I liked it. But it's very strange and I think some find it disturbing.
Slay-er? Chosen One. She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries? You're kidding. Ask around. Look it up: Slayer comma The.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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tommyrot - Oct 09, 2005 7:12:52 pm PDT #7757 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Atropa - Oct 09, 2005 7:23:58 pm PDT #7758 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Mirrormask.
Oh my god, Mirrormask.
If it is playing ANYWHERE near you, you must go see it. It's beautiful. Gorgeous, gorgeous visuals that I want to overlay on the world around me.
Scrappy - Oct 09, 2005 8:44:51 pm PDT #7759 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I just saw A History of Violence.
Liked it, although I thought it fell apart in the last act. Viggo is AMAZING. There is a scene where he stands up as Tom Stall and then walks toward Ed Harris and literally turns into Joey before our eyes. His whole physicality changes.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 09, 2005 8:49:52 pm PDT #7760 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
Viewing #5 of Serenity may be it for me for a week or two. I've seen it enough times in a short enough period that I started to drift off early on, though once the heist got underway the action was moving fast enough to keep me engaged. But during the fight at Inara's I found myself imagining Companion self-defense training with the Operative falling victim to pepper perfume spray, nerve Astroglide, or a high-powered "back massager" with its batteries set on overload .
Best line this viewing: "At last, we can retire and give up this life of crime."
Mal was right: Fanti is prettier than Mingo.
I noticed for the first time that Kaylee actually stepped on a wounded Jayne on her way to fuss over Simon after the folks on the mule narrowly escaped the Reavers.
DavidS - Oct 09, 2005 10:05:15 pm PDT #7761 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh my god, Mirrormask.
I told you!
Hee to Matt's notation on the twins.
Invisible Green - Oct 10, 2005 6:43:55 am PDT #7762 of 10002
I liked [Cronenberg's Crash]. But it's very strange and I think some find it disturbing.
I read the book (by J.G. Ballard). That was brilliant. I have yet to see the movie, but I probably will eventually.
tommyrot - Oct 10, 2005 6:48:19 am PDT #7763 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I read the book back around '88 or so. I remember thinking, "This is one of those books, like Naked Lunch, that is impossible to film."
I was amused to be proven wrong on both books (although the film Naked Lunch is about a writer who's writing a book much like the book Naked Lunch, so it's not exactly a film adaptation).
Kate P. - Oct 10, 2005 6:53:26 am PDT #7764 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
And they were both done by Cronenberg, right?
tommyrot - Oct 10, 2005 6:59:12 am PDT #7765 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah.
I didn't even think of that when I made my previous post.
I should buy those two on DVD.
Hayden - Oct 10, 2005 7:05:07 am PDT #7766 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
This weekend, we watched Hell House, a documentary about a Dallas fundamentalist "scare 'em straight" halloween extravaganza. Deeply unsettling, primarily for the scenarios that these sweet, bland people created and the creepy joy they took in damning (for instance) a woman who'd just been (mock) raped or a (mock) gay man dying of AIDS. Worst of all was the conflict with the tragic family at the heart of the movie, a quietly devastated single father with four children, two of whom suffered from cerebral palsy, whose wife had cheated on him and apparently left the whole family. It was obvious how much the church supported him and meant to him, but it was also obvious how oblivious the church members were to his suffering, such as when they had him watching a domestic abuse scenario with echoes of his own life.
What a way to kick off our Netflixed Month of Goofy Horror!