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Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.
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Java cat - Aug 22, 2010 11:43:15 pm PDT #10861 of 30000
Not javachik
le nubian - Aug 23, 2010 6:50:36 am PDT #10862 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Inception:
I don't think the movie works very well as it being Mal's dream. I really do feel like there are two alternatives: that Cobb is dreaming at the end or that the end is reality. I think the fact that Cobb's totem is problematic - for all the reasons Debet and others listed - is for the viewer to question the meaning of the movie's end.
bon bon - Aug 23, 2010 7:15:33 am PDT #10863 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Yeah, I don't understand why, if Mal wants Cobb to "wake up" she'd use her totem to convince him that he was already awake.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2010 11:28:02 am PDT #10864 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Aug 23, 2010 1:08:42 pm PDT #10865 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Huh, Piranha 3D has an 81% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's not terrible?
tommyrot - Aug 23, 2010 1:09:32 pm PDT #10866 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I heard it was OK for those who like cheesy B-movie goodness....
Juliebird - Aug 23, 2010 1:23:26 pm PDT #10867 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
My mother said it was unfunny soft-porn, and that my unabashed porn-loving brother was horrified. Not having seen it, I can only imagine he was acting a part for her, as he has no shame.
Strega - Aug 23, 2010 3:00:27 pm PDT #10868 of 30000
Dave White said it was the Citizen Kane of killer piranha movies.
I want to see it, but it'll probably be a rental.
Aims - Aug 23, 2010 4:26:41 pm PDT #10869 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I love Netflix streaming. I'm watching Life With Father.
DavidS - Aug 23, 2010 7:56:22 pm PDT #10870 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm doing a little studying on Film History, Cult Films and the 70s (more on that in a second) and came across some interesting Trivia:
1. Who was on the first cover of People Magazine?
Mia Farrow
2. What does DVD stand for? (No googling!)
Digital Versatile Disc
3. When was HBO founded?
1972! Whoa. It didn't take off until 1975 with the Ali "Thrilla in Manilla" fight. Curiously, boxing was also a staple of early broadcast television.
4. What was the first video rental store and when did it open?
Video Station in L.A. (on Wilshire) opened in 1977. The owner had a collection of 50 videos on tape and rented them for $10 a day. Within five years he had franchised 400 Video Stations across the country.
5. Which was the first movie to use the revolutionary Steadicam?
Bound for Glory, 1976. Biopic of Woody Guthrie starring David Carradine.
Curiously the guy who invented the Steadicam, Garret Brown, also did a famous series of radio beer ads (Molson) as a voiceover guy.