of 10002
Ever fired your gun in the air and yelled, 'Aaaaaaah?'
We got a lot of movie trailers before BB. It was almost as long as the movie. We got War of the Worlds (no thanks), Stealth (killer aircraft,WTF), Dukes of Hazzard, Serenity (huzzah), the Island (hell yeah), Charley and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Four, and some Pocahontas movie with Colin Farrel and Christian Bale that looks pretty interesting.
I think I'll drag my brother or sister with me to see BB this weekend. I really need to see it again.
Gandalfe - Jun 20, 2005 10:40:51 am PDT #4446 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I may take the lovely wife out on a date this weekend to go see it.
§ ita § - Jun 20, 2005 11:37:37 am PDT #4447 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2005 11:39:17 am PDT #4448 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm waiting for Christopher Nolan to do Alfred: The Beginning," Caine jokes.
Heh.