The dinosaurs help, IMO, especially the more I think about the movie. ToL is one of those moves where you have to let yourself become immersed in the viewing. It's not so much a matter of having to pay close and constant attention (c.f. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), but of settling into the slow and meandering pace of the film. It's one of those films I keep thinking about even a year after I've seen it.
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
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Anne W. - Jul 09, 2012 2:02:43 am PDT #21550 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Jesse - Jul 09, 2012 3:06:33 am PDT #21551 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But bon, he was living in that huge place. Obviously the saving wasn't actually his #1 priority. But whatever, it was an enjoyable movie with some hot asses and some stuff to think about a little.
Gris - Jul 09, 2012 3:52:04 am PDT #21552 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I think the dinosaurs hinder. I didn't like anything but the Pitt and kids vignettes. Dinosaurs, and creation of the universe, and Sean Penn and the whole ending felt like trying way too hard.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 09, 2012 5:59:25 am PDT #21553 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 liked Savages, though it was pretty gruesome in parts. Enjoy the screaming nightmares your daughter is going to be having courtesy of the decapitations, rape scene, and torture scene with dripping ruptured eyeball and death-by-burning, Parents Who Thought A Movie About Ménage à Trois Pot Dealers Warring With A Drug Cartel Would Be Good Family Entertainment For A Seven-Year-Old!
Connie Neil - Jul 09, 2012 6:00:40 am PDT #21554 of 30000
brillig
But they didn't have to pay for a sitter! Win!
le nubian - Jul 09, 2012 7:20:55 am PDT #21555 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Matt,
OMG.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 09, 2012 8:47:09 am PDT #21556 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
On the plus side, the opening minutes of the film gave her a much more appealing introduction to the mechanics of sex than the filmstrips I remember from 5th grade. And she'll know better than to waste time on frivolous stuff when a cartel is moving in on her territory.
§ ita § - Jul 09, 2012 9:17:04 am PDT #21557 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What was its threesomeness like? I am sure I saw an interview where Blake said that the two guys had a relationship with each other, not just with her. Does it count as poly, not just cheating? And if poly was everyone multiplying, not just her?
Scrappy - Jul 09, 2012 10:09:12 am PDT #21558 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
They sell it that they both sleep with her but not each other, although they "love" each other. If the dudes HAD been fucking, that would have made the film a little more interesting to me.
§ ita § - Jul 09, 2012 10:33:21 am PDT #21559 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If they'd done that, I might have gone and seen it, despite my severe lack of like for Travolta (I'm curious to see if Kitsch will pay off, am curious if blank slate Lively needs ever bring anything other than a blank slate to work in the morning (she's that kind of pretty enough that--maybe not. It would be an easy paycheque of sorts, but fragile.).
Were there at least sloppy seconds? In deed if not in words? PLEASE???