My favorite Mamet outside the theatre is The Verdict. Mamet writes silence better than anyone!
Am I supposed to be changing my clothes a lot? Is that the helpful thing to do?
Anya ,'Storyteller'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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.
quester - Sep 10, 2008 3:12:07 pm PDT #8072 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Connie Neil - Sep 10, 2008 4:33:59 pm PDT #8073 of 10000
brillig
The previews for "Eagle Eye" (the one with the woman's voice on all the phones) amuse me. As if technical systems would be that reliable.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 11, 2008 6:48:23 am PDT #8074 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
Yeah, it's kind of like the computer hoodoo from that internet killer movie with Diane Lane last year where the guy was able to take over her car remotely. "OMG! The call is coming from inside your glove compartment!"
I may be able to buy flawless worldwide realtime computer tracking if the setting involves the supercomputers from The Matrix, but in the real world AT&T can't figure out that I moved last November despite me calling to inform them multiple times.
Gris - Sep 11, 2008 10:48:00 am PDT #8075 of 10000
Hey. New board.
The Americans and the French create great cinema because they were the two countries that led the invention of cinema.
England has great theater because it's the country that invented modern theater.
Agreed. And America (specifically, New York) has great musical theater for much the same reason (though the British have contributed some success in that field too).
Laga - Sep 12, 2008 8:51:58 am PDT #8076 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
megan walker - Sep 12, 2008 8:56:32 am PDT #8077 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Saw Burn After Reading last night (courtesy of juliana). It's certainly not the best Coen brothers ever, but it is laugh-out-loud funny.
juliana - Sep 12, 2008 8:57:21 am PDT #8078 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Though Brad Pitt's character really only worked because it was Brad Pitt. Still loved him though.
megan walker - Sep 12, 2008 8:59:04 am PDT #8079 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Though Brad Pitt's character really only worked because it was Brad Pitt. Still loved him though.
Double true.
Laga - Sep 12, 2008 9:09:20 am PDT #8080 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I heard he's the kind of character you really want to punch in the face. hard.
amych - Sep 12, 2008 9:09:36 am PDT #8081 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It's certainly not the best Coen brothers ever, but it is laugh-out-loud funny.
I'm so glad to hear this -- I'm not expecting best ever, but I've been looking forward to a new funny Coen. And then the reviews I've seen have been pretty meh. I'll happily take laugh-out-loud funny without expecting too much more.