I know...I'm kind of embarrassed that I like it, but I do. It's such a teenage mess of a thing. And Ewan.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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erikaj - May 21, 2009 8:00:14 pm PDT #1645 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Typo Boy - May 21, 2009 9:38:33 pm PDT #1646 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.
Heh. Me three. Only the costumes, Choreography and art direction more than the people. (Not that the people are not pretty. But the overall look of the film is even prettier. And I like the use of anachronistic use of pop hits of the past few decades.) Yes, I'm shallow.
Polter-Cow - May 21, 2009 10:05:40 pm PDT #1647 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Bring It On: All or Nothing starts out really terrible and remains pretty terrible but is somehow mildly entertaining anyway.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 21, 2009 10:09:58 pm PDT #1648 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I want Kirk's motorcycle.
I want Pike's wheelchair.
I'm not sure what to make of Pixar - every premise is so amazingly sad that I tear up just reading about it. And I always swear I'm not going to go see the movie because I don't want to bawl in public. And yet, they always pull it off.
Yeah, there were bits of Wall-E where I pretty much sobbed.
Barb - May 22, 2009 2:35:14 am PDT #1649 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I know this is Buffista Converstation #something, but oh, Moulin Rouge. Yes, the characters are paper-thin. Yes, nothing but a re-telling of La Boheme. But it's So. Damn. Pretty.
Me four. But then again, I'm openly Baz Luhrmann's bitch.
I watch the El Tango de Roxanne scene over and over-- it's just one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Besides that red dress that Satine wears.
Theodosia - May 22, 2009 3:55:32 am PDT #1650 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"
Moulin Rouge is a total Bollywood film and its worth should be judged on that basis.
Also, I had a total "hair standing up on the back of my neck" moment when I first watched the movie and the Roxanne song started up, because I wasn't expecting it and we slid so smoothly into it that recognition hit me like a bucket of champagne. You can't buy moments like that, just hope that you run across them.
Gris - May 22, 2009 3:59:02 am PDT #1651 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I love that scene so much that I have a hard time listening to the original song. I'm all like "Your voice is not gravelly enough, Sting! And you do not have a violin playing creepy minor-key accents! Improve!"
Steph L. - May 22, 2009 4:44:15 am PDT #1652 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Huh. Roxanne was the only part of the film that I disliked.
billytea - May 22, 2009 5:02:50 am PDT #1653 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Huh. Roxanne was the only part of the film that I disliked.
And so between the both, you see, they licked Baz Luhrmann clean.
Polter-Cow - May 22, 2009 5:10:06 am PDT #1654 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love that scene so much that I have a hard time listening to the original song. I'm all like "Your voice is not gravelly enough, Sting! And you do not have a violin playing creepy minor-key accents! Improve!"
Ha, yeah, the radio keeps playing the original song, and it makes me want to listen to the MR version instead.