Ellen interviewed Harry Connick either late last week or earlier this week and she said that Bug was very good but creepy. Actually I think she said it about 4 times. So I'd call that a rave from her too!
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
Anya ,'Sleeper'
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DawnK - May 24, 2007 11:26:49 am PDT #8710 of 10001
giraffe mode
Volans - May 24, 2007 1:11:51 pm PDT #8711 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Huh, I just saw a preview for it and thought it looked like your standard gross-out horror flick. Apparently marketing fell down on the job.
§ ita § - May 24, 2007 3:34:08 pm PDT #8712 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Robin, I have to freak out a cheery 17 year old. But I want to like the movie too. Is Bug it?
Scrappy - May 24, 2007 4:00:30 pm PDT #8713 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
It's very VERY dark. In a real disquieting but fascinating way. Might be a bit much for a 17-year-old--but I prolly woulda liked it at that age.
Sean K - May 24, 2007 4:21:02 pm PDT #8714 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I really want to see it. It looks creepy.
§ ita § - May 24, 2007 5:11:54 pm PDT #8715 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If it's a bit much, it might be just right.
Laga - May 25, 2007 1:07:49 pm PDT #8716 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Just saw World's End. I agree with all the critisicms and embrace them. It is terribly plotty in a way that I just adored. The set designers do feel the need to fill every frame with minute details and I ate them all up. Yum!
sumi - May 25, 2007 1:11:54 pm PDT #8717 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I hear that there is a post-credit epilogue -- was it fun?
Laga - May 25, 2007 2:53:38 pm PDT #8718 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
It was pretty much note-for-note the epilogue I was expecting. The whole movie is great fun. I especially loved all the new characters. In my opinion this is also the monkey's best work.
askye - May 25, 2007 3:12:44 pm PDT #8719 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I'm spending my weekend watching Dolph Lundgren movies, something to cheer me up.
First up was Bridge of Dragons. I have no idea why it's titled that since there are no bridges or dragons. It's a post apocolyptic future where Ruechang is a general forcing Princess Halo to marry him. He dispatches his favorite warrior, Warchild, to go after the Princess. At one point, before the wedding, she snuck out to fight in some weird stick fighting while standing on posts thing. She fought Warchild who beat her.
Anyway, Halo runs, Warchild goes after her but ends up falling in love with her. I think, we only get one kiss and she calls him Soldier all the time. Not at all like "Farm boy" Princess Bride way, more because it has to be better than calling him Warchild.
I think maybe this was made for tv because the violence was very A Team ish and the kiss was fairly chaste.
It was bad, but bad enough to be MST3K worthy. Luckily I could fast forward through the boring parts.
Dolph is only shirtless once but the military uniform is mostly a vest and pants with no shirt. And all of RueChang's helicopters, jeeps, etc have 666 on the side, but no mention one why.