'First Date'
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It's Buffista Movies callback time! (a.k.a., I just got around to Banlieue 13, which is so totally last week.)
Lame plot, dumb plot, stupid plot, did I mention idiotic plot? And yet? I found my next yuletide pairing. PLUS, best ever movie to watch in Blu-ray. Because the others we've tried were things where I actually wanted to follow the story and kept getting distracted by the shiny blinky visuals. This? All shiny blinky visuals. And topless fighty men.
What?
Huh. So the Blu-ray version had a plot? Weird...
It was very small. It must've been in the extra pixels only.
And yet? I found my next yuletide pairing.
Yay! It's totally true. The little bit of heterosexuality they tried to throw in at the end did not fit.
If anyone ever has the slight urge to watch Flyboys, don't.
A movie about the Lafayette Escadrille could have been good. The fact that they titled the movie "Flyboys" and not "The Lafayette Escadrille" was in fact my first clue that this movie would suck. The horrible reviews it got were the second clue...but you know what? The reviews were generous.
We watched about half of it on 6x fast forward, and it was still boring and amateurish. Only the homoeroticism between James Franco and That Other Guy provided any entertainment.
Thanks for that, Raq. There's a gorgeous vid for Flyboys, gorgeous enough that it had prompted me to plan to add it to my Netflix queue. I'll just play the vid instead.
There's a gorgeous vid for Flyboys, gorgeous enough that it had prompted me to plan to add it to my Netflix queue.
I saw that vid last night! It was very pretty.
I finally saw the Simpsons movie yesterday (see tagline) -- definitely worth matinee price. Fun, and funny, and a great way to spend a 95-degree afternoon.
Oooh, Romance and Cigarettes is finally getting a (limited) release! I've been wondering if I just missed it coming out last fall, which was the last time I'd heard about it.