I expect this movie to have cowboys, aliens, and Olivia Wilde being hot and occasionally naked.
Yes! Ohmigod! Someone's blondie bear's a twenty-question genius!
Harmony ,'Help'
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Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2011 6:23:15 am PDT #15696 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2011 6:31:45 am PDT #15697 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I now expect it to have Cowboys, Aliens, and Indians (in the guise of Adam beach), so I'm all over it. I just need to see Daniel Craig in person to get ready for the movie.
Burrell - Jul 26, 2011 6:52:19 am PDT #15698 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I found The Prestige disappointing too. Actually, I found it alienating, all of the main characters were sociopaths as far as I was concerned. But then there was the beautiful sets, as Amy notes, and bonus Hugh Jackman and David Bowie(!!!), so it was definitely worth seeing.
Hayden - Jul 26, 2011 6:53:13 am PDT #15699 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I agree with Burrell on The Prestige.
Jessica - Jul 26, 2011 7:03:47 am PDT #15700 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hugh Jackman and David Bowie(!!!)
See, this was my feeling going into it (plus Christian Bale), so when the movie turned out NOT to be Ziggy Stardust helping Wolverine fight Batman...yeah.
I'm not saying my disappointment was reasonable, but the movie in my head was SO MUCH BETTER than what wound up onscreen. (Plus, since I called the twist about ten minutes in,I kept expecting another, COOLER twist at the end, and there wasn't any.)
Toddson - Jul 26, 2011 7:09:19 am PDT #15701 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
but the movie in my head was SO MUCH BETTER than what wound up onscreen
This is SO often the case.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2011 7:13:50 am PDT #15702 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I found them compelling sociopaths, and with the movie with which it's so often compared, and whose name I forget, I just thought they were nasty small people.
amych - Jul 26, 2011 7:21:30 am PDT #15703 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Ziggy Stardust helping Wolverine fight Batman
I'm sorry, I got distracted -- there were other sentences after this? I mean, anywhere in the entire English language?
Amy - Jul 26, 2011 7:24:12 am PDT #15704 of 30000
Because books.
with the movie with which it's so often compared, and whose name I forget
The Illusionist?
Volans - Jul 26, 2011 7:24:17 am PDT #15705 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I called the twist about 10 minutes into the book, and then had to go another few days until I finished the book. However, the reveal in the book w a little more emotional, so it evens out, I guess?
My video guy is doing a series of ads for our new tech/culture program, and has opted to use clips from movies (legal issues are settled). The first one is Napoleon Dynamite, singing at the wedding, with the message being that our employees are Napoleon Dynamite. I can't decide if I like it, but then I haven't seen the movie.