This LJ piece [link] is a very long explictoration [sic] of the Willy Wonka movie. Reminds me of the kind of analysis I used to eat up about Buffy. Search on the word "children" to get to it, it starts in the middle.
Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.
Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'
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Noumenon - Jul 27, 2005 5:55:43 am PDT #6180 of 10002
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Mr. Broom - Jul 27, 2005 7:20:57 am PDT #6181 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
Orlando's Elizabethtown accent is just a touch better than Hugh Jackman's X-Men accent. This was all I could think about while I watched. I'm like the guy you take into your parlor to see how well you decorated it who's looking for the wallpaper seams.
beathen - Jul 27, 2005 7:24:31 am PDT #6182 of 10002
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
A few weeks ago I watched Bride and Prejudice and had to do a double take when I heard Naveen Andrews speaking because he sounded exactly like Orlando Bloom in LOTR.
Gandalfe - Jul 27, 2005 8:45:04 am PDT #6183 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
A few weeks ago I watched Bride and Prejudice and had to do a double take when I heard Naveen Andrews speaking because he sounded exactly like Orlando Bloom in LOTR.
What did you think of it? I thought it was OK. Whatshername (Aishwarya Rai) is really not an actress. Yes, I agree, she is absolutely gorgeous, but she seems to have only 3 expressions - coy seductive, peeved seductive, and blank. Which I guess is 1 more than most Hollywood starlets, so, yeah for that. Also, the main guy (Martin Henderson) should have been played by a Wilson.
beathen - Jul 27, 2005 8:58:03 am PDT #6184 of 10002
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
I thought it was OK.
Me too. It was a neat story and had fun songs ("No live, without wife"!) but for some reason it didn't draw me in. It felt so cut up and jarring.
she seems to have only 3 expressions - coy seductive, peeved seductive, and blank
exactly
the main guy (Martin Henderson) should have been played by a Wilson.
I think anyone besides Henderson would be good. He didn't seem to fit the role very well and didn't appeal to me in any way. A Wilson would have definately been a better choice.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2005 8:58:59 am PDT #6185 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Wilsons have a stealthy charm.
Aims - Jul 27, 2005 9:03:24 am PDT #6186 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle = teh funny.
At least, at 2am it is.
Polter-Cow - Jul 27, 2005 9:03:59 am PDT #6187 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also at 10 PM, or whenever I saw it. Fucking hilarious.
Aims - Jul 27, 2005 9:08:02 am PDT #6188 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"Daddy is not coming on anything."
I about pissed myself.
Also, Kumar = kinda hot.
Kate P. - Jul 27, 2005 11:51:57 am PDT #6189 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I thought Bride & Prejudice was fairly crappy, but I enjoyed it anyway. I did like how closely it mirrored the storyline of P&P, and I'm a sucker for pretty much anything about India. But yeah, the songs weren't very good (and there weren't enough of them!), and the main actors weren't up to the task.