How have I never heard of this film? It sounds like Springtime for Hitler, only real.
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
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Burrell - Feb 27, 2012 5:36:18 am PST #18391 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Tom Scola - Feb 27, 2012 5:42:32 am PST #18392 of 30000
hwæt
I would point you to an article about the film, but really, The Apple is best viewed unspoilt.
Jessica - Feb 27, 2012 5:46:29 am PST #18393 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's kind of Springtime for Hitler meets RHPS or Phantom of the Paradise.
Watch the trailer! [link]
Do the BIM! [link]
Behold...the FUTURE! [link]
They're just little pills...they won't hurt you! [link]
Taste it! [link]
America! [link]
Characters are sad! [link] (Note especially the creative coreography for the line "got me with my back against the wall.")
Okay, done now. Sorry, got sucked down a rabbit hole for a while there. But seriously, this is the greatest movie of all time and everyone should watch it.
Burrell - Feb 27, 2012 6:00:34 am PST #18394 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh.My.God.
Tom Scola - Feb 27, 2012 8:09:48 am PST #18395 of 30000
hwæt
Movie: The Movie, by Jimmy Kimmel.
Jessica - Feb 27, 2012 8:39:57 am PST #18396 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Movie: The Movie, by Jimmy Kimme
That was much funnier than I was expecting.
Tom Scola - Feb 27, 2012 9:15:11 am PST #18397 of 30000
hwæt
Gary Oldman makes everything better.
Scrappy - Feb 27, 2012 11:59:35 am PST #18398 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Saw "Safe House" this weekend and it was SO BAD, you guys. Denzel does his best, but the plot is stupid, the "secret" bad guy obvious, and they make Ryan Reynolds look puffy and dull. There were a couple of good action sequences, but others were just so ridiculous as to be silly.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2012 12:25:59 pm PST #18399 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't know who the bad guy was until the reveal, so I was the appropriately stupid target audience. I thought it was sufficiently plausible that it could have been anyone in the CIA. Any action scene with guns was "OMG, somebody sight before they shoot, eh?" but the close combat ones I thought were well-choreographed and filmed so that you could actually *see* choreography, which is sorely lacking in most films these days. The car chase scene had some improbably tenacious bad guys, but the actual skill in driving was some of the best I've seen recently at all (note, haven't seen Drive)
The relationship spiel was overwrought and undersold, but if they'd spent more time on it, I'd have been irritated. And, enh, they cast for really pretty, as opposed to "able to sell love in a glance". I wish Hollywood were different, but such is our lot.
I thought it was a solid mid-level, just shy of first-Bourne level action movie. Not revolutionary, but pleasant to the eye.
Kalshane - Feb 27, 2012 4:19:38 pm PST #18400 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
A fan's 10-minute disertation on how Episode 1 could have been a better movie: [link]
I don't think I disagree with any of his ideas.