It will be very pretty. Just ... go in with lowered expectations for the storyline.
Jilli, I read the white font, and I will.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
sj - Nov 30, 2012 12:19:04 pm PST #22934 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Gris - Nov 30, 2012 3:31:05 pm PST #22935 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Musicals!
I... agree with things!
Les Miz was my One True for a long while, then I went through a Phantom-and-Les-Miz-inspired anything-epic-and-overwrought phase (Jeckyll and Hyde! The Scarlet Pimpernel! Miss Saigon!), then, of course, there was Rent. Then I discovered the smaller-and-funnier (Urinetown!), the kind-of-traditional-but-not-quite (Thoroughly Modern Millie!), and Sondheim. Well, Into the Woods anyway - the rest of Sondheim came later. Then I saw Spring Awakening 17 times in one year, started a fan club and forum that got a shout-out on the Tonys and only shut down about a year ago, burned myself out on it a bit. Finally I did an intensive summer musical-theater training program where I realized that I didn't know much about musical theater but I liked it, got a lot of it out of my system, and now I just happily listen or watch whatever I'm in the mood for and don't stress about it too much.
Sorry about that paragraph. Rambling, but I think therapeutic.
I want to see the Les Miz movie, though. That's the takeaway.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 30, 2012 3:32:11 pm PST #22936 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Re your whitefont: That is seriously not any iteration of that particular character that I would ever, ever have recognized in a million years. It's in fact an iteration of the character that I'm fairly sure would have the original chanting, "Kill it, kill it with fire."
I don't know about the original, but the Platonic ideal movie version of the character wouldn't so much chant as set about ensuring the killing in some Rube Goldberg-esque manner, capped with a hilarious and disturbing deadpan comment.
Kalshane - Nov 30, 2012 5:10:14 pm PST #22937 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Regarding the white font, it sounds like they were going for a metaphor. I think it's nearly universal that teenagers think their family is weird and wish they were normal.
That said, the Addams Family was probably the wrong property to do that story with.
chrismg - Nov 30, 2012 6:51:50 pm PST #22938 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Anybody who's seen Skyfall - is it worth it to see in IMAX?
le nubian - Nov 30, 2012 8:18:25 pm PST #22939 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I would say no. but I thought the movie was just okay. The best "stunts" in the movie are in the first 10-15 minutes. after that, I'm not sure I'd notice if it were in IMAX or not.
DavidS - Dec 01, 2012 6:00:29 am PST #22940 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Anybody who's seen Skyfall - is it worth it to see in IMAX?
I didn't think it was necessary to see in IMAX, unlike The Dark Knight Rises which absolutely benefits from IMAX.
le nubian - Dec 01, 2012 4:04:06 pm PST #22941 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I wanted to see "Killing Them Softly" this weekend, but it got an "F" in cinemascore. DAMN.
As a point of comparison, here are last year's scores. [link]
Given my tastes, just about anything below a C+ isn't worth seeing in the theater (and may not be worth seeing at all). Critics generally seem to like it, but the general population does NOT.
Anyone see it?
Polter-Cow - Dec 01, 2012 4:09:56 pm PST #22942 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: "A"
What.
Hanna: "C+" ("A" with audiences under 18, "D+" with audiences over 50)
Huh.
It seemed okay from the trailers, but I like Brad Pitt in general.
le nubian - Dec 01, 2012 4:15:53 pm PST #22943 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Me too! I can't quite understand the "F"