I wonder if Albert Finney has ever taken Brian Cox aside and asked him to be more mindful the gigs he takes.
If he has, I'm glad it wasn't before Cox did THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT.
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
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Frankenbuddha - Nov 24, 2007 11:16:41 am PST #2412 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Beverly - Nov 24, 2007 2:25:32 pm PST #2413 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
"I submit to you that what he's looking for was either never there, or is gone for good."
"No, I'm the Hill Brothers bean buyer."
"Three. One(here) one (there) and one next to Mr. Wally."
All of which just set Sam L. up for a classic line:
"What's the weather like on your planet, old man?"
The two tip-o'-the-tam-o'-shanter movies released summer of 95, Braveheart and Rob Roy, were sort of rivals at the box office. Brian Cox was, I believe, the only actor present in both.
Polter-Cow - Nov 24, 2007 2:30:43 pm PST #2414 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just watched Deja Vu. Very cool. I do love time travel nonsense, although I had to scour some IMDb threads to understand the movie. I think they could have stood to be a bit more explicit about the fact that Doug goes back twice, even though we never saw the first time.
Val Kilmer is not looking good these days.
Sean K - Nov 24, 2007 4:02:20 pm PST #2415 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So, I had two movies on my iPhone, for watching on the flights out and back.
The first was Saw 2. I saw the first Saw in the theater and really enjoyed it. It's shockingly graphic in its violence, but wonderfully twisty and clever, with lots of moral ambiguity and darkness in fun and interesting ways. The same holds up for Saw 2. Jigsaw is rapidly supplanting Freddy Krueger as my all-time favorite horror baddie. Now I really must catch up on 3 and 4.
The movie I watched on the way back was Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. Well, mostly watched it, anyway. It's 2:20 long, and while the flight was three hours, between beverage and food service, and stopping it from time to time to talk to S or move out of the way for other passengers, I still have about :40 minutes left to watch.
It's fascinating. It does quite a remarkable job of conveying the complex histories and personalities of the band, and presents a raw and compelling character study of the individuals involved and their struggles to find and conquer their personal demons.
Polter-Cow - Nov 24, 2007 4:15:02 pm PST #2416 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sean, I agree with you on Saw and Saw 2, although I saw the latter before the former. I don't know whether the other two movies are of the same quality or not.
beekaytee - Nov 24, 2007 5:09:33 pm PST #2417 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.
One of my favorite docs of all time. What a crew of characters! And that coach? Um. Forgive me, but I'm better...where do I sign up for the $40k per month gig? I thought it was great that the band reached out for help...and got it.
Plus? Lars' dad really made me smile.
Frankly, I loved everything about it!
Theodosia - Nov 25, 2007 1:26:39 am PST #2418 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I really have to see that movie. It sounds like a great double bill with Hard Core Logo, truly.
Scrappy - Nov 25, 2007 6:29:25 am PST #2419 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We took the niece to Across the Universe last night. The script is pretty terrible, but some of the numbers are amazing (not surprising since the film was directed by Julie Taymor). And Jim Sturgess, who plays the lead, is a total fucking star.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 25, 2007 12:28:17 pm PST #2420 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
This would not have been my first choice of sights to greet me as I exited an afternoon showing of Stephen King's The Mist. Though I have to give the theater props for setting a mood...
DavidS - Nov 25, 2007 1:55:21 pm PST #2421 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."