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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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Scrappy - Aug 05, 2005 6:27:51 am PDT #6346 of 10002

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

Wew rented ps last night. It's by Dylan Kidd, who wrote/directed Roger Dodger, which was a really good film. This has Laura Linney and Topher Grace, two of my favorite actors , but we only made it through about the first 40 minutes due to being driven insane by the HORRIBLE WRITING. In an intimate character-driven film, is too much to ask that the characters actually act and speak like human beings? He is a painter and some of his talk about his work was lovely and awkward and felt very real. There is a lovely little sex scene in it and you can see the director and actors really trying hard to be real and not glamorize it which I think is a fine goal, except for she keeps all her clothes on and, as the BF noted, "Who has sex with a woman and never touches her breasts or ass?"

Also Marcia Gay Harden played a character who seemed completely forced and false and made me want to gouge my own eyes out.

Tonight we're off to Hustle & Flow.

Jessica - Aug 05, 2005 6:45:35 am PDT #6347 of 10002

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

I saw that in previews, Robin, and remember thinking it was two great performances trapped in an awful, boring film.

According to the press notes, the goal of this movie was to make a romantic comedy where the characters didn't have any obstacles put in front of them, and I guess the mostly succeeded. It was just a really poorly thought-out goal, as no conflict-->boring movie.

Sean K - Aug 05, 2005 6:49:42 am PDT #6348 of 10002

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

the goal of this movie was to make a romantic comedy where the characters didn't have any obstacles put in front of them,

I thought My Big Fat Greek Wedding already covered that.

tommyrot - Aug 05, 2005 9:42:35 am PDT #6349 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.

Anyone know when The Aristocrats is coming to Chicago?

juliana - Aug 05, 2005 9:44:17 am PDT #6350 of 10002

I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

8/12/2005 Chicago Piper's Alley Loews
8/12/2005 Chicago Esquire 6 Loews
8/19/2005 Evanston Evanston 18 Century
8/19/2005 Highland Park Renaissance Landmark

tommyrot - Aug 05, 2005 9:54:40 am PDT #6351 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.

Thanks!

juliana - Aug 05, 2005 10:00:19 am PDT #6352 of 10002

I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Thanks!

No problem. Z is standing in line on the 12th so that we may see the filthiness in all its glory.

Gris - Aug 05, 2005 11:52:43 am PDT #6353 of 10002

Hey. New board.

Hee! Enjoy. It's really hilariously filthy.

erikaj - Aug 05, 2005 3:12:00 pm PDT #6354 of 10002

Always Anti-fascist!

"Be Cool" is no "Get Shorty" but it was better than I expected...Netflix harshed on it.

Kathy A - Aug 05, 2005 4:51:50 pm PDT #6355 of 10002

We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Hee--I love with the stupidest of movies causes reviewers to wax philosophic (and delve into physics, as well).

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