Surprisingly? Although I really enjoy the stuff Michael Moore does, so maybe you shouldn't go by me...I also rented "The Awful Truth"(his for-cable TV show)
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
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erikaj - Jun 24, 2007 2:37:34 pm PDT #9642 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Anne W. - Jun 24, 2007 4:53:08 pm PDT #9643 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Re. Iron Man: So Robert Downey Jr. has been cast as a playboy who develops a substance abuse problem. This amuses me.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 24, 2007 6:28:43 pm PDT #9644 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
I want to know why he's bulking up for the part. Tony Stark is the former lush cardiac patient superhero who wears a big metal suit, it's not as if he needs to be in good shape.
Volans - Jun 25, 2007 7:04:34 am PDT #9645 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I too saw PotC3 this weekend, and now I have to go back and read whitefont, because for the life of me I could not figure out the bad guy's motivation. Or other characters' motivations at certain points.
It was pretty, but I guess I was really looking for meaning where there wasn't any, because I kept thinking everything was a reference to other movies - Return of the Jedi, The Godfather, Highlander.
Orlando Bloom's costuming was HAWT. And I found it funny that Elizabeth's black-and-gold costume featured a serious corset, which should have been called out given the ongoing corset jokes in the first movie.
I didn't feel quite as Bruckheimered as with PtoC2, but I do still feel like I got brucked. Ich war gebruckt.
Trailers: Transformers CGI looks fucking awesome.
bon bon - Jun 25, 2007 7:54:26 am PDT #9646 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
This is an excellent alternative to the AFI top 100 list: [link]
Kevin - Jun 25, 2007 7:57:32 am PDT #9647 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Surprisingly?
Yeah... I really enjoy the stuff Mike Moore does, and definitely think all of his previous films merit a lot more discussion than they get -- but he does tend to go off on a tangent and looses any hope of having 50% of his audience listen to him (something I'm also guility of). Sicko treads the line a bit more carefully. Some of the things he covers aren't the full picture (eg his painting of the NHS in the UK as entirely free -- which it is, but you don't get ALL drugs on the NHS as certain expensive cancer drugs and things aren't covered). But overall, I think it's a needed film, and hopefully does something to chip away the media image of socialism and French people equalling The Devil.
Cashmere - Jun 25, 2007 7:59:29 am PDT #9648 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
My friend attended the American premier of Sicko and met MM. She said it was incredible.
Hayden - Jun 25, 2007 8:24:41 am PDT #9649 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Bon bon, I like Edward Copeland quite a bit and not just because his list and mine have a lot of similarities. But he's crazy for loving Network so much.
Polter-Cow - Jun 25, 2007 8:30:24 am PDT #9650 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee, bon, I like that list:
53 Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Every time I hear that a friend or acquaintance is going to have a baby, I make the same simple request: Do everything in their power to keep all knowledge of this movie away from them until they see it. I would have loved to have seen it without knowing that the shower scene was coming or the truth about Norman Bates. I hope others can have that experience.
Here's one for JZ:
20 It's a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra
No one gives this film the credit for its darkness that it really deserves. This isn't sappy sentimental drivel, this is about a man who feels as if he's been pissed on all his life and finally reaches the end of his rope. James Stewart's talent, Capra's gifts and the script by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett make George Bailey's journey plausible and touching. Only a Mr. Potter could hate this film.
!! He's got His Girl Friday on his list, at number 12! Aw, I love that movie. Was it even on the AFI list?
Nice list, bon. Thanks. I have no idea who that guy is, though.
Hayden - Jun 25, 2007 8:59:49 am PDT #9651 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
He's a NJ-based critic who's part of the blog crew at Matt Zoller Seitz's The House Next Door.
The IAWL thing reminds me that there was a discussion at TT when the 1997 list was released where many of the hardnosed posters came out in support of IAWL over Mary Beth's explicit dismissal of it on many of the same grounds.