Out. For. A. Walk. ... Bitch.

Spike ,'Selfless'


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.


Daisy Jane - Jul 08, 2008 1:04:09 pm PDT #6860 of 10000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I'll spoiler this in case.

If you click on the coordinates, there is a message. Click on the coordinates under the snowy screen and a google map pops up.


sumi - Jul 08, 2008 1:11:23 pm PDT #6861 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!

Ah. Thanks.


Jesse - Jul 08, 2008 2:02:42 pm PDT #6862 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, I'm glad to see there is nothing to see on the website yet, because I was going to swing by after work, and then forgot!


Frankenbuddha - Jul 08, 2008 5:14:14 pm PDT #6863 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Going to see the Hellboy 2 preview tonight! Whee!

jealousjealousjealous


Strega - Jul 08, 2008 5:34:35 pm PDT #6864 of 10000

The batsignal is/was shining on the Sears Tower and the Empire State Bldg. And apparently people got CFB shirts & copies of the Gotham Times.


Polter-Cow - Jul 08, 2008 5:51:30 pm PDT #6865 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

The batsignal is/was shining on the Sears Tower and the Empire State Bldg.

Awwwwwesome. I hope there are pictures.

And apparently people got CFB shirts

CFB?


Strega - Jul 08, 2008 6:43:28 pm PDT #6866 of 10000

Citizens for Batman -- the site in the link.

ETA: A few candid photos are mixed in with the "chatroom" discussion here.


Jesse - Jul 09, 2008 7:13:03 am PDT #6867 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Cute report from NYC: [link]


Kathy A - Jul 09, 2008 11:21:32 am PDT #6868 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Very cool news bit on The Dark Knight from the Tribune's movie critic:

The new Batman picture, opening July 18 and already reviewed in dozens of print and online outlets, will be the biggest of the summer, the biggest of the year and one of the pop cinematic phenoms of the new century. Even if it wasn't very good, it’d be big. But it’s very good. It’s potent blockbuster filmmaking—grander and more unsettling than director Christopher Nolan’s previous entry in the franchise, “Batman Begins.”

Watch for a full review next week, but for now, two enticements:

1. Heath Ledger. He is a marvel, a one-man insane clown posse, with a Chicago accent through and through. Licking his chops as if he can’t get enough of the taste of blood, the actor—who died earlier this year of an accidental overdose at the age of 28—creates a malignant, terrifying spectre who, as Michael Caine’s Alfred explains to Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne, “just wants to watch the world burn.”

2. Our fair city. Director Nolan's location work in Chicago is splendid, and Gotham City has never looked more vivid and imposing. One of the standout sequences, involving a standoff between Batman (on the planet’s coolest motorcycle) and the Joker (at the wheel of a semi), makes the urban canyon that is LaSalle Street a menacing wonder. And a highly destructive chase scene makes the finest use of Lower Wacker Drive since Jake and Elwood took those cops for a spin in "The Blues Brothers."

Tuesday's IMAX Navy Pier screening, the first in Chicago, was hampered by erratic sound. Some of the dialogue struggled to be heard amid the mondo rumble of the bass speakers. But in general the film looked marvelous. "The Dark Knight" is the first dramatic feature shot using IMAX cameras, and about 20 minutes of the film's generous, admittedly attenuated 2 1/2-hour running time expands the screen size to take advantage of the full IMAX scale.

I'm looking forward to seeing it in a conventional theater to see how it works visually. I'm looking forward to seeing it again, period.

Excuse me while I drool in anticipation.


Connie Neil - Jul 09, 2008 12:30:57 pm PDT #6869 of 10000
brillig

the finest use of Lower Wacker Drive since Jake and Elwood took those cops for a spin in "The Blues Brothers."

I may not rewatch the whole movie, but I'll always stop what I'm doing to watch The Chase Scene.