Chewie's my favorite but I worship him so, I think he can do anything.
I wanna hurt you, but I can't resist the sinister attraction of your cold and muscular body!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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Laga - Dec 02, 2010 5:43:45 pm PST #12336 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
DavidS - Dec 03, 2010 10:51:29 am PST #12337 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Something for your bookmarks, TCM's Underground schedule.
They're showing Fulci's The Beyond tonight. A classic of Italian horror.
Stephanie - Dec 04, 2010 5:27:25 am PST #12338 of 30000
Trust my rage
I saw Love and Other Drugs last night and thoroughly enjoyed all but the end. I guess a movie has to have an end, but that one was lame. Still, the rest of the movie made me laugh and in good ways. A lot.
Steph L. - Dec 04, 2010 8:59:59 am PST #12339 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You know how It's a Wonderful Life isn't really a Christmas movie, not in the way that, say Miracle on 34th Street is, in that IaWL spans a longer time than just the Christmas season? It's just that the big important self-revelatory part of the movie takes place at Christmas, and somehow it got classified as a Christmas movie.
So. I realized that I tend to think of Desk Set as a Christmas movie in the same vein as IaWL. It's got one of my favorite Christmas party scenes ever, particularly when the "Do Not Remove From Studio 11" piano comes rolling into the Research department, accompanied by all the people dancing their asses off. (Also, I'm charmed by the idea of a Christmas party AT WORK, during the day, since it's so removed from my own experience.)
Desk Set also has, hands down, the most romantic line I've ever heard, delivered by Spencer Tracy, after recounting his ex-girlfriend, the model, who wrote him long letters when he was in the war, full of details about hemlines and fashion. Then he says to Katharine Hepburn, "I'll bet you write wonderful letters."
I'm such a nerd. That's the best line EVER.
erikaj - Dec 04, 2010 10:22:55 am PST #12340 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
It would work on me. Because I do, for one thing.
Volans - Dec 04, 2010 11:41:08 am PST #12341 of 30000
move out and draw fire
We watched Hot tub Time Machine last night.
Dude. That was freaking hilarious. It verged on Theater of the Absurd, was definitely magical realism, and had me laughing so much I had to rewind parts. Not bad for a gross-out druggie pic. Plenty of meta, plenty of in-jokes, and me thinking it was sort of the spiritual successor to Caddyshack and Back to the Future, before actors from those movies showed up.
Jars - Dec 04, 2010 11:44:29 am PST #12342 of 30000
I could not stand Hot Tub Time Machine. And I like stupid funny - Anchorman is pretty much my favourite movie. Maybe I should watch it again.
Polter-Cow - Dec 04, 2010 12:21:02 pm PST #12343 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
HTTM was better than I'd heard but not as good as I'd hoped. There were some really funny jokes, and I thought the time travel stuff was handled in a fun way, but there was also a lot that didn't work. Pretty much everything Craig Robinson said was gold, though.
Rayne - Dec 04, 2010 12:21:56 pm PST #12344 of 30000
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I watched HTTM yesterday too! Loved it! Then again, I went into it with very low expectations.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2010 2:37:00 pm PST #12345 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My expectations for HTTM were met exactly, which made me enjoy it all the more.
Tonight, DH and I are watching the original Tron in preparation for Tron: Legacy tomorrow afternoon. My expectations for T:L are that at least 90% of the script will be meaningless computer-related jargon leading into FUCKING AWESOME LIGHTCYCLE BATTLE SCENES.