Frankenbuddha - that one loong take at the end of Big Night is a thing of beauty.
Don't I get a cookie?
Spike ,'Never Leave Me'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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sumi - Sep 06, 2007 11:18:03 am PDT #1290 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Laga - Sep 06, 2007 12:53:08 pm PDT #1291 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I had a nice long, extremely clever post about people who talk in the theatre (special hell, remember?) but the server crashed and ate it.
One thing you can do is ask for hearing assistance headphones. These block out surrounding chitchat and send the movie soundtrack directly to your ears.
I really wish I worked at one of those Edwards theatres that is trying a notification system where selected members of the audience are offered an electronic device they can use to notify management of any less-than-ideal viewing conditions without leaving their seats. We try to monitor the auditoriums but of course the moment an usher walks in the asshats turn to angels.
Theodosia - Sep 06, 2007 1:27:50 pm PDT #1292 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Wow, Laga, I'd never heard of those being offered around here, because I'd be tempted to try them. I'll keep my eyes (and ears) out.
erikaj - Sep 06, 2007 2:20:02 pm PDT #1293 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, maybe I heard of it here. Very excited about watching it. I liked "Babette's Feast", too.
lisah - Sep 07, 2007 4:43:20 am PDT #1294 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
selected members of the audience are offered an electronic device they can use to notify management of any less-than-ideal viewing conditions without leaving their seats
You know what would be even better? Some kind of electronic device you could use to shock asshole movie goers.
Juliebird - Sep 07, 2007 6:54:31 am PDT #1295 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
But electric shocks might make the person noisy with the screaming and grunting and stuff. And the seat that ejects them would be hella distracting. I'd say a seat that drops out and sucks them down below the floor. And it shall be callled... wait for it... The Special Hell.
I finished the first book, and decided the majority of what was wrong was Marie. I tried as hard as I could to picture Franke Potente playing the part, and just couldn't. Perhaps Ludlum suffers from the Clancy ailment of being completely unable to write women realistically.
I have an urge to watch The Princess and the Warrior now.
Kathy A - Sep 07, 2007 7:37:44 am PDT #1296 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was just reading Salon's review of 3:10 to Yuma--did anyone else know that Alan Tudyk is in it?! I was going to see it anyway, taking my dad along since it's definitely his type of film, but...Alan Tudyk! In a Western!
sumi - Sep 07, 2007 7:38:35 am PDT #1297 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
No!
How cool.
Ailleann - Sep 07, 2007 7:52:32 am PDT #1298 of 10000
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
did anyone else know that Alan Tudyk is in it?!
No, but now I think my plans for this evening are in place...
lisah - Sep 07, 2007 8:37:16 am PDT #1299 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
did anyone else know that Alan Tudyk is in it?!
Oh, yeah, I kept looking for him in the ads but they've been all Crowe/Bale all the time. But the local movie reviewer called out his performance as being a highlight of the movie (which he generally liked).