Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?

'The Message'


Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai  

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Steph L. - Sep 02, 2012 7:21:49 pm PDT #22353 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

It's also really BORING. How can a movie about a FLAMING SKELETON ON A MOTORCYCLE be boring?

Skulduggery Pleasant movie now, PLZ.

t edit I mean, REALLY. If Ghost Rider can get made -- and get a fucking sequel -- I can get a Skulduggery Pleasant movie.

Kicking evil very hard in the face.


Jessica - Sep 03, 2012 4:11:25 am PDT #22354 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Basically, if you don't like bicycle chases, there isn't that much other than that.

Yeah, I loved it purely as a NYC cyclist - half of the movie was shot along my commuting route. Every time they flashed back to explain some part of the plot I was annoyed that they'd cut away from the cycling.

(I had to watch a lot of the bike chases from behind my fingers because I am the most chickenshit bike commuter in the known universe. I am *terrified* of getting doored, I ride in the bike lanes only, and I obey all the traffic signals.)


le nubian - Sep 03, 2012 9:45:47 am PDT #22355 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

did you know Morgan Freeman and John Cusak were in a movie together?

Did you also know this movie is not very good?


Calli - Sep 03, 2012 10:24:31 am PDT #22356 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I saw the Avengers Saturday afternoon. There were probably 10 others in the theater with me. There didn't seem to be many people going to other movies either, though.

This was the first time I heard Loki's pitiful whine afte getting pounded into the floor by the Hulk, though. At previous viewings the audience laugh for, "Puny god," totally drowned it out.


quester - Sep 03, 2012 12:27:23 pm PDT #22357 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I finally saw TDKR yesterday. I liked it but I think it needs a second viewing to keep it all straight. There were so many people to keep track of.

One of my favorite things was Commissioner Gordon: Action Hero on the truck with the bomb! He really earned his stripes on that one!

I did not know Marion Coutillard was in the film, so I kept trying to figure out why she was there in the same movie with Catwoman. I'm going to have to go back and watch the first one, because I seem to have not absorbed the whole Liam Neeson subplot very well. I only saw it on TV and that may be part of the problem.

I wasn't fond of the the 2nd film. I was let down about Ledger's Joker from the hype and thought Maggie Gyllenahall was miscast. But, that was just me.


Steph L. - Sep 03, 2012 12:30:51 pm PDT #22358 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Was it ever made clear in the movie how Bane knew Bruce Wayne was Batman? Were we supposed to think he was just smart like that, or (in retrospect) were we supposed to think that Talia told him?

I was going with him just being smart like that, but Tim thinks it's the latter explanation.


Jessica - Sep 03, 2012 12:34:31 pm PDT #22359 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

First time around I thought (a) but the second time I thought (b). It's never made explicit.

Or maybe everyone in the League of Shadows knows. I mean, how many American billionaire ex-members could they have?


Steph L. - Sep 03, 2012 12:39:38 pm PDT #22360 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

In the comics, Bane figures it out, because he's smart like that. So that's what I was going with. But after the Talia reveal, when we know they've been working together all along, it's definitely plausible that she just told him.


le nubian - Sep 03, 2012 2:19:36 pm PDT #22361 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

The thing that drives me crazy is how images in the movie (TDKR) seemed to confuse who Al Ghul was, NOT Liam Neeson .


Juliebird - Sep 03, 2012 2:33:25 pm PDT #22362 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

le nub, now I'm having visions of Roby Roy or Qui Gon Jinn showing up in TDKR. Possibly also Aslan.

Otherwise, I'm not sure what you mean.