Anyone seen Warrior yet? I might try and find that this weekend.
Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.
'The Killer In Me'
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§ ita § - Sep 23, 2011 10:40:35 am PDT #16227 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Sep 23, 2011 10:41:57 am PDT #16228 of 30000
Because books.
Suzi, I was asking S. about Moneyball, since I didn't know the story, and when he told me it was about the A's, I knew you'd be there. I'd like to see it, too. What he accomplished is fascinating.
SuziQ - Sep 23, 2011 10:57:00 am PDT #16229 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'd love to hear your opinion of it. I read the book and I remember that season with startling clarity. Certain scenes brought back the viseral feeling I felt when the events actually happened.
le nubian - Sep 23, 2011 11:05:26 am PDT #16230 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Beau is an A's fan, so I told him I would go to the movie with him if it was decent. I don't really like baseball movies except Bull Durham.
Kathy A - Sep 23, 2011 11:07:23 am PDT #16231 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune very rarely gives out 4-star reviews, but Moneyball got one from him this week.
I also just read a really good review from the Flick Filosopher for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy which I am now trying to see when it will be released here in the States.
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2011 11:10:41 am PDT #16232 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
December 9: [link]
le nubian - Sep 23, 2011 11:14:09 am PDT #16233 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
dammit. I thought it was coming out in October.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 23, 2011 5:29:16 pm PDT #16234 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The one I keep hearing I need to see from people I know is DRIVE. I'll forgive them stealing Tim's show's name from what I've heard.
§ ita § - Sep 24, 2011 1:48:16 pm PDT #16235 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For fuck's sake, why didn't someone warn me about Warrior? I haven't cried that hard or long during a movie since Amistad. Of which I remember little, because that was like a hotbutton blackout.
This was like...I dunno. But it was a movie made to wreck me, yet without slavery or significant female characters.
WRECKED.
Good god.
Oh, and it had one of my krav instructors in it. So that's cool, except...WRECKED.
Typo Boy - Sep 24, 2011 8:15:15 pm PDT #16236 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Just saw "A Pain in the Ass" on on-demand. Hilarious film (French with subtitles - I don't speak French and I still wonder why someone translated "Mierde, Mierde, Mierde" as "Damn, Damn, Damn". )
About a hit-man and a suicidal photographer. The stars are not only good actors but amazing physical comedians. They even found a way to make a ledge scene seem fresh.
Described as a black comedy, and though every single person (no exceptions) behaves badly, there something in the outlook that is not quite cynical enough for what I normally think of as a black comedy. A certain lack of despair? But I've seen cheerful black comedies before. I dunno, maybe the feeling it gives that even though people are depraved there definitely are limits to human depravity?