See, I took it the 2nd way and not the first. I find it difficult to imagine that the actor plays the same person/soul through the 6 timelines, but perhaps I need more imagination.
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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le nubian - Oct 28, 2012 6:10:26 pm PDT #22721 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Nov 01, 2012 11:10:15 am PDT #22722 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't remember if this is a Princess Bride commentary tidbit or not, but I found it moving: [link]
Consuela - Nov 03, 2012 8:10:45 am PDT #22723 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Polter-Cow - Nov 03, 2012 8:17:07 am PDT #22724 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, wow, that was pretty awesome. Totally worth watching, thanks! MOVIES.
Polter-Cow - Nov 03, 2012 9:54:04 pm PDT #22725 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Holy shit, Wreck-It Ralph is fantastic, everyone go see it. I could write things, but Tasha Robinson basically says everything I want to say.
Anne W. - Nov 04, 2012 2:13:54 am PST #22726 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
What PC said. The story was well crafted, with plot twists that managed to take me by surprise but hat were fairly played.
Also, there's one scene in the film that delighted me, especially as it passed unremarked within the film itself: the one time we really get to see the human game-players, the gamer who is playing the Halo-esque FPS game is a girl, while the two kids bogarting the Strawberry Shortcake-like racer game with he female avatars are boys.
§ ita § - Nov 04, 2012 5:20:20 am PST #22727 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Saw Argo yesterday. I liked it quite a bit. No doubt it was excruciating in real life, but there came a point in the escalation of the climax where I was willing to fake an orgasm to get our of there.
I wondered what it would look like politically, but it didn't make me annoyed. The US did a bad thing, the Iranian people were taking revenge on innocents.
I was impressed by the credits and the likenesses--until it came to Antonio Mendez, to whom Affleck bore not the slightest resemblance, and wasn't even trying. Oh, and the guy played by Tate Donovan got a bit of an upgrade.
Polter-Cow - Nov 04, 2012 5:32:09 am PST #22728 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also, there's one scene in the film that delighted me, especially as it passed unremarked within the film itself
YEP.
DavidS - Nov 04, 2012 5:50:50 am PST #22729 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
le nubian - Nov 04, 2012 6:18:06 am PST #22730 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I saw "The Double Hour" last night on Netflix. It is a weird movie and I did not wholly know what to expect. It is Italian and Beau described it as a movie about loss, which I suppose is true but the movie (it seems to me) is more about a character study. It sets an emotional mood really well.
Without spoilers, let me say that the movie starts out (what I thought) would be a movie about romance, but that isn't precisely what the movie is about after all. There are about 2 major twists that were effective at keeping me a bit off balance and wondering what is going to happen next.
The plot isn't really so important as the effectiveness of the director in drawing a character and setting a mood, IMO. For those reasons I liked the movie.