I think the Illusionist is one of those Ben is Glory things. For the life of me, I can never remember the title of that movie, and if pressed tomorrow, I will probably have forgotten it.
We're taking a moment ... and we're done.
Oz ,'Chosen'
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le nubian - Jul 26, 2011 9:19:47 am PDT #15708 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2011 9:30:34 am PDT #15709 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And they just released another movie with that name recently.
beekaytee - Jul 26, 2011 10:04:01 am PDT #15710 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Plus, Gloria Steinem is involved with the making of a documentary with the same name. It's the name of their twitter feed and startles me every time I see it.
Jon B. - Jul 26, 2011 11:13:09 am PDT #15711 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I always think of the animated film by Sylvain Chomet (the Triplets of Belleville guy), which was wonderful.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 26, 2011 6:20:17 pm PDT #15712 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
Just got back from Captain America. I think it may be the best comics-based movie I've ever seen.
DavidS - Jul 26, 2011 6:28:51 pm PDT #15713 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emmett and I saw Captain America today and quite enjoyed it.
The two teenaged girls sitting behind us broke out in a bit of appreciative giggles on seeing Steve Rogers super-soldierized body.
Spider-Man 2 remains my gold standard, though.
And I think X-Men 2 is underrated and kind of forgotten.
And the first Chris Reeve Superman. Also Supes II ("kneel before Zod!")
Uhm, and Batman Returns for the pure gothic sets and Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman.
Iron Man (not second one, though, which was very formulaic).
Then the Nolan Batmans, I guess. I like them but I don't love them as much as Emmett (or ita).
Kickass and Scott Pilgrim are on the list.
P.M. Marc - Jul 26, 2011 6:32:44 pm PDT #15714 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Captain America had cry points. It wins.
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2011 6:56:08 pm PDT #15715 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And I think X-Men 2 is underrated and kind of forgotten.
I love it! The other ones on your list are good as well.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2011 1:07:32 am PDT #15716 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What were the cry points in Captain America? I totally missed those.
I liked X-Men 2, and for ensemble comic book movies it's head and shoulders the winner. But both of the Dark Knight movies are my favourite solo ones, easily. Captain America is very very good, but didn't make me gasp.
I thought all of the Spider-Man movies were varying levels of annoying. Iron Man was a great comic book movie for people not necessarily into comic book movies.
Volans - Jul 27, 2011 1:39:18 am PDT #15717 of 30000
move out and draw fire
It'll be interesting to see how Captain America holds up. I can't watch the Burton Batman movies (including Batman 2) anymore because the pacing is so slow, the actors are so wrong, and the scripts are so clunky - and I love Burton's vision.
Iron Man suffered in the final third, I thought, and Captain America does too, but I'm going to have to say that those are the two superhero movies I'd rate the highest, with Nolan's two Batman movies next.
I disliked the Spider-Man movies enough to not care that they're rebooting them, beyond thinking the reboot looks lame, and wishing Mary Jane wasn't blonde.