Thank yew! I'm here all night. Try the veal!
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Jon B. - Nov 17, 2007 5:20:11 pm PST #2326 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Frankenbuddha - Nov 17, 2007 5:45:10 pm PST #2327 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Context schmontext.
Tom Scola - Nov 17, 2007 6:18:04 pm PST #2328 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Natalie Portman's naked tush is more more curvy (in a good way) than I would have expected.
Maybe it was a stunt booty.
tommyrot - Nov 17, 2007 6:26:32 pm PST #2329 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.
So who here has seen No Country for Old Men? It was totally awesomecakes! One thing that struck me is that many of the characters had that supreme confidence that the (other) bad guys wouldn't get them. And those that thunk that had all sorts of skills to back that attitude up. Kind of made you think that if the flick stuck to convention, that they'd be right, and they'd survive. But despite their confidence, the life of crime and guns and $2mil in a case is just too unpredictable, and they still met their ends. Contrast them with the sheriff, who also was ultra-competent and came from a long line of ultra-competent cops - some of which had been shot and even killed. The sheriff had the realistic view that despite all your skill you could still end up getting killed. In fact he explicitly states this when talking about the guy who was wounded when slaughtering the steer.
Anyway. Awesome flick.
Polter-Cow - Nov 17, 2007 7:56:09 pm PST #2330 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So, August Rush is completely cheesy and eye-rolly and predictable, but it's also very sweet and sincere, and the music is great, and there are a couple unknown child actors who are very entertaining.
The best moment was calling one of the lines right before Keri Russell said it. I just picked the most dramatic, cliché, predictable thing to say...and there it was.
Also, Keri Russell is very pretty. And Jonathan Rhys-Meyers sings a lot, if you're into that.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 18, 2007 3:30:43 am PST #2331 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
August Rush
The only commercial I saw for that made my teeth hurt. Which is odd, because I thought saccharine didn't promote tooth decay.
Jon B. - Nov 18, 2007 4:13:13 am PST #2332 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Maybe it was a stunt booty.
I'm pretty sure you see it attached to her face (ummm... via her torso... not directly adjacent).
Frankenbuddha - Nov 18, 2007 4:18:27 am PST #2333 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Was this the short attached to some prints of DARJEERLING LIMITED (that I can't recall the name of - HOTEL Something).
I would hope it wasn't MR. MARJORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIOUM.
Jon B. - Nov 18, 2007 7:18:49 am PST #2334 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Was this the short attached to some prints of DARJEERLING LIMITED
Yep. It's actually referenced at least twice during DL.
Scrappy - Nov 18, 2007 11:05:48 am PST #2335 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I saw it, Tommyrot--and totally agree with your very astute observations. A really powerful film, I thought.