Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Brad is totally hot in Mr & Mrs Smith, I found, as well as in the two Oceans. Much of the rest of the time onscreen I've thought he was pretty, but that's nowhere near as urgent a feeling.
Fight Club, however, was the first time Helena Bonham Carter didn't drive me batshit.
Sky High is fun and fluffy. So, if you're in the mood for that -- I recommend it.
Fight Club is one of my favorite movies.
Sky High was a lot of fun, I thought. And Constantine somehow managed to make me like it in spite of the massive suckage of almost every element.
And Constantine somehow managed to make me like it in spite of the massive suckage of almost every element.
Heh. I just can't put my finger on why, but that's pretty much it for me, too.
I'm going to try, if only because the next-gen DVD players are reeeeally expensive. I predict that whichever one can get cheapest fastest will dominate the market in the end.
I agree. Though I also think Blu-Ray might have an advantage in that's the technology the Playstation 3 is going to use and I believe they're retaining the PS2's DVD-playing ability. The PS3 may be how a next-gen DVD player gets into my house. (Much as the PS2 was also my first DVD player.)
I can't get into Fight Club. I've tried a couple times, but it really rubs me the wrong way
This is me. A friend my loaned me the DVD once, I popped it in, watched for maybe 10 minutes and turned it off.
God, Fight Club is fucking *brilliant.*
I'm with erika and ita in not being large with the Brad-love. I know there was something I thought he was hot in, but I can't remember it now...mostly I'm just surprised when it turns out he can act as well as look pretty.
Fight Club was like American Beauty for me...except worse, because Ed Norton gives me hives. I know people love it, and even people whose movie taste I trust, respect, and know to generally square with mine. That's why I've taken more than one run at it.
Maybe I should read the book. (Although the book couldn't do the fun stuff, like zapping Brad into a frame or two for a what-the-hell-was-that moment).
Heh. I just can't put my finger on why, but that's pretty much it for me, too.
For me it was Tilda Swinton. Her role had the most deviation from the source material, but I think all the changes (and her performance, naturally) were brilliant and greatly improved upon the original.
I thought Keanu did a good job portraying some character that coincidentally shared the same name and smoking habits as the John Constantine from the comics. As long as I didn't let myself look at it as an adaptation, it was entertaining.
Maybe I should read the book.
I wouldn't recommend it, actually. It's the perfect kind of book for a movie adaptation -- fantastic ideas and themes, but bloody awful writing.
I thought it was weird, like one type of movie in the first half and another in the second. Not very good, although there were interesting things in it.About Constantine...haven't ever seen all of Fight Club yet.