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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.


Melpomene - Jan 02, 2006 1:20:15 pm PST #9476 of 10002
Ever fired your gun in the air and yelled, 'Aaaaaaah?'

I love the deleted guide entry. It is my favorite joke from the series.

HHGttG was ranked worst movie of the year by one of the EW critics. I thought that was ridiculous.


Strega - Jan 02, 2006 2:00:12 pm PST #9477 of 10002

I knew a girl in high school who was the daughter of a Catholic priest

A friend dated a girl who was the daughter of a priest and a nun. Reportedly, she had a letter from the pope saying she didn't exist. (My friend may have been paraphrasing.)

I liked Hitchhikers the first time, although I was iffy on Zaphod. The second time I loved it and loved Zaphod. I know someone who hated it, though. I think he was attached more to particular jokes & storylines, whereas for me it's more about the feel.

But I liked Mostly Harmless, too.


Theodosia - Jan 02, 2006 3:24:13 pm PST #9478 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I really really liked the Zaphod casting in this one -- he was just the wacky, mad, bad & dangerous to know that in my heart I was looking for.

Unfortunately for me, since I came to it first through the radio series, then the TV series, I was expecting a much more leisurely paced, more detailed experience. Which didn't make it a bad movie, only one that didn't live up to my very high expectations.


Sean K - Jan 02, 2006 4:22:32 pm PST #9479 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

HHGttG was ranked worst movie of the year by one of the EW critics. I thought that was ridiculous.

That is ridiculous. Whatev.

I thought Zooey Deschanel was great, and that they sort of combined Trillian with Fenchurch for the movie.

And yes, I still sing the song every now and then.


Nutty - Jan 02, 2006 6:05:59 pm PST #9480 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I just got home from seeing Munich. And on a totally shallow level, Eric Bana must have legs that are about three inches long, because he's got the longest torso in the galaxy. I swear, you could have landed planes on his back muscles.

I totally didn't recognize Ciaran Hinds, the whole movie long (like, I knew I knew him, but had no idea from where) till I saw his name in the credits. Daniel Craig, I recognized, but didn't know he could pull off an Afrikaner accent till he did it.

It's a fairly OTT movie, earnest and discursive, and I think some of the flashbacks were mistakes. But, not a bad movie; and considering it's Steven Spielberg, the OTT did not make me homicidal, so that is progress.


Spidra Webster - Jan 02, 2006 6:20:09 pm PST #9481 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin isn't quite a well-realized as that show, but not much is.

Can you explain this statement, Corwood? I loved 40-Year-Old Virgin and I loved F&G yet I think they're different things, having different aims. So I wouldn't compare them except for how well they each achieved their different objectives.


Hayden - Jan 02, 2006 6:47:47 pm PST #9482 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Not too much to explain, Spi. Both were made by some of the same people, so it hardly seems to me too outlandish to contrast them, as you yourself have done.


Spidra Webster - Jan 02, 2006 6:52:48 pm PST #9483 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

I was just trying to get a handle on how you thought 40 could have been better-realized. For the style of approach that it had (it's much broader comedy than F&G), I thought the characters were well-drawn.


Hayden - Jan 02, 2006 7:35:37 pm PST #9484 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Well, F&G certainly could have been more broadly drawn if the writers had wanted to go that way, but it wasn't, which is what I suspect most of us who loved it thought special about it. Undeclared, however, was pretty broad at times, and seems closer in spirit to 40YOV. Both were good when good, but uneven overall, especially compared to F&G. YMMV.


Spidra Webster - Jan 02, 2006 7:46:36 pm PST #9485 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

Right. I don't F&G was meant to be broad. In fact, it's so damned great *because* it feels realistic. It has humor and pain and feels very much like what going to high school in the early '80s felt like. I just wanted to see if I could get you to elaborate on what you felt wasn't fully-realized in 40. Not because I'm trying to argue with you but because I'm genuinely interested in the details of your opinion.

I only saw one ep of Undeclared and didn't like it as well as F&G but I think I'll be returning to it after how much I dug 40.