Would you believe that Crank is on USA network tonight? It'll be cut to ribbons, I expect, but it'll at least give me a little taste.
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Theodosia - Jan 25, 2009 12:56:05 pm PST #9639 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2009 1:05:41 pm PST #9640 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm not sure the movie CRANK and "taste" have anything in common. IJS.
Polter-Cow - Jan 25, 2009 1:17:21 pm PST #9641 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What, seriously? Huh. But I don't think that's a movie I want to watch cut to ribbons.
Juliebird - Jan 25, 2009 3:05:28 pm PST #9642 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Bernard and Dorris?! Really?! Getoffamylawn, buncha cheap bastages. /issues
Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2009 3:41:42 pm PST #9643 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Bernard and Dorris?! Really?! Getoffamylawn, buncha cheap bastages. /issues
I'm missing something here, right?
Tilts head sideways like a confuzzled dog.
Gris - Jan 25, 2009 3:42:31 pm PST #9644 of 10000
Hey. New board.
I also saw Slumdog this weekend, via the theaters. I thought it had many things going for it, and could easily pull down the Oscar this year as it's extremely accessible, but I was kind of wishing it didn't tie itself up in quite so pretty an ending bow.
Also, why on Earth did the brother decide to die in a bath full of money? And why did he have to get redeemed in the first place? Meh.
Oh, and also also, didn't Jamal know the number for a certain cell phone Latika had at the end? Why did they have to hang out on a train station to find each other? If I had been him, I'd have called her and said "Come meet me at this hotel I JUST BOUGHT US, k?"
I did enjoy it a lot, despite my nitpickies. I thought it was significantly less flawed than Benjamin Button, which seems to have the best chance otherwise, so whatever. Of the ones I've seen (haven't caught The Reader or Milk yet), I actually thought Frost/Nixon was the best movie, though.
Steph L. - Jan 25, 2009 3:43:53 pm PST #9645 of 10000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Having not watched Crank, I have a totally different movie-related question, which I blame on Shrift:
What's your favorite Hepburn/Tracy movie?
I'll go first: Desk Set. What's not to love? It's geek-tastic, and has the nerdiest pickup line with the power to make me swoon: "I'll bet you write wonderful letters."
Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2009 3:46:05 pm PST #9646 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm thinking MILK might pull it off, if only so Hollywood can send a big, gianormous FUCK YOU! to the rest of California (and the states/folks that helped) for passing Prop 8.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2009 3:48:16 pm PST #9647 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What's your favorite Hepburn/Tracy movie?
Astonishingly, while I've seen a few Tracy movies (BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, IT'S A MAD, MAD....), and more than a few Hepburn movies, I've yet to see a movie with them paired.
Is ashamed
DavidS - Jan 25, 2009 4:03:10 pm PST #9648 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What's your favorite Hepburn/Tracy movie?
I don't really like their movies together. He always has a scene where he takes her down a peg for being so uppity and feminist.
I much prefer her with Cary Grant.
If I had to choose one though, I'd take Adam's Rib.
But that's partly because I like the supporting cast.