Most boring movie I've EVER seen.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
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erikaj - Oct 17, 2005 11:55:22 am PDT #8037 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Mr. Broom - Oct 17, 2005 12:02:55 pm PDT #8038 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
We heckled the sex scene. It was flatter than just about any I've ever seen, and given its length compared to the godawful length of the movie, makes Brad Pitt look like a short-timer in the sack. Which was funny.
Nutty - Oct 17, 2005 12:48:51 pm PDT #8039 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Brad Pitt flew through the air like a muppet shot from a cannon.
There needs to be a whole movie about this topic.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 17, 2005 1:34:31 pm PDT #8040 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
"Leave it, it's close to the moment of the funniest hit-by-a-car scene in movie history."
I'd argue that a similar scene with Lisa Kudrow in Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion should be the winner of that title.
I saw both 9 Songs and Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit yesterday. Both enjoyable, though you could hardly imagine movies more different.
The former had a very Northern European feel to me despite being British-made. Similar feel, if somewhat darker, to the cinema verité of Italian for Beginners. And oddly the feeling of absolute reality in all its bleakness helped keep the explicit sex from seeming expoitative despite taking up a fairly large chunk of the movie. Plus, I loved the concert footage, particularly from the Franz Ferdinand performance.
I can't really say much about Wallace & Gromit that hasn't already been said, but it was a wonderfully enjoyable film.
Strega - Oct 17, 2005 1:47:04 pm PDT #8041 of 10002
Today I was flipping through the channels and found it. DH said, "Leave it, it's close to the moment of the funniest hit-by-a-car scene in movie history."
That's just weird, because I did the exact same thing on Sunday, only there was nobody to explain what was happening. I was channel-surfing. There was Brad Pitt. Then a car hit him. Then I laughed and laughed. Then I desperately tried to figure out what the hell I'd stumbled upon. Eventually I saw Hopkins and figured it out. And went back to surfing.
P.M. Marc - Oct 17, 2005 3:24:44 pm PDT #8042 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
When I was over at my in-laws house on Saturday, they had a videotape of Meet Joe Black there.
I spent dinner afraid that they'd want us to watch it with them.
Sean K - Oct 17, 2005 3:28:23 pm PDT #8043 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Except that movie comes with a ready-made excuse not to watch it, Plei -- "I'd love to, but I can't. I have plans a week from next Tuesday."
Hell, I think I'm still watching it.
P.M. Marc - Oct 17, 2005 3:30:36 pm PDT #8044 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I take it it's long? It appeared to come on two VHS tapes.
I'm still confused as to why my in-laws, who I'd swear have a DVD player, watch things on tape.
Jessica - Oct 18, 2005 6:06:16 pm PDT #8045 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So....Doom sucked. I wanted to enjoy it on a "Yay, Karl Urban shooting things!" level, but...it sucked. It's just boring. And there's a lot of standing around talking, for some reason.
Alicia K - Oct 18, 2005 7:05:49 pm PDT #8046 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I'm contemplating putting Meet Joe Black on my Netflix queue and skipping to that part.