M. Emmett Walsh, you mean?
Oops. Yes. Emmett Kelly being the clown. M. Emmett Kelly being a clown that specializes in character roles in 70s and 80s movies.
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
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DavidS - Nov 10, 2007 6:47:12 pm PST #2188 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 10, 2007 8:26:26 pm PST #2189 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
Actually, the worst-case scenario is that you could come back... wrong.
As in, thinking the movie is good?
juliana - Nov 10, 2007 8:46:52 pm PST #2190 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
So, watched Five Easy Pieces tonight, and... meh. I understand that it's a character study, but I tend to have to find a redeeming quality in the character in order to enjoy such films. Dupea, NSM. Am I just an unrepentant heathen?
Laga - Nov 10, 2007 8:51:07 pm PST #2191 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Aside from the diner scene I'm pretty meh on that movie too. I loves me some Easy Rider though.
juliana - Nov 10, 2007 8:54:28 pm PST #2192 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Aside from the diner scene I'm pretty meh on that movie too.
Yeah, that came too late in the movie for me to enjoy it, I think. I'd written everyone off at that point.
Laga - Nov 10, 2007 9:05:10 pm PST #2193 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
from the Five Easy Pieces wikipedia entry...
Thirty years later Nicholson would perform a scene in the movie About Schmidt which directly drew from this scene (available as a "Deleted Scene" extra on the DVD release). Nicholson's character in About Schmidt , an emotionally downtrodden retiree, in contrast, humbly accepts the waitress' "no substitutions" rule.
That makes me sad. I'm glad they decided not to leave it in the finished film.
P.M. Marc - Nov 10, 2007 9:21:56 pm PST #2194 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So, watched Five Easy Pieces tonight, and... meh. I understand that it's a character study, but I tend to have to find a redeeming quality in the character in order to enjoy such films. Dupea, NSM. Am I just an unrepentant heathen?
No. It's a loathsome, misogynistic, boring and self-indulgent waste of time.
(There's a whole slew of Edgy Films About Men that make want to swear off the whole gender and join a separatist movement. Thinking about them provokes in me a violent reaction of utter visceral rage and loathing. Five Easy Pieces is the chief offender.)
DavidS - Nov 11, 2007 4:48:04 am PST #2195 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Full on ragin' Ple.
I really liked the scene with Nicholson's character and his father towards the end. I think Jack did some of his most naked, least mannered acting in that movie.
beekaytee - Nov 11, 2007 5:05:49 am PST #2196 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
Dracula 3000
A buddy who liked Dracula 2000 as much as I did. (What?) He went on and on about how great...and tragically misunderstood...3000 was.
It made me want to put out an eye. Seriously. The whole franchise is a thing as sad and things can be sad, but...I can't take my eyes off it.
No. It's a loathsome, misogynistic, boring and self-indulgent waste of time.
I totally agree...with an extra added side dish of Last Tango in Paris. Just call me the unwashed.
Scrappy - Nov 11, 2007 7:33:12 am PST #2197 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I admired the artistry of Five Easy Pieces, but did not connect with it at all.
I saw No Country For Old Men last night and it was FANTASTIC. Not a false moment in it. The Coens have really made a mature and powerful and exciting film and you all should go immediately.