Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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I love High School Musical. It is completely cheesy in about 700 different ways, but it owns it, so it works.
The second one was amazingly fun to watch the night it premiered after half a bottle of wine. I haven't had any desire to watch it again.
I am very excited for High School Musical 3. Because it should be silly and fun.
I am very excited for High School Musical 3. Because it should be silly and fun.
The law of diminishing returns suggests it will be best watched after an entire bottle of wine.
I just watched Paths of Glory. Which wound up being kind of appropriate for October, since the execution scene is truly horrifying. To the point that it's almost funny, so I can see how you'd wind up making Dr. Strangelove a few years later.
LOVE THAT MOVIE! I really need to see it again soon. Have you ever seen The Killing, Strega? It has that same "so horrific it's funny" vibe to it. Which, when you think about, pretty much describes just about every movie Kubrick ever made, but The Killing was like one of the last gasp semi-trad noir movies.
Oh! Yes, I saw The Killing a while back, and enjoyed it a lot. It's a bit less heartbreaking because of the noir-ness, but yeah, the ending is just crushing. The line between comedy and tragedy is definitely pretty thin in his movies, but.. in PoG, when they're tying the upright stretcher to the post? And pinching his cheek? GAH.
Then during the scene at the end with the German girl, I was sure something awful was going to happen. And instead it was only horribly sad, so...I guess that was a relief, but like I said: good Halloween movie.
I still have to see Killer's Kiss, but I think that's next in my queue. And then I think I can collect my Kubrick Merit Badge, woo!
Then during the scene at the end with the German girl, I was sure something awful was going to happen.
The German girl ended up becoming Mrs. Kubrick, fyi.
Rumours that the ending of Watchmen has been changed.
I've always thought they'd kinda have to (given what the discussion is about what's being changed). And honestly, what they are changing (if they are) was always my biggest problem with the book.
As long as they don't change the spirit of the ending, I wouldn't be too terribly surprised if the whole psychic space octopus thing was, let's say, tweaked.
Except if there's no psychic space octopus then there's no island full of artists & writers creating the space octopus and then how exactly does anyone even find out what's going on?
I'm not sure there's a way to "tweak" the ending that doesn't change the entire story. Granted, that particular plot thread is the one that always snaps for me as is.
Hm, that's a good point. I'm not sure.