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Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape  

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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.

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sj - Feb 07, 2009 12:11:19 am PST #9850 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Jilli, I didn't remember it from the book, but I'm glas you were prepared.

Coraline: I hated the additional character of Whybe, and I think I actually screamed outloud when he tried to help her at the end. To me Coraline being alone without friends is an important part of the story. I loved Coraline herself and the parents but was sad that the creepy scene near the end with the father was downplayed. I loved the addition of the garden, and the scenes there were gorgeous. I also loved how they showed the other world dissolving near the end. I was so very disappointed that it wasn't British, and I missed the back story of the ghost children and the creepiness of that scene in the book.

le nubian - Feb 07, 2009 4:32:02 am PST #9851 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I love that one. It sounds like Bale and BillO are screaming at each other.

I agree. I find all of these fan videos/audio of Bale screaming to be extremely funny. I cannot get enough of them. I think someone needs to do a Al Pacino/Bale one. That would likely have me in fits.

Theodosia - Feb 07, 2009 4:36:13 am PST #9852 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"

sj, where did you see it? I'm prepared to drive a ways to ensure a 3D experience....

Hil R. - Feb 07, 2009 5:35:26 am PST #9853 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

How realistic are the rats in Coraline? I want to see it, but I'm really rat-phobic.

Frankenbuddha - Feb 07, 2009 6:15:28 am PST #9854 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Theo - both Boston Common and Fenway are showing it in 3-D. So is Danvers if you want the 'burbs.

I think I'm taking Friday the 13th off (both of them!), so I'd probably catch it at a matinee then at one of those three places.

sj - Feb 07, 2009 7:11:03 am PST #9855 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Theo, I saw it in Millbury.

The rats were more adorable than realistic imho.

Theodosia - Feb 07, 2009 8:16:52 am PST #9856 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"

... which reminds me that I really should see Ratatouille again....

Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 07, 2009 8:32:36 pm PST #9857 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Milk was actually better than I expected it to be. I've had a dim view of Penn's acting in the past, but he definitely earned his Oscar nom with this.

If Dan White were a fictional character I'd say he was too one-dimensionally villainous, but what with the blaming his double homicide on Hostess® I think the movie treats him with just about the amount of respect and sympathy he deserved.

Frankenbuddha - Feb 08, 2009 5:12:54 am PST #9858 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Josh Brolin's resemblance to David Boreanaz continues to unnerve me. Haven't seen MILK yet, but in the stills I've seen, he looks like DB with bad 70s hair, though not as bad as the 70s hair DB did do on ANGEL.

Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 08, 2009 8:37:11 am PST #9859 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

He's aged out of some of the resemblance, but back in the 90s it was frightening.

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