What are they going to do? Get Charlton Heston? "Brokeback fucking pirates, bitches!"
Very convincing. Makes me completely want to put myself under government control. Please take me to where you can make me unconscious and naked.
Riley ,'Help'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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erikaj - Nov 30, 2010 8:14:19 am PST #12318 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
JZ - Nov 30, 2010 12:45:16 pm PST #12319 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
We saw Tangled this weekend. It was OK. I kind of wish they hadn't gone the "blonde hair is better than brown hair" route, but there you are.
Unlike The Princess and the Frog, I think all the scenes from other Disney movies were supposed to be recognized as loving homage, and a farewell to the "princess movie." (Rather than the cheap-out recycled animation from TPATF). And there may have been a Blade Runner reference in it.
Oh, dear. I'm afraid I am the anti-Raq, which makes me sad. I really liked both Tangled and TPATF and found the animation in the latter kind of swoonily gorgeous.
And, if anything, the movie seems to be saying that blonde hair is a terrible trap; Rapunzel is just about the only blonde in the movie, and her hair has pretty well screwed up her entire life.
And there was the whole creepy passive-aggressive "I'm the only one who will ever love you because everyone else will treat you shamefully and be horrible/I'm the only one who will ever love you because you're basically dog shit in human form and you're lucky you even have me to love you/anyhow, whichever, just don't ever leave!" dynamic between Rapunzel and her mother, which was depressing and scary and both a dynamic I completely recognized and not one I can remember Disney ever tackling before.
Also, I want whoever designed all the murals in Rapunzel's tower to come over and paint our ceiling right now, please.
Volans - Nov 30, 2010 3:26:30 pm PST #12320 of 30000
move out and draw fire
And there was the whole creepy passive-aggressive "I'm the only one who will ever love you because everyone else will treat you shamefully and be horrible/I'm the only one who will ever love you because you're basically dog shit in human form and you're lucky you even have me to love you/anyhow, whichever, just don't ever leave!" dynamic between Rapunzel and her mother, which was depressing and scary and both a dynamic I completely recognized and not one I can remember Disney ever tackling before.
This was pretty awesome, I have to say. Really super evil.
I take your point about hair color, but I imagine a whole bunch of dolls with blonde light-up magic hair, and not any with brown non-magic hair.
Also:
Depp told the Disney executive "all my characters are gay,"
LOL. Smartass.
Aims - Nov 30, 2010 3:28:45 pm PST #12321 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I love it. That's one of the funniest thing I heard all day.
le nubian - Dec 01, 2010 10:00:08 am PST #12322 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
EW's review of Black Swan.
I am interested in seeing the movie, but I think I want to see Company Men more. I'm not sure.
Polter-Cow - Dec 01, 2010 10:59:50 am PST #12323 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Frankenbuddha - Dec 01, 2010 11:04:32 am PST #12324 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Those would be funnier if Criterion hadn't already put out and edition of (sm)Armageddon.
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2010 6:48:59 am PST #12325 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.
Princess Bride duel with lightsabers: [link]
Jon B. - Dec 02, 2010 8:22:11 am PST #12326 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
[golf claps]
§ ita § - Dec 02, 2010 1:54:52 pm PST #12327 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Comic book movie casting question: Who'd make a better Black Panther: Djimon Hounsou, Chiwetel Ejiofor, or Idris Elba? What does this mean for Luke Cage and Bishop?
Also, am I forgetting any major black Marvel male characters?