At one point, I said (of Sunny), "I want that little girl." Joe replied, "We have that little girl."
He's not wrong, y'know.
I have discovered that movie is much better with the sound off. Beautiful art direction and costumes.
Jayne: There's times I think you don't take me seriously. I think that ought to change. Mal: Do you think it's likely to?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Atropa - Jun 12, 2006 10:45:58 am PDT #2246 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
tommyrot - Jun 12, 2006 10:47:27 am PDT #2247 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.
I’m way late to the game, but I have really good excuses. But I just watched the miniseries opener of “Battlestar Galactica” and I loved the toes off that bitch.
Yay!
Volans - Jun 12, 2006 10:48:03 am PDT #2248 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Also holding your thumb in front of Jim Carrey helps.
"Em! Bite the head off that elf!"
JZ - Jun 12, 2006 10:49:03 am PDT #2249 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I have discovered that movie is much better with the sound off. Beautiful art direction and costumes.
IMO "the sound off" is only really necessary for the Jim Carrey scenes. "Picture off" works even better.
eta: Inevitable Jim Carrey Hateration cross-post.
Amy - Jun 12, 2006 10:50:03 am PDT #2250 of 10001
Because books.
Also holding your thumb in front of Jim Carrey helps.
If he'd just dialed it down about three notches, it would have been perfect.
That movie is total eye candy. So much to look at and so gorgeously, lovingly detailed.
Aims - Jun 12, 2006 10:52:01 am PDT #2251 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Having never read the books, how many does the movie cover? The first? The first three?
And, I didn't mind Jim Carrey. He's hit and miss for me. SOmetimes I like him, sometimes he doesn't register, sometimes I want him to die a horrible death by being eaten by a talking ass.
And I ain't talking about Francis, either.
Amy - Jun 12, 2006 10:55:57 am PDT #2252 of 10001
Because books.
It covers the first three books.
He's hit and miss for me.
I just wish he could stop making every character all about him, and his ad libbing and faces and blah blah. The Count was over the top as it was.
I loved Jude Law's narration.
Jessica - Jun 12, 2006 11:01:49 am PDT #2253 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
just wish he could stop making every character all about him, and his ad libbing and faces and blah blah.
Based on The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine, I have to lay part of the blame on the directors who don't reign him in -- it's clearly possible for him to give a good performance, but most of the directors he works with are too willing to let him run rampant.
Amy - Jun 12, 2006 11:04:40 am PDT #2254 of 10001
Because books.
it's clearly possible for him to give a good performance, but most of the directors he works with are too willing to let him run rampant
That's true. I remember a really early TV movie he did -- Doing Time on Maple Drive I think it was called -- and he was brilliant. I think most comedians who can call up that much manic energy and emotion can go the other way, too -- I think Robin Williams has given some decent dramatic performances, for instance. (Patch Adams aside, of course.)
JZ - Jun 12, 2006 11:05:10 am PDT #2255 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Based on The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine, I have to lay part of the blame on the directors who don't reign him in
Didn't the Eternal Sunshine director talk specifically somewhere (the DVD maybe, or an interview?) about spending a lot of time just wearing Carrey out and not actually doing any takes on film until he was too exhausted to be tooth-grindingly big?