Joseph Gordon-Levitt blew me away. Tom Hardy was great too, and stole many of his scenes, but I came away wanting JGL in every movie ever. The scenes where he was basically on his own were some of the most compelling in the movie, even moreso considering the silence. Great physicality.
Don't worry, we're sure to spot Faith first. She's like this cleavagy slut-bomb walking around 'Ooh, check me out, I'm wicked-cool, I'm five-by-five.'
Willow ,'Get It Done'
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§ ita § - Jul 25, 2010 6:50:05 pm PDT #10089 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sean K - Jul 25, 2010 6:54:14 pm PDT #10090 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yeah, I've been a JGL fan since he was a wee thing. I'm so glad to see him turn into such an amazing talent as an adult.
Polter-Cow - Jul 25, 2010 9:44:12 pm PDT #10091 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is pretty awesome. It's crazy fun and manages to bring a lot of the book directly to the screen. The secondary characters do get short-shrift because of the compressed timeline, but the actors do a lot with very little so they're all still memorable. The fight scenes are off-the-wall, and I have a feeling the movie will get panned by critics who have never played video games and don't know what to make of it.
I have mild nitpicks here and there, but fuck it, it was a good time.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 25, 2010 9:47:53 pm PDT #10092 of 30000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
We saw Inception today. Yeah, my brain still joyfully boggles.
I was watching Tom Hardy for five whole minutes, niggled by where the hell had I seen him before, until it dawned on me that he was the lead in Bronson. That's a testament to the man's ability to act because those two characters couldn't be further apart.
Sean K - Jul 25, 2010 10:43:33 pm PDT #10093 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Bronson is on Netflix streaming. I hadn't really glanced at it, but now that you say that I'll have to watch it.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 26, 2010 3:43:02 am PDT #10094 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Holy Shit, I didn't even recognize Tom Berringer. He's aged a LOT, hasn't he.
Fred Pete - Jul 26, 2010 4:58:27 am PDT #10095 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Some time back, TCM showed His Kind of Woman, a Robert Mitchum-Jane Russell noir set in a resort on the Baja California coast. I Tivo'd it at the time and finally got to see it over the weekend.
I'm not sure if it's great film noir or just a magnificent mess. Or both. But I recommend. Largely because, over the last 30-45 minutes, Vincent Price steals the movie as an Errol Flynn-type actor who finally gets to do in real life what he's always done on-screen. And Russell was never more beautiful, even if she really isn't relevant to the plot. (And it doesn't hurt that Mitchum spends about 1/4 of the picture shirtless.)
smonster - Jul 26, 2010 6:51:29 am PDT #10096 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Yeah, I've been a JGL fan since he was a wee thing. I'm so glad to see him turn into such an amazing talent as an adult.
Word. NSM in 3rd Rock, but definitely since 10 Things. Ah, that was such a great movie. Need to rewatch.
Gah, seriously, I have half an hour of voice memos of myself babbling about Inception. I hope to turn it into a massive blog post at some point, we'll see. Next weekend - Inception in IMAX. Aw yeah.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 26, 2010 7:55:12 am PDT #10097 of 30000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Bronson is on Netflix streaming. I hadn't really glanced at it, but now that you say that I'll have to watch it.
Fair warning - it's not for the squeamish.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2010 8:09:53 am PDT #10098 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For some of us, totally in Third Rock. He was marvellously funny there.