I watched The Savages last night. Great performances by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney. I felt like there was a deeper meaning than the struggle to deal with family issues that I wasn't latching onto. I kept feeling like small things were symbolic of a larger theme but that I wasn't understanding the theme. I watched the documentary afterward and they didn't say anything about symbolism so maybe I was reading too much into it.
Mal: You were dead! Tracy: Hunh? Oh. Right. Suppose I was. Hey there, Zoe.
'The Message'
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Laga - Nov 23, 2008 10:18:46 am PST #8739 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Polter-Cow - Nov 23, 2008 10:21:03 am PST #8740 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Twilight made $70.6 million. That's bigger than the Bond opening.
It's also the biggest opening ever for a female director, so there's a bright side.
Laga - Nov 23, 2008 10:29:02 am PST #8741 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
the biggest opening ever for a female director
That's cool. Bond is kicking the sparkly vampires' asses over here but they've got Twilight on four screens down the street so they're probably taking a lot of our business.
P.M. Marc - Nov 23, 2008 10:31:34 am PST #8742 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Ple, the article includes a particular appreciation for Nothing Sacred.
As is right and good!
Hec, I think we're on a similar place regarding QoS. I loved it, thought the acting and pacing were improved over all from the last one, but DAMN, it was grim and more Bourne than Bond.
Barb - Nov 23, 2008 10:32:09 am PST #8743 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
New Moon was greenlighted as a result of the box office take this weekend.
Kalshane - Nov 23, 2008 5:31:25 pm PST #8744 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
DH's write-up of the Star Trek preview clips
So it sounds like they're completely ditching Robert April as the first captain of the Enterprise (which is fine, I guess, since his place in canon is debated) as well ditching as Number One as Pike's first officer, which is pretty lame, IMO.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 23, 2008 5:31:57 pm PST #8745 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
::gives Paul Greengrass the stinkeye for general steadicam ruination::
If the camera is shaky it is by definition NOT steadicam. Sam Raimi perfected shaky cam in the Evil Dead movies, but NEITHER is what you're thinking of. Your talking about hand-held. BIG DIFFERENCE!
Examples of steadicam (or a similar equivalent) action sequences? See Children of Men.
DavidS - Nov 23, 2008 5:36:11 pm PST #8746 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Examples of steadicam (or a similar equivalent) action sequences? See Children of Men.
I am corrected. Actually my favorite steadicam action sequence is in Raising Arizona.
Dana - Nov 23, 2008 5:36:53 pm PST #8747 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
as well ditching as Number One as Pike's first officer, which is pretty lame, IMO.
Well, they've already fucked with canon by making Kirk and Spock the same age, haven't they? Or having them at the Academy at the same time.
Kalshane - Nov 23, 2008 5:42:04 pm PST #8748 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
The description from Jessica's DH has Spock serving on the Enterprise while Kirk is still a cadet.