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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

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Sophia Brooks - May 14, 2007 7:22:00 am PDT #8418 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I bought the sooperspecialanniversary edition because I remember loving this movie to bits. Saw it several times in my younger days. But watching it now ended up being painful. Perhaps it was my mindset in the moment, but it seemed so much more mean-spirited than I remembered. Must try again.

I think it is rather more mean-spirited, or rather, I don't sympathize with JD or his romance with Veronica at all as an adult. I think of it more as a parable for Veronica becoming strong in a different way than JD or the Heathers. I mean, I see why Veronica Mars is named Veronica. Mostly, however, I watch it because I love the costumes.


§ ita § - May 14, 2007 7:23:07 am PDT #8419 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't think I ever sympathised with JD. Loved the movie anyway, though.


Kathy A - May 14, 2007 7:24:17 am PDT #8420 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Most watched list for me:

LotR (yeah, like that's a big surprise to y'all!)
Groundhog Day
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Aliens (my sister and I watched this tape weekly for about a year)
Star Wars trilogy (saw each of them three times apiece in their initial run, which wasn't surpassed until LotR)
Singin' in the Rain
Wizard of Oz
Adventures of Robin Hood (not to be missed in its annual showing on "Family Classics" on WGN)
Princess Bride


Vonnie K - May 14, 2007 7:26:40 am PDT #8421 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Grosse Pointe Blank

Oh, dude. I forgot about Cusack. Of course I watched Say Anything more often than My Brilliant Career.


Sophia Brooks - May 14, 2007 7:32:24 am PDT #8422 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

don't think I ever sympathised with JD. Loved the movie anyway, though.

I was a bit overly romantic (and into Christian Slater) as a teenager...


beekaytee - May 14, 2007 7:40:46 am PDT #8423 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

I watch it because I love the costumes.
My favorite part!

And I agree with the assessment of Veronica becoming strong in a different (although at the very end, a little too similar) way from JD. At the time, I was all about the 'he's just a misunderstood boy who is so so so pretty). Now, it's yeesh...you kids need a nap.


ChiKat - May 14, 2007 7:53:02 am PDT #8424 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Bring It On

Totally forgot that one! I love that movie.


Sean K - May 14, 2007 8:30:11 am PDT #8425 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Alan Tudyk plus Tom and Zoe from Spooks.

And Rupert Graves! And Peter Dinklage!

And Ewan Bremner!


Gris - May 14, 2007 8:59:19 am PDT #8426 of 10001
Hey. New board.

Um. Well, I still remember being a little kid and watching The Little Mermaid once a week or so. For years. Sometimes more often. I can still quote pretty much every word (as I found out when I watched the pretty new DVDs with my neighbor). But I'm not sure if that counts.

Once I was old enough that watching the same video over and over was no longer awesome for its own sake, here are some I've watched a lot of times:

Star Wars original trilogy
The Matrix
The Incredibles
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
American Beauty
Lost in Translation
Mean Girls
Clueless
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Kissing Jessica Stein
Thirteen


shrift - May 14, 2007 9:01:35 am PDT #8427 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Speaking of Christian Slater (weren't we?) and most watched movies. Another that I must confess to seeing 6 times...in the theatre...in one week...is...wait for it...Untamed Heart.

Pump Up the Volume!

...I can't believe I just admitted that. As you were.