I LOVED that film. Clive Owen being the motherfucking man. The amamzing cimemtography. Michael Caine--actually ACTING again.
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Scrappy - Aug 15, 2007 10:18:37 am PDT #892 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Kate P. - Aug 15, 2007 3:59:35 pm PDT #893 of 10000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I was also not crazy about Ratatouille, although for me it mostly came down to "Why were there hardly any women, and why was the one woman who had a prominent & interesting role reduced to Boring Love Interest halfway through?"
DebetEsse - Aug 15, 2007 5:51:07 pm PDT #894 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I hate edited-for-tv movies. Why do they do that to films?
Atropa - Aug 15, 2007 8:20:20 pm PDT #895 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
We just got back from Stardust.
If I wasn't familiar with the source material, I probably would have really liked it. The movie Stardust had barely any of the charm, whimsy, or eccentricity that I love so much about the written version.
And Captain Shakespeare made my eyes roll straight back into my head. Okay, I thought the line about "We always knew you were a big whoopsie" was funny, but the movie got rid of so many interesting side characters and stories for a scenery-chewing gay, cross-dressing pirate? Hmmmph.
I am now going to go have a bath and console myself by re-reading the novel.
sumi - Aug 16, 2007 7:24:57 am PDT #896 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Kevin McKidd (of Rome and Journeyman) is rumored to be the guy in line to play Thor in the movie of the same name.
Sue - Aug 16, 2007 9:14:37 am PDT #897 of 10000
hip deep in pie
Days of Heaven is being given the Criterion Treatment. A blog post about a new transfer of the film: [link]
Hayden - Aug 16, 2007 10:29:53 am PDT #898 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
'Bout damn time.
Scrappy - Aug 16, 2007 10:31:09 am PDT #899 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
That's fabulous news.
Volans - Aug 16, 2007 11:01:01 am PDT #900 of 10000
move out and draw fire
I agree with this:
There seems to me to be a world of difference between Rand's "we are your natural free-market overlords" approach and Bird's "don't discriminate against my talent" thing.
if I leave out the "Bird's" - but I've only seen The Incredibles wherein the meddling government mucks up the better society the supers could have created. Admittedly, not a lot of overt economics, but I strongly got the sense that Bird thought he was my free-market overlord.
I'm guessing Ratatouille is lighter on that note, because other than government health codes I'm not sure how he could weave it in.
Jessica - Aug 16, 2007 11:23:29 am PDT #901 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
because other than government health codes I'm not sure how he could weave it in.
No way I can properly respond without spoilers except to say "Huh. I hadn't thought of it that way before."