Oh, yeah, we saw A Sound of Thunder. Hubby loved the story. It wasn't too bad, but we never see movies first run, always at the dollar movie, so we don't feel bad for paying the money.
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
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Connie Neil - May 08, 2009 8:40:29 am PDT #1159 of 30000
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Connie Neil - May 08, 2009 8:42:06 am PDT #1160 of 30000
brillig
Re: Trek and Spock.
OK, the meeting of Spock and Kirk hasn't been covered in anything other than some novels, so this approach works.
Trek novels: a fanfic writer's wet dream.
Strega - May 08, 2009 8:47:45 am PDT #1161 of 30000
Crash (the Cronenburg one).Zounds!
Matt -- Ah, but Ed Burns didn't write & direct A Sound of Thunder.
The excitment about Star Trek confuses me, too. I still think it looks godawful. Just as a movie, leaving aside the Trek-ness of it... I mean, nobody else thinks it looks like Starship Troopers without the funny parts? That, plus my general reaction to Abrams, makes me suspect it's best if I don't bother.
Besides, I'm still guilt-ridden over missing Crank 2.
victor infante - May 08, 2009 8:57:15 am PDT #1162 of 30000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Only movie I ever walked out of: "Rudy."
I wasn't really there to see the movie. A friend and I were casing the joint to see if we wanted to rent it for a theater project we were working on. About halfway through the movie, he looked at me and said, "Do you care about any of this?" And I thought about it and said, "No. No, I don't." So we left.
Dana - May 08, 2009 9:00:20 am PDT #1163 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't think I've ever walked out of a movie, but it was funny to see people leaving Sweeney Todd after ten minutes, when it became apparent that they'd accidentally gone to see a musical.
Connie Neil - May 08, 2009 9:03:36 am PDT #1164 of 30000
brillig
it looks like Starship Troopers without the funny parts
There were funny bits in Starship Troopers? Other than standard "we're having witty banter now" moments?
tommyrot - May 08, 2009 9:05:48 am PDT #1165 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.
There were funny bits in Starship Troopers?
Yes! Dougie Howser, Nazi!
erikaj - May 08, 2009 9:13:18 am PDT #1166 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, yes, Crash...the latest best picture nominee to remind me that cocaine is still a factor in the film business.And yet it got all those "I laughed," "I cried" reviews...wtf?
Sue - May 08, 2009 9:14:12 am PDT #1167 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Movies I have walked out of: Muppet Movie
GASP!
I was 10.
DavidS - May 08, 2009 9:14:13 am PDT #1168 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I love the Cronenburg Crash. In fact I own it.
Pay It Forward.
Euchhh. I can't remember what compelled me to watch that but it skeeved me like that children's book I'll Always Love You with the adult infantilism.
The Muppet Movie? But it's got Steve Martin as a bad waiter and the standard rich and famous contract and a bear in his natural habitat.