Question I can't answer:
Does Empire Strikes Back stand well on its own as a movie?
Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
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§ ita § - Apr 06, 2011 12:59:18 pm PDT #14003 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
erikaj - Apr 06, 2011 1:41:00 pm PDT #14004 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
My instinct is to say "Yes," but it's hard to imagine why you would watch it and not the other ones.
le nubian - Apr 06, 2011 2:21:22 pm PDT #14005 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
I think a person could view ESB without seeing the first. It has a strong beginning, middle, and end and relationships are established early in the film. I think it is probably better on its on than Return of the Jedi - in which 50% of that movie relies on nostalgia.
Laga - Apr 06, 2011 4:49:55 pm PDT #14006 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
But it ends all cliffhangery.
le nubian - Apr 06, 2011 4:58:40 pm PDT #14007 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
well do you think the first Lord of the Rings movie stands on its own?
Laga - Apr 06, 2011 5:08:58 pm PDT #14008 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I do think it's perfectly cromulent to release a movie that lacks a beginning, middle or end, if that's your artistic choice. So why would it be bad to watch a movie out of order if that's your choice as a viewer?
I can't defend my stance. It just feels wrong. On the other hand I love movies with ambiguous endings.
sumi - Apr 07, 2011 5:34:47 am PDT #14009 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Hugh Jackman up for the role of Huntsman in the Snow White movie that Viggo Mortensen opted out of.
Daisy Jane - Apr 07, 2011 5:58:08 am PDT #14010 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Is that the one where Julia Roberts is the evil queen?
DavidS - Apr 07, 2011 9:02:58 am PDT #14011 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I found a fun film blog that Bufistas might like, Post-Punk Cinema Club.
I particularly liked their take on John Sayles' Eight Men Out in relation to economic game theory and the recent financial crisis.
You can pick through their favorites and find excellent write ups on the first season of Deadwood, the STNG episode "Genesis," and the somewhat forgotten Colin Firth/Kenneth Branagh movie A Month in the Country (hurt comfort, much?).
sumi - Apr 07, 2011 9:06:17 am PDT #14012 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
No, I don't think so.
ETA: it's the one where Charlize Theron plays the Evil Queen and Kristen Stewart plays Snow White.
Title is Snow White and the Huntsman - amusing that they haven't (quite) found their huntsman yet.
The Julia Roberts one is called The Brothers Grimm: Snow White.