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Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video

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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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Polter-Cow - Jun 30, 2005 5:45:59 pm PDT #5006 of 10002

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I just saw Abre Los Ojos. And...I don't understand why this is supposed to be OMG SO BRILLIANT and Vanilla Sky is supposed to be OMG SUCH CRAP. I loved Vanilla Sky; we ended up discussing it for hours. But seeing the original, I don't see how it's so radically different. The plot is pretty much identical, and I don't see how this one is any more fucked up and/or ambiguous. It's been a few years since I've seen Vanilla Sky, so maybe I'm missing what made that so Hollywood and unsubtle and ew.

People keep saying the ending of Abre Los Ojos is so much better, but I actually think it's less ambiguous. Here, you have an unfamiliar female voice saying "Tranquelo, tranquelo. Abre los ojos." In Vanilla Sky, it's a voice that sounds like Sofia's saying, simply, "Open your eyes." In the former, it's very clear he chose to wake up in the future, but in the latter, it's still ambiguous, which is one of the things that kept our discussion going.

Of course, this could always be one of those Which One You Saw First things.

Jesse - Jun 30, 2005 5:46:44 pm PDT #5007 of 10002

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You people are too choked up with alien souls to really Get It.

alienprayer - Jun 30, 2005 5:54:09 pm PDT #5008 of 10002

Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce

I thought that Vanilla Sky being mostly identical was the problem. Why remake something in exactly the same way? But I have a problem seeing Cruise and Diaz as anyone but Cruise and Diaz.

Vanilla Sky really only interested me as proof that Cruz is a better actress in her native tongue.

Sean K - Jun 30, 2005 5:56:19 pm PDT #5009 of 10002

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

You people are too choked up with alien souls to really Get It.

I got dead alien spirits running ALL THROUGH ME!

Jessica - Jun 30, 2005 5:57:47 pm PDT #5010 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I got dead alien spirits running ALL THROUGH ME!

You should hold onto some cans attatched to a VU meter. Oh, and give me a lot of money. It'll help, I swear.

tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 5:58:04 pm PDT #5011 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.

Who cares about Xenu anyway? He was defeated 3,428 years ago by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Lee - Jun 30, 2005 6:01:38 pm PDT #5012 of 10002

The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Cries forevah

alienprayer - Jun 30, 2005 6:05:41 pm PDT #5013 of 10002

Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce

I know we are all concerned about how the schism over Marinara vs. Alfredo is becoming increasingly violent.

But take heart. I have been visited by a revelation, and I know the truth.

Al Dente.

Kalshane - Jun 30, 2005 6:08:45 pm PDT #5014 of 10002

GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. For your interest, I have included a graph of the approximate number of pirates versus the average global temperature over the last 200 years. As you can see, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature.

Heh.

I do love the responses from the two school board members (not in a funny way, but in a "It's good to know not everyone is insane" way.)

Sean K - Jun 30, 2005 6:11:50 pm PDT #5015 of 10002

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Oh, and give me a lot of money. It'll help, I swear.

Like a lot a lot? Or just a lot?

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