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Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape

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SailAweigh - Jun 28, 2008 9:58:14 am PDT #6766 of 10000

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I watched Monster and Michael Clayton this morning. I think I should make sure my Netflix list doesn't have two such grim movies scheduled so close together. I could barely watch Monster, I wanted to fast forward through so much of it, it was just that painful. But Charlize Theron was spellbinding and I didn't want to miss any of her performance. Damn, but I was blubbering like a baby at the end, even though I knew she was a cold-blooded murderer.

Michael Clayton wasn't what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be mostly legal drama. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was more of a suspense thriller and at how much character develpment there was. Between the writing and Clooney's acting, it really made the character much more three dimensional than he could have been in the wrong hands. I enjoyed it a lot, even though it left me feeling sad for Michael Clayton despite the fact he "won."

sumi - Jun 28, 2008 7:49:13 pm PDT #6767 of 10000

Art Crawl!!!

Pictures of Hero Fiennes-Tiffin who will play the child Voldemort in HBP. (They're from some other movie he is in.)

Jessica - Jun 29, 2008 3:49:51 am PDT #6768 of 10000

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Dude, the trailers for In Bruges SO did not prepare me for what that movie was about! It's not a quaint amusing buddy conman movie at all! It's tragic and moving! (Still very good, but seriously, trailer people, WTF?)

Also kind of glad I didn't see it when it was in theatres and D was only a few months old. Yeesh.

Juliebird - Jun 29, 2008 4:15:19 am PDT #6769 of 10000

I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I'm definitely glad that I read some reviews before I watched it.

Scrappy - Jun 29, 2008 9:08:08 pm PDT #6770 of 10000

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Just got back from Wall-E. Best movie I've seen this year, and I tend to see EVERYTHING.

Frankenbuddha - Jun 30, 2008 7:13:46 am PDT #6771 of 10000

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Wired on the best robot love stories (features a familiar face): [link]

megan walker - Jun 30, 2008 7:20:22 am PDT #6772 of 10000

"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

So, I saw WALL-E yesterday. Not sure what I think. I was somewhat distracted by A (5), who had a hard time following what was going on, and so got a bit frustrated. There were definitely things I loved, but it was very uneven.

Tom Scola - Jun 30, 2008 7:39:29 am PDT #6773 of 10000

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

the best robot love stories

No Dave/HAL?

Kathy A - Jun 30, 2008 7:43:14 am PDT #6774 of 10000

We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

New Bond trailer!! (It might disappear rather quickly--the YouTube has already been yanked.)

So freakin' cool.

amych - Jun 30, 2008 7:47:44 am PDT #6775 of 10000

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

New Bond trailer!!

Eeenteresting. Impressions based on no knowledge other than the trailer:

1. Leave out the speedboats and shit, and it could be lifted straight from le Carre.

2. Except, nobody in le Carre looks like that shirtless, I'm fairly certain.

3. WTF is up with that rassenfrassen title?

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