And also a movie I didn't think was hot shit!
Me neither. Hated it.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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Aims - Jan 03, 2007 9:10:15 am PST #6793 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Polter-Cow - Jan 03, 2007 9:12:15 am PST #6794 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Me neither. Hated it.
I didn't hate it, really, and I loved a couple moments, but I left wondering what all the fuss was about.
Amy - Jan 03, 2007 9:14:00 am PST #6795 of 10001
Because books.
Same with Dear Frankie
Oh! Did you cry during this, can I ask? A friend of mine suggested we watch it when I was staying with her one night, and she introduced it in a way that made me think it was going to be this froofy, light, romantic comedy type of thing. And I sobbed pretty much through the second half.
I *liked* it, but I felt as if we'd watched two different movies -- she couldn't understand my reaction (but said her sister's had been the same), and I couldn't understand why she wasn't more affected by Frankie's vulnerability and everything that went on.
Laga - Jan 03, 2007 9:15:12 am PST #6796 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
What did you LiT haterz think of The Virgin Suicides?
Polter-Cow - Jan 03, 2007 9:16:03 am PST #6797 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have not seen it, but I am wary!
Another movie that came to mind was Garden State, but I think that actually has a pretty strong story, for the most part. It has a drive, and there's definite character change, and all that. So it worked enough for me.
Laga - Jan 03, 2007 9:16:25 am PST #6798 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
affected by Frankie's vulnerability
I'm afraid this is what's going to happen to me if I watch Pursuit of Happyness.
erikaj - Jan 03, 2007 9:26:36 am PST #6799 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I liked Dear Frankie, but it didn't hit my cry buttons, which are unpredictable and strange.
Aims - Jan 03, 2007 9:29:20 am PST #6800 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Also haven't seen The Virgin Suicides.
It's not a Sofia Coppola thing, it was the story. I LOVED LOVED LOVED Marie Antoinette.
Strega - Jan 03, 2007 11:17:37 am PST #6801 of 10001
What are some great movies whose stories are pretty much "Some guy saves a girl, and that's it" or "A man meets a woman," and why do they transcend it?
Most stories can be boiled down to something like that, though. Some of them can be boiled down to even less. I mean, "There's a trivial mystery about this dude's last words, and nobody solves it." Doesn't sound all that interesting, does it?
Maybe I don't get the distinction you're making. If you mean stories with internal conflict instead of external conflict... but even then, I think it's a style issue, not a substance issue. And probably not one you can pin down that easily. Children of Men looked eyeroll-inducing to me from way back, and the more I heard about it the worse it sounded. Can't explain why, but I don't care if it's The Greatest Movie Ever; I don't think I'll enjoy watching it.
Polter-Cow - Jan 03, 2007 11:19:34 am PST #6802 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I mean, "There's a trivial mystery about this dude's last words, and nobody solves it." Doesn't sound all that interesting, does it?
Ha, yeah, I know. And I loved that movie.
Maybe I don't get the distinction you're making.
That's okay. I don't get it either.
If you mean stories with internal conflict instead of external conflict... but even then, I think it's a style issue, not a substance issue.
I think that might be it. I think it may be hard for me to get into stories with internal conflict, maybe.