Watching Bridesmaids for the first time, and if Annie doesn't end up with the cop, I will be heartbroken.
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Amy - Mar 31, 2012 3:55:17 pm PDT #19148 of 30000
Because books.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2012 4:01:14 pm PDT #19149 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's about a high school reunion, per the ads.
I got that far from the title, even.
I'm just wondering if anyone knows if it sucks or not. It doesn't seem like it's been screened, but I don't know if there's down low buzz.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2012 4:05:01 pm PDT #19150 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
I've enjoyed the others enough for it to be worth matinee prices, and it looks like they got everyone back for this one.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2012 4:23:17 pm PDT #19151 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I got that far from the title, even.
Ha ha! Sorry.
Amy - Mar 31, 2012 5:02:29 pm PDT #19152 of 30000
Because books.
Am I the only one who got a little teary at the end of Bridesmaids?
Also, wasn't George Glass the name of the secret boyfriend Jan Brady once made up? (Annie uses that name when Ted asks who else she could invite to the wedding.)
Lee - Mar 31, 2012 5:16:45 pm PDT #19153 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I saw the Hunger Games last weekend after not reading the book for quite a while, and I thought they did a pretty good job translating the book into a movie. I spent today rereading the book, and while I still think so, I do wish that they had kept the original story of the pin (more rebellious) and that they had done more with the hunger theme.
Juliebird - Mar 31, 2012 5:30:09 pm PDT #19154 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
As much as it pained me to see the loss of the pins origins, I think I get it: In the books, Katniss had no friends but this one girl. I think if they'd showed Madge, we'd think it shorthand that Katniss had lots of other friends, when really, that was the long and short of it. So in the movie we are presented with a girl who has just one friend, Gale.
OTOH, I don't think it'd have taken more than five minutes to establish that
Katniss had a friend named Madge who gave her a pin.
But maybe it's the lingering consequences of pointing out that relationship?
What was also weird, and I'm far enough away from the books to be confused, is district 11's rebellion. In the context of the movie, it just seems to end in water. I wasn't sure in the theatre if there was victory or not, and then it's never heard from again.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2012 5:40:04 pm PDT #19155 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Am I the only one who got a little teary at the end of Bridesmaids?
I'm sure I did. But seriously, I cry at everything now.
Amy - Mar 31, 2012 5:43:02 pm PDT #19156 of 30000
Because books.
I'm in good company then. ::passes Jesse a tissue::
javachik - Mar 31, 2012 5:43:24 pm PDT #19157 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Huh. Just read the Cracked.com movie article. Surprised it doesn't mention the death of Vic Morrow and two children during Twilight Zone. I haven't seen a John Landis movie since then and believe he should have gone to jail.
Also not mentioned - Lars von Trier. His treatment of actresses (tormenting them to get those dark, dark performances) is well-documented.