'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
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.
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).
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.
Though Brad Pitt's character really only worked because it was Brad Pitt. Still loved him though.
Though Brad Pitt's character really only worked because it was Brad Pitt. Still loved him though.
Double true.
I heard he's the kind of character you really want to punch in the face. hard.
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.
I heard he's the kind of character you really want to punch in the face. hard.
Uh, no. Not for me. Maybe a smack upside the head, but I'd save the face-punching for Malkovich's character.
The Coens are just a wee bit too in love with their cleverness and machinations for the film to work, but it's still fun. I'm glad I saw it for free, though.
Probably going to see that tonight.
I saw Tropic Thunder a couple of weeks ago. Have we discussed that here? I didn't think that the elements that caused all the controversy were really all that. But Tom Cruise (who I had no idea was even in it) and Matthew Mchoweveryouspellit totally stole the show.