Really. TCG missed it totally despite my squealing, that's how quick it was.
Edited for clarity.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
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sj - Dec 26, 2007 6:46:04 pm PST #2979 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
DavidS - Dec 26, 2007 8:24:20 pm PST #2980 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Slate talks about a movie I never heard of...
It's a totally famous cult movie, tommy!
I don't love it like Cor does, however.
Hayden - Dec 26, 2007 9:32:09 pm PST #2981 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yeah, I love the hell out of it. And I really hate James Taylor, so that's saying something. In fact, it would make a fantastic Zen double feature with Cockfighter, which is a similar Monte Hellman-directed faux-exploitation existential-crisis dialogue-lite movie.
lisah - Dec 27, 2007 5:44:35 am PST #2982 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
Cockfighter is one of my favorite movies!
My friend and I are trying to figure out what movie to see on Sunday. So far on the list:
The Savages
Romance & Cigarettes
The Kite Runner
Charlie Wilson's War
Enchanted
No Country for Old Men
What do you all think?
Fay - Dec 27, 2007 5:49:42 am PST #2983 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Having only seen Enchanted from that list, I'm going to say: Don't go see Enchanted.
It's more of a catch-it-on-TV kind of movie. I think if I hadn't paid money for it, I'd have appreciated it a lot more.
DavidS - Dec 27, 2007 6:13:40 am PST #2984 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What do you all think?
No Country For Old Men is near the top of my list.
But I haven't seen a lot of movies so I also want to see: Sweeney Todd, I'm Not There, Juno, Darjeeling Express (still barely hanging on in theaters here), and There Will Be Blood.
It's interesting, we've had two movies come out this year which were hailed as instant classics: No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. That's unusual.
I'm also struck by how daring filmmakers were this year - not always successfully, but risks were taken: Southland Tales, I'm Not There, There Will Be Blood.
Tom Scola - Dec 27, 2007 6:14:55 am PST #2985 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Let me know if you're up for seeing a movie this weekend, David.
lisah - Dec 27, 2007 6:15:22 am PST #2986 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
I can't get over how much Daniel Day Lewis looks like a gaunt Tom Selleck in the posters for There Will Be Blood !
lisah - Dec 27, 2007 6:16:39 am PST #2987 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
I saw Sweeney Todd on Saturday. I was familiar with the plot and general tone but had never seen the musical and, I have to say, I was really shocked by how deeply tragic the story is.
I'm supposed to see Juno tonight!
Allyson - Dec 27, 2007 6:36:47 am PST #2988 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My main thought on Sweeney Todd for this morning is this: Anthony was so pretty that his thing for Johanna was femslash.