Kaylee: You're nice, too. Mal: No, I'm not. I'm a mean old man.

'Serenity'


Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

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.


Cashmere - May 09, 2006 4:03:16 pm PDT #1688 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Can you name that kiss?

I totally know 16!!! It's a really bad Colin Farrell movie. And I'm not talking about Alexander, either.


Lee - May 09, 2006 6:00:23 pm PDT #1689 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I knew 5, 7,9, 11. 24, and 31.


Volans - May 10, 2006 12:25:04 am PDT #1690 of 10001
move out and draw fire

Hm. 1, 4, 5, 9, 17, 26 for sure. (And I know I've seen 8 and 23, but can't make the title come to mind).

That's either a testament to the type of movies I (don't) watch, or how memorable I find the kissing.

on edit: Remembered 8 (oddly popular DVD here), and finally came up with the real title for That Oh-So-Important-Movie-That-Everyone-Liked-But-Me. And for some reason my mind kept avoiding looking at 7.


Ailleann - May 10, 2006 4:06:06 am PDT #1691 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

I knew 1, 3, 7, 9, 15, 17, 23, 25, 30, 31. The funny part is, half of them I haven't seen, I just guessed from the characters.

off to update netflix queue...


Matt the Bruins fan - May 10, 2006 5:45:45 am PDT #1692 of 10001
"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

I knew 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 33. Was wrong about 3 though.

They should have included the kiss from Dude, Where's My Car?


tommyrot - May 10, 2006 11:49:52 am PDT #1693 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The Fall of Tom Cruise

Hollywood frets over the weak opening of Mission: Impossible III.

...Hollywood is left pondering who can still legitimately be called a movie star. Last year, the late Radar magazine conducted a (never-published) survey of agents, producers, and executives. One question was, "Who is the industry's most desirable actor?" Even then, Cruise was not the favorite. "I don't think it's the couch-jumper any more," the head of one studio division said at the time. Brad Pitt won almost by default even though he is hardly a sure thing (Troy, Fight Club, Meet Joe Black), while second place went to Will Smith.

Many of those polled struggled to come up with names. "Is Pixar a man or a woman?" asked a producer after groping for answers. "A Pixar image is the single most compelling image."

"There is nobody who's a star," said one marketing executive. "There are a lot of good-looking people—but they're not movie stars." And that may go a long way toward explaining what Anderson Cooper is doing on the cover of this month's Vanity Fair.


Jessica - May 10, 2006 12:00:18 pm PDT #1694 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Hollywood frets over the weak opening of Mission: Impossible III.

t eyeroll

Yeah, cause $48 million is a terrible opening weekend. (Pre-Memorial Day for the third episode of a franchise.)


tommyrot - May 10, 2006 12:05:48 pm PDT #1695 of 10001
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, cause $48 million is a terrible opening weekend. (Pre-Memorial Day for the third episode of a franchise.)

Well, it was significantly below Hollywood expectations. (I can't say if those expectations were realistic.)


erikaj - May 10, 2006 12:44:55 pm PDT #1696 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I think that might be the problem. They've gotten used to slapping Mr. or Ms. Bankable on some sequel and expecting there to be stampedes.


Matt the Bruins fan - May 10, 2006 1:35:35 pm PDT #1697 of 10001
"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

I am happy that Cruise's movie seems to be the one that the house of cards tumbles down on, though.