In a dress, no less!
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Polter-Cow - Jan 16, 2011 8:28:55 am PST #12823 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sue - Jan 16, 2011 10:52:26 am PST #12824 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I finally saw Black Swan. I don't really know what to say. I didn't hate it, but it didn't really work. So many of the tropes he used seemed really tired to me. All he seemed to add was the horror techniques, and those were the least successful part for me. However, I thought the acting was all great (and I say that as a person who can't stand Natalie Portman because her voice is like nails on chalkboard to me) and her costumes were very pretty. So yay Rodarte!
smonster - Jan 16, 2011 11:28:02 am PST #12825 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Sue - I just saw it too. Left me kind of cranky. I love Natalie Portman and thought she did a great job, as well as Kunis, Cassel, Hershey. But... I don't know. Cranky. At the end I was like, really? That's it?
The swan makeup was pretty badass, though.
Sue - Jan 16, 2011 11:39:05 am PST #12826 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Portman's character seemed to be so lacking in self-awareness and agency that I just didn't really care that much about her cracking up. She was already well on the road to crazy town, what was left was a short trip. It would have been a more interesting movie if she was a more complete charcter, not a series of neurosis and ticks.
Also, Vincent Cassel needs to call me.
zuisa - Jan 16, 2011 11:46:25 am PST #12827 of 30000
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I actually really liked Black Swan, but I don't think there are too many of us here who did! I can't quite articulate what exactly I enjoyed so much about it, other than that I've always liked Natalie Portman and I tend to love anything about theater/dance, no matter how twisted.
megan walker - Jan 16, 2011 12:26:24 pm PST #12828 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm hoping that my love of the Tchaikovsky's music will blind me to the flaws in the film, much like it did for The Concert.
megan walker - Jan 16, 2011 12:29:08 pm PST #12829 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Also, Vincent Cassel needs to call me.
I'm sure any day now he'll get tired of Monica Bellucci.
Sue - Jan 16, 2011 12:35:17 pm PST #12830 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I'm sure any day now he'll get tired of Monica Bellucci.
IMDB tells me they primarily live in seperate cities. (ETA: As if.)
Amy - Jan 16, 2011 12:43:49 pm PST #12831 of 30000
Because books.
I liked Black Swan a lot. But I thought it was primarily an exercise of a sort -- Nina's story is told as broadly and symbolically as the story of the ballet. I also thought it was reaching for a bigger metaphor than simply the perfect ideal of the athlete/artist, but about what women do to women, and what we do to ourselves in general, which maybe didn't completely work.
But I loved the performances and the feel of it, although I'm a sucker for a ballet/dance movie, too.
megan walker - Jan 16, 2011 12:47:48 pm PST #12832 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
IMDB tells me they primarily live in seperate cities.
That's sad if true, they had another baby not that long ago.