I just watched The Fast and the Furious. It was all right, decent entertainment with cars and shooting and the occasional explosion and/or crash. I'll probably watch the sequels for kicks.
Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.
'Out Of Gas'
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Polter-Cow - Nov 16, 2008 2:51:34 pm PST #8667 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Cashmere - Nov 16, 2008 2:54:47 pm PST #8668 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
There's a fourth one. Saw the trailer with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez.
Polter-Cow - Nov 16, 2008 3:02:13 pm PST #8669 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, I know. That's why I became interested in finally seeing the movies in the first place.
Amy - Nov 16, 2008 3:07:10 pm PST #8670 of 10000
Because books.
I finally saw The Dark Knight last night, and good god did I love it. I actually liked it more than Batman Begins, because I thought it was tighter (if still a little long -- Nolan does love his action scenes, doesn't he?) and more focused.
I'm still bouncing.
Juliebird - Nov 16, 2008 3:17:22 pm PST #8671 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
rewatched Ocean's Eleven, and man, I still love that ending. So very much The Right Stuff with the fountain standing in for the naked feather dancer. Such a wonderful scene of satisfaction.
Barb - Nov 16, 2008 3:43:46 pm PST #8672 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Ocean's Eleven is crazystupid fun. I love the Mormon Twins.
Strega - Nov 16, 2008 5:55:01 pm PST #8673 of 10000
I watched 3:10 to Yuma yesterday (the newer one) because I'm kind of working on a Christian Bale obsession. I really enjoyed it, and was particularly impressed by Crowe, who I'm normally sort of meh about.
I thought the director's commentary was interesting, too; he said he'd put a lot of thought into modern westerns and why so many of them didn't work. And I was particularly pleased that he said it was a buddy movie, because early on I was comparing it to Midnight Run.
SailAweigh - Nov 16, 2008 7:19:10 pm PST #8674 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I saw Quantum of Solace, today.
They killed Mathis, those bastards !
megan walker - Nov 16, 2008 7:52:53 pm PST #8675 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I thought the director's commentary was interesting, too; he said he'd put a lot of thought into modern westerns and why so many of them didn't work.
3:10 to Yuma was one of those movies that I was really happy I decided to listen to the commentary.
Fiona - Nov 16, 2008 10:54:14 pm PST #8676 of 10000
Speaking of commentaries... check out the director's commentary for "Out of Sight", which is a great movie, probably one of my personal Top Ten. He doesn't say so explicitly, but you can tell that Soderbergh worked SO HARD with J-Lo to get that performance. Which is possibly why she's never been that good again.