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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.
That's AWESOME!!!
God, I love that movie!
"Greetings, Professor Falken...How about a nice game of chess?"
I loved Wargames so much...like other people loved Life of Brian...able to download each scene from memory. That movie, Project X and The Day After all contributed to my becoming a professional peace activist. Love.
I'm glad to see the hearty endorsement of Well-e because, frankly, every frame I've seen so far forcibly reminds me of another movie. I love Pixar with the power of a thousand Avid enabled terminals but I wasn't looking forward to this flick.
YAY WARGAMES LOVE!
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ERROR 22: IDEA IS TOO AWESOME.
An early Wall*E review: [link]
I was talking to my friend at Pixar and he said that the female robot character (Eve?) rocks. That's all I know.
And I got a small spoiler for Toy Story 3.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
A.O. Scott is at a loss for words:
The movie’s takeaway catchphrase is “Mariska Hargitay,” which is used by the title character as a fake-Hindi spiritual greeting. This is almost hilarious the first 11 or so times he does it, but by the time Guru Pitka (Mr. Myers) says “Mariska Hargitay” to Ms. Hargitay herself, it’s somehow less amusing than it should be.
Which might sum up “The Love Guru” in its entirety but only at the risk of grievously understating the movie’s awfulness. A whole new vocabulary seems to be required. To say that the movie is not funny is merely to affirm the obvious. The word “unfunny” surely applies to Mr. Myers’s obnoxious attempts to find mirth in physical and cultural differences but does not quite capture the strenuous unpleasantness of his performance. No, “The Love Guru” is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again.
The review in the examiner this morning was even more damning, suggesting Mike Meyers careeracide.