In addition to prurient reasons, there are also some pretty enjoyable action/fight sequences, and Sir Derek Jacobi turns in a fine performance.
River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
'Safe'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2006 8:59:46 pm PST #40 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
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2006 9:22:22 pm PST #41 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think ita had already seen it by then -- no?
Not in California, if so.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 21, 2006 7:22:58 am PST #42 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Tony Franciosa RIP .
Mildly annoyed they didn't mention one of his late career turns in Argento's TENEBRAE, where he gave a helluva performance. Not surprised, but still annoyed.
Sean K - Jan 21, 2006 7:48:12 am PST #43 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think ita had already seen it by then -- no?
Not in California, if so.
ita, Ann Arbor is oddly a fairly major venue. There have been many times that Ann Arbor has gotten movies that are pretty much only playing elsewhere in LA and NY. It may have been that CTHD was playing in Ann Arbor very early on in its run.
Alibelle - Jan 21, 2006 7:57:40 am PST #44 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I saw Walk the Line and Tristan and Isolde last night. Walk the Line was great. Who knew Joaquin and Reese could sing? Tristan and Isolde was kinda average, but very pretty in spots, if you like looking at the Irish coast, which I do. Sophia Myles is very pretty, too, but James Franco irritated me. I wanted him to have an expression, but mostly I wanted the guy cast as Mailo (sp?) to be recast as Tristan, since he was so much prettier.
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2006 8:33:50 am PST #45 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wasn't living in Ann Arbor at the time either, Sean. Birmingham, if memory serves. I probably saw it before NC, but not unduly early.
I'm sad about James DeanFranco. He's very pretty. Pocket-sized, but pretty.
I need to see Underworld: Evolution today.
DavidS - Jan 21, 2006 8:40:34 am PST #46 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I caught Van Helsing on TiVo and watched part of it. It was really bad and Kate was worse. Lordy she was awful.
Other recent harvestings from TiVo need to be shared with particular Buffistas.
DXM! Have you seen Miyazaki's Porco Rosso? Holy shit, is it beautiful. It's one of the best movies I've seen about aviation. Like so many of his movies I just wanted to move into that world. But the flying and the aviation detail was incredible.
Jilli! Have you seen The Tomb of Ligeia with Vincent Price? It's the most faithful adaptation of the gothic romance I've seen put on screen. Dark and perverse and lush. Vincent wears these really cool antique sunglasses, and all the men ponce about in High Victorian fashion, and the ruined Abbey is Totally Gothic and the story is filled with cruel little touches and brooding gothery and it's well written and the lead actress, Elizabeth Sargeant, was strong and spirited.
Alibelle - Jan 21, 2006 8:40:39 am PST #47 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
This was not Franco's prettiest movie. He's been better. Geez, he was even better in "City by the Sea," if I'm remembering what he looked like correctly. Man, was that a funny movie.
Jessica - Jan 21, 2006 9:00:58 am PST #48 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Have you seen Miyazaki's Porco Rosso?
Not DXM, but I *love* this movie.
Sean K - Jan 21, 2006 9:10:13 am PST #49 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Birmingham, if memory serves.
Yeah, probably not all that early, then. The rest of Michigan isn't all that different from the middle of the country, as far as film is concerned. I'm still a little puzzled as to why Ann Arbor ranks so high in film markets, but it does. Or did, anyway.