I am Jessica. No love for BD, massive love for FC.
Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.
Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'
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Glamcookie - Aug 27, 2008 6:04:26 am PDT #7906 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Scrappy - Aug 27, 2008 6:18:00 am PDT #7907 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am the opposite of J. LOVE BD, find FC to be overly art-directed angsty twaddle with some good performances.
juliana - Aug 27, 2008 6:22:23 am PDT #7908 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
There are some moments of brilliance in Fight Club, and I might watch it again (actually, I would, because I am a sucker for people beating each other up. Comedy GOLD, people), but overall, eh. I really liked HBC in it, though, and I feel like I haven't gotten to say that much lately.
Bull Durham, I will watch any time it comes up. Actually, I will happily watch any Kevin Costner sports movie (I think I own Tin Cup somewhere).
Finally watched PotC: At World's End and Ocean's Thirteen. Eh on the first one, and yays on the second. I liked seeing the guys back in Vegas (and the twins making trouble in Mexico was HI-larious).
Hayden - Aug 27, 2008 6:26:27 am PDT #7909 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I am the Grinch, because I didn't much like either Bull Durham or Fight Club.
Barb - Aug 27, 2008 6:35:49 am PDT #7910 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
(and the twins making trouble in Mexico was HI-larious)
Killed me DED
P.M. Marc - Aug 27, 2008 6:43:46 am PDT #7911 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
Juliana! Watch Tin Cup with me!!
FC (movie version) is clearly a cautionary tale against the evils of self-abuse (you know, wanking!) and is therefore made of win for me.
Sometimes, I am fond of movies with readings that tickle me.
Laga - Aug 27, 2008 7:07:51 am PDT #7912 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Bull Durham and Fight Club came along at just the right times for me. I'd just got into the Cubs the year before BD came out and they were winning!
FC I had no interest in whatsoever. I'd seen the trailers and thought it was just boys beating on each other (now I can appreciate a movie that boasts only that but back then I wanted more from a flick). My girlfriend called me up one night and asked if I'd seen it. I sighed an annoyed, "no" like why would I ever? She said, "forget what you think you know. You're coming over tonight." I slept over at their house after being blown away by the film that night. I was the first one up in the morning and watched it again first thing.
Tin Cup I thought was going to be hilarious because of the chemistry of the principals when I saw them on Oprah of all things. It failed to deliver for me.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 27, 2008 7:13:52 am PDT #7913 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've only seen bits and pieces of Fight Club because Brad Pitt bores me to tears. Even Clooney and Cheadle together could only make him watchable for one movie.
juliana - Aug 27, 2008 7:14:03 am PDT #7914 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Juliana! Watch Tin Cup with me!!
Okay! Can we watch A Knight's Tale, too?
bon bon - Aug 27, 2008 7:15:57 am PDT #7915 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Man, I miss smart comedy. With few exceptions, it seems like the only available flavors right now are either romantic comedies (ecch) or dumb-guy-kick-in-the-nuts comedies (ewww).
I think this leaves out the biggest names in comedy right now, the Apatovian crew. I didn't love Tropic Thunder but it also doesn't fit up there. Same with, say, Juno. I think smart comedy is pretty healthy right now, but will always be somewhat endangered because it doesn't do well overseas.