There's some wacky buddhist monk soccer movie out there, but I haven't seen it.
Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.
'Dirty Girls'
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§ ita § - Mar 15, 2005 11:35:31 am PST #67 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
lisah - Mar 15, 2005 11:39:40 am PST #68 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
DH loves Victory.
HAH! I loved it too!!!! I was really into WWII-set movies when I was in junior high. I probably haven't seen it since I saw it in the theatre though.
Nutty - Mar 15, 2005 11:41:29 am PST #69 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Bend it Like Beckham!
Actually, you know, I have seen parts of this movie. I just managed somehow not to see a single part that involved soccer.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2005 11:42:08 am PST #70 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I really liked Boys From Brazil, myself. I think it translates to celluloid pretty well, but I'm culturally biased.
DXMachina - Mar 15, 2005 11:42:53 am PST #71 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I like Victory, too. Another soccer movie is Ladybugs.
JohnSweden - Mar 15, 2005 11:43:25 am PST #72 of 10002
I can't even.
Bend it Like Beckham!
Yeah. The Fever Pitch book is brilliant, but I haven't seen the (UK) film. The Red Sox map to Arsenal and the Yankees are who, Man United? Although, probably Liverpool at the time of the book since United were crap then. Who's Chelsea? The Mets?
sumi - Mar 15, 2005 11:44:40 am PST #73 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Nutty -- does that mean you missed the parts that involved JRM? Or somehow you screened out all the soccer surrounding him?
I've seen some of Fever Pitch and it worked better for me than the book did. Possibly because it was a less intense version of it.
Kathy A - Mar 15, 2005 11:45:12 am PST #74 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Victory had too much Sly for me (I was in my anti-Stallone period at the time).
DXMachina - Mar 15, 2005 11:45:32 am PST #75 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I just managed somehow not to see a single part that involved soccer.
Just as well. The soccer sequences are terrible.
Victory had some very good sequences, because they had a bunch of professional soccer players in the film. (Although I still wonder at how Pele would wind up in in a POW camp.)
Hayden - Mar 15, 2005 11:46:59 am PST #76 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Shaolin Soccer was loads o' fun.
We saw the ad for the Jimmy Fallon Fever Pitch last night. I didn't even realize that the movie had anything to do with the Hornby book until they showed the title at the end. My preference is to keep Jimmy Fallon away from things I like, and I liked that book, thanks.