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.
Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war? Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war. Harken: And your husband? Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.
'Bushwhacked'
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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.
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.
SailAweigh - Aug 20, 2006 4:00:39 am PDT #3623 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'm not ready for World Trade Center yet.
I didn't think I was either, but the story focuses so much on the characters involved that the actual events almost get lost in the background. It is a truly remarkable story of guts, will and commaraderie. Even if you're not ready now, I do recommend seeing it, it's just a good story all around. It's probably the only Oliver Stone movie I've actually liked besides some of his very early ones. And I do have to give him credit for producing (but not, fortune smile on us, directing) The Joy Luck Club.
Laura - Aug 20, 2006 5:12:35 am PDT #3624 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I've heard that SailAweigh and it keeps the film on my list. Just have to pick a day when I don't mind using a pile of tissues.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 20, 2006 7:22:11 am PDT #3625 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
I'm trying to think of movies that have managed to make me cry. Brokeback Mountain was the most recent, with What Dreams May Come, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, and, oddly, Wargames as the other post-childhood examples.
Oh, and A Fish Called Wanda and Ready to Rumble if you count laughing so hard that you tear up.
Zenkitty - Aug 20, 2006 9:21:53 am PDT #3626 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Schindler's List made me sob so hard I could barely get out of my seat to leave the theater. 40 Year Old Virgin made me and my sister laugh so hard we cried. I didn't expect to, either; "absurd premise funny" isn't our usual preference in movies. Though I guess it's not all that absurd... I did once know a woman who was 38 and a virgin.
Laura - Aug 20, 2006 9:27:12 am PDT #3627 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Schlindler's List came out when I was pregnant so I avoided it. Still haven't seen it.
We considered A Fish Called Wanda last night before we selected 8 Heads in a Duffle Bag. I adore Wanda but I thought the boys would appreciate Heads more. Both give me the most satisfying belly laughs.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 20, 2006 9:34:18 am PDT #3628 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have been watching Deadwood, season 1 in lieu of movies... if anyone who watches is around, I am wondering if the theme song reminds anyone else of the underscoring in Firefly-- I think it might be particulary the underscoring of the beginning of Our Mrs. Reynolds, but I am not sure. There is just one phrase (doot. dooo do do) that trasports me right into the Firefly verse.