Fourthing the yay. Also saying that Hollywood Reporter and Variety both have fairly positive reviews of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory up, which you can get to through the metacritic site.
Whoa. Good myth.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Gris - Jul 10, 2005 5:38:08 pm PDT #5474 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 10, 2005 5:53:51 pm PDT #5475 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
I wonder if Johnny Depp breaks out in a rendition of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" at any point?
Frankenbuddha - Jul 11, 2005 4:30:37 am PDT #5476 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Finally saw BATMAN BEGINS over the weekend, and my response was "Oh HELL yeah!"
Quite possibly the best super-hero movie I've ever seen. Much as I loved the two Burton movies, this is the Batman movie I've been waiting for.
Hayden - Jul 11, 2005 5:13:45 am PDT #5477 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oooooo. Just found out that Mizayaki's Warriors of the Wind has just been re-released on DVD as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds. Not up to giving it the hours of rapt attention it deserves tonight, but I'm not making any plans for next weekend.
We watched this a few weeks back. I'd always heard great things about Nausicaä, but it all felt like a less complex dry run for Princess Mononoke to me. I liked Castle In The Sky (which I also saw recently for the first time) much more.
Tom Scola - Jul 11, 2005 5:16:51 am PDT #5478 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Nausicaä is a prototypical Mary Sue. Miyazaki's characterizations got better as time went on.
Hayden - Jul 11, 2005 5:32:41 am PDT #5479 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Nausicaä is a prototypical Mary Sue
I couldn't agree more. Also, the good guys were all good and the bad guys were all bad. The only ambiguity was in the motives of the gigantic cthulhu monsters.
Jessica - Jul 11, 2005 5:36:13 am PDT #5480 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Aw, I love Nausicaa. More than Mononoke, even, which I found more convoluted than complex.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Jul 11, 2005 6:23:58 am PDT #5481 of 10002
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
Delurking.
'Cause I see things I want to respond to and then think "Damn, I better delurk before jumping into a conversation". And then I don't and the whole demented cycle begins again.
So... hello.
Kate P. - Jul 11, 2005 6:25:19 am PDT #5482 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Hello! Uh, I'm not really sure how to nick your name. IANRAS?
Polter-Cow - Jul 11, 2005 6:28:15 am PDT #5483 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Let's use Spring, for maximum irony value.