It's definitely Metropolis. I'm not sure if anyone ever says it, though I think they probably do in some of the news reports, but I saw the name on a few signs too.
edit: or, what ita said.
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
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Kate P. - Jul 04, 2006 3:30:39 pm PDT #2666 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Narrator - Jul 04, 2006 3:34:24 pm PDT #2667 of 10001
The evil is this way?
Superman Returns – *** I remember Metropolis on a sign at the wharf too. Also, I think it may have been on the masthead of the Daily Planet, but I'm not sure.
Also, looks like quite a bit got cut from the final movie, including scenes where Martha encourages Clark to go back to the paper and find his place back in the world. I think the movie would have benefited if those scenes had been in there. ***
sumi - Jul 05, 2006 8:28:45 am PDT #2668 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Margaret Weis says that she likes the script for Dragons of Autumn Twilight.
Nicklas - Jul 05, 2006 9:20:19 am PDT #2669 of 10001
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
Re: Stardust
Great cast too.
Not so sure about that. The casting of Captain Shakespeare is a worring sign that the movie might infact turn out to be dogpoo.
Scrappy - Jul 05, 2006 9:32:01 am PDT #2670 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
So, we rented The New World last night. Despite both the BF and I being Malick fans, we found it so ponderous and meandering that we stopped watching about halfway through. The young girl is mesmerizing, but not enough to repay those precious minutes of my life ticking away. And this reaction from two people who adore Jarmusch films and can watch them over and over. Anyone else have this reaction?
Hayden - Jul 05, 2006 10:16:52 am PDT #2671 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Quite the opposite for me. In fact, I found it so mesmerizing that I watched it again the next day. It's my favorite Malick after Badlands.
Jessica - Jul 05, 2006 10:26:12 am PDT #2672 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I saw it multiple times in theatres, too. Haven't watched it on DVD yet because I'm not sure the small screen can really do it justice -- part of the love comes from the experience of just being enveloped by the film's universe. (Though if the DVD came with a "no voiceover" option on the soundtrack, I might be tempted.)
Hayden - Jul 05, 2006 10:59:11 am PDT #2673 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oh, I even loved the voiceovers. Malick does voiceovers like no one else.
I didn't catch it in theaters ('cause with a 17-month-old, I don't catch anything in theaters), but found myself enveloped in Malick's world on DVD with a 34" tv.
Scrappy - Jul 05, 2006 11:03:02 am PDT #2674 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Thanks for the comments, guys. We were both exhausted and probably unduly cranky. I'll give it another go.
Hayden - Jul 05, 2006 11:39:22 am PDT #2675 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I hope you do and hope you enjoy it on rewatch. But give yourself some distance.
I thought the movie was a great example of Malick's metaphysical belief in the interconnectedness of all people, as well as a wonderful metaphor for transition and the meaning of struggle and dialectic. But, yeah, like all Malick, you have to accept it on its own terms.