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Kirk is cool. Star Trek is not. The whole thing -- not a character or a scene. I wish I could think of another word that encapsulates what I mean.
Naked emotion may be a desirable human quality (or not), but it's the opposite of cool's reserve.
Actually, maybe that does get at a part of it. Because Star Trek is not reserved: it is explictly preachy. Of the movies, I always thought the 4th was the most true to the spirit of the show because, my god, it's about saving the whales.
The whole thing -- not a character or a scene. I wish I could think of another word that encapsulates what I mean.
Earnest?
I'm thinking about having a movie marathon this weekend at the bargain theater. They've currently got Burn After Reading, The Dark Knight, and Wall-E playing there, and I've not seen any of them (this year's been pretty lean on the movie-going front). If I time it well, I can go see all three on Friday (for only $6 total), and follow it with dinner at the Indian restaurant next door.
Earnest?
...Goes to Outer Space!
That sounds like an awesome day, Kathy.
Kathy, I'm not sure what others would say, but I think you should watch TDK last.
When I saw that movie the first time, I don't think I could have watched another movie right after.
I think I could watch The Dark Knight, take a short break and then watch Wall-e. I wouldn't want to eat directly after Dark Knight. I still haven't seen Burn After Reading.
Kathy, I'm not sure what others would say, but I think you should watch TDK last.
See, I was going to suggest watching TDK first (dark) and then lightening the mood with Burn After Reading (dark, but funny) and finishing up with the gleeful Wall-E.
It sounds like my days of enjoying the Paris summer film festival--a 3-day weekend when you would get a "passport" when you paid full price to the first show you attended, and then every show after that was 10 francs (about $1.50) for the rest of the weekend. People would schedule their days to take in 5 or so shows a day. Paris has a lot of movie screens so there were tons of options, from art-house retrospectives to blockbusters.
Also fun was the "18 heures/18 francs" week when whatever showing started at 6pm (or so) was 18 francs and we would see a movie a day for the whole week.
Good times.
See, I was going to suggest watching TDK first (dark) and then lightening the mood with Burn After Reading (dark, but funny) and finishing up with the gleeful Wall-E.
This was the order the timing of the various showings will work best: 12:45 for TDK, which I figure will get out about 3:30 or so, then 3:30 for Burn After Reading, getting out around 5:15, in time for the 5:10 showing of Wall-E, which will have the usual 10 minutes of previews so I can still see the whole film. That way, I can eat lunch beforehand and then go to out for Indian afterward before 7:00.