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.
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
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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."
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.
Laga - Nov 11, 2007 10:00:55 am PST #2198 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I've still never gotten around to watching Last Tango in Paris. Should I maybe take it off the queue?
megan walker - Nov 11, 2007 10:03:01 am PST #2199 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I've still never gotten around to watching Last Tango in Paris. Should I maybe take it off the queue?
I thought it was a real bore.
Jon B. - Nov 11, 2007 12:21:52 pm PST #2200 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Should I maybe take it off the queue?
Only if you ever want to enjoy butter ever again. Ever.
beekaytee - Nov 11, 2007 1:19:07 pm PST #2201 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
Yes on both those counts.
After all the 'it's a masterpiece!' hype, I could not believe how incredibly boring it was. Stultifying doesn't even cover it. And the butter thing would not have been half as scarringly gross if there had been even the slightest chemistry in that relationship.
The entire thing gave me a brain cramp...primarily I think...because I was looking for 'there' that was nowhere.
tommyrot - Nov 11, 2007 1:21:59 pm PST #2202 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.
But you have to take into account the times in which it was made. Back then, there were really only limited, stereotypical uses of butter.
beekaytee - Nov 11, 2007 1:55:43 pm PST #2203 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
True. So, from this moment forward, I will consider my horizons expanded. Butter knows no bounds.
Still. Hated that movie!
PS: it ruined lavender (the herb) for me too. Yeesh.
Juliebird - Nov 11, 2007 2:29:12 pm PST #2204 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Watched The Holiday.
Surprisingly sweet and rather good (and Jude Law is hot, which is weird for me to say except that I saw Alfie, in which he was decidedly not hot) (and Jack Black is surprisingly non-Jack-Blackish for the most part, which is always nice)