hat-packing
Ah, the rejected bride. Nice to see someone else who's read the comments in the book.
Angel: I appreciate you guys looking out for Connor all summer. It's just—he's confused. He needs time. That's all. Fred: Right. Time, and some corporal punishment with a large heavy mallet. Not that I'm bitter.
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Connie Neil - Feb 16, 2009 10:58:26 am PST #9979 of 10000
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Polter-Cow - Feb 16, 2009 11:02:17 am PST #9980 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
the Jake Gyllenhal Zodiac? Hated. Long, structureless, boring. It's like the "unabridged" Princess Bride, complete with hat-packing and random digressions into Florinese history.
Ha. Yeah, I thought it was...all right, but it never really justified its existence. It was just a TV movie with better actors.
Amy - Feb 16, 2009 11:06:49 am PST #9981 of 10000
Because books.
Pitt's wife getting killed offscreen in Se7en worked for me, because it pointed up the distance between them. We see much more of Gwyneth with Morgan Freeman than we do with Brad Pitt, really. As much as he loved her, he wasn't really cognizant of what was going on with her.
But then, I liked it, so. Visually alone, I thought it was fascinating.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 16, 2009 11:09:06 am PST #9982 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
Jessica, I realized that about Håkan when he asked Eli not to see Oskar when she went out that night, and she caressed his cheek. Up until then I thought he might actually have been her father, and just been protecting her for a decade or two. But that scene made it clear that he saw Oskar as his replacement raher than just someone Eli liked .
Aims - Feb 16, 2009 11:12:29 am PST #9983 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I thought that Gwyneth's off-screen death fit in perfectly since we didn't see any of the other "sins" get killed, either. And to the murderer, she was just an object, like the other victims.
But, like my namesake, I really liked it. I loved how it looked and it's one of the few BP movies I like.
tiggy - Feb 16, 2009 11:20:16 am PST #9984 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
loved Se7en. loved Zodiac. not many people seem to love or even like Zodiac and it sort of leaves me scratching my head because it held my attention really well. sometimes to the point of me being on the edge of my seat.
Amy - Feb 16, 2009 11:21:49 am PST #9985 of 10000
Because books.
amych! amyth! We need you over here!
::sits with Aims::
I haven't seen Zodiac yet, but I'd like to. Then again, I love usually Fincher.
lisah - Feb 16, 2009 11:31:28 am PST #9986 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
I thought that Gwyneth's off-screen death fit in perfectly since we didn't see any of the other "sins" get killed, either. And to the murderer, she was just an object, like the other victims.
Oh, yeah, I got that. It just pinged a whole mess of my issues very strongly at the time.
Juliebird - Feb 16, 2009 11:33:31 am PST #9987 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I figured that with that amount of pretty pretty men it would at least have the eye candy, if nothing else, but the characters just flitted in and out so much I stopped caring, only to be surprised that they show back up only to depress me with how their lives have been f***ed up and destroyed by the Zodiac killer. Boring and depressing!
Aims - Feb 16, 2009 11:34:18 am PST #9988 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I can imagine. There are so many issues (not yours, mind, general issues of people in general) that get pinged with that movie.
Though I will agree that "What's in the box??" has become a catch-all phrase for me. Complete with pointing.