Would 300 have been a good movie in a language you did not speak?
I wound up watching a pirated copy with Chinglish subtitles, and I feel qualified to answer: yes.
I want to marry Juliette Binoche's cheekbones.
Bigamist.
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
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billytea - Mar 26, 2011 4:31:54 pm PDT #13768 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Scrappy - Mar 26, 2011 10:08:03 pm PDT #13769 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I just saw it too, ita. Liked Cooper and the film more than I expected. The one big issue I had was that I did not believe a writer would immediately use massive brainpower to make money and get involved in politics.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 11:34:13 pm PDT #13770 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What would you do instantly, Scrappy? I mightn't pick politics as an end game, but day trading would be right up there on my list for a quick buck. And, remember, he used it immediately to get laid and tidy and write.
Scrappy - Mar 27, 2011 6:18:44 am PDT #13771 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yes, I agree that he'd want money and agree that he'd get involved in day trading, but he finished his book in four days and then, apparently, never wrote another thing. Didn't ring true to me.
§ ita § - Mar 27, 2011 11:34:32 am PDT #13772 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I figured the drug makes you cocky and greedy and that writing is not the simple place to fulfill that. The choices he made went straight to money and power, not even fame.
Polter-Cow - Mar 27, 2011 12:33:14 pm PDT #13773 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ouch. Sucker Punch got beaten by the second Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. I didn't even know there WAS a second Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie.
flea - Mar 27, 2011 12:35:25 pm PDT #13774 of 30000
information libertarian
I did. You don't watch enough Nickelodeon. The commercial features Kesha's Tik Tok.(Sigh.)
SailAweigh - Mar 28, 2011 2:59:33 am PDT #13775 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I agree with ita. I think a lot of folks would have acted as Eddie did. Why stop at the small potatoes available through writing and make as much dough as possible as fast as possible? The thing I could't understand was why would Atwater have his attorney get Eddie out of his murder investigation when he could have gotten him out of the way by just letting things take their course? I mean, he had his henchman chasing him all over and nearly kill his girlfriend! I can't believe that all Atwater wanted was his stash of pills when they were so clearly killing him.
All that stuff bugged me, but I still enjoyed the movie a lot. My daughter asked me part way through if I didn't like the movie because I kept sighing. I told her my sighs were because I was holding my breath so much, when I remembered to breath I would take in a huge breath to make up for the deficit. It really did a good job of building up the suspense over and over.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2011 4:43:44 am PDT #13776 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe Atwood wanted the deal to go through, and they needed Eddie for that? Not sure on that one.
SailAweigh - Mar 28, 2011 5:22:37 am PDT #13777 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
It just occurred to me (being thick they way I am) that this is a modern retelling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Duh.