I'm all, what the fuck did they do that to Lucia di Lammermoore for? I guess it's thematic, what with the bloodshed and mayhem, but still. Mixing it with techno (which I abhor)! Yeeek.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Vonnie K - Aug 28, 2007 2:55:32 pm PDT #1208 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
megan walker - Aug 28, 2007 4:12:30 pm PDT #1209 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I loathe and abominate every script Luc Besson has ever written, doubly so any he's directed himself (I think that's all of them), and wish he'd just be something visual like art director or DP so that someone else can restrain him from his inevitable excess and stupidity.
Well, I hate The Fifth Element and I would never say Besson's great at dialogue, but I think he's got cool plot ideas: Subway, Nikita, and The Transporter come to mind.
In any case, he's certainly written much more than he's directed: The Transporter, Kiss of the Dragon, Banlieue 13, Taxi and its numerous sequels/remakes. Of course, Angel-A was just such a sad attempt to remake It's a Wonderful Life that I think I've given up on him.
Polter-Cow - Aug 29, 2007 6:33:19 am PDT #1210 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
No love for León / The Professional ?
Nutty - Aug 29, 2007 6:48:32 am PDT #1211 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Generally speaking, even if I liked Natalie Portman, I would find it icky and creepy to like her that way when she is pre-pubertal.
It is a thing.
§ ita § - Aug 29, 2007 6:50:16 am PDT #1212 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I adore The Professional and Nikita, and was pleasantly surprised by and caught up in Banlieue 13.
I will love him forever for the first two, even if I don't love all his later work. And then...dude the reason I saw War was because of the Statham love generated by The Transporter.
Which, I guess, makes me mad. Pfft.
beekaytee - Aug 29, 2007 6:53:28 am PDT #1213 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
I share the Staitham love and was so looking forward to War. Pfft, indeed.
megan walker - Aug 29, 2007 7:17:35 am PDT #1214 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
No love for León / The Professional ?
I haven't seen it. I keep meaning to. Really.
Sue - Aug 29, 2007 7:45:46 am PDT #1215 of 10000
hip deep in pie
ita, I think you've summoned Peter Greenaway:
Also he has a new movie about Rembrandt starring Martin Freeman as Rembrandt.
§ ita § - Aug 29, 2007 7:47:58 am PDT #1216 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wow. That say it 3x in a mirror thing works!
megan walker - Aug 30, 2007 11:47:43 am PDT #1217 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
In looking up info on Jean-Pierre Jeunet in IMDB, I've learned that he declined an offer to direct the last Harry Potter (OotP), which I would have loved to have seen, and he's in pre-production on Life of Pi, which worries me just a tad.