That is why "Freedomland" is on my netflix queue rather than a theater choice...was pretty sure I'd cry.
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erikaj - Aug 19, 2006 2:34:42 pm PDT #3613 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Jars - Aug 19, 2006 2:36:00 pm PDT #3614 of 10001
I remember my dad crying at some kind of 'animals finding their way home' story when I was a kid, and knowing then that he was less cool than I was. Maybe Homeward Bound ? Was that about animals?
Jessica - Aug 19, 2006 2:41:03 pm PDT #3615 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You're probably thinking of The Incredible Journey (which I watched almost as many times as The Secret of NIMH). Homeward Bound was a (kind of) remake of it, in which the animals were given human voices and sassy personalities.
SailAweigh - Aug 19, 2006 2:43:25 pm PDT #3616 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
erika, is wasn't bawl your eyes out cry in your hanky, it was more a constant slow leak. I'm the kind that can cry at a Hallmark commercial, so that gives you a standard to go by.
Jars - Aug 19, 2006 2:43:48 pm PDT #3617 of 10001
Yup, I remember Michael J. Fox being one of the voices. There were definitely sassy voices. Oh dad, why you such the 11 year old girl?
Gris - Aug 19, 2006 3:59:21 pm PDT #3618 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Aww, I watched Homeward Bound like a bajillion times.
Zenkitty - Aug 19, 2006 4:18:45 pm PDT #3619 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Maybe I'll see SoaP tomorrow. I spent today rearranging furniture (heavy. ow). I was going to wait until a weekday, but since its boxoffice is low, I can at least throw in my fistful of dollars.
Laura - Aug 19, 2006 7:07:19 pm PDT #3620 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I'm not ready for World Trade Center yet.
I wanted to go see SoaP, but it didn't happen. I think I'll go with GF tomorrow. Since we couldn't achieve a group consensus we went to rent a flick instead and watched 8 Heads in a Duffle Bag. 2 of the 6 of us had seen it before. All of us laughed until we cried. I was pleased that it was as much fun as the first time.
Scary Movie 4 was also rented. We'll watch that tomorrow with the boys.
But I really am sad that I haven't seen SoaP yet.
Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2006 7:44:50 pm PDT #3621 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That is why "Freedomland" is on my netflix queue rather than a theater choice...was pretty sure I'd cry.
I tried to watch Freedomland but got very confused and fell asleep. You might like it, though.
Snakes on a Plane was a surprisingly good, big-budget Sci-Fi Original Movie. Yes, it's better than Boa vs. Python and Pterodactyl. COMBINED.
Volans - Aug 20, 2006 2:49:09 am PDT #3622 of 10001
move out and draw fire
We watched 11:14 last night, which I had never even heard of. Kind of a random cast, including Colin Hanks, Patrick Swayze, and Rachael Leigh Cook ("finer than frog's hair," according to one of the military guys here).
It was pretty decent. It's a nonlinear, like Memento or Mulholland Drive, and while it wasn't as good as either of those, it was fine. I hated it for the first 30 minutes or so, as there are really no sympathetic characters, but I'm a ho for nonlinear movies. And this one was technically proficient, with some really good editing too boot.