I get hot and bothered over JRM's running in Bend It Like Beckham, but that's a whole 'nother kettle of vibe.
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§ ita § - Jul 09, 2007 1:49:26 pm PDT #70 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
juliana - Jul 09, 2007 1:54:31 pm PDT #71 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
but that's a whole 'nother kettle of vibe.
That's more of a "Dear GODS, what is he DOING? He could put someone's eye out with the flappy elbows and knees!" vibe, isn't it?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 09, 2007 2:47:31 pm PDT #72 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Official Cloverfield trailer. Bootleg no more!
Was it here that someone pointed out Lizzie Caplan is one of the stars and the viral marketing sites use the name of Jason Ritter's character from The Class, in which she also starred? Weird.
In any event, this movie looks to be Made. For. Me.
Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2007 2:51:52 pm PDT #73 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Was it here that someone pointed out Lizzie Caplan is one of the stars and the viral marketing sites use the name of Jason Ritter's character from The Class, in which she also starred?
I forget whether you read Cleolinda's LJ. If so, that's where you saw it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 09, 2007 2:56:29 pm PDT #74 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I haven't lately. I bet it was posted about in TwoP's thread for The Class, as that's the most likely place I would have heard about it if not here.
Is it sad that while I was completely meh about seeing The Transformers, this trailer has now moved it up to my See As Soon as I Don't Have a Headache priority just for the previews? It's been a while since movie advertising sparked this much anticipation in me.
Steph L. - Jul 09, 2007 2:59:31 pm PDT #75 of 10000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
It's produced by J.J. Abrams
As in J.J. LOST-Asspull-WTF Abrams?
That doesn't make me want to see it.
bon bon - Jul 09, 2007 3:29:03 pm PDT #76 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I can't say Cloverfield revved my engine when Spielberg did it flawless in War of the Worlds.
Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2007 3:58:32 pm PDT #77 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I agree that the alien attack in War of the Worlds was pretty fucking cool shit. Doesn't make this look any less cool, in my eyes.
le nubian - Jul 09, 2007 4:03:18 pm PDT #78 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have an allergy to Tom Cruise, so that's one movie I skipped.
DavidS - Jul 09, 2007 4:33:52 pm PDT #79 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Juliana, how do you feel about Daniel Day Lewis' running in The Last of the Mohicans?
We called that The Running Movie around our house on its release.
but I always like that sort of thing, and agree with ita that it is meant to convey raw experience.
I'm going to be in the disagree camp with MM. I loved the first Bourne movie and merely liked the second. It lost all kinds of points for its incoherent action.
See, in the first movie the action scenes are not only coherent but they reveal his character. They show he's resourceful and a badass and he's smart. They're constructed so the action itself has some kind of narrative up and down, left and right and you can follow it. So you're closer to Bourne's experience. He knows what's going on and you and see that. Whereas in the second movie, the raw blur of it is not Bourne's experience. It's the experience of a passive camera and reveals nothing about the character except - ta da! - he survives.
There are many cool bits in the first movie's action scenes that you can refer to: magazine attack! Pen in the hand! Driving down stairs! Narrow alley employ! In the second there are no such distinguishable elements.
The suspense in the first is actual suspense because you know what's happening and anticipate what could or couldn't happen next. The tension in the second is roughly equivalent to somebody sounding an air horn next to you in the theater. Sound and fury signifying crap direction.