I should amend that: maybe 1/2 and 1/2.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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.
Hayden - Jul 02, 2007 3:11:03 pm PDT #9807 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
erikaj - Jul 02, 2007 3:12:02 pm PDT #9808 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I possess the intuitive understanding of the dirt-worshipper, only. You've got much more rhetorical stamina, I think.
Kathy A - Jul 02, 2007 3:47:01 pm PDT #9809 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Going through that list, I've only seen 15 of them, and own only 6 (counting the LotR films as one, as they do).
megan walker - Jul 02, 2007 4:00:09 pm PDT #9810 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I've seen 25 on the list, with most of those falling in the 1st and 5th groups. I own 7 ( La Règle du jeu; Double Indemnity; Sunset Boulevard; Singin' in the Rain; Trois Couleurs: Bleu, Blanc, Rouge; The Lord of the Rings; and The Matrix )
Of course, by no stretch of the imagination should Blue, White, and Red be considered one movie.
Kathy A - Jul 02, 2007 4:04:36 pm PDT #9811 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I own Singin' in the Rain, A Hard Day's Night, Aliens, The Matrix, LotR, and The Incredibles. I've also seen The Passion of Joan of Arc, Frankenstein, Planet of the Apes, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (both the 50s version and the 70s one), The In-Laws, Brazil, JFK, Slacker, and Memento.
Sean K - Jul 02, 2007 4:52:56 pm PDT #9812 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Okay. I'm heading out soon for the 8pm showing of Live Free or Die Hard at Mann's. I'm all excited.
Polter-Cow - Jul 02, 2007 6:05:56 pm PDT #9813 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hope you have a good time, Sean! I think you will.
Sean K - Jul 02, 2007 9:03:22 pm PDT #9814 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
It was fun. Didn't suck.
While I thought they got the character of John McClain right, I felt the film was a little disjointed, and the story and most of the bad guys were a little flat.
Still, it was fun. I liked that there was an FBI Agent Johnson, and that the bad guy was still just a thief. And I really liked that this time the bad guy wanted to steal ALL the money. You know, like everything.
Glamcookie - Jul 03, 2007 6:49:40 am PDT #9815 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Own: Frankenstein, Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Seven Samurai, A Hard Day's Night, Ran, Aliens, Fight Club, The Matrix, Battle Royale
Seen: The Night of the Hunter (need to own this one - so creepy!), Planet of the Apes, Chinatown, Eraserhead, Slacker, Clerks, Boogie Nights, Memento, The Lord of the Rings, The Incredibles
Kathy A - Jul 03, 2007 7:33:43 am PDT #9816 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Apparently, John Travolta thinks that Hairspray is not a gay film. Has he seen it?!?
As the blogger I linked to says:
Hairspray is a movie written by a gay man. The role you are playing was originated by a gay man. The film and the musical are camp. It may not have any openly gay characters in it, but that does not make it a “straight” film. You haven’t the slightest clue what you’re talking about. As an actor in a remake of a remake, you do not get to say what this film is.
Hairspray is gayer than a leather daddy singing “I Will Survive” at Karaoke night at The Manhole.
I also love the commenters' preference for Edna being Rikki Lake if they were looking to avoid the whole camp/drag casting aspect, as they did with Travolta (at least the camp part)--that would have been perfect (if too young) casting!