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Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video

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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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.

Anne W. - Oct 19, 2005 2:46:48 am PDT #8047 of 10002

The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Alicia, I was contemplating the exact same thing.

ION, I finally get to go see Serenity today.

juliana - Oct 19, 2005 4:32:14 am PDT #8048 of 10002

I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

ION, I finally get to go see Serenity today.

I finally saw it last night. It was enjoyable.

Kevin - Oct 19, 2005 4:53:29 am PDT #8049 of 10002

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

It's difficult to believe how long Meet Jo Black is, and how little happens in the film. I seriously wonder if they made everybody speak and act slowly just to drag it out..

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