Please tell me you've seen Lavender Hill Mob.
It's in my Long and Winding Netflix Queue.
Lorne: Take care of yourself and ah, make sure fluffy is getting enough love. Gunn: Did he have anything? Fred: No. And who's fluffy? Are you fluffy? Gunn: He called me fluffy? Fred: He said make sure…wait. You don't think he was referring to anything of mine that's fluffy, do you? Because that would just be inappropriate.
'Conviction (1)'
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Ash - Nov 14, 2008 3:25:55 am PST #8622 of 10000
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2008 7:56:08 am PST #8623 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Fast and Furious
is surreal. Anyone know if it completely ignores the sequels to the original? I just noticed the trailer says
"New model
Original parts."
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2008 8:05:30 am PST #8624 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Pardon me...I'm going through the trailers from my Apple TV.
Yes/No question: New low or new high?
When the life of Jean-Claude Van Damme collides with the reality of a hold-up in Brussels, Belgium, suddenly the huge movie star turns into an ordinary guy, filled with fears, contradictions and hopes. How can he be up to the legend he has built? What can a film hero do when the gun pointed to his temple isn’t charged with blanks? JCVD finds himself at the turning point of his “hero” life.
Polter-Cow - Nov 14, 2008 8:08:52 am PST #8625 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's been getting really good reviews, ita.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 14, 2008 8:09:01 am PST #8626 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've been hearing good things about that movie, ita. Very much a meta movie though, as I understand it (sort of like Malkovich in Being John Malkovich but with less surrealism).
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2008 8:19:18 am PST #8627 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't wrap my mind around a Van Damme movie not sucking in one respect or another. And I say that as a person who not only watched his movies avidly, but also took notes.
tiggy - Nov 14, 2008 8:20:19 am PST #8628 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I think that tagline for the new F&tF movie is referring to the original actors coming back, ita. i'm not really sure about the sequels acting alone because i couldn't sit through them.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2008 8:21:43 am PST #8629 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that tagline for the new F&tF movie is referring to the original actors coming back, ita.
That's my assumption. I made it through part of the second movie, but I'm wondering if F&F=TF&TF 2 or 4.
Polter-Cow - Nov 14, 2008 8:30:19 am PST #8630 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Didn't Vin Diesel make a random appearance at the end of the third movie? I think the new movie does count the sequels as canon.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 14, 2008 8:49:25 am PST #8631 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I can't wrap my mind around a Van Damme movie not sucking in one respect or another.
I liked both Hard Target and Timecop, but that was mostly in spite of JCVD, not because of him.
Random aside: one reviewer of JCVD pointed out how much he's starting to resemble Buster Keaton. I'm never going to be able to get that out of my mind now. Not sure if it's a bad thing - I have a feeling his movies would play better silent. Though in the two I referenced we'd lose out on Lance Henrickson and Ron Silver chewing the scenery so enjoyably.