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beekaytee - Jan 08, 2007 5:31:56 am PST #6884 of 10001

Compassionately intolerant

I noticed that too! It was a surprising feature that made the character all the more real to me.

Boy...I seem to be stuck on that word.

The other thing that really struck me was in the refugee camp after everyone had seen the baby and had what amounted to a religious experience. It took them exactly a nano second to forget the only salient point in that moment and to start trying to kill each other again.

What the? Shouldn't the soldiers have surrounded them and spirited them to safety?

And it was cool that the rescuers were a proto-Greenpeace model.

Polter-Cow - Jan 08, 2007 6:01:28 am PST #6885 of 10001

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

That's a lot of water displacement, man.

Is the "just add water" schtick from the comics?

esse - Jan 08, 2007 8:26:11 am PST #6886 of 10001

S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

So CoM just came out in the States? It really is an amazing film.

I keep thinking I'd like to go down to Dayton, TN, when they have their annual re-enactment of the Scopes trial.

Man, I don't even think that works to recommend the town. (I had to drive through it when I went from KY to my parents'.)

Gris - Jan 08, 2007 8:26:50 am PST #6887 of 10001

Hey. New board.

I think I'm going to watch Children of Men today. Maybe.

Jessica - Jan 08, 2007 11:57:08 am PST #6888 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

For Your Consideration fanvid for Children of Men.

Very nicely done -- it gets spoilery around the 3-minute mark, though, so people who haven't seen it might want to cut it off before that. (And hey...check out the quote at 46 seconds...)

Laga - Jan 08, 2007 12:00:41 pm PST #6889 of 10001

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Yay someone else saw Kiss Kiss Bang Bang isn't it swell? I finally admitted that Val Kilmer can act after that one.

DavidS - Jan 08, 2007 12:02:25 pm PST #6890 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I finally admitted that Val Kilmer can act after that one.

Have you never seen Tombstone, Real Genius or Top Secret?

Sean K - Jan 08, 2007 12:04:08 pm PST #6891 of 10001

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Thunder Heart was passable, too.

beekaytee - Jan 08, 2007 12:04:50 pm PST #6892 of 10001

Compassionately intolerant

What David said.

And I liked Kiss Kiss too. A lot. And I watched it twice in a row too. Much to see. Lots of detail and thrown away lines that get gleaned on rewatch.

Laga - Jan 08, 2007 12:05:28 pm PST #6893 of 10001

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I dunno why I always felt like he was playing the same guy. Maybe someone I had no respect for went on about how great he was before I had a chance to form my own opinion. Tombstone bugged me for other reasons but after I saw Kiss Kiss Bang Bang I was able to re-watch and enjoy it. Thank goodness I saw Real Genius. After that 'cause despite it's cheesey 80s-ness I love that one now too.

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