Buffistas

And boys -- let's watch the swearing.

Mayor ,'Chosen'

Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.

First Previous Next Last Recent

Fred Pete - Apr 02, 2012 11:56:20 am PDT #19201 of 30000

Ann, that's a ferret.

Saw Wrath of the Titans over the weekend. Amazing special effects in Tartarus . But overall, it kind of felt like the original Clash of the Titans minus the sense of humor. When I saw the mechanical owl in Hephaestus' cave, I had hopes -- but it wasn't to be.

On the other hand, looking at Sam Worthington for an hour and a half is not painful. And did I mention the great special effects in Tartarus ?

Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 03, 2012 5:30:51 am PDT #19202 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

Ugh. I just found out that the guy playing Moe in the upcoming Three Stooges abomination is Chris Diamontopoulus rather than Jim Carrey, as I'd mistakenly thought. Why can't actors I like stay away from trainwrecks like this?

Jon B. - Apr 03, 2012 5:32:45 am PDT #19203 of 30000

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

This is very cool. A time-lapse video of scenes from Rear Window: [link]

§ ita § - Apr 03, 2012 7:23:23 am PDT #19204 of 30000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

[moved to correct thread]

Jesse - Apr 03, 2012 7:24:59 am PDT #19205 of 30000

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wrong thread?

sumi - Apr 03, 2012 7:25:02 am PDT #19206 of 30000

Art Crawl!!!

Pssst, ita - wrong thread.

§ ita § - Apr 03, 2012 7:35:51 am PDT #19207 of 30000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yep! Thanks. Off to Boxed Set.

Typo Boy - Apr 03, 2012 1:30:03 pm PDT #19208 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.

Tom the Dancing Bug had a really biting comment in a cartoon about people who consider "The Hunger Games" movie exploitive.

[link]

evil jimi - Apr 03, 2012 11:45:22 pm PDT #19209 of 30000

Lurching from one disaster to the next.

Hi :)

As a fan of the ERB novels, I was disappointed with much of John Carter. They made changes to the character of Carter that diminished him and made him somewhat whiny and selfish, and they totally rewrote the civilisation of Barsoom. The only change I did appreciate was making Dejah Thoris a strong, intelligent woman who was more than just a "pretty face". As an adaption of "Princess of Mars" I give it 2/10.

Having said that, if it had simply been marketed as a movie based on characters created by ERB and certain elements from the novels, then I would have viewed it much differently. I would've still objected to them making Carter whiny and selfish but could've happily overlooked the rest. All in all, as an action-adventure-fantasy movie, I thought it was well above average, and would give it 8/10. Anyone who enjoyed Avatar or LoTR would also enjoy this I think.

Theodosia - Apr 04, 2012 2:34:12 am PDT #19210 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"

::tongue-in-cheek:: Let's face it, it stole all the good stuff from Avatar.

First Previous Next Last Recent