I loved Huckabees and The Apartment. After I saw the latter I watched every other Shirley MacLaine movie I could get my hands on. The Trouble With Charlie is one of my favorites.
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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Laga - May 25, 2009 9:29:05 pm PDT #1753 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Polter-Cow - May 25, 2009 10:53:01 pm PDT #1754 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's a great one, Laga! So funny.
There are many things about that original script that would have been cool, but other things would...not have been. I can see some of the flaws in the finished product as illuminated in the comparisons, but...I still thought it was a good movie.
evil jimi - May 26, 2009 6:29:31 am PDT #1755 of 30000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Speaking of trailers, the other day I watched two trailers that have me very interested. Scroll down to 21/05/09 for Surrogates and Gamer.
The latter, starring Gerard Butler and Michael C Hall, looks pretty good, albeit as a kind of bastard child of Harsh Realm and Running Man.
However, the former is the one that really interests me.
Theodosia - May 26, 2009 6:39:05 am PDT #1756 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"
I'm wondering how Surrogates will score on the Bruce Willis Toupeé Index - generally speaking, the closer the movie comes to showing his natural hairline, the better it is.
megan walker - May 26, 2009 7:41:45 am PDT #1757 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
After I saw the latter I watched every other Shirley MacLaine movie I could get my hands on. The Trouble With Charlie is one of my favorites.
Pssst, Harry.
I have a special fondness for that film since it's one of the few filmed in the Northeast Kingdom of VT, where I spent my summers growing up.
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2009 7:54:53 am PDT #1758 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Pssst, Harry.
I thought that looked wrong. It's the funny Hitchcock!
megan walker - May 26, 2009 8:08:52 am PDT #1759 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's not the only one!
The Lady Vanishes, Mr & Mrs. Smith, Family Plot...
Laga - May 26, 2009 8:33:56 am PDT #1760 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Pssst, Harry.
Oops. Drunk posting last night. Appy polly logies.
Frankenbuddha - May 26, 2009 8:45:38 am PDT #1761 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Lady Vanishes, Mr & Mrs. Smith, Family Plot...
Hell, North by Northwest has some of the funniest scenes that Hitchcock or Cary Grant put on film.
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2009 9:00:47 am PDT #1762 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And Charade is the funniest Hitchcock movie not made by Hitchcock.
(And it was remade as The Truth About Charlie, which is likely where Laga got that name.)