Makes me wonder if he had an unrequited crush on somebody named "Fran" at some point
Pinky would've been funnier.
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
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amych - Jul 20, 2006 7:44:33 am PDT #3019 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sophia Brooks - Jul 20, 2006 7:44:42 am PDT #3020 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Paul Giammatti is the spitting image of my best friends brother seen here, [link] the third person down.
Or perhaps he is the spitting image of Paul.
Kalshane - Jul 20, 2006 7:53:50 am PDT #3021 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.
Also, narf?
Zort!
Sean K - Jul 20, 2006 7:55:38 am PDT #3022 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Poit!
Strega - Jul 20, 2006 7:58:06 am PDT #3023 of 10001
Wow. I root for him to do something good, because, as the review says
Even The Village is one of the most elegantly crafted stupid movies you'll ever see.
He does such pretty, pretty things! I just wish he would let someone else write the scripts.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 20, 2006 8:06:10 am PDT #3024 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
He does such pretty, pretty things! I just wish he would let someone else write the scripts.
The big story right now is that Disney just suggesting changes (or at least indicating that changes were needed) is what caused him to move over to Warners (I think).
The cinematographer for this one is Chrisopher Doyle, who's done a ton of amzing work for Wong-Kar Wai (sp?). I think he did HERO as well. It damn well ought to be pretty.
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2006 8:14:48 am PDT #3025 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I loved all the framing in Unbreakable. It was so deliberately unconventional, which I sometimes find annoying, but I dug it.
Tom Scola - Jul 20, 2006 8:23:06 am PDT #3026 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The big story right now is that Disney just suggesting changes (or at least indicating that changes were needed) is what caused him to move over to Warners (I think).
Shyamalan Book Tells of Breakup With Disney
At a disastrous dinner in Philadelphia last year, Jacobson delivered a frank critique of the "Lady in the Water" script. When she told him that she and her boss, studio Chairman Dick Cook, didn't "get" the idea, Shyamalan was heartbroken. Things got only worse when she lambasted his inclusion of a mauling of a film critic in the story line and told Shyamalan his decision to cast himself as a visionary writer out to change the world bordered on self-serving.
It sounds like Shyamalan quit because Disney was telling him the truth.
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2006 8:29:00 am PDT #3027 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From quick review skimming it seems that the film critic in the movie shares a name with a real one. Kuh-razy.
DawnK - Jul 20, 2006 8:30:45 am PDT #3028 of 10001
giraffe mode
I read the article in EW (I think or maybe it was the LA Times Magazine) that said the same thing. Also, Giamatti took so long getting back to him about the lead that M. Knight was looking at Kevin Costner as an alternative.
My husband took my daughter to see The Village because I was uninteresting in seeing it. When they got back, he was trying to tell me how cool the plot twist was at the end and I totally called it without ever having seen anything but one trailer. He wants to see Lady in the Water, but it will be without me. Maybe the kids and I will go see Pirates again while he sees it.