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A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.

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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.

Nutty - Mar 15, 2005 11:49:27 am PST #77 of 10002

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Nutty -- does that mean you missed the parts that involved JRM? Or somehow you screened out all the soccer surrounding him?

Well, I don't especially like JRM, but what I saw of the movie was an illicit trip to Germany (dressing up, dancing) and then some reaming by parents (upon return, or not, I don't remember). Also, some hanging out in bedroom with toothpick-narrow girl, talking about boys.

Somehow I think this movie is not about soccer the way The Natural is about baseball. (Not that we all need that much Malamuddish heavyhandedness in our lives.)

-t - Mar 15, 2005 11:49:40 am PST #78 of 10002

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Shaolin Soccer!

Believe it or not, I'm thinking of a different Buddhist-monks-playing-soccer movie. I think. Shaolin Soccer appears to be in theaters now, and I was tempted to rent the other one 3-5 years ago. Aha, it was The Cup

Dana - Mar 15, 2005 11:49:49 am PST #79 of 10002

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I'd forgotten about Shaolin Soccer, but I loved it.

sumi - Mar 15, 2005 11:50:09 am PST #80 of 10002

Art Crawl!!!

So, you also missed the fun Indian wedding stuff at the end?

Hayden - Mar 15, 2005 11:51:15 am PST #81 of 10002

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Shaolin Soccer appears to be in theaters now

It's been out on DVD for a while.

bon bon - Mar 15, 2005 11:53:08 am PST #82 of 10002

It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I'm sure there's an explanation for no one mentioning The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick.

-t - Mar 15, 2005 11:54:08 am PST #83 of 10002

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's been out on DVD for a while.

Into the Netflix queue it goes, then. It was The Cup I was remembering, though.

The Natural is about baseball.

I am still convinced that The Natural is about selling your soul to the devil, just the scenes explaining that somehow got edited out.

§ ita § - Mar 15, 2005 11:55:41 am PST #84 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I haven't seen The Natural. Is there a specific way it was about baseball?

Dana - Mar 15, 2005 11:57:37 am PST #85 of 10002

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Is there a specific way it was about baseball?

The baseball games are kind of a dead giveaway.

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