Just got back from Argo.
That was a lot of tension for something where I knew going in how it ended.
River: The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems. Mal: See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like.
'Safe'
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megan walker - Oct 13, 2012 7:56:37 pm PDT #22679 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Jessica - Oct 15, 2012 4:03:12 am PDT #22680 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Argo was amazing, I thought. Definite nits to pick, but overall I was really impressed.
Skyfall is also pretty amazing, which was a great relief after Quantum of Boredom. But this movie gets it right - the action is AWESOME (I'm not supposed to give spoilers, but it's a James Bond film, so I don't think it spoils anything to say some of the action scenes are chases and some of the chases are on motorcycles and that some of the motorcycles go places that motorcycles do not normally go), and there is just the right mix of old-campy-bond and new-serious-Bond. The quips are well-placed and actually funny!
Because it's the franchise's 50th anniversary, there are all kinds of winks and nods to classic Bondisms. (I think maybe Javier Bardem's hair is supposed to be a nod to Blofeld's cat...)
Even the song is good! Adele FTW!
I recommend seeing it in the biggest theater possible. It's not IMAX (or 3D, thank god) but there are certain scenes that just cry out for a ginormous screen.
Scrappy - Oct 15, 2012 6:41:44 am PDT #22681 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I also dug Argo. It really grabs you and doesn't let go.
askye - Oct 15, 2012 2:42:00 pm PDT #22682 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I saw Argo and it was really really good. Edge of my seat tension and good pacing. I wonder what kind of Oscar nominations it will get. It seems like it should get some.
Jessica - Oct 15, 2012 4:36:15 pm PDT #22683 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Screenplay, I assume. Maybe some of the design ones.
§ ita § - Oct 15, 2012 4:45:43 pm PDT #22684 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who'd have thought that Affleck would have been the director out of the Good Will Hunting boys?
Basically, I mean he is tall and has a large jaw, and that stereotype works against ya when you're kinda pretty too.
However, he is hiding the jaw under a beard. This might not be coincidental...
askye - Oct 15, 2012 5:00:03 pm PDT #22685 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I thought they did a really good job of making everyone look like they were from the era. There wasn't really a lead actress and I was wondering if there was a supporting actor nod if it would go to what's his name from Breaking Bad or to John Goodman. Goodman got more exposure as being the supporting actor.
Scrappy - Oct 16, 2012 6:38:31 am PDT #22686 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hey, what about Arkin? He was totally wonderful.
§ ita § - Oct 16, 2012 7:25:29 am PDT #22687 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gah. I'm being driven slowly insane by the "Why didn't he shoot off his hand instead?" Looper question. He didn't, because the movie is broken. What we are shown early on about that possibility doesn't make sense--sure if right now you cut off my hand, I live 30 years with no hand. I have time to get used to it. I get a prosthetic, and get a little more used to working with the left, no? So why, instead, is it happening instantaneously 30 years later?
What am I missing there?
Also, when I pause to think about the timeline where Joe kills his old self-- how does that actually happen? Or why? I mean, apart from to make there be a movie. At what point does Old Joe just go meekly to his death?
Polter-Cow - Oct 16, 2012 7:28:21 am PDT #22688 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What am I missing there?
Did you read the Q&A with Rian Johnson? He addressed it by saying that if Joe shot off his hand, then Old Joe would just switch to his left and shoot Cid anyway. Also something something redemptive arc, probably.