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.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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DawnK - Jun 01, 2009 4:08:57 pm PDT #2219 of 30000
giraffe mode
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.
beekaytee - Jun 01, 2009 6:14:32 pm PDT #2223 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
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.
Dawn and I appear to share a brain...or at least taste.
I hated Happy Feet with the power of a thousand suns. (Even though the 'penguin encounter' scenes were exactly my experience as a penguin wrangler at Seaworld...uber-depressing.)
And I just never got the EP and AT love.
beekaytee - Jun 01, 2009 6:38:27 pm PDT #2224 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
On the other hand, the bestie and I watched Stargate tonight. It's been a while and I have recently been slurping up the first 3 seasons of SG-1 via Hulu...I'd forgotten how Spader-litelike the TV Daniel is...and the various movie actors who appeared on the show.
I'd also forgotten the D'jimon Honsou (sp) was in the movie.
billytea - Jun 01, 2009 6:40:00 pm PDT #2225 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I like Happy Feet. The plot is a gigantic mess, the message is thoroughly disturbing, but I will forgive all that for penguins. And the Crocodile Hunter as a gigantic elephant seal.
Laga - Jun 01, 2009 8:57:26 pm PDT #2226 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
If you like penguins, see Surf's Up.
I didn't enjoy English Patient and I'm a huge fan of Ralph Fiennes.
I did like The Accidental Tourist. My dad is the same way about phones.
erikaj - Jun 01, 2009 9:04:56 pm PDT #2227 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I liked it when I saw it...not sure I would now.(My tastes have changed lots.)
Cashmere - Jun 01, 2009 9:08:16 pm PDT #2228 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Surf's Up is awesome! Plus, they get a little dig in at Happy Feet. Plus, GREEN DAY on the soundtrack.