CoM was one of those movies where I was left wanting to know more about the world it was built in, which is rare. My only complaint was how bored I became during the final action scene with all the gunfire and running and confusion. I don't care to watch The Departed. Organized crime so does not interest me. My brother got a bootleg copy on the streets of NYC, and what little I saw left me cold.
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Juliebird - Oct 20, 2007 4:48:31 pm PDT #1796 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Vonnie K - Oct 20, 2007 5:02:34 pm PDT #1797 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
If I see one other Boston Irish Melodrama in my life it will be one too many.
Hey, that Ben Affleck adaptation of Lehane's Gone Baby, Gone just came out this weekend. Apparently Affleck used a lot of regular Boston people off the street for extras, and Casey Affleck who plays the lead, is from Boston so at least his accent should be authentic. You get both Irish (Patrick) and Italian (Angie) so two stereotypes for the price of one!
Jesse - Oct 20, 2007 5:13:15 pm PDT #1798 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And my childhood crush wrote the script!! (I know it says co-written by Ben, but I'm pretty sure Aaron did the heavy lifting.)
DavidS - Oct 20, 2007 5:41:52 pm PDT #1799 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ben's movie has gotten surprisingly good reviews. At least that I've seen.
They note particularly the performances he gets from his actors (which you would expect from an actor-turned-director), but also that it's well paced and directed.
erikaj - Oct 20, 2007 6:12:42 pm PDT #1800 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
I *so* want to go to that. go on, pretend you're suprised. But I love it when Ben(and Matt) get all Boston. But I live in the land of no ethnicity, so I want all the stuff my grandparents fled here from.
erikaj - Oct 20, 2007 6:15:58 pm PDT #1801 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Also, am fucked up enough to consider Zodiac as mom-daughter bonding. Suddenly, my lack of childhood slumber parties is not exactly Shock Theater, huh?
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2007 6:21:28 pm PDT #1802 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. I didn't know the Stephen King short story "The Mist" was turned into a movie. I remember thinking when I read it that it'd make a great flick. Anyway, it opens in about a month. You can see a preview here (I think): [link]
Looks awesome.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2007 6:26:24 pm PDT #1803 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is Mist the one (won't play for me) where someone gets pulled through the slats in the floating platform? Don't remember any narrative, but it sure was freakout material.
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2007 6:29:29 pm PDT #1804 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is Mist the one (won't play for me) where someone gets pulled through the slats in the floating platform?
Ooh, I know the story you're talking about! That ending was burned into my brain. Nope, that's not it. It's the one with the people trapped in the grocery store. There's weird monsters from another dimension out in the mist. And the rest writes itself (if the writer happens to be Stephen King).
eta: I think both of these stories were in the same book of SK short stories.
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2007 6:32:59 pm PDT #1805 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, anyone seen Fido?
Welcome to Willard, a small town lost in the idyllic world of the 50s, where the sun shines every day, everybody knows their neighbor, and rotting zombies deliver the mail. Years ago, the earth passed through a cloud of space dust, causing the dead to rise with a craving for human flesh. A war began, pitting the living against the dead. In the ensuing revolution, a corporation was born: ZomCon, who defeated the legions of undead, and domesticated the zombies, making them our industrial workers, our domestic servants--a productive part of society. ZomCon would like the people of Willard to believe they have everything under control--but do they?
more: [link]
It's the midnight movie at a place near me. (Musicbox)