And yet, somehow I manage. He did not feature in the "pro" column on my list of reasons to see or avoid Superbad.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 31, 2007 10:17:57 am PST #3112 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
Jesse - Dec 31, 2007 10:19:26 am PST #3113 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't think I've seen him in anything else except Arrested Development, and not much of that. I seriously said "aw!" out loud more than once.
Jon B. - Dec 31, 2007 10:19:34 am PST #3114 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
He really nailed his character, didn't he? One moment that resonated and perhaps summed him up was when Juno says to him how he's so cool without even working at it and he replies that no, actually, he's worked at it pretty hard.
Jesse - Dec 31, 2007 10:20:04 am PST #3115 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was going to quote that very thing, Jon! Aw!
Gris - Dec 31, 2007 11:01:20 am PST #3116 of 10000
Hey. New board.
Having recently spent my Borders gift card, very productively, on their 3-for-the-price-of-2 DVD sale to get Pan's Labyrinth, Once, and The Princess Bride Buttercup edition on DVD, I just rewatched Pan's Labyrinth for the first time since seeing it at a theater at 10:30 on January 3rd of last year.
It never even occurred to me until people posted about it here to wonder about the nature of the ending - real or imagined. It was always real to me. Now, I almost think I like the movie more if it's imagined. But no matter what, oh, such a good movie. I want to watch all of my extra features now.
Jessica - Dec 31, 2007 11:40:45 am PST #3117 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jon, I loved that exchange too.
Thinking back, Jennifer Garner may have been my favorite thing about the whole movie. Her performance surprised me so much - not a false note in there. It would have been really easy to go over the top with that character, but she hit it just right.
Jon B. - Dec 31, 2007 1:00:08 pm PST #3118 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
It's hard to find a major character that didn't hit it just right. I loved Juno's dad and step-mom. They expressed just the right amount of love and disappointment.
Dana - Dec 31, 2007 1:03:21 pm PST #3119 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Lots of fabulous actors in that movie. Allison Janney is the most awesome thing ever.
Jesse - Dec 31, 2007 1:04:37 pm PST #3120 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I really thought all of the actors were just excellent. I'm always amazed at how easy it is to see J. K. Simmons as different characters, because he's so distinctive, and so are many of the characters! Vern Schillinger, I'm looking at you.
Jon B. - Dec 31, 2007 1:21:56 pm PST #3121 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The dad was J. Jonah Jameson! That's why he looked familiar. Damn!