What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!

'Just Rewards (2)'


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.


Jon B. - Aug 04, 2006 9:30:45 am PDT #3313 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I saw this short film a couple of years ago and have been meaning to hunt it down. Today, with work being so busy, I figured I'd check to see if it was on youtube. Bingo!

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Deliverance: The Musical!


Kathy A - Aug 04, 2006 9:43:56 am PDT #3314 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I think my favorite (funny) TKAM line is when the kids are walking Atticus back to the house at the end of the workday, and he stops to charm the cranky old lady next door.

Atticus: "Why, Mrs. [Blahblah], you look a picture today!"
Scout to Dill and Jem behind his back: "He don't say a picture of what."
Atticus gives her a "shush" swat on the arm.


lisah - Aug 04, 2006 9:44:19 am PDT #3315 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

So The Descent is getting decent reviews but I don't think I'll see it because I can't watch horror movies at all anymore (I get too freaked out and then I can't sleep and I really hate not sleeping). All the reviews are mentioning a big shock that comes early on in the movie and I'm dying to know what it is. If anybody sees the movie, can you tell me?


Jars - Aug 04, 2006 9:45:43 am PDT #3316 of 10001

The Descent as in the one with the cavers?


Sean K - Aug 04, 2006 9:46:21 am PDT #3317 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

That's the one, Jars.


Jars - Aug 04, 2006 9:47:41 am PDT #3318 of 10001

Oh well then - I don't actually remember any shocks from very early in the movie. The scary doesn't happen until about a half hour in, iirc. The first reveal of the monsters is pretty creepy and shocking though.


Polter-Cow - Aug 04, 2006 9:47:42 am PDT #3319 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I think it came out last year in the UK and is already out on DVD, but we're only getting it over here now. And, yeah, I've been hearing really good things about it.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 04, 2006 9:48:40 am PDT #3320 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

lisah, from a spoilery review I read, I think what your white font is referring to is the car accident that kills one of the main charaters' husband and kids in a particularly grusome way. Separate from the rest of the main story/premise a la the car accident that opens DEAD CALM, but significant backstory as well.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 04, 2006 9:48:58 am PDT #3321 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

Yeah. Distinct from The Cave in that it's a women-only team of spelunkers. I'm hoping that it's better written, as removing the Eddie Cibrian eye candy factor would be seriously detrimental to the other movie's watchability.


lisah - Aug 04, 2006 9:51:52 am PDT #3322 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

Every review is mentioning something very early in the film and not saying what it was. Like, the Salon reviewer says it begins with "one of the most horrifying shocks I've ever seen in a motion picture."