Ooh, thanks for the rec, Jessica. Didn't you say upthread it was directed by the same person who did Lagaan? (I know Aamir Khan starred in Lagaan too.) I'll be keeping an eye out for this one.
We'll be in our bunk.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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Kate P. - Aug 12, 2005 4:54:02 am PDT #6453 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Jessica - Aug 12, 2005 4:59:24 am PDT #6454 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Didn't you say upthread it was directed by the same person who did Lagaan?
I did, but I was mistaken. The only connection between them is that Amir Kahn stars as the local guy who leads his people to kick British ass.
Gris - Aug 12, 2005 7:29:36 am PDT #6455 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Ouch! Lisa Schwazbaum REALLY hates Pretty Persuasion.
I'm not sure I've EVER seen her give a grade that low.
Kate P. - Aug 12, 2005 11:46:10 am PDT #6456 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The only connection between them is that Amir Kahn stars as the local guy who leads his people to kick British ass.
See, that's really all I need, though. So no problem!
Tom Scola - Aug 12, 2005 12:34:48 pm PDT #6457 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks.
bon bon - Aug 12, 2005 12:52:42 pm PDT #6458 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
That's a good distraction on an afternoon like this.
"The Village"
To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes.
Gris - Aug 12, 2005 12:58:55 pm PDT #6459 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Heh. The only movie in there that I actually like is "The Usual Suspects," and I absolutely love that one. I also don't hate "Tommy Boy" - it's not allowed, as a male member of my generation.
Not bad, Ebert. Not bad.
Dana - Aug 12, 2005 2:15:42 pm PDT #6460 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We're watching Constantine.
This is a terrible movie.
DebetEsse - Aug 12, 2005 2:18:45 pm PDT #6461 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
See, I thought it was a movie that could have been fixed by changing a few simple things.
The first one, of course, being the casting of the title character.
Dana - Aug 12, 2005 2:20:27 pm PDT #6462 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Does this bear any resemblance to the comic? I mean, the story. I know how much they messed with Constantine himself, but is the story's incoherence because they fucked with a comic, or because it was written by inane Hollywood committee?