The reviewer in "The Atlantic" didn't like it either, but the review is one giant run-on sentence.
Cordelia: You're him. You're Angel's son. Connor: It's not like I got to choose.
'Hell Bound'
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.
le nubian - Sep 07, 2012 10:41:55 am PDT #22419 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
askye - Sep 08, 2012 2:55:51 pm PDT #22420 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Will and I saw Expendables 2. It was loud, cheesy, actiony fun. there's not really a plot but there are a ton of gun battles, hand to hand fights and fights with knives and brass knuckles. And humor although most of it is cheesy.
There's also a scene in an airport (in a foreign country) with a huge gun battle that includes Bruce Willis and Arnold Arnold Schwarzenegger in smart car chasing/shooting at the bad guys.
le nubian - Sep 09, 2012 7:25:51 am PDT #22421 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Beau and I saw one good movie and one not so good movie last night.
The good one: Jiro Dreams of Sushi. [link]
We tried to watch it on Netflix, but Netflix was having a moment, so we streamed it on Amazon free. Anyway, this is a documentary of the great sushi (3 Michelin star) sushi chef Jiro Ono. It is really engaging, amazing, unexpected drama. The director is fantastic (I think this is his first major film), and the editing is superb.
Note: if you are squeamish about the cooking and preparation of seafood, watch with a friend to tell you when to cover your eyes.
Polter-Cow - Sep 09, 2012 7:35:43 am PDT #22422 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well, what was the not so good one??
le nubian - Sep 09, 2012 7:54:54 am PDT #22423 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
this one.
I don't recommend it. It is a "horror" movie was is not so gruesome as troubling and hard to understand many characters' motivations. I was left very unsatisfied.
Jesse - Sep 09, 2012 10:00:18 am PDT #22424 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jeffrey Wright will be Beetee in Catching Fire: [link]
Anne W. - Sep 09, 2012 12:48:01 pm PDT #22425 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Oh, nice! Last I had heard, Tony Shalhoub was up for the role, but I think this is an excellent choice.
smonster - Sep 09, 2012 1:14:54 pm PDT #22426 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Jeffrey Wright will be Beetee in Catching Fire: [link]
I saw that. I do enjoy that they seem to be giving racists the middle finger in their casting, or maybe they just like the publicity (I honestly don't remember Beetee's description, so I don't know if his race was implied in anyway).
Anne W. - Sep 09, 2012 2:10:14 pm PDT #22427 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I don't think Beetee was described in any great detail. And yes, I love that they're diversifying the cast to a good degree.
Jesse - Sep 09, 2012 2:41:54 pm PDT #22428 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
All I can picture is crazy finger-in-light-socket hair, but I don't even know if that's from the book.