This morning i bought Indy tickets for Saturday night at the arclight. 6th row center, baby!
Anya, the Shopkeepers of America called. They wanted me to tell you that 'please go' just got replaced with 'have a nice day.'
Xander ,'Selfless'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Scrappy - May 18, 2008 3:15:40 pm PDT #5772 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Polter-Cow - May 18, 2008 3:19:55 pm PDT #5773 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
more or less comparable to Last Crusade. (Raiders being the best of the 4 without question.)
Oh, awesome. I love Last Crusade. It...might actually be my favorite. I remember watching Raiders of the Lost Ark again several years ago and finding it kind of...slow.
Sean K - May 18, 2008 4:39:31 pm PDT #5774 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Kids these days....
Frankenbuddha - May 18, 2008 5:13:38 pm PDT #5775 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Great segue for mentioning that I saw Speed Racer at an Imax theater this afternoon. I think it's a touch too long for such a slight story, but it's hugely entertaining, the thing looks incredible, and I really like the actors they chose (although why they didn't just go ahead and get Tim Curry for the villain is beyond me, because they may as well have). The kid and the chimp were a touch over cute, but even they had redeeming moments. Susan Sarandon and John Goodman have both had what I must consider two of the strangest careers in Hollywood.
I wish the races had been just a touch more comprehensible, as what I could figure out was so much fun. Finally, I must agree: John Goodman, kung fu master = comedy gold.
I don't get why the critics are acting like this is the end of cinema as we know it. Compared to Michael Bay's atrocities, this is Bergman.
Jessica - May 18, 2008 5:14:50 pm PDT #5776 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not sure whether this should really be in Premium Cable instead of here, but...holy fuck, Recount is depressing.
Danny Strong, congratulations on bringing back that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. Very well done.
Ugh.
Hayden - May 18, 2008 6:03:07 pm PDT #5777 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm Not There is just plain awe-inspiring.
Polter-Cow - May 18, 2008 9:10:48 pm PDT #5778 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kids these days....
Well, in that vein, I just watched Peter Jackson's King Kong because Ray Bradbury told me to.
It was REALLY LONG.
It takes an hour to get to Skull Island, and then there's over an hour on Skull Island that mostly consists of the crew being picked off one by one. The movie's called King Kong, not Skull Island, Land of the Dinosaurs ! There were some cool dinosaur scenes, but mostly, everything went on too long.
The basic meat of the movie, though—the relationship between Ann and Kong—was very sweet and sad, though. So that part was good.
sumi - May 19, 2008 5:16:45 am PDT #5779 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Michael Rymer is rumored to be the director of the upcoming Witchblade movie.
Steph L. - May 19, 2008 5:31:35 am PDT #5780 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
P-C, I saw King Kong on a recent(ish) flight, and was mightily, mightily underwhelmed. Too long, too slow, too many weird gross giant bugs, too much Jack Black.
Meh.
Steph L. - May 19, 2008 7:16:26 am PDT #5781 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Discussion Monday:
I've been reading a lot of blogs that find Iron Man to be sexist (at best) or downright misogynist (at worst).
What say you all?