The trailers make it look amazingly cool, but apparently it is not.
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Polter-Cow - Jan 20, 2007 7:54:45 pm PST #7068 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
tiggy - Jan 20, 2007 8:08:21 pm PST #7069 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
the dialogue is cheesy, the acting is mediocre and the plot is pointless.
plus, it's always raining. i guess that was supposed to make it creepy. or something. it's even more ridiculous when it's constantly raining and the main character is driving a convertible with the top down for pretty much the whole movie.
Taylor in his skivvies though? hum. in. a.
Hayden - Jan 20, 2007 9:23:33 pm PST #7070 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
We got a sitter & went to see Children of Men tonight. I'm still a bit blown away to actually write anything cogent about it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2007 11:25:35 pm PST #7071 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
The trailers make it look amazingly cool, but apparently it is not.
They did? They must have played different trailers than the ones I saw,which made it look like a DavidDeCoteau movie with a vastly bigger SFX and soundtrack budget.
Strega - Jan 20, 2007 11:30:25 pm PST #7072 of 10001
So I finally saw Raising Arizona.
Er.
Yeah.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2007 11:32:35 pm PST #7073 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
Much like A Life Less Ordinary, I find that that movie is gold when Holly Hunter is on screen and very questionable when she's not.
Nutty - Jan 21, 2007 4:10:26 am PST #7074 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I'm sorry, how can you not love a chase scene involving stolen Huggies and a random old man in a pickup truck telling Nicolas Cage, "Son, you got a panty on your head." while the hilbilly soundtrack wails and a pack of suburban dogs invades a household --?
I despair of you people.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 21, 2007 4:29:50 am PST #7075 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What Nutty said. Though Holly Hunter does intersect that scene at several points. Son of a bitch.
Theodosia - Jan 21, 2007 5:05:00 am PST #7076 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"
It never occured to me that My Name is Earl has quite a bit of the ambience of Raising Arizona, with very little explicitly in common. No wonder I like them both.
Jessica - Jan 21, 2007 6:26:11 am PST #7077 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I couldn't tell most of the actors in The Covenant apart, which made the plot really hard to follow in places. I mean, the basic premise wasn't difficult to get, but I couldn't keep track of which cloned Abercrombie & Fitch model was supposed to be the evil one.