Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.

'Trash'


Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape  

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Juliebird - Aug 29, 2008 12:36:11 am PDT #7973 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

See, I liked all the characters and didn't find it slow at all. When I watched the director's cut, it was very very preachy (humans are bad and violent and must be destroyed) and took the movie from very insular and character driven to a ridiculous epic disaster movie place (with all the scenes outside the deep sea rig up on the surface with all these people we don't know) that was a little too high on it's horse. For me, at least. Which is odd because most days I think a second flood of forty days and nights would be good.

Maybe I'm just annoyed by the trope of "aliens meet humans and are horrified by how violent and evil we all are". Yeah, that's gonna look good on your resume, wiping out an entire planet sure makes you seem like you value peace and abhor violence. Genocide'll do the trick when some other alien race is acting as your judge, jury and executioner.


Sean K - Aug 29, 2008 6:29:51 am PDT #7974 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

it's kind of baffling since what Cameron took out appears to be the entire point of the movie.

The studio made him do it (the Director's Cut is WAAAAAY long).

The DC tells a more complete story, but I think I generally agree with Juliebird, and think the theatrical version tells a better (if unfinished) story.


Sean K - Aug 29, 2008 10:25:08 am PDT #7975 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

OMGAWESOMEBEYONDWORDS!!!!!!!! (links to video)


juliana - Aug 29, 2008 11:06:26 am PDT #7976 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Did we see the One-sheet for Neuromancer?

please, please don't let this suck

Maybe I'm just annoyed by the trope of "aliens meet humans and are horrified by how violent and evil we all are".

I really want a movie where the aliens come in, accidentally introduce some virulent bug that kills off a bunch of people, and are horrified by the results of contact.


tiggy - Aug 29, 2008 11:22:15 am PDT #7977 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

OMGAWESOMEBEYONDWORDS!!!!!!!!

FUCK YEAH! my brother was telling me there was another one. he went to see...something and it was a trailer. i'm so excited.


Polter-Cow - Aug 29, 2008 11:35:18 am PDT #7978 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

OMGAWESOMEBEYONDWORDS!!!!!!!!

FUCK YEAH! my brother was telling me there was another one. he went to see...something and it was a trailer. i'm so excited.

Wait...you guys are serious? I thought they were supposed to be bad, mockable movies. I've wanted to see the first one for a while, though, because...it looks cool. I like movies that are both fast and furious, I think. Plus, explosions and hot chicks.

The trailer music is "We Are Rockstars," by Does It Offend You, Yeah? It's a fun song.

I am amused that they have named a sequel by simply removing articles.


erikaj - Aug 29, 2008 11:46:19 am PDT #7979 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!

Dude, I'd watch Walter Matthau read the phone book. I'd watch it twice if Jack Lemmon did N-Z. (not BNB is like that. it's not...it's funny.) Breaking Away...young Dennis Quaid. Yum! "Those are good arms to have."


Scrappy - Aug 29, 2008 11:59:02 am PDT #7980 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

The first Fast & Furious is great for what it is, which is a true B movie. It exists to entertain and that's what it does. I loves me a good B movie and so I really enjoyed it. You gotta like cars, though.


Juliebird - Aug 29, 2008 12:15:52 pm PDT #7981 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

AWESOME!!!

I so adored the first F&F movie. That movie was on constant play at my apartment when I was in college. Such wonderful man/car porn to have on in the background as we all did... other things.

Vin Diesel! How I've missed you!

I'm an unabashed, unapologetic fan. I even watched The Pacifier and enjoyed it muchly, and loved Find Me Guilty. I enjoyed him in both Strays and Boiler Room, even if both films overall failed for me, and of course Pitch Black is probably one of my favorite sci-fi/"horror" movies. I'm even tempted to go see Babylon A.D. just so I can see him again on the big-screen, although the movie looks silly.

eta that while I'm not a car fan, or a racing fan, I loved all the loving imagery and the stunts and the awesome energy somehow conveyed when inside the cars. FUN!


tiggy - Aug 29, 2008 1:08:49 pm PDT #7982 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

i'm totally serious, P-C. the first one is really the only one that gets that reaction from me though. it's definitely mockable and not at all award worthy, but it's got hot guys(and girls), amazing stunts and fast cars. all good things in my book.