The reason a Cars 2 is not so much because of box-office performance, but rather because it made BEEELIONS of dollars in merchandising.
I don't know about you guys, but I've had it with super-strong little women who aren't me.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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Tom Scola - Jun 25, 2008 10:52:12 am PDT #6715 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
DavidS - Jun 25, 2008 11:30:14 am PDT #6716 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but rather because it made BEEELIONS of dollars in merchandising.
I guess we should expect many new characters in this one then.
erikaj - Jun 25, 2008 12:21:45 pm PDT #6717 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
lots of sidekicks.
DavidS - Jun 25, 2008 12:27:44 pm PDT #6718 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
About time! Crition releases Anthony Mann's western The Furies
This is a great movie and it hasn't been in print, or on cable for the last several years.
Walter Huston is incredibly good in this, as is Dame Judith Anderson. Barbara Stanwyck is less nuanced and in more of a Force Of Nature mode. Great supporting performances all around.
As the review notes, this is more like Mann's shot at King Lear than your average Western. The melodrama is a little big in places but it's got tremendous force.
Glamcookie - Jun 25, 2008 2:39:44 pm PDT #6719 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Pixar ranking:
- Finding Nemo
- A Bug's Life
- Toy Story
- Monsters, Inc.
- The Incredibles
- Ratatouille
Not seen:
- Cars
- Toy Story 2
Animated since 1995 ranking:
- Spirited Away
- Princess Mononoke
- South Park
- Ghost in the Shell
- The Iron Giant
- Persepolis (just saw this last night - amazing looking!)
- Howl's Moving Castle (meh)
Straight to DVD rankings:
- Justice League: The New Frontier (hells yeah!)
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
- Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
Volans - Jun 25, 2008 4:18:32 pm PDT #6720 of 10000
move out and draw fire
I guess we should expect many new characters in this one then.
Well, since Fillmore just passed away (RIP George Carlin), we'll need new.
DavidS - Jun 25, 2008 7:55:11 pm PDT #6721 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Good list, Glam. You're no Brad Bird fan. You should see Toy STory 2, though. I think it's better than the first.
sumi - Jun 26, 2008 6:52:40 am PDT #6722 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Hayden - Jun 26, 2008 6:55:20 am PDT #6723 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'd put The Incredibles and Ratatouille at the top of my Pixar list and Cars at the bottom. My general animation list would include lots of Miyazaki and Bird at the top, but I'm too lazy to go through the whole list.
OT: Watched Altman's Kansas City last night, which was appallingly bad. Even the great jam sessions couldn't redeem all the bad will in that one. Maybe Bob had run out of weed when he made it.
sumi - Jun 26, 2008 7:09:16 am PDT #6724 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
But the music is great - I netflixed the movie a while back and went out and bought the soundtrack.
My theory is that the point of the movie is that all the political stuff that the people at the front of the story where doing which seemed so important were just transitory and all that really mattered was the music.