Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.

Buffy ,'Beneath You'


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bon bon - Aug 19, 2005 10:50:44 am PDT #6593 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I was planning to buy one ticket and sneak into the other one.


Gris - Aug 19, 2005 10:55:20 am PDT #6594 of 10002
Hey. New board.

Sadly, the times of the movies does not make that too feasible for me.

I can do 7:20 Virgin, but it's two hours long and Red start sat 9:10 OR I could do 7:00 Red, but it's only 85 minutes long and Virgin doesn't start until 10:20.


erikaj - Aug 19, 2005 11:25:08 am PDT #6595 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Why am I not surprised the 40yo virgin starts late? Bwah.


Jessica - Aug 19, 2005 2:02:25 pm PDT #6596 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

DH and I both loved 40 Year Old Virgin. He saw Red-Eye and liked it, but wasn't blown away. (He compared it to Cellular, which was fun only because it moved fast enough to let you ignore the complete idiocy of the plot. And Cillian Murphy is creepy.)

So I guess it depends on what genre you're in the mood for.


Jessica - Aug 19, 2005 2:08:35 pm PDT #6597 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oh, and we just saw Sky High, which was fun in a cheesy wholesome old-fashioned kind of way. Very predictable, but well-executed, and a pleasantly surprising attention to detail.


Lyra Jane - Aug 20, 2005 12:54:54 pm PDT #6598 of 10002
Up with the sun

X-posted with my journal:

Rent film soundtrack clips are up.

Quick reactions: Rosario Dawson sounds much, much better than one would expect on "Light My Candle," though "Out Tonight" is just adequate. (I'd been nervous about her casting because it seemed like such a bonehead Hollywood let's-get-a-starlet move, but she can sing.) Tracie Thorns also has a very nice voice.Adam Pascal is, regrettably, not as good as he was on the original recording. Most of the others sound pretty much like they did eight years ago.

Only three months until the film is out.


Gris - Aug 20, 2005 5:42:48 pm PDT #6599 of 10002
Hey. New board.

Adam Pascal is, regrettably, not as good as he was on the original recording.

Sigh. And I almost hate him even on that. I DO hate him on the Aida soundtrack, oh my God the PAIN.

I'm really glad they got everybody else back, but I wish they had recast Adam Pascal. The fact that he continued to open Broadway musicals after Rent is one of those things that annoys me to no end.

ETA: Actually, I'm rather glad they recast Mimi too. The oddness of the girl's voice in the OCR (and I'm blanking on her name right now for some reason), though often appealing, would probably have issues in the movie.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 20, 2005 5:48:41 pm PDT #6600 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 saw 40 Year-Old Virgin this afternoon. Pretty much hilarious through and through, and it made me sympathize with a Steven Carell character when I usually wish for them to be victims of drive-by shootings. The wax removal scene had me laughing so hard I teared up, as did Paul Rudd's psychotic break in the electronics store with the camcorder. I only had two qualms: (1) the vibe between Carell and his co-workers quickly began reading as too long-term buddyish for them to have befriended him so recently. (2) Catherine Keener's character having the volcanic accusatory reaction to finding out about Steve's borrowed porn stash just felt completely unreal to me. This is supposed to be a fortysomething woman with three children and a grandchild, who got the former by involvement with bad boys—I just cannot buy that the concept of men enjoying porn came as such a life-altering shock to her. That's a reaction I'd expect from a sheltered co-ed dating away from the watchful eye of her parents for the first time .


Jessica - Aug 20, 2005 5:54:56 pm PDT #6601 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

But she was also already freaked out and hurt and confused by his seemingly pathological refusal to have sex with her. Having a gigantic and personalized porn collection added to that? I'd be thinking serial killer too.


Gris - Aug 20, 2005 5:55:07 pm PDT #6602 of 10002
Hey. New board.

Oh yeah, I also saw 40-YOV today. I, too, greatly enjoyed it.

My favorite part, actually, was the reference to Space Nuts. This was especially funny to me because, well, I've watched that movie. I have it on my computer, in fact. It is one of the funniest science fiction comedies I've ever seen - I watch it regularly, skipping through the sex scenes, just for the brilliant one-liners. I wish they had shown more of it. (I didn't spoiler any of this because, well, it's such a minor spoiler that I don't think it even possibly matters.)

For other thoughts, see Matt's post. I agree with him.