in other news- I finally saw Cloverfield. Was it here that someone said it was an art film poorly disguised as a monster movie? Spot on, imo. I wish I'd read the trivia on imdb before I sent the disc back. I would have liked to watch the end again so I could see the splash in the background at Coney Island.
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
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Laga - Jul 17, 2008 5:36:51 pm PDT #7135 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 17, 2008 6:01:12 pm PDT #7136 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 just rented it the other night, and it's extremely difficult to spot on DVD even if you know when and where to look for it.
In other Comic Book Movie News, I'm amusing myself by looking in old threads at how people reacted to Heath Ledger's casting as The Joker.
I still won't be convinced until I see it with my own eyes, but people have had good things to say about him in the role. I suppose seeing some of my grandmother's mannerisms on that clown face will help make him seem suitably creepy to me.
P.M. Marc - Jul 17, 2008 7:11:06 pm PDT #7137 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Your reaction is the one I'm most eager to read (because your first reaction was the most negative and the funniest).
Polter-Cow - Jul 17, 2008 9:19:30 pm PDT #7138 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, I've begun re-reading Watchmen, which I haven't read in five years. And I just burst out laughing because Jeffrey Dean Morgan is playing the Comedian. That man just keeps getting killed, doesn't he?
Frankenbuddha - Jul 17, 2008 10:04:57 pm PDT #7139 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Just got back from The Dark Knight (bonus - that Watchmen trailer was one of the ones before the movie, plus we got a Bond trailer; no Harry Potter, though). It was freaking AWESOME!! Emphasis on "freak". I agree with Jess on some of the story points being problematic (and Bale's Batman voice, sadly - although in all other ways he was perfect) but the performances were amazing, and Heath Ledger was the scariest psycho I've seen since Silence of the Lambs.
Anyway, I'm actually working tomorrow so I'm to bed. More tomorrow if I have anything coherent to say.
Laga - Jul 17, 2008 11:07:38 pm PDT #7140 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I lurve Wall-E
Eve reminded me of Gir from Invader Zim, especially when she was the embodiment of “shoot first.”
I too loved the violent malfunctioning robot who went apeshit on those security bots. I think he was supposed to be a masseur.
I loved how Wall-E never did pronounce Eve right. I've known a few couples like that.
I liked when Eve immediately suspecting Wall-E of taking the plant showed that she still didn't trust him.
I found it cool that I caught on to why Wall-E wanted Eve to complete her directive only a moment before she did.
I didn't catch that the art history lesson jumped from Van Gogh to computer graphics. I wonder if anyone has made a timeline of the art depicted yet.
Volans - Jul 18, 2008 2:52:34 am PDT #7141 of 10000
move out and draw fire
just rented it the other night, and it's extremely difficult to spot on DVD
Huh. I thought it was pretty obvious on the big screen, so I'll have to ask my friends who just watched the DVD if they saw it.
Ailleann - Jul 18, 2008 4:08:12 am PDT #7142 of 10000
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For those interested parties, select Criterion Collection DVDs are on sale buy one get one free at DeepDiscountDVD through 7/29.
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Sue - Jul 18, 2008 4:25:08 am PDT #7143 of 10000
hip deep in pie
You've got my all excited Ailleann, but I just put 6 Criterion movies in my basket, and they are all "temporarily out of stock". One of them is 400 Blows, which I thought was out of print.
Ailleann - Jul 18, 2008 4:28:23 am PDT #7144 of 10000
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I've been hit or miss with them on out-of-stock items, just so you know. Some have come in fine after a bit of a wait, but I had to call and cancel the order of one CD after almost three months of waiting. I then went and bought it at Best Buy, where they had five.