I'm not really into anime, but Lain looked really interesting, and I want to see it. Also some of the classics like Ghost in the Shell and Akira.
I'm going to see to Wesley, see if he's still whimpering.
Giles ,'Chosen'
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Polter-Cow - Sep 17, 2005 1:20:25 pm PDT #7412 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Anne W. - Sep 17, 2005 3:02:39 pm PDT #7413 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Lain was fun, if rather mind-bendy. My current favorite, however, is Fullmetal Alchemist. In a lot of ways, it feels as if Joss and Tim were involved in its creation. Funny as hell in parts, but also heartbreaking and with more than its fair share of HSQ.
Whee! I only have to wait until 9/30 to see Mirrormask. The question is, which do I see first: that, or Serenity?
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2005 3:07:41 pm PDT #7414 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My current favorite, however, is Fullmetal Alchemist. In a lot of ways, it feels as if Joss and Tim were involved in its creation. Funny as hell in parts, but also heartbreaking and with more than its fair share of HSQ.
Hell, it comes right out of the gate with the HSQ -- the Elrics trying to raise their mother, where we get teeny flashes of *something* trying to take form -- remind me of zombie!Joyce.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 17, 2005 3:10:52 pm PDT #7415 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
See Serenity first to get you all pumped up, and then Mirrormask to give you psychedelic dreams that night.
Serenity's great fun, but it's an in-the-moment kind of movie. I suspect you're going to want to think and reflect a lot after the other.
Anne W. - Sep 17, 2005 4:33:43 pm PDT #7416 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Good point, Matt. Besides, my dad (who only saw Firefly on DVD), is getting all giddy about going to see Serenity on opening day, so I may not have a choice in the matter.
DebetEsse - Sep 17, 2005 4:52:20 pm PDT #7417 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Neil Gaiman himself said that you could go see Serenity on opening day without guilt (as long as you go see Mirrormask opening week). I'm listening to him.
Kate P. - Sep 17, 2005 5:01:02 pm PDT #7418 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just watched Lovely and Amazing, with Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer, Brenda Blethyn, and a bunch of other good actors. Great characters--you don't always like them or sympathize with everything they do, but you feel like you really understand them by the end. Definitely recommended.
Dana - Sep 17, 2005 5:10:33 pm PDT #7419 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Is that the one where they're sisters, and Emily Mortimer is the actress? I do remember liking that one.
Kate P. - Sep 17, 2005 5:24:08 pm PDT #7420 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yep. Emily Mortimer may have been my favorite in this, actually. All I really knew about the movie ahead of time is that there's a scene in which her character, the actress, asks a man she's sleeping with to look at her naked and tell her everything that's wrong with her. So I was prepared to be made really uncomfortable by that part, but in fact, it's kind of a freeing moment for her. There were other parts of the movie that pinged me much harder on weight/body image issues.
Beverly - Sep 17, 2005 8:04:26 pm PDT #7421 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I have yet to see Emily Mortimer in anything live action, although I have Dear Frankie on the queue. I know her as the voice of Young Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle.