One of the metacritic User Reviews for transformers that I found especially poignant:
This movie was AWSOME, from the visual effects to the hot chicks.
I honestly can't decide if this is intended to be ironic or not.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Gris - Jul 03, 2007 10:45:35 am PDT #9821 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Polter-Cow - Jul 03, 2007 10:50:35 am PDT #9822 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That sounds like my kind of movie.
And I'm not being ironic! Mostly. I do enjoy both visual effects and hot chicks.
Sean K - Jul 03, 2007 10:56:49 am PDT #9823 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
the fourth, as I noticed with amusement during the credits, was based on an article.
Another movie based on a magazine article? Pushing Tin. Which, while it did have some good things going for it, wanted to be three different movies, and never really decides which one it wants to be, and thus plays like three parts of three different, semi-unrelated movies.
Polter-Cow - Jul 03, 2007 10:57:37 am PDT #9824 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's like Speed ! Which is an elevator movie, a bus movie, and a subway movie, all in one!
Sean K - Jul 03, 2007 11:00:08 am PDT #9825 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
HA!
Well, Pushing Tin seemed even less well connected than Speed. At least the three parts of Speed were all action movie.
The three parts of Pushing Tin seem really disjointed. Like, buddy comedy, romantic entanglement movie, and messed up guy gets his head cleared movie.
Polter-Cow - Jul 03, 2007 11:15:39 am PDT #9826 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kind of like the two halves of Life Is Beautiful ?
Laga - Jul 03, 2007 12:48:10 pm PDT #9827 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Top Ten Greatest Chicago Movies
I had to dash off a quick list before I peeked and it ended up so:
1. High Fidelity (the city is a character in the film)
2. The Blues Brothers
3. Ferris Beuller's Day Off
4. The Untouchables
5. Risky Business
6. What Women Want (see High Fidelity)
7. Chicago Cab (AKA Hellcab) (only recommended for hard core Chi-tonw fans)
8. Chicago (kinda has to make the list, huh?)
9. Adventures in Babysitting (great use of architecture ;)
and with my crystal ball I peer in to the future and know that one day:
10. The Time Traveler's Wife.
With the exception of number 10, which of course I haven't yet seen, I think the thing that ties these movies together is not that they are great films but that they are great Chicago films. If that makes any sense.
If anyone's keeping track I think the best Pittsburgh film is Innocent Blood.
DavidS - Jul 03, 2007 12:58:56 pm PDT #9828 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If anyone's keeping track I think the best Pittsburgh film is Innocent Blood.
Uh...Night of the Living Dead?
Laga - Jul 03, 2007 1:06:54 pm PDT #9829 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
And of course there's Wonder Boys. I wonder if we could come up with a Pittsburgh 10.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 03, 2007 1:31:49 pm PDT #9830 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
Probably not without including The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh. And really, who needs that?