We just saw The Departed.
Just...it's good. It's a fucking good movie. It's 2 hours and 20 minutes and the time flies by. DiCaprio, who usually bugs me, was incredible. Terrific, profane, nuanced script. Just really really good.
I fell down and got confused. Willow fixed me. She's gay.
BuffyBot ,'Dirty Girls'
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Scrappy - Oct 07, 2006 8:21:56 pm PDT #4685 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
§ ita § - Oct 07, 2006 8:23:16 pm PDT #4686 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is it better than Infernal Affairs? I feel I ought to see that first. It's like reading the book before watching the adaptation, somehow.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 07, 2006 8:55:16 pm PDT #4687 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 saw The Science of Sleep this afternoon. Very interesting and fanciful movie. Also, a sort of rebuttal to all those crazy-freespirited-chick-teaches-male-lead-how-to-live-and-love movies. I loved the stop motion dream sequences.
sumi - Oct 08, 2006 9:01:33 am PDT #4688 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, I've seen trailers for that movie on tv -- it looks like fun.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 08, 2006 1:26:05 pm PDT #4689 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 really should remember not to rewatch the Misadventures of Margaret when it comes on. I normally adore Parker Posey, but in that movie her character's desperate quest to find someone, anyone with whom she can cheat on Jeremy Northam's devoted husband character makes me want to knock the stupid right out of her. And I don't know if they make sledgehammers big enough for the job.
Strega - Oct 09, 2006 11:36:28 am PDT #4690 of 10001
Michael Bay's production company, Platinum Dunes, has made a three-year, first-look deal with Rogue Pictures to develop horror films, including a remake of the 1987 vampire movie Near Dark, Variety reported.
I want someone to make a horror movie in which Michael Bay is devoured by his awful remakes.
Atropa - Oct 09, 2006 11:56:07 am PDT #4691 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
made a three-year, first-look deal with Rogue Pictures to develop horror films, including a remake of the 1987 vampire movie Near Dark
Noooo! Near Dark does NOT need to be re-made.
Amy - Oct 09, 2006 12:17:52 pm PDT #4692 of 10001
Because books.
Was Near Dark the one in the desert?
DavidS - Oct 09, 2006 3:44:31 pm PDT #4693 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Was Near Dark the one in the desert?
Yep. Adrian Pasdar (Profit). Jeanette Goldstein and Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton (Aliens). And that girl.
Jessica - Oct 09, 2006 5:27:25 pm PDT #4694 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Departed -- very good, not great. (Not as good as the original, and an hour longer. Excellent performances all around, but not much going on beneath the surface.)
Man of the Year -- sucktastic. The only laughs (and they are few and far betwen) come from Robin Williams recycling his old stand up material. The script is spectacularly dense when it comes to satirizing both politics and media. I'm honestly not sure what planet Levinson was living on when he wrote this.