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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."
I found The Ring nice and shocky.
A couple days later the awfulness of what the heroine did hit me. Ick.
I saw Matador last night. I really enjoyed it. It owes a lot to tarantino, but it's fun and quick and Kinnear and Brosnan are terrific together. Lots of snarky, hilarious dialogue.
Hey, I never got to see Six-String Samurai. How much fun is it?
Maybe 7 out of 10 on the fun scale? Cool music, goofy scenarios, great martial arts.
Thanks to Hec & JZ, I have now seen Slings & Arrows, and my Paul Gross love continues unabated. Seriously. He's all brilliantly mad and spouting Shakespeare - right up my alley.
Thanks to Hec & JZ, I have now seen Slings & Arrows, and my Paul Gross love continues unabated. Seriously. He's all brilliantly mad and spouting Shakespeare - right up my alley.
Yay! Isn't he spectacular? I need to send that tape off to Theo so the Somervillains can partake.
He's all brilliantly mad and spouting Shakespeare - right up my alley.
Every time he gives one of his Big Kick-Ass-And-Take-Names Master Director speeches, my heart wells up with this O Captain, My Captain! sensation and I have to physically restrain myself from running out the door in a mad dash straight to Canada just so he can boss me around.
There needs to be a DVD of that show. Seriously.
Every time he gives one of his Big Kick-Ass-And-Take-Names Master Director speeches, my heart wells up with this O Captain, My Captain! sensation and I have to physically restrain myself from running out the door in a mad dash straight to Canada just so he can boss me around.
packing up to run to Canada with JZ
On my third re-watch, I started FFing through the Mark McKinney plot just to get to the Paul Gross bits again. Damn.
Though I do love Mark McKinney, too. The teleconference scene where he's talking calmly while stabbity-stabbing the phone with his middle finger is a wonder, as is his incredibly polite, stereotypically Canadian towering rage at the very end -- shaking with rage and revulsion, winding himself up to a fever pitch, and finally unleashing both painfully mannerly barrels on his Lady Macbeth/Iago with a sotto voce "You are a.... TERRIBLE PERSON," and then closing the door. Oh, snap!
Is this thing torrentable or anything?