Good piece by Kristin Thompson about the decision to make three films out of The Hobbit:
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Fiona - Sep 25, 2012 5:05:37 am PDT #22538 of 30000
Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2012 7:01:40 am PDT #22539 of 30000
brillig
spoiler:
Radagast!
Juliebird - Sep 26, 2012 2:59:22 pm PDT #22540 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
After watching the Hulu featurette, I'm even more excited about Les Miserables. Vocal performances on camera.
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2012 6:20:47 pm PDT #22541 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wow. I'm watching Cabin In The Woods (yeah, last person ever) and it's really hard to look away from. Like, I can look away from anything, but this has made me paranoid of missing stuff. Good job, team.
le nubian - Sep 26, 2012 6:54:42 pm PDT #22542 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I will be interested in your reactions to the ending of the film. I was really with the movie until the last third.
I still don't know what I think about that last third of the movie.
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2012 7:25:00 pm PDT #22543 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not finishing it before tomorrow at the earliest, so I'll be back then.
Polter-Cow - Sep 26, 2012 7:48:37 pm PDT #22544 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Whereas the last third was what made the movie super awesome for me.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 27, 2012 3:24:14 am PDT #22545 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm with P-C on this. I loved the all-hell-breaking-loose...literally of it. Plus Bradley Whitford's final moment made me laugh and laugh.
Gris - Sep 27, 2012 9:43:17 am PDT #22546 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I liked the last third. I thought the last 2 seconds was kind of a dumb shot, but was thematically just fine.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 27, 2012 10:41:01 am PDT #22547 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The literal-mindedness of the last 2 seconds made me laugh almost as much as that other thing.