yep Coraline was awesome. D said it was boring up until the point he fell asleep. The glasses did hurt my head and I have a very small head (6 7/8!) I wish we'd sat further back in the theatre.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Laga - Feb 26, 2009 10:46:18 pm PST #119 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Kathy A - Feb 27, 2009 1:04:56 pm PST #120 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
It's political day on TCM! 1776 is currently on (yay! "But, Mr. Adams" is just beginning!), followed by Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, All the King's Men, and The Manchurian Candidate.
Mr. Adams
But, Mr. Adams
The things I write
Are only light
Extemporania
I won't put
Politics on paper
It's a mania!
So I refuse
To use the pen
In Pennsylvania
DebetEsse - Feb 27, 2009 1:10:32 pm PST #121 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Pennsylvania!
Pennsylvania!
Refuse to use the pen!
SuziQ - Feb 27, 2009 1:15:23 pm PST #122 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
We may see murder yet!
Kathy A - Feb 27, 2009 1:15:42 pm PST #123 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Do you mean to say that it is not yet finished?
No, I mean to say that it is not yet begun.
Good God--a whole week! The entire earth was created in a week!
Someday, you must tell me how you did it.
Disgusting. Look at him, Franklin, Virginia's most famous lover.
Virginia abstains.
Kathy A - Feb 27, 2009 1:37:24 pm PST #124 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Wake up, Franklin! You're going to New Brunswick.
Like hell I am. What for?
The whoring and the drinking!
Franklin leaps to his feet.
Kathy A - Feb 27, 2009 1:39:39 pm PST #125 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ohhh, this is the director's cut, too! "Cool, Considerate Men" just started.
To the right
Ever to the right
Never to the left
Forever to the right
"Oh, how I wish I had never seen the Continental Army! I would have done better to retire to the back country and to live in a wigwam. Your obedient...[drum roll] G. Washington."
Frankenbuddha - Feb 27, 2009 4:36:36 pm PST #126 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
In such COMPLETELY other news, Dario Argento fans should know that his third film (and his most interesting pre-DEEP RED movie) is out in a glorious transfer: FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET. This was considered a "lost movie" because while Paramount held the rights, they wouldn't give them up for anyone (at least at a reasonable price). The only available versions have been incredibly wretched bootleg copies - literally unwatchable (I know because I bought one) in a literal sense (some scenes you couldn't make out what was supposed to be happening).
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 27, 2009 7:09:46 pm PST #127 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hey Frank, do you recommend Mother of Tears?
Frankenbuddha - Feb 27, 2009 10:01:10 pm PST #128 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hey Frank, do you recommend Mother of Tears
That's a difficult question to answer. There are beyond absurd aspects that I'm not sure were intended to be humorous, but are utterly ridiculous. Contrasted with that, it is EXTREMELY gory, in very nasty ways, especially when it comes to the female victims. I realized thinking about it that all of the deaths are very medieval in the old school sense (which the opening credits hint at): the men get hacked and slashed, and the women suffer more protracted, torturous fates.
It's definitely the liveliest Argento film in a long time, and, if you're a fan, worth watching. I mean, I saw it in the theater, and bought the DVD, but haven't gotten around to a second viewing (I bought it because I'm a completist on certain filmmakers, but I do want to give a second go at least). But I'm still not sure if I'd recommend it to anyone but a hardcore Argento-phile.