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They lied. It was the 1942 original. Which I had never seen, and was good. All psychological and stuff.
OH YEAH! Val Lewton, man. Incredible filmmaker. If you liked his Cat People, tommyrot, I highly recommend his Bedlam, starring Bela Lugosi. Good shit.
Wow, that's like paying for hamburger steak and being given filet mignon prepared by a master chef instead.
Yeah, pretty much.
Although I still want the hamburger - maybe on DVD.
Although I still want the hamburger
By which you mean porn.
I saw Green Street Hooligans today, which would have been much better without the random-ass voiceover. It was still pretty good. The ending is a little weird -- the "lesson" Elijah Wood learns doesn't make a whole lot of sense -- but it's an enjoyable two hours. (Especially if you like that whole gritty handheld London style of filmmaking, which I do.)
This may shock people, but I saw both Police Academy and Mystery Men for the first time yesterday. My reactions to both were similar -- interesting concepts, should have done more with them. (Though in fairness to MM, it was on basic cable, and no doubt quite a bit was cut out.)
(ETA, a couple hours later): Just looked up MM on IMDb. Yes, a lot was cut out. As in, a 2-hour movie was cut to fit a 2-hour commercial-filled timeslot.
NYT article: Apparently some conservatives have embraced March of the Penguins as a film espousing their values about monogamy and intelligent design (WTF?) [link]
Oddly, the Washington Post just ran a piece by George Will using March of the Penguins to attack Intelligent Design as being an obviously stupid idea.
Penguins - all things to all people.
The penguin is a blank canvas on which we write our world views.
OK, in all seriousness, don't conservatives know about the gay penguins?
Some do, as I heard rumblings that Wendell and Cass should be separated to prevent their unnatural coupling.