I'm rewatching XXX.
Why do I love Vin Diesel so much? Seriously, I do.
The wooden acting, terrible dialog delivered terribly? I don't CARE.
It's because you didn't have a strong father figure isn't it?
Joyce ,'Chosen'
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beekaytee - Nov 17, 2012 9:58:49 am PST #22776 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Tom Scola - Nov 17, 2012 12:26:45 pm PST #22777 of 30000
hwæt
Oh, look what’s filming outside my building next week: [link]
(My first thought was, “is there going to be a live bear?”)
DavidS - Nov 17, 2012 1:00:14 pm PST #22778 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Holy shit! A Winter's Tale! That would need to be an entire miniseries.
That might be the longest novel I ever read.
Emmett and I just got back from Skyfall, and enjoyed it quite a bit.
Craig is my favorite Bond. Javier Bardem's character, Silver, actually seemed like a takeoff on the main villain from the Modesty Blaise movie and comics, Gabriel, as played by Dirk Bogarde.
I didn't mind him camping it up, and thought it was interesting how they tried to tap into bits of both Hannibal Lector when he was captured in the glass cage in the similar jumpsuit and you felt like he was still dangerous and also the Batman villains like Joker and Two-Face, when he took out his dental appliance and looked so disfigured. Ooh, just realized that Bane, Joker and Two-Face all have disfigured mouths. I wonder how that plays as a recurring motif in the Nolan movies.
Stunts and action were spectacular and reflecting back on the three Craig Bond movies it's clear how hard they've worked to give him an emotional stake in each narrative which certainly didn't used to be the case.
Also loved bringing up other bits of Bond lore like the new Q, Moneyponey, and the Aston Martin.
Jesse - Nov 17, 2012 2:18:19 pm PST #22779 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ugh, Winter's Tale. That looks like a great cast, which may be enough to get my past my initial reaction of, "That fucking book." (The impressive-seeming ads for Life of Pi are not enough to get past a similar reaction.)
§ ita § - Nov 17, 2012 3:04:00 pm PST #22780 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's the what on the Life of Pi book? I keep seeing the film described as the next Avatar, and while they clearly are using the "lusciousness of India" filter cranked up to 11 over FX as well as in camera, but most of what I've seen is the tiger in the boat. What are the scenes that will give it the opportunity to live up to the Blue forests?
Jesse - Nov 17, 2012 3:05:37 pm PST #22781 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel like most of the book was the tiger in the boat, but my memories of it are tainted by the terrible ending.
§ ita § - Nov 17, 2012 3:09:22 pm PST #22782 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can I have some whitefont details, plz?
Jesse - Nov 17, 2012 3:11:48 pm PST #22783 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I really only vaguely remember, but it ends with a scene with bureaucrats saying maybe none of the story actually happened. GEE, YOU THINK?
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2012 2:00:40 pm PST #22784 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm going to pretend, for a moment, that this person was paid to write this review of Taken 2: [link]
I could do the checking required, but I don't want my brand new shiny bubble burst.
Polter-Cow - Nov 19, 2012 2:18:23 pm PST #22785 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That was wonderful.