I'm sure on Depp, it looks dashing.
I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Willow ,'Showtime'
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Betsy HP - Mar 03, 2006 9:33:43 am PST #759 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Jessica - Mar 03, 2006 11:41:17 am PST #760 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've been so busy at work today I didn't get a chance to mention that DH and I saw Thank You For Smoking last night (it comes out in April).
They've thrown away the book's plot almost entirely, but the tone is dead-on. The casting is pitch-perfect, and most of the dialogue is lifted straight out of the book. (With the exception of the ones written specially for Adam Brody, who is hysterically funny. He's got a line about syphilis that had me in tears. And one about sushi.)
It loses steam in the third act (see above, re: no real plot), but it's not a big deal since the film is only 90 minutes long.
The only major quibble I have with it is that for some reason, nobody is ever shown smoking onscreen, which is a pretty glaring omission considering the subject matter. There's a weird hypocrisy about it -- they'll let the characters say much more than they're willing to actually show.
Jessica - Mar 03, 2006 11:47:32 am PST #761 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Aims - Mar 03, 2006 11:50:38 am PST #762 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Am I totally late to the party that I just saw Brokeback Point Break trailer last night?
Steph L. - Mar 03, 2006 11:59:34 am PST #763 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Brokeback Mountain, the 30-second-animated-bunny version.
::snerkity snerk::
SuziQ - Mar 03, 2006 12:14:58 pm PST #764 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Jessica and the bunnies have broken me.
I wish I could quit you.
JZ - Mar 03, 2006 12:56:26 pm PST #765 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
::catches up on thread::
::bursts into hysterical Brokeback flashback tears::
Fuck. Hec's never gonna be willing to see this movie with me.
Zenkitty - Mar 03, 2006 2:21:25 pm PST #766 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I love the bunny movie re-enactments with an unholy love.
I still haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, and now I"m pretty sure I wouldn't be able to see it for crying. I don't think I'm up to that much emotionally resonant pain.
erikaj - Mar 03, 2006 3:18:54 pm PST #767 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I have a rock for a heart. I didn't cry at all. I felt for everybody, but...
Cashmere - Mar 03, 2006 3:34:03 pm PST #768 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I have a rock for a heart. I didn't cry at all. I felt for everybody, but...
I didn't cry until well after I got home. I think it was looking at my own kids and then remembering Jack's mother and the way she looked at Ennis and how sweet she was when she handed him the bag for the shirts. It struck me hard.
The bunnies have broken me as well.