Re: Star Trek.
I am reserved. I am bouyed that so many here liked it a lot, but as I told Joe this morning, I am afeared that it will be High School Musical with prosthetic ears.
I'm also annoyed because I have Star Trekkin' stuck in my damn head.
Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Aims - May 08, 2009 10:14:15 am PDT #1184 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Strega - May 08, 2009 10:28:08 am PDT #1185 of 30000
There were funny bits in Starship Troopers? Other than standard "we're having witty banter now" moments?
It's not as funny as Robocop, but there are the TV spots, and Michael Ironside, and, as mentioned, Nazi Doogie...
After Hours (at the time I described it like slowly ripping adhesive tape off a open wound)...
Oh! I loved After Hours.
beekaytee - May 08, 2009 10:29:13 am PDT #1186 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I love After Hours!
Lots of people do. But I've never understood why.
Dumb people unable to climb out of their own self destructive tracks just make me tired. We criticize Mohinder Suresh for being a box of hair on Heroes but Griffin Dunne's character gets a pass.
Maybe it was the time in my life. I was training to walk across America and, as soon as things started going wrong for Paul Hackett, all I could think was 'walk the fuck home, you idiot.'
Dana - May 08, 2009 10:29:40 am PDT #1187 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Southland Tales was pretty bad.
beekaytee - May 08, 2009 10:32:17 am PDT #1188 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Southland Tales was pretty bad.
And yet I was transfixed. I kept fast forwarding because it was so aweful, but then I'd rewind to see why people were doing the nutty things they were doing.
Oh, and Be Cool rates high on the blech scale for me. How Dwayne Johnson could do that to himself...and well, just the whole thing.
Hayden - May 08, 2009 10:42:03 am PDT #1189 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Aw man, Grand Canyon would have been a great one for the list, too. Although I've heard from reliable sources that Crash makes it seem like a walk in the park.
lisah - May 08, 2009 10:44:16 am PDT #1190 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I love After Hours!
Me too!
I don't think I've ever walked out of a movie. I did turn Crash off after about 20 minutes of torture. so bad.
erikaj - May 08, 2009 10:45:25 am PDT #1191 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
And I loved "Get Shorty" SO MUCH. "Be Cool" was an embarrassing book that made an embarrassing film. Because I read it prepared to defend Leonard's honor, but there was no honor...only product placement prostitution. I lost a tiny bit of my hero after that.
Dana - May 08, 2009 10:45:51 am PDT #1192 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We tried to watch Waking Life last weekend. It didn't go too well.
Jesse - May 08, 2009 10:46:17 am PDT #1193 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think the only movie I've ever walked out of was Sliver, or another one of those early-90s Lady Exec thriller-type movies. And that was mostly because there was a homeless guy snoring in the theater.