Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.

Mal ,'The Message'


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.


DavidS - Jun 21, 2007 8:36:15 am PDT #9421 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

but also for my secret silver screen girlfriend, Myrna Loy.

Good taste, my man. Have you ever read Cynthia Heimel's Sex Tips for Girls?

She sets her compass by Ms. Loy's north star and notes that it is a handy question to ask yourself in any quandry, "What would Myrna Loy do in this situation?"

Myrna Loy Tidbits:
She grew up childhood friends with Gary Cooper but never got to be in a movie with him.

She was a red-head.

She was a very active Democrat, and William Powell was a very staunch Republican. They got on well and never talked about politics.


Jesse - Jun 21, 2007 8:37:00 am PDT #9422 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also, why is The African Queen on the list? It's really not that great. (I've seen it.)

It's better than Forrest Gump!!!

I can't remember if I've seen Cabaret or not, but if I haven't, it's solely due to the creepiness of Joel Grey. Although the thing is, I don't know what I would have seen him in as a youth that would have given me this overriding impression of him as skeevy, if not Cabaret. It's a conundrum.


Hayden - Jun 21, 2007 8:37:18 am PDT #9423 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

why is The African Queen on the list?

People love Bogart, Hepburn, and Huston, and quality aside, that one was a 3-fer on star power.


P.M. Marc - Jun 21, 2007 8:37:31 am PDT #9424 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

bon, I will totally throw down about the many excellences of It's A Wonderful Life and why it absolutely belongs on the list.

I'm in JZ's corner.

Drat it.

Though I'm with Bon on E.T.. I hate that movie.


P.M. Marc - Jun 21, 2007 8:38:04 am PDT #9425 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Although the thing is, I don't know what I would have seen him in as a youth that would have given me this overriding impression of him as skeevy, if not Cabaret. It's a conundrum.

The Muppet Show.


Polter-Cow - Jun 21, 2007 8:38:26 am PDT #9426 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I loved Forrest Gump !


JZ - Jun 21, 2007 8:39:22 am PDT #9427 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

::cries for P-C's lost soul::


Jesse - Jun 21, 2007 8:40:23 am PDT #9428 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The Muppet Show.

Ha! Really?? That would definitely be it. He's always given me the willies.


Tom Scola - Jun 21, 2007 8:40:45 am PDT #9429 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

P-C, you have too much magic in your heart.


juliana - Jun 21, 2007 8:40:57 am PDT #9430 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I haven't seen 60 out of the 100 movies. In my defense, if it's also a stage play, I've probably seen it in that format. I have little desire to watch Psycho, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, and other high-stress films. Also Gone With The Wind, but that's because I get bored about 5 minutes in. The rest are on my Netflix queue, though.