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'First Date'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Cashmere - Jan 22, 2006 3:25:14 pm PST #78 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
erikaj - Jan 22, 2006 3:54:40 pm PST #79 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I think about "Brokeback' a lot, but there were spots that were a little slow. I just don't really have an epic brain.
Gris - Jan 22, 2006 8:07:36 pm PST #80 of 10001
Hey. New board.
On the plus side, we were sitting right next to Jena Malone, who is just as adorable in person as she is onscreen.
OMG JEALOUS. My Jena Malone love defies explanation, as I think she's a good but not great actress and pretty and cute but not gorgeous or anything. But I love her. I think that it's because the way she walks in Saved! is totally a mating call for me, because she bounces on the balls of her feet in EXACTLY the same way I do. She totally wants me.
Though I think if I were to run into her at a movie theater, what conversation there was would mostly be me saying: "Saved! was so good!" I probably wouldn't bring up Cheaters (which I may be one of three people in the world to actually own on DVD) but I might.
Volans - Jan 22, 2006 11:34:35 pm PST #81 of 10001
move out and draw fire
So while the FiL was here, we caught him up on movies that he needed to see but amazingly had not. The watch list:
- Serenity
- Grosse Pointe Blank
- The Ring
- Pitch Black
- Bubba Ho-Tep
- Session 9
- Six-String Samurai
All were big hits, with Pitch Black, Session 9, and Bubba Ho-Tep topping his list. He didn't find The Ring all that scary, oddly.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 23, 2006 1:21:38 am PST #82 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
I hope at least Session 9 scared the pants off him then. Creepy movie.
Betsy HP - Jan 23, 2006 7:46:47 am PST #83 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Hey, I never got to see Six-String Samurai. How much fun is it?
Sean K - Jan 23, 2006 7:56:57 am PST #84 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
He didn't find The Ring all that scary, oddly.
My dad didn't either.
Really, I found it atmospheric more than anything. Until the very end, that is. Basically from the moment her kid says (with big, terrified eyes) "Why did you do that???"
Jessica - Jan 23, 2006 8:03:34 am PST #85 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The Ring bored me to tears, but I'm pretty much not a horror fan. We just don't click, for the most part.
Volans - Jan 23, 2006 8:04:10 am PST #86 of 10001
move out and draw fire
He definitely found Session 9 creepy and scary. I don't know why that movie works so well, but it does.
Six-String Samurai... you just sort of have to go with it. It is fun, but this time watching it, I felt it was really sad also. Jeff Falcon is fun to watch as a martial artist, and there are some great quotes:
"If I were you, I'd run."
"If you were me, you'd be good-looking."
"Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar pick to me."
§ ita § - Jan 23, 2006 8:10:34 am PST #87 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I found The Ring nice and shocky.
A couple days later the awfulness of what the heroine did hit me. Ick.