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Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.

'Same Time, Same Place'

Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape

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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.

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P.M. Marc - Jul 23, 2008 5:22:47 pm PDT #7342 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

I think Oldman deserved a nod for sure for BB. Oldman's excellent. I have appreciated him for over two decades!

Saw DK today.

The fascinating thing to me was how human, yet alien, the Joker was. There was no camp to the character at all. (Which is hard to pull off when he's wearing a nurse's uniform, I tell you what!)

I actually thought that the weakest link in casting this time around was Harvey. I wasn't totally sold by AE's performance. It might have been me, not his acting, as AE just looks kinda smarmy to me.

Jon B. - Jul 23, 2008 5:27:07 pm PDT #7343 of 10000

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I thought it was a bit of a nothing story until I looked it up on Wikipedia and found that Pushkin's original was all about how the story was told, not what it was about.

Oh yeah. It's told in verse and is beautifully written.

P.M. Marc - Jul 23, 2008 5:35:08 pm PDT #7344 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

Oh, and Watchmen trailer? In IMAX?

HI. HI WATCHMEN MOVIE. DO NOT SUCK, PLZ.

Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2008 5:52:00 pm PDT #7345 of 10000

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I especially noticed the use of his tongue...consistent with someone with an injury and who is not in control if much. Still, I have to say, I noticed.

Yeah, that really stood out to me, and I alternated between being creeped/grossed out by it and recognizing it as an Acting Thing.

Gris - Jul 23, 2008 6:01:48 pm PDT #7346 of 10000

Hey. New board.

The fascinating thing to me was how human, yet alien, the Joker was.

Yeah! I meant to say that in my last post, almost word for word. The Joker never seemed to be anything other than a really, really screwed up human being.

Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2008 6:04:03 pm PDT #7347 of 10000

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I don't know. The voice was kind of weird and a little inhuman. I like the "human, yet alien" descriptor.

brenda m - Jul 23, 2008 6:04:10 pm PDT #7348 of 10000

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I didn't find Oldman all that memorable, really. I never saw BB though so I wasn't really focused on him as a character.

Aims - Jul 23, 2008 6:27:55 pm PDT #7349 of 10000

Shit's all sorts of different now.

If Joe and I go as Harley and Joker for H'ween this year, he's totally wearing the nurse dress.

brenda m - Jul 23, 2008 6:31:45 pm PDT #7350 of 10000

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Now I'm definitely coming.

Frankenbuddha - Jul 23, 2008 6:41:51 pm PDT #7351 of 10000

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

Plei, I'm pretty sure your opinion of AE's performance as Harvey is not a spoiler. I disagree with that opinion (though lord knows the actor has played smarmy many times before, and more than one critic thought he was miscast), but not a spoiler.

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