I found Happy Feet to be just about the most depressing movie I had ever seen.
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Jessica - Jun 01, 2009 3:28:24 pm PDT #2213 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DawnK - Jun 01, 2009 3:41:31 pm PDT #2214 of 30000
giraffe mode
Oh man, Happy Feet. When my daughter was 14 or 15, she had to have a baby tooth pulled and before we went in, she insisted that I buy (!!) it so she could watch it when we got home from the oral surgeon because she'd never seen it and it had so much "buzz". The day after, she asked me if she hallucinated or was it that bad? I had to break it to her that no it wasn't the drugs, the movie was indeed that awful.
Polter-Cow - Jun 01, 2009 3:44:50 pm PDT #2215 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha ha ha. I just took a look at the Rotten Tomatoes page (74%!), and there are all these reviews praising it to high heaven (one called it the greatest motion picture of all time), and I'm wondering what movie they saw.
Dana - Jun 01, 2009 3:46:32 pm PDT #2216 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I haven't seen Happy Feet, but shrift hates it so much, I was never tempted to try.
megan walker - Jun 01, 2009 4:02:32 pm PDT #2217 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
As shrift goes, so goes your nation?
Dana - Jun 01, 2009 4:08:15 pm PDT #2218 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Pretty much. Plus, she really, really hated it.
DawnK - Jun 01, 2009 4:08:57 pm PDT #2219 of 30000
giraffe mode
For a while, I thought it was just me. I couldn't understand why everyone loved it so much. Also, I hated the English Patient and The Accidental Tourist and both of those won Oscars, so I thought my movie-mojo was whack. But no, Happy Feet is just horrible.
Scrappy - Jun 01, 2009 4:11:56 pm PDT #2220 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Dawn, I was JUST thinking about you today! Nothing specific, just a general "person form B.org who I don't get to read enough" way.
amych - Jun 01, 2009 4:13:12 pm PDT #2221 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
You're not whack, Dawn. The English Patient is, like, the biggest spinach movie ever that didn't involve Spielberg being pious about world war 2.
DawnK - Jun 01, 2009 4:21:36 pm PDT #2222 of 30000
giraffe mode
Thanks Scrappy! I miss the b.org and the LAistas tons - I'm so busy at work I'm not caught up but the boss has been in the UK for a week so SCORE!!!
amych, heee! It's good to know its not just me.