The best was seeing a screening of Far From Heaven -- all I knew was Julianne Moore, 50s pastiche.
You should've heard the gasp from the audience at the kissing scene in My Beautiful Launderette.
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
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DavidS - Sep 01, 2010 9:57:32 am PDT #11067 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
quester - Sep 01, 2010 10:42:13 am PDT #11068 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I admit I was glad I saw The Crying Game before the buzz started and was glad I had no idea what was coming. But, the friend I went with was surprised that I was surprised. She was all, I knew from the get go, couldn't you tell?
DavidS - Sep 01, 2010 10:43:50 am PDT #11069 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
She was all, I knew from the get go, couldn't you tell?
Some people are really attuned to wrist diameter, adam's apples and hip to waist ratios. I was not.
bon bon - Sep 01, 2010 10:47:48 am PDT #11070 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I knew there was a twist to be discovered, and early in the movie they focused on Jaye's fake nails. For some reason that tipped me off.
Strega - Sep 01, 2010 11:17:49 am PDT #11071 of 30000
But "anything at all" certainly includes saying he's a ghost.
I'm not following. "I don't want to know anything at all about it" equals "I want to know nothing about it." That person should not read reviews.
That's a quite different standard from "I want to know more about this movie, so I am choosing to read this review. I expect to learn some things about the plot, but I still would be annoyed if a shocking 3rd-act twist was revealed here."
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2010 11:20:08 am PDT #11072 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Strega, when you said "if you don't want to know anything at all" I thought you were overstating it. Obviously people want to know something. The division is merely on how much. In for a penny, in for a pound? I don't agree. If it's a surprise (and as a reviewer, you can damned well tell), let the filmmaker pull it off. If you're good at your job, you should be able to discuss the movie without revealing stuff in most cases.
And it seems this movie can be discussed without that reveal, so why blow it?
Strega - Sep 01, 2010 12:50:50 pm PDT #11073 of 30000
And I agreed that I was, and talked about how, if you're on the phobic end of the spectrum, you'll probably have to filter your sources.
In for a penny, in for a pound? I don't agree.I don't know what I've said that reads this way. Thus my confusion.
I refer to the "Bruce Willis gets shot at the start of the movie" example. You can certainly discuss the movie without mentioning that. I don't think that means it is a spoiler, or that a critic is obliged to avoid mentioning it.
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2010 12:55:52 pm PDT #11074 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are you assuming that the person outraged doesn't want to know anything about the movie? If so, I don't see why. If not, I don't see the segue.
DebetEsse - Sep 01, 2010 1:12:15 pm PDT #11075 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
On the radio (which, IMO, is a different thing altogether than a written review), a "review" of The Kids Are Alright played. I swear, it sounded like she was doing a point-by-point summary of the entire plot, which, wtf, lady? She gave some criticism (good and bad) of elements within that summary, but, seriously?!
Laga - Sep 01, 2010 3:31:11 pm PDT #11076 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I want to see this so very badly ...
I was teetering at Portman and they lost me with Aronofsky.