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I got stabbed, you know, right here.
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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Polter-Cow - Feb 05, 2011 6:59:37 am PST #13178 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DavidS - Feb 05, 2011 7:16:13 am PST #13179 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Considering the success of the Edwardian Ball, the upcoming Tim Burton Ball, and the Lebowski Fests, I bet a Wes Anderson event would go over boffo. People could dress as characters, Hayden's old Kinks cover band could play, there could be performances by Max's Rushmore Academy Players, board games, go-kart racing and radio controlled planes. And, of course, a giant game of Whack Bat.
A few years ago in North Beach, right around Halloween, I saw a bunch of Coppola interns go sprinting up the street in Team Zissou costumes.
OTOH, there's a pretty strong Wes Anderson Costume backlash.
Atropa - Feb 05, 2011 9:15:17 am PST #13180 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
upcoming Tim Burton Ball
Argh, taunt me about this some more, why don't you? There is no way I can manage to go to it.
DavidS - Feb 05, 2011 9:24:45 am PST #13181 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Argh, taunt me about this some more, why don't you?
Okay, if you insist. Burton Returns (The 2nd Annual Tim Burton Ball)
Looks stripey.
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2011 10:43:25 am PST #13182 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Just watched The King's Speech. Loved it. Cried like a baby. Still find it oddly weird to watch HBC act. Not sure why that stays with me.
Jesse - Feb 05, 2011 10:47:09 am PST #13183 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I finally saw The Fighter, and I liked it a lot. I do think people from other places don't know quite how tragic calling someone "The Pride of Lowell" is. Also, on the most minor of notes, I loved Amy Adams's body. And how much like the real guys Marky Mark and Christian Bale actually look.
le nubian - Feb 05, 2011 10:59:51 am PST #13184 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Cried like a baby.
oh! which part got to you especially? My allergies kicked up as well.
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2011 11:13:20 am PST #13185 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Both times he made successful speeches. Also, I have a sympathetic thing for Britain in WW2. Gets me pretty solidly.
Amy - Feb 05, 2011 12:27:20 pm PST #13186 of 30000
Because books.
The King's Speech blew me away. Such incredible performances, and a story I didn't know anything about.
The Social Network was a letdown, though. The performances were also really good, but the structure was ridiculously, needlessly confusing. I think I would have rather seen a good documentary about it, or read a decent book on the subject, especially since so much of it was apparently pure fiction.
Consuela - Feb 05, 2011 3:26:37 pm PST #13187 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I do think people from other places don't know quite how tragic calling someone "The Pride of Lowell" is
Exactly! I am not much for boxing movies, but I loved how it evoked Lowell so strongly. And Melissa Leo was awesome.