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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.


Kathy A - Jun 23, 2007 12:33:52 pm PDT #9621 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I got eleven, but I would have gotten a lot more if the pictures were bigger. I almost got another one because I knew I knew the guy in #33, but I couldn't place him for the life of me. As soon as I saw the answer, it was one of those "Duh!!" moments.


Laga - Jun 23, 2007 12:39:35 pm PDT #9622 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I'm cautiously hopeful about Where the Wild Things Are.

I agree I would have gotten more Midpoints if the thumbnails were bigger but I think they are the right size based the the premise of the article (you can't judge a film by a thumnail of its midpoint like Youtube asks you to.)


Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2007 1:35:14 pm PDT #9623 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Exactly, Laga. I was going to call foul on not being able to see a bigger version, but it would defeat the purpose of the idea.

I finally saw POTC 3. And, er, I really liked it. Is that okay? I think it was an improvement over the second in that there weren't those long set pieces that went on too long with no purpose (for the most part). I felt like the movie had more of a drive to it. It was pretty fun throughout, and the one major flaw was that the Calypso plot never paid off. She got all big and turned into crabs and...made a maelstrom? That could just as well have already been there, for plot purposes? I expected some more actual Calypso action, the way they were building it up. Especially since they proved they weren't devoid of neato ideas with the Up Is Down method of getting out of the Locker. I was also sort of surprised and not pleased with the resolution of Will and Elizabeth's story. I wanted a happy ending for them, dammit! That's not happy! That's all tragic and shit! They didn't need to be tragic! They were just two hot people who were supposed to be hot together.

On the other hand: BEST. WEDDING. EVER.

ETA: I went back and found that thing Zenkitty posted that was supposed to be important and er, yeah, they really should have made that clear.


Vonnie K - Jun 23, 2007 3:33:06 pm PDT #9624 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

I finally watched POTC3 this afternoon as well, and I'm gonna have to sadly part company with P-C, my usual brain-twin. I thought it was a bloated, ungodly mess with irritating orientalism, severe lack of the funny and zero emotional resonance. Also, they killed Norrington (!) for no goddamned reason, and Norrington was by far my favourite character of the lot. Bah.

Elizabeth got to kick some ass, which was some consolation. And Jeffrey Rush, as always, was fun to watch. But the rest of it was very eh. I was bored by even Jack.


Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2007 3:45:12 pm PDT #9625 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I agree with your whitefont, though. They totally wasted Norrington.


DebetEsse - Jun 23, 2007 5:47:37 pm PDT #9626 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I'm watching Phantom on Hallmark.

This is, indeed, as bad as I thought. The singing, oh God... t shudders

Also, the costumer seems to have a corset fetish, and the director watched Moulin Rouge too many times.

And no one ever explained to anyone why we hold our hands at the level of our eyes.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2007 5:50:23 pm PDT #9627 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Also, the costumer seems to have a corset fetish, and the director watched Moulin Rouge too many times.

OK, one of these things I can see as a negative, but the other makes me wonder which place this person thinks they are posting.


DebetEsse - Jun 23, 2007 6:00:42 pm PDT #9628 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

There is a time and a place. And, really, enough space for plenty of corsetry in the movie without it pinging me as corset porn.

I think the scene of Christine being laced into one was what pushed it over the edge for me.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2007 6:06:19 pm PDT #9629 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I dunno. Isn't "gratuitous corsetry" pretty much a Buffista oxymoron? I'll leave it to the board to decide.


DavidS - Jun 23, 2007 7:37:11 pm PDT #9630 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I dunno. Isn't "gratuitous corsetry" pretty much a Buffista oxymoron? I'll leave it to the board to decide.

I vote oxymoron.