While Batman's assistant was, um, well, Batman's assistant, unless you're willing to say he was also Carter from Get Carter.
Alfie or Alfred, Michael can just can't keep way from that name.
Wesley: I stabbed you. I should apologize for that. But I'm honestly not sure how. I think it'll just be awkward. Gunn: Good call. Wesley: Okay.
'Time Bomb'
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Frankenbuddha - Jun 01, 2007 10:42:25 am PDT #8892 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
bon bon - Jun 01, 2007 10:42:27 am PDT #8893 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It's better than that-- Wolverine's assistant was Batman's butler. Batman's assistant was Batman.
Hayden - Jun 01, 2007 10:43:54 am PDT #8894 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Weird sidebar, but oddly enough we also rented Renoir's The Rules of the Game this week and Bob Bob had a hard time with it because he thought the characters were reprehensible.
Really? That's one of my all-time favorite movies, and I think the exact opposite of the characters. They do act reprehensibly sometimes, but they are fundamentally forgiveable and human.
bon bon - Jun 01, 2007 10:53:07 am PDT #8895 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I liked them too. And I think Bob's work on evil makes him oversensitive to everyday evil. But I see where he's coming from-- casual infedelity (accompanied with social acceptance of hiding it from the wife), the hunting scene, the murder, chasing someone around a party with a gun that no one seems to mind, and the General, who at one point laughingly recounts a story where someone dies of a gunshot wound and later dismisses the murder of Jarieu-- all of those things made him hate these people. Not only that, I am sure Renoir wants us to judge those characters for their casualness about the consequences of their lifestyle, even though they are portrayed charmingly.
tiggy - Jun 01, 2007 11:28:25 am PDT #8896 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I was bored to tears by The Prestige. i've had The Illusionist to watch for a while, but haven't gotten around to it. i suspect i'll like it more because of my affection for Edward Norton.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 01, 2007 11:47:35 am PDT #8897 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
Am now convinced that all magicians are absolutely amoral jackholes and need to be shot.
Heh. A friend of mine was cuckolded by one of the big names in the biz (Lance Burton, I think), so I can't really argue against that interpretation.
Hayden - Jun 01, 2007 12:37:33 pm PDT #8898 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Not only that, I am sure Renoir wants us to judge those characters for their casualness about the consequences of their lifestyle, even though they are portrayed charmingly.
I'm split on how Renoir feels about them. There's so much wrong with their lives (and you've nailed exactly how Renoir shows it, especially the hunting scene), but I think the warmth with which he exposes their inner lives means that he isn't sure himself whether to judge them for playing the games of their social class. That ambiguity is one of the best things about the movie. I think Rules shares a certain affinity to Altman's best movies: where Altman thinks of people as petty and self-destructive, but loves them anyway, Renoir is more inclined to love people, but think of some of them as petty and self-destructive, anyway.
Scrappy - Jun 01, 2007 12:42:50 pm PDT #8899 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
: crushing on Corwood and his big brain :
Hayden - Jun 01, 2007 12:45:17 pm PDT #8900 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Color me blushing!
Kathy A - Jun 01, 2007 2:19:22 pm PDT #8901 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Wow--the Flick Filosopher really hated Knocked Up! She wasn't a fan of 40 Year Old Virgin either, but this one she found truly offensive.