It's faithful to the basic plot of the original, but completely misses on everything else.
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
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Jessica - Sep 03, 2006 1:47:05 pm PDT #3965 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Frankenbuddha - Sep 03, 2006 5:51:20 pm PDT #3966 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I have it on video, it may be on DVD and/or *ahem*able.
It's on DVD - Anchor Bay did a regular DVD and a boxed set (comes in a wooden box with scorch marks on it).
evil jimi - Sep 03, 2006 6:01:25 pm PDT #3967 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
A reviewer on Amazon said it best. If you haven't seen the original, watch it before seeing the remake b/c all the remake will do is spoil the ending of the original, without giving you any of it's other great qualities.
Volans - Sep 03, 2006 9:08:36 pm PDT #3968 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Anchor Bay did a regular DVD and a boxed set (comes in a wooden box with scorch marks on it).
This is the one I have.
SailAweigh - Sep 04, 2006 11:05:42 am PDT #3969 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Wow, who would have known that the end of THGttG would make me cry! Huh.
Now, I want to go feed a dolpin.
Zenkitty - Sep 04, 2006 11:06:32 am PDT #3970 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It made me sniffle a little, I'll admit.
SailAweigh - Sep 04, 2006 11:28:27 am PDT #3971 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Ah, I'm just in a sniffly mood. Just started the Chronicles of Narnia and the scene with the kids at the train station had me tearing up out of sympathy. Must be something to do with the weather out, today. All gray and drippy.
Cashmere - Sep 04, 2006 11:30:45 am PDT #3972 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Sail, I do that at every WWII kids on the train scenes--CoN, Five Children and It, Hope and Glory. Fucking hormones.
SailAweigh - Sep 04, 2006 11:32:34 am PDT #3973 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Oh, yeah, the curse of being a woman and at the mercy of prolactin.
Tom Scola - Sep 04, 2006 11:42:15 am PDT #3974 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What does Mike Judge have to do to get a movie released and marketed? He could stop making satires as merciless and spot-on as this one, for one thing. His second film in seven years, "Idiocracy," was completed nearly two years ago and dumped on Friday, reviewless and unmarketed, in six markets not including New York and San Francisco.