The best thing about Ant Man was when Belushi got to mock him in the SNL skit.
Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Tom Scola - Jul 15, 2012 9:12:04 am PDT #21629 of 30000
hwæt
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 15, 2012 10:14:25 am PDT #21630 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
Claudia Black is probably no more athletic than Johannsen, but at rest, I believed Aeryn Sun could kick your ass.
Except in "Back and Back and Back to the Future," in which it appeared that both Aeryn and her opponent could be bested by any of the Peanuts characters.
Consuela - Jul 15, 2012 11:14:08 am PDT #21631 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yes, but I did say at rest. Just standing about, Aeryn looked like she could kill you with her pinkie.
Jessica - Jul 15, 2012 11:20:10 am PDT #21632 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think there's an argument to be made that appearing soft and weak is part of this Black Widow's arsenal - people see her as a helpless female which lets her get close enough to kill them with a chair. If she looked like a potential threat, the act wouldn't work.
Where that argument falls down is that I've never seen anything from ScarJo that leads me to believe "soft and helpless looking" isn't kind of her default setting. So while I think it worked for the character, I don't think she was doing it on purpose.
Consuela - Jul 15, 2012 11:22:55 am PDT #21633 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It's not even that she looks soft and helpless to me: she looks awkward. Maybe it's the costuming, I dunno, but she looks out of sync with her own body.
Kalshane - Jul 15, 2012 11:32:46 am PDT #21634 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.
I'm good with Ant-Man if the Wasp has a major part in it, because I love Jan on Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
If it's just Hank Pym shrinking and talking to ants, I don't have much interest (and if it's based on Ultimate Hank, I will run screaming in the other direction.)
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 11:33:35 am PDT #21635 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It doesn't make sense for her to look that way so much of the time, until she engages in combat (at which point she's sometimes suddenly much more physically composed--it's really quite remarkable). Is it an act, or her life? Like, why act now? What the fuck is that stance about? God, that's irritating. A whole movie with her as the only or 1/2 the lead? I'll be staying home, thanks. Or they can pull a Hulk and toss almost anyone else in there instead.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 15, 2012 12:11:18 pm PDT #21636 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I don't understand not loving Hot Fuzz - I love it THAT MUCH.
Oh dog so much this!!! And while I had problems with how they introduced his Scotty in Trek, it wasn't the performance that bothered me. Put that one on JJ who deserves it for some of his other bone-headed resets going on in the movie. I'm glad Pegg didn't do a total Doohan revamp.
For some reason, having Bones be so spot on was more appropriate (bless Karl Urban).
amyth - Jul 15, 2012 12:24:08 pm PDT #21637 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Maybe I'll watch Hot Fuzz right now. Day improver!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 15, 2012 12:27:18 pm PDT #21638 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, i love PAUL. But I somehow I'd missed Seth Rogen in every other thing he's ever done, so having his voice in there didn't throw me out of the movie in any way. It felt somewhat of a piece with SPACED, though a bit cruder.