love Cowboys vs. Aliens.
So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
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Laga - Jun 12, 2011 6:53:42 am PDT #14836 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 12, 2011 7:00:33 am PDT #14837 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Those are hilarious.
le nubian - Jun 12, 2011 7:00:46 am PDT #14838 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Man, the Mel Gibson one is so on target, it really isn't amusing.
Ailleann - Jun 12, 2011 9:45:01 am PDT #14839 of 30000
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Just got back from seeing Super 8 and I really enjoyed it. I feel like the alien thing isn't such a big deal because the point isn't the aliens, it's the kids. You don't need to see the alien because the point is how everyone reacts to what's going on, rather than the alien itself. I've been making mental comparisons to The Goonies far more than to E.T..
It was exactly what I expected going in, and I thought it was a lot of fun and had lots of great moments. I didn't think it was exactly like a Spielberg movie, but if you don't like his films I suppose you won't like it, as it reminded me of that genre.
Juliebird - Jun 12, 2011 9:54:14 am PDT #14840 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Ailleann, I totally had Goonies vibes, too.
I liked that the reason behind the dead wife and the guilty neighbor wasn't a drunk driving accident or something. I liked that it was a woman doing a stereotypical man's job. Just, doing a job, picking up slack, shit happens. Although I'm curious as to why Deputy Lamb arrested Shep the day of the wake. Did I miss something or was it just random background stuff?
Ailleann - Jun 12, 2011 9:58:30 am PDT #14841 of 30000
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Julie, in hindsight, I don't think he actually arrested him, he just got mad and took him away. I mean, they didn't show him in jail later, and it didn't seem to be connected to the cops picking him up as a suspect in the missing engines thing. (I figure that's just cause he's a drunk-and-disorderly type.)
And yeah, there wasn't anything weird behind the wife's death, just everyday tragedy. I think it helped make her death not seem cheap/only a plot device.
eta: sorry about the broken tags.
Laga - Jun 12, 2011 3:11:58 pm PDT #14842 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Just back from Thor. I liked it but I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I didn't keep hearing Sir William Thatcher.
Scrappy - Jun 12, 2011 8:16:54 pm PDT #14843 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I totally enjoyed Super 8. Yeah, it's derivative, but it still worked. I thought you might have to know Spielberg's work to really get it, but we went with friends and their actual 13-year-old boy, who was convulsed with laughter by the kids' dialogue. He thought the whole thing was really good.
And definitely stay through the credits.
Toddson - Jun 13, 2011 6:05:24 am PDT #14844 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
HS movies - Valley Girl?
Theodosia - Jun 13, 2011 6:13:23 am PDT #14845 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
High School movies: Teen Wolf is a favorite.
My can't-not-watch movie is Singin' in the Rain despite the fact that I can recite the dialogue and probably dance (badly) most of the choreography.