he was exactly the kind of guy I had the hots for in college.
You went to Valhalla University?
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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DavidS - Apr 15, 2012 5:43:13 pm PDT #19482 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jesse - Apr 15, 2012 5:45:23 pm PDT #19483 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nah, that's why I couldn't go to Fordham -- when I visited, the whole campus was full of big shirtless whiteboys and I almost died.
DavidS - Apr 15, 2012 6:37:30 pm PDT #19484 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
when I visited, the whole campus was full of big shirtless whiteboys and I almost died.
They could not bring the funk as a cowgirl prefers.
beekaytee - Apr 15, 2012 7:02:33 pm PDT #19485 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Quick question for parents of small ones in re Mirror Mirror:
Would it be too scary for a 5 year old who is generally fearless in life, but a bit sensitive with regard to movies?
DavidS - Apr 15, 2012 7:08:15 pm PDT #19486 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ saw it with Matilda and said it was not scary. A few scenes of dramatic tension but not scary. Also the costume and production design was delicious and over the top.
beekaytee - Apr 15, 2012 7:10:21 pm PDT #19487 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Thanks David. Somehow I knew you'd know!
Polter-Cow - Apr 15, 2012 8:33:19 pm PDT #19488 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Cabin in the Woods remains wildly entertaining on a second viewing. So much fun! I loved the audience anticipation of the SYSTEM PURGE, and the woman behind me exclaimed, "WHAT!" at the Sigourney Weaver reveal. It's definitely a movie that's more fun with a receptive audience.
Also, it is possible that Bradley Whitford steals the movie.
Oh, and this time around, I really watched it with the Ancient Ones = The Audience eye (which I'd picked up on initially but I wasn't thinking about it too hard), and it did become an interesting commentary on audience expectations and reliance on tropes. What I realized about the ending was that it's not really about the destruction of the world but the destruction of the horror genre in order to rebuild it as something original. The old tropes and template are played out; let's do something new.
chrismg - Apr 15, 2012 9:30:05 pm PDT #19489 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
What I realized about the ending was that
I'm going to argue about this after we don't have to do the whole thing in whitefont.
Polter-Cow - Apr 16, 2012 5:41:12 am PDT #19490 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A list of unused titles for Dr. Strangelove, lifted from Stanley Kubrick’s notebooks. My favorites:
Dr. Doomsday or: How to Start World War III Without Even Trying
Dr. Strangelove's Secret Uses of Uranus
My Bomb, Your Bomb
The Bomb and Dr. Strangelove or: How to be Afraid 24hrs a Day
The Passion of Dr. Strangelove
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 16, 2012 5:55:19 am PDT #19491 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 did have a couple of minor practical nits to pick with the latter part of CitW, though: there's a button for "System Purge" which releases all those horrors into the complex unharmed rather than killing them off or otherwise disposing of them? Really? How is that not expected to cause a disaster for the people running the system as shown? And the bat thing was smashing through walls like they were cardboard - I can see how there might be specific adjustments to its cage to contain it, but how would they recapture it if it were the method of doom released on the cabingoers?