Everybody express an opinion on a movie you haven't seen.
Citizen Kane is a stupid movie about a sled.
I don't really have a security blanket... unless you count Mr. Pointy.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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Ailleann - Jun 21, 2007 8:51:09 am PDT #9444 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
DavidS - Jun 21, 2007 8:53:42 am PDT #9445 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
as the idea of the story itself, one man having all these effects and ripples throughout American history.
Couldn't you just like Zelig instead of the reactionary right wing Gump? Which basically says "even though American culture was retarded before the counter culture came along, it was better."
Frankenbuddha - Jun 21, 2007 8:53:53 am PDT #9446 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Given that it was a European co-production, filmed in Europe, by a British director, based on a British author, I'm not sure why it was there in the first place.
This is what I was thinking about with the two David Lean movies and, to a lesser extent, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. I know that one was financed by Warners, and Kubrick was as American as a 10-year (at the point) expatriate could be, but I can't remember if either of the Lean movies were totally British productions or not (I know BRIDGE... at least had William Holden in it).
Polter-Cow - Jun 21, 2007 8:57:17 am PDT #9447 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I saw the movie when I didn't know anything about politics, so I didn't see any political subtext.
I've never seen Zelig.
Also, maybe I like lame and twee, sometimes. I'm pretty lame and twee. I think. Maybe.
DavidS - Jun 21, 2007 8:58:25 am PDT #9448 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Some quirkiness ages well, and some doesn't. Good: Julie Andrews in Sound of Music; Diane Keaton in Godfather. Not so: Liza in Cabaret.
Yeesh, Diane Keaton is terrible and wasted in Godfather. I love her, but that was a forgettable role for her. Her quirkiness in Annie Hall still works.
I like Liza in Cabaret. She's supposed to be hyper and shallow.
Sean K - Jun 21, 2007 8:59:15 am PDT #9449 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
It's really not a personal attack, P-C. I still love you, man. Even if you like that terrible movie.
Unless you're secretly Swedish. You're not secretly Swedish, are you?
bon bon - Jun 21, 2007 8:59:35 am PDT #9450 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I did say that about Clockwork last night, though I didn't remember when Kubrick had left the U.S. Hell, Bob had to remind me that he was actually American. And Lawrence of Arabia, though that may be American financed, for all I know.
Tom Scola - Jun 21, 2007 9:01:05 am PDT #9451 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I was riffing on something that Tim Minear said in Minearverse with that "too much magic" line, P-C. I wasn't serious.
Polter-Cow - Jun 21, 2007 9:01:31 am PDT #9452 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You're not secretly Swedish, are you?
God, my parents would have a FIT.
Kathy A - Jun 21, 2007 9:04:46 am PDT #9453 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I like Liza in Cabaret. She's supposed to be hyper and shallow.
Exactly. Her Sally Bowles is the epitome of flightiness, but by the end of the film, that flightiness is an obvious shell since we've grown to know the frightened, rejected child she is underneath. A really excellent performance by Liza, and one she (supposedly) based partially on her mother.
A secret message for Sean: pfffffffttttttthhhhh!!!