21 Grams didn't get great reviews either.
I liked Amores Perros, but I HATED 21 Grams.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
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Polter-Cow - Oct 24, 2006 10:34:08 am PDT #4876 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kathy A - Oct 24, 2006 10:55:55 am PDT #4877 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I recently saw the trailer for Stranger Than Fiction. Now, I'm not a Will Farell fan, but that looks like it has potential, especially since it costars Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman. I love the premise ( man begins hearing a voice narrating his life, only to find out that he's actually a character in a WIP book ), and have hopes for Thompson, if not Farell.
SailAweigh - Oct 24, 2006 11:17:32 am PDT #4878 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I saw the trailer to that one, too, and almost didn't recognize Will Farell. He's too over the top, too often, that I don't care for him much. I'll reserve judgement on this one, though, because I did like the trailer.
Polter-Cow - Oct 24, 2006 11:19:27 am PDT #4879 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He's too over the top, too often, that I don't care for him much.
I agree, but I loved him so much in Elf. Stranger Than Fiction looks like it could be really great and interesting. It's totally the sort of movie I would write. I mean, I'm the kind of person who loves the scene in George of the Jungle where the guy argues with the narrator, and then the other guy yells at him for arguing with the narrator.
Kathy A - Oct 24, 2006 12:19:41 pm PDT #4880 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
One of the reasons I love Sondheim's Into the Woods is because he has the other fairy-tale characters turn on the Narrator and toss him to the Giant.
esse - Oct 24, 2006 12:24:53 pm PDT #4881 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I very much want to see "Stranger Than Fiction." And don't think I'm not upset that this is the second Ferrell film I've wanted to see/have seen this year, because I really really am. I thought I had him figured out, and then he goes and does *my* type of comedy.
Hayden - Oct 24, 2006 12:58:25 pm PDT #4882 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Why blame Sofia Coppola for The Godfather III? That's like blaming the puppet for the suckitude of the Saw movies.
sumi - Oct 24, 2006 6:29:49 pm PDT #4883 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Hey, George Clooney and the Coen Brothers are making a movie about a spy!
evil jimi - Oct 24, 2006 7:59:26 pm PDT #4884 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Ooh, very cool.
Anyone else seen the BBC2 documentary about the Coen Brothers? I just d/led it but it's not new; filmed while they were making O Brother Where Art Thou. Fascinating insight into how they make movies and how they got started. Loved the brief interview with Jeff Bridges and how he talks about them saying they wrote the character of The Dude specifically with him in mind.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 25, 2006 3:57:39 am PDT #4885 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Fascinating insight into how they make movies and how they got started. Loved the brief interview with Jeff Bridges and how he talks about them saying they wrote the character of The Dude specifically with him in mind.
Heh, I remeber Clooney talking about how the Coen's approaced him for O BROTHER... and told him, essentially, "We've got a role that you're perfect for; you play the dumbest man that ever lived!"