When I popped in the DVD, I had a choice which version to watch, and I had no idea which to pick since I didn't know what the differences were. I usually go with the director's cut if it's there, but I didn't want a longer version since I was short on time, so I said, fuck it, I will just watch the version everyone else watched. And I'm glad because the other ones are so different they would have left me with a very different impression of the movie that couldn't really be compared to those of the theatrical version.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
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Polter-Cow - Feb 16, 2011 7:26:37 am PST #13277 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Atropa - Feb 16, 2011 11:06:32 am PST #13278 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Dark Shadows
I want this movie NOW. You would think after how disappointed I was in Burton's Alice In Wonderland that I wouldn't be so frothingly, giddily excited. But ... Tim Burton. Helena Bonham Carter. Johnny Depp. VAMPIRES. I am so predictable.
(However, I do cling to the theory that Tim does better with things that are darker in theme: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice In Wonderland vs. Sweeney Todd and Sleepy Hollow. I know which set of movies I consider to be better.)
TL;DR: I am a gothy-goth Tim Burton fangirl, even when I should know better.
§ ita § - Feb 18, 2011 9:16:29 am PST #13279 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Any good advance buzz on Unknown? I'm trying to decide if I will see a movie this weekend.
le nubian - Feb 18, 2011 9:24:21 am PST #13280 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
the critics reviews are all over the place. I'd like to see it this weekend, but I'm befuddled. I went to metacritic and found no good recommendations.
§ ita § - Feb 18, 2011 9:28:31 am PST #13281 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I looked at rotten tomatoes and got confused because the "positive" reviews had pretty negative excerpts.
So I'm going to take that as a no.
Kathy A - Feb 18, 2011 9:29:59 am PST #13282 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Michael Phillips of the Tribune called it a decently solid action flick that is much better than the usual February fare, and he liked Liam Neeson's performance.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 18, 2011 9:35:23 am PST #13283 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Andrew O'Hehir at Salon gave it a very positive review.
Ebert was decidedly mixed, but really liked most of the actors.
le nubian - Feb 18, 2011 9:49:02 am PST #13284 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
much better than the usual February fare
that is damning with faint praise. Maybe I need to whip out my LOTR dvds.
§ ita § - Feb 18, 2011 2:23:43 pm PST #13285 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder if this flick will live up to the creepy potential.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 18, 2011 5:00:25 pm PST #13286 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Saw True Grit tonight. Damn, that was a mighty fine movie. It's amazing how well Clinton Portis' book fell right into the Coen brothers love of arcane dialogue. And the Haille Steinfeld is amazing. More amazing than Anna Paquin in The Piano or Kirsten Dunst in Interview... (who I thought was more amazing than Anna but didn't get nominated). Hell, i think she's better than Jodie in Taxi Driver. I never for a moment didn't believe in her or her situation. The Coen's really made a find there.