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Zoe ,'The Train Job'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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.
Laga - Aug 31, 2007 11:55:58 am PDT #1230 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Cashmere - Aug 31, 2007 1:03:19 pm PDT #1231 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
DH had his corporate fun day at work today. They got lunch and got to see Stardust. He hated, natch, since he's not a big fantasy fan. He told me I'd love it.
The irony hurts.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 31, 2007 1:04:21 pm PDT #1232 of 10000
"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
Having advised someone to subject her boyfriend to Before Sunrise and Mary Poppins as revenge for making her watch shoot-em-ups, am I morally obligated to offer free board if they break up as a result?
Laga - Aug 31, 2007 6:57:35 pm PDT #1233 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
B3ta is doing another movie-related image challenge: monkeys!
Narrator - Sep 01, 2007 1:46:31 pm PDT #1234 of 10000
The evil is this way?
I saw War. Staitham is always pretty, but otherwise, the movie is: "eh".
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 01, 2007 3:43:13 pm PDT #1235 of 10000
"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
The Hollywood Video that I normally rent movies from is closing and having a sale, so I just dropped 40 bucks on the following:
Stealing Time with Scott Foley
Mr. Fix-it with David Boreanaz
These Girls with Caroline Dhavernas and David Boreanaz making out
Living til the End with Sean Maher and Jamie Ray Newman making out
Wedding Wars with Sean Maher and John Stamos making out
Wild Roommates with a bunch of unknowns making out, and
a UFC DVD featuring NHL player Patrick Cote (I assume no one is making out in this, though I'm willing to be proven wrong...)
Which should I watch tonight after dinner?
Gris - Sep 01, 2007 8:57:20 pm PDT #1236 of 10000
Hey. New board.
Well, somehow, Superman 2 is the second-highest rated film on Metacritic, after The Godfather. Of course, for films released before Metacritic began, there are a very small number of reviews, usually for re-releases (The Seven Samurai re-release I saw at The Film Forum was also very highly rated). Still, there must be some reason Superman 2 is 11 points higher than Superman 1, which was re-released more or less simultaneously.
Personally, I hate all of them. Superman is a pussy, and Batman deservedly kicks his ass in every worthy comic-book series. I may be overstating due to beer, but whatever. Boyscout deserves it.
ETA: For those wondering, Pan's Labyrinth is the highest rated first-run movie on Metacritic, with a 98/100. The only movies to beat it were all re-releases.
Laga - Sep 01, 2007 9:53:01 pm PDT #1237 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Halloween. ick. I'm not watching another Rob Zombie movie unless it's Werewolf Women of the SS.
edit for explanation: I did not voluntarily watch Halloween but I keep having to go in there to quell disturbances and the crap on the screen is truly awful. And by the way, when I own my own movie theatre. Parents are not going to be allowed to bring little kids to slasher films. ick.
Fred Pete - Sep 02, 2007 3:20:04 pm PDT #1238 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
am I morally obligated to offer free board if they break up as a result?
Depends on the shoot-em-up.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 02, 2007 4:02:59 pm PDT #1239 of 10000
"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
Apparently it was a long string of shoot-em-ups, with Army of Darkness being the last straw that resulted in a declaration of war.
Hey, I enjoyed it, but I do sympathize that the combo of cheesy dialogue, over-the-top violence and gore, and—most importantly—a lengthy fight involving Three Stooges moves might be painful for a devotee of chick flicks.
I'm about 2/3 of the way through Living til the End and am delighted that it's turned the soon-to-die-free-spirit-teaches-the-uptight-guy-how-to-live-and-love trope on its head by having the uptight guy's OCD and agoraphobia actually deep-six the impulsive last minute trip to Paris. As a bonus, Sean Maher has somehow managed to convince me that his character is heterosexual.