I could watch Bob Barker beat Sandler up all day long. Chubbs' exit and Ricard Kiel telling Christopher McDonald he'll be waiting in the parking lot are also things of comedic beauty.
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2011 2:20:31 pm PST #13525 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
Frankenbuddha - Mar 07, 2011 3:03:11 pm PST #13526 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I own The Mask, but for the big production numbers. "The SWAT team got an offer from Vegas."
The "Cuban Pete" bit, while a bit of a rip-off of the "Day-O" scene in Beetlejuice, was a thing of hilarity. That great dog putting the Mask on was another.
Jesse - Mar 08, 2011 4:02:49 am PST #13527 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm kind of interested in what looks like a bunch of mainstream actors starring in sci-fi movies that aren't action movies -- Matt Damon in the Adjustment Bureau, Bradley Cooper in that one about the magic mind pill, Jake Gyllenhaal in the time-travel one. Are there others? What's that about?
le nubian - Mar 08, 2011 4:11:16 am PST #13528 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Bradley Cooper in that one about the magic mind pill
I have seen the ads for this too many times. I think the movie, from the ads, looks really bad. I am not sure De Niro can save it.
I'm onboard with Adjustment Bureau this weekend.
Gris - Mar 08, 2011 5:14:18 am PST #13529 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I don't know that I'd say the Adjustment Bureau "isn't action." It looks pretty action-packed to me.
Jon B. - Mar 08, 2011 5:25:38 am PST #13530 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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Jon B. - Mar 08, 2011 5:27:25 am PST #13531 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jake Gyllenhaal in the time-travel one
Donnie Darko had time-travelly elements, so it's not new ground for him.
Jesse - Mar 08, 2011 5:30:48 am PST #13532 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't know that I'd say the Adjustment Bureau "isn't action." It looks pretty action-packed to me.
Yeah, the ads are a lot of running around, but (without having seen it), I think it's actually a romance?
Really, what I mean is these movies seem 90% non-sci-fi -- I mean, it's not Demolition Man or whatever.
DavidS - Mar 08, 2011 5:49:39 am PST #13533 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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Wow! That is awesome.
§ ita § - Mar 08, 2011 6:09:47 am PST #13534 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IO9 described The Adjustment Bureau as Philip K Dick + romantic comedy. I'm not sure where they got the comedy part from, but it's at least the aspiration of love to overcome the big bad forces of fate.