I saw Once today. It was cute, but I was kind of meh about it. Maybe if I'd liked any of the songs...
I kissed him, and I told him that I loved him. And I killed him.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 10, 2007 5:06:26 pm PDT #9057 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
Frankenbuddha - Jun 11, 2007 3:32:25 am PDT #9058 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
ION, yesterday I saw a very lively production of WEST SIDE STORY at the Maine State Music Theater in my home town (mom gets season tickets as a present every year). It made me realize I somehow knew all the music even though I don't think I ever saw the entire movie (and have never seen it on stage). Also didn't realize that Sondheim had done the lyrics.
Now I think I have to see the movie, but it's going to be very hard keeping a straight face watching Benjamin Horne and Dr. Jacoby as Tony and Riff.
Ailleann - Jun 11, 2007 5:28:53 am PDT #9059 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Huh. I slowly came back into the room, realized after a few minutes that Saw was not bothering me after all, and by thirty minutes from the end I was kinda bored.
I found Saw *really* didn't hold up on rewatch. The psychological bits, sure, but I was very meh about it, and I found it quite disturbing the first time around. (Note: this may have been colored by the fact that I watched it the first time in an empty theater at 1am.)
My mom and I went to see Waitress on Saturday, and we both loved it. The scenes of her life as a victim of abuse really resonated with me in a way I didn't expect, and my mother making parallels between Early and her ex-husband turned it into A Movie About Women Like My Mom, which almost drove me to tears. I thought I would hate the affair aspect (how much did I wish that the doctor was a widower? THIS MUCH), I thought it was more of a symbol of Jenna learning what it's like to be loved, so that she could pass that on to her baby. Also, we went and got pie afterwards. Can't wait for the DVD, and I hope it gets some awards recognition.
Also, though I haven't seen Ocean's 13 yet, I think I figured out a theory as to why some people didn't like Ocean's 12 as much. I think Mom thought I was crazy, but she agreed.
§ ita § - Jun 11, 2007 5:42:31 am PDT #9060 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think I figured out a theory as to why some people didn't like Ocean's 12 as much.
Does it have anything to do with it sucking?
As far as #3s go, I liked Ocean's 13, but preferred PotC 3, both as a third-in-a-series, as a standalone(ish) movie, and as just a flick. Ocean's 13 felt dependent on me already having the love and knowing where to laugh--it felt like slipping on a new pair of those shoes that fit so well when you first bought them that not that much breaking in was required.
PotC 3 had more excitement of the new in it.
lisah - Jun 11, 2007 5:45:14 am PDT #9061 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Saw Knocked Up last night and loved it so very much. As expected.
Ailleann - Jun 11, 2007 5:52:05 am PDT #9062 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Does it have anything to do with it sucking?
Um.... maybe?
The short version, I guess, is... 11 is a 50's Rat-Packian heist movie, and 12 is an early 60's European heist movie. Which, you know, slightly more surreal and maybe not as popular.
Note: this theory is not even a quarter baked, and probably makes no sense outside of my own head.
Kevin - Jun 11, 2007 9:32:24 am PDT #9063 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I'm puzzled at the use of excitement to describe PotC. (I figured out how much money I owed whilst watching it. Which was quite scary on many levels). Although only puzzled as it doesn't fit what I saw in my world.
Saw - I don't think the leg saw thing is actually shown, although it depends on your view of censorship and such. I'd forgotten about the dead body in the room, amusingly.
brenda m - Jun 11, 2007 9:33:33 am PDT #9064 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Not really, not in the tv version anyway. Though there was a good shot of a woman pawing through some poor guy's guts looking for a key.
§ ita § - Jun 11, 2007 9:35:32 am PDT #9065 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm puzzled at the use of excitement to describe PotC.
All of them, or just the third?
I wasn't excited during O13. It was "Hey! Those guys! I like them. They're cool. Doing cool things again? Oh, I sure hope it turns out well." But not an action movie.
PotC 3 had fight scenes, which always help, and they were better integrated into the narrative than #2, which helps even more.
Even though I was pretty sure who'd make it out whole and who wouldn't, it asked my eye to track around the screen and I felt rewarded for the efforts besides.
Kevin - Jun 11, 2007 9:37:00 am PDT #9066 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Nice.
I see Hostel 2 didn't perform nearly as well as the first at the box office. Although still well enough for another sequel if they want one.
ETA: ita, I thought PotC 1 was great fun. 2 was a bit of the same reaction you had to Ocean's I think. 3 just lost me for half hour periods a few times.