Owen may very well watch the Oscars with me this year now.
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
'Safe'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Cashmere - Feb 24, 2011 3:27:49 pm PST #13309 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Tom Scola - Feb 25, 2011 5:10:36 am PST #13310 of 30000
hwæt
The Femme Fatale: Misogynist strawwoman, or protofeminist forerunner? [link]
Vonnie K - Feb 25, 2011 5:54:57 am PST #13311 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Linda Fiorentino's character in The Last Seduction was the last great femme fatale I saw on screen, I think. Bonus points for her 1) being the protagonist to the story, rather than a catalyst for some dude's angst, and 2) not dying or being carted off to jail at the end.
Oh, I almost forgot -- I thought Laura from Brick, played by what's-her-face from Everwood, was a good take on the classic femme fatale archetype. But Brick is such a throwback to the 40's noir anyway.
erikaj - Feb 25, 2011 7:22:05 am PST #13312 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
wrod.
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2011 12:28:41 pm PST #13313 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Annalee from IO9 about Drive Angry:
I have never seen a gunfight between a man unleashed from hell and devil worshipers, while said man is simultaneously having sex with a woman and drinking Jack Daniels. Yes, there is actually a scene where this happens in Drive Angry, and it's possibly the most badass thing I have ever witnessed. Nic Cage is humping his lady friend, shooting with one hand, and swigging from the bottle with his other.
Steph L. - Feb 25, 2011 12:30:21 pm PST #13314 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
That's...kind of awesome. I might have to see it now.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 25, 2011 12:32:06 pm PST #13315 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'd wondered if I had confused it with some other movie when I saw a car appear out nowhere in an orange flash like an infernally-powered Delorean in one of the ads.
Polter-Cow - Feb 25, 2011 12:39:52 pm PST #13316 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That sounds even more badass than the similar scene in Shoot 'Em Up.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 25, 2011 6:09:27 pm PST #13317 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That sounds even more badass than the similar scene in Shoot 'Em Up.
Only if Nic Cage had previously killed someone with a carrot. And the girlfriend was lactating. I don't think the swigging tops that combo.
Polter-Cow - Feb 25, 2011 6:14:46 pm PST #13318 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just watched Buried, the movie where Ryan Reynolds is trapped in a coffin, and it's pretty great. I mean, as great as a movie about Ryan Reynolds trapped in a coffin can be, of course. Basically ninety minutes of pure oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit.