I thought Eternal Sunshine was only okay, didn't care for The Incredibles, and didn't see Before Sunset or Maria Full of Grace. I'd like to see Maria Full of Grace.
Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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Glamcookie - Nov 13, 2007 11:53:53 am PST #2221 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Gris - Nov 13, 2007 11:57:39 am PST #2222 of 10000
Hey. New board.
Based on what I can recall of your movie tastes over the past, I imagine you would really like Maria. It's... very good. And also painful.
Before Sunset is awesome. I may even like it slightly more than Before Sunrise. But I waffle there.
Kevin - Nov 13, 2007 11:58:38 am PST #2223 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Eternal Sunshine works on so many levels, and personally it meant a thing to me. Plus, Kate? Can act. And is very pretty.
Polter-Cow - Nov 13, 2007 12:00:44 pm PST #2224 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love Eternal Sunshine. Saw it twice in the theatre, which is rare for me.
Kevin - Nov 13, 2007 12:03:03 pm PST #2225 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I was actually tempted to say Clementine wore something fuzzy and I wanted to touch her. But I didn't.
megan walker - Nov 13, 2007 1:14:01 pm PST #2226 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Before Sunset is awesome. I may even like it slightly more than Before Sunrise.
Since I hated Before Sunrise, I'll have to agree with you there. Plus, Paris!
Laga - Nov 13, 2007 1:29:17 pm PST #2227 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Before Sunset seemed kind of pointless and meandering to me. I much preferred the brief reunion with those two characters in Waking Life.
Laga - Nov 13, 2007 6:08:26 pm PST #2228 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I just saw that Mysterious Skin is in my Netflix queue. I can't decide whether or not to delete it.
Jessica - Nov 13, 2007 6:15:03 pm PST #2229 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Beowulf = AWESOME
Forget all the trailers you've seen - they don't even come a little bit close to doing the film justice. The animation, seen properly in 3D, is spectacular. If you do not live near a theatre that is showing this film in digital 3D or (even better) IMAX 3D, do NOT see this movie. Just don't even bother. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie that so seamlessly married style and narrative.
(There are still a few things that look silly when animated this way, like running. Fortunately our heroes spend most of their time fighting, swimming, or on horseback.)
Also, in spite of the MPAA briefly losing their collective minds and giving this a PG-13 rating, DO NOT TAKE YOUR KIDS TO SEE THIS MOVIE. It's not just the near constant sexual overtones in every single scene, or even the multiple scenes containing full frontal (albeit CG) nudity. This movie is freaking VIOLENT. The violence is beautifully coreographed and shot and some of the best action sequences I've ever seen, but it is intense. And very, very bloody.
Juliebird - Nov 13, 2007 6:32:08 pm PST #2230 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Laga, my final conclusion on MS is that while a movie that skillfully gets across the point of the horror of pedophilia, I still would have known that child molestation is bad, m'kay, and a horrible thing. And I don't feel richer in my life for now feeling that intimately crawling under my skin.
I know it, and I really don't think that I needed to (and I know I didn't want to) know it, know it..
The movie was described as a story of self-discovery, and, I'm sorry, I think it failed. The discovery was just more molestation, lovingly filmed. Maybe the movie was too subtle for me, maybe there was nuanced stories being told in the background through hints and expressions on the parts of the families, but I didn't see it.