Heh. The Flick Philosopher's review of SoaP: "It is, as you might suspect, very much in the tradition of that genre of socially aware, psychologically insightful films of the 1960s that Truffaut called cinema du serpent....
Just call me the computer whisperer.
Willow ,'Lessons'
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.
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2006 6:42:15 am PDT #3579 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Gris - Aug 18, 2006 11:14:32 am PDT #3580 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I just finished Anthony Rapp's (Mark Cohen in the original Broadway cast of Rent) memoir, Without You. I am finally ready to watch the movie, I think.
I expect I'll be crying soon.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 18, 2006 11:18:35 am PDT #3581 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have been listening to that on tape-- with Anthony Rapp reading. I am enjoying it thusfar!
Gris - Aug 18, 2006 11:27:58 am PDT #3582 of 10001
Hey. New board.
It's good.
10 minutes in, and I'm already wondering about some of the decisions. The order is slightly different and it leads to redundancies. Why couldn' they leave it in the original order?
I am quite liking the bits where they speak lines that were song originally, but in the same rhythm. That works well.
Okay, no more Rent thoughts until I'm done. This isn't the musicals thread.
Kathy A - Aug 18, 2006 11:35:10 am PDT #3583 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Anthony Rapp--a fellow Jolietan! My mom first saw him in The Little Prince on Broadway when he was about 12 years old, and I saw him play Charlie Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown when it was in previews in Chicago.
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2006 12:23:37 pm PDT #3584 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Orci and Kurtzman promise that the story will be accessible to the uninitiated while staying loyal to the legions of fans. They also say the story will be told through the eyes of its human characters, who are witnessing the intergalactic Autobot-Decepticon war come abruptly to Earth.
Kalshane - Aug 18, 2006 12:32:07 pm PDT #3585 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.
Transformers Revealed!
I'm kind of annoyed they felt the need to pretty much make up new characters for almost all of the Decepticons.
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2006 12:39:18 pm PDT #3586 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, most of them didn't sound familiar. I wondered why. But I guess that's the way with movies. I mean, why the hell would you make up new mutants for the X-Men movies when there are, I imagine, hundreds in canon already? It's not like they performed any function necessary to the plot.
sumi - Aug 18, 2006 12:40:05 pm PDT #3587 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Daniel Craig cast in The Golden Compass.
Gris - Aug 18, 2006 12:40:20 pm PDT #3588 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Entering the second act of Rent, the only thing I'm REALLY disappointed with so far is the fact that they split the first act into several days. I like it better as one day. There are some things that are coming across quite beautifully on film. And I LOVE Rosario Dawson, I've decided, as Mimi. I was never a huge fan of Daphne Rubin-Vega's voice like some, though, so that probably makes me less likely to get pissed.
Sorry, for the non Rent-heads in the audience.