I saw the ad for The Number 23 and somehow I just knew it was Joel Schumacher. No one does utterly pointless paranoia more pointlessly. Kudos, Joel!
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
bon bon - Feb 20, 2007 6:20:11 pm PST #7566 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
esse - Feb 20, 2007 11:53:33 pm PST #7567 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I have a whole list of movies that I want to see, because I haven't been to the cinema since December, in Dublin. The cinema is considerably more difficult to get to here than it was there; it's one of the things I miss. "Bobby" and "Dreamgirls," "Hott Fuzz" maybe--are you getting that in the states? "For Your Consideration" if I had the time and the cash.. Babel" looks interesting, but I've heard mixed reviews.
Also the Irish Film Festival is going on, which means they're finally showing The Illusionist in Ireland. I already saw a bootlegged copy, and I really enjoyed the film; but I don't know if I want to see it again so soon, you know? [link] Those are the films showing this weekend. Maybe something will peak my interest.
Suddenly, there's loads of things I miss about being in Dublin.
Jessica - Feb 21, 2007 3:30:04 am PST #7568 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Hott Fuzz" maybe--are you getting that in the states?
Yes! Ironically, the first (US) press screening for it was last night, meaning we technically could have gone to see that instead of 23. (If DH wasn't being paid to review 23, I have to keep reminding myself. My GOD that movie sucked.)
esse - Feb 21, 2007 4:47:39 am PST #7569 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
HA. It's very promotionalized over here, for obvious reasons. I was going to give it a pass, but then I realised it's the SOTD guys, and was all enthusiastic.
Jessica - Feb 21, 2007 4:53:00 am PST #7570 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
They brought clips to Comic-Con this summer, and I liked what I saw. Maybe not quite as much as Shaun, but enough to get me into theatres.
(BBCA is running Spaced right now, which is also made of awesome.)
Frankenbuddha - Feb 21, 2007 5:05:30 am PST #7571 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
BBCA is running Spaced right now, which is also made of awesome
Oooh. Need to go looking for that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 21, 2007 6:23:54 am PST #7572 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
(If DH wasn't being paid to review 23, I have to keep reminding myself. My GOD that movie sucked.)
Will Fonebone be able to enjoy the satisfaction of turning in a vitriolic review?
Laga - Feb 21, 2007 10:09:53 am PST #7573 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I've been watching Spaced on youtube AIFG.
DavidS - Feb 21, 2007 11:02:57 am PST #7574 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Stylus' Alternative Oscar Picks
Some very interesting picks.
For example, in Best Supporting Actor:
Steve Carell (Little Miss Sunshine)
During the more implausible scenarios in Little Miss Sunshine—a teenager takes a vow of silence to honor Nietzsche, an ex-lover who should be safely tucked away at Yale turns up in a remote gas station, a hospital loses a corpse—Uncle Frank raises his eyebrows in bemusement. Then, without fail, he accepts his bizarre circumstances. The man is an outsider to his dysfunctional family, silently and hilariously commenting on the action with every line of his face. Steve Carrell brings a welcome injection of irony to an absurdist comedy. Just before the suicidal scholar schtick gets old, he unleashes the Frat Pack comedy and joins the zaniness, shuffling birdlike into glass doors with his shoulders shrugged to the sky. [L. Michael Foote]
§ ita § - Feb 21, 2007 11:04:43 am PST #7575 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Skimming through that list I didn't feel much urge to read more deeply on any of the nominees with whom I wasn't already familiar, just because nominating Jack Nicholson was a credibility killer for me. Even more than nominating SBC.