Yeah, Fred. Kind of a similar vibe, huh? Greta Garbo and I have the same birthday. But that was the first thing I ever knew about her, when I was twelve or something.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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erikaj - Sep 13, 2006 5:35:27 pm PDT #4176 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Hayden - Sep 13, 2006 5:44:13 pm PDT #4177 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It's really more of an avant garde slide show with voiceover.
Tomato, tomahto.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 14, 2006 4:23:14 am PDT #4178 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Creepy!
Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms.
beekaytee - Sep 14, 2006 6:14:28 am PDT #4179 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Saw The Protector last night. Thai cinema. Huh.
There were truly fun parts, whoa!moments (the previously mentioned running up walls...I couldn't see the wires!) and some truly dumb stuff.
The animals in peril aspect was unexpected and was way more stressful than the actual fighting.
Jaa is a terrific fighter. We learned about 487 ways to powder an arm bone .
And the carpoeria (sp) dude, if he doesn't already have a great career, should.
Theodosia - Sep 14, 2006 10:48:41 am PDT #4180 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Cashmere, Touching the Void was a movie that Nutty and I watched together. Well, Nutty watched and I kind of watched through my fingers... even knowing that the narrators survived, because hey, there they were, narrating.
Jessica - Sep 14, 2006 10:53:26 am PDT #4181 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
even knowing that the narrators survived, because hey, there they were, narrating.
Yes! That fact really should have sapped all the tension right out of the film, and yet...
Cashmere - Sep 14, 2006 11:51:35 am PDT #4182 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Yes! That fact really should have sapped all the tension right out of the film, and yet...
DH totally laughed at me because I commented something like, "I know they live and yet, I'm so scared for them!"
It was an incredible piece of work. The only thing that took me out of it was the weird, musical, hallucination part.
Jessica - Sep 14, 2006 2:14:37 pm PDT #4183 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 14, 2006 2:16:45 pm PDT #4184 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
Oh man, that reminds me of marvel's Secret Wars being translated into Japanese as "Mindless Cosmic Fighting"!
Mikey - Sep 14, 2006 6:44:53 pm PDT #4185 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
Saw The Protector last night. Thai cinema. Huh.
Beej-
Aisha Tyler gave it thumbs down on this week's Ebert & Roeper, recommending instead Ong-Bak. Her video picks were Infernal Affairs and Old Boy. And by the way she spoke of them she knows her Asian cinema and she loves it.
As one who enjoyed Ong-Bak I'll skip The Protector for now.
Narrator note: didn't Kevin Spacey's character from American Beauty end up dead? He was the narrator, so I've never since assumed the narrator would be alive at the end or that it would matter.