I'm Scruffington's bitch.
Too late. I already called dibs.
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
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Lee - Jul 10, 2006 7:56:33 am PDT #2852 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Kalshane - Jul 10, 2006 8:21:39 am PDT #2853 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Saw PoTC 2 on Friday night. (Last showing. My friends got to the theatre at 6:15 to get tickets for everyone and all but the 10:30 showing was sold out.) Enjoyed it, though the three way swordfight just didn't work for me. It seemed silly, rather than dramatic.
The trailers beforehand were pretty blah (I can't even really remember what they were) though we did get a teaser trailer for Transformers, which got quite a few cheers from the audience.
askye - Jul 10, 2006 8:39:39 am PDT #2854 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I saw PoTC yesterday. A group of us met and we ended up going to a different showing becuase the first one didn't have any seats together. As I was leaving I heard an AMC employee say "that showing only has 35 seats left".
The trailers before the movie sucked. It was the new Will Farrell movie, some movie about kids making a fake college, the Kevin Costner rescue thing with Ashton Kutcher --which looked interesting if it weren't Costner (and the trailer was too long). The movie about stuff that comes alive in the museum -- that might be interesting.
PoTC started out slow, I didn't come away WOWed by it like I thought I would. Maybe if I hadn't been semis poiled.
But these were the things I loved -- Elizabeth betraying Jack. She's a much more interesting character than Will I think. Norrington, bitter scruffy Norrington, slightly like Wesley but a bit of Holtz thrown in. The creature make up was just AMAZING. Davy's octopus arms for a beard, the mussels growing on the side of Bootstrap Bill's neck and all the great emotion the actors showed through that.
The Kraken. Esp the shot of Jack, sword in hand, facing down the mouth of the kraken. I want that for wallpaper. The three way sword fight and the Hamster Wheel, but that could have been cut down a bit. nice bit with Will stumbling around dizzy.
Barbosa taking a bite of the apple! although at lunch after I got in a discussion, someone claimed that Barbosa and the cursed men couldn't eat when they appeared as skeletons but that's not right because none of them could enjoy anything at all.
My slight spoiling mildly ruined the surprise of Barbosa for him, but watching his boots walk down the steps was great. And I knew about Norrington, but I would have figured out as soon as I heard his voice.
Over all the movie was lots of fun.
Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2006 8:42:34 am PDT #2855 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
askye, that shot you want for your wallpaper was pretty awesome. As Vonnie said, it's very iconic. I half-expected the movie to end right there.
§ ita § - Jul 10, 2006 8:44:44 am PDT #2856 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
John Rogers is one of the writers for Transformers. I had no idea it was supposed to be a dramatic and scary thing. Huh.
sj - Jul 10, 2006 8:48:13 am PDT #2857 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I had to laugh at the Transformers trailer because it didn't look anything like what I remember from the cartoon.
Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2006 8:50:07 am PDT #2858 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The trailer makes it look like the movie is from a human point-of-view (Robots are fighting! Aaaaah!!!) rather than the robot point-of-view. In other words, it doesn't look like it's actually about the Transformers at all.
But Michael Bay is directing, so lots of shit will blow up! Yay!
Steph L. - Jul 10, 2006 8:51:51 am PDT #2859 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
John Rogers is one of the writers for Transformers. I had no idea it was supposed to be a dramatic and scary thing.
Hey, they're more than meets the eye.
§ ita § - Jul 10, 2006 9:02:04 am PDT #2860 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they're more than meets the eye.
I can't believe I set you up for that and didn't even notice.
sumi - Jul 10, 2006 9:29:07 am PDT #2861 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
May 25, 2007 people - mark your calendars for POTC:AWE!!
I want a Pirates Trilogy Day -- can I have one??!!??