Dunno how that happened, I thought I remembered copy/pasting from the URL window. Fixed now.
It definitely didn't hit theaters around here. It has the look of direct-to-video, so maybe they never planned on a release at the box office?
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 16, 2013 5:48:54 am PST #23410 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
Volans - Jan 16, 2013 2:58:09 pm PST #23411 of 30000
move out and draw fire
It's a good thing you guys don't work for the Foreign Service...they haven't had to write cables in all caps for at least 10 years now, and yet everyone still does.
Now there's IM though, so you can message someone and they'll shout back at you: "SURE, LUNCH AT 11:30 SOUNDS FINE"
"Dude, you writing a cable?"
"SORRY"
...My only movie news is that we watched Sunshine and shouldn't have. It was...not 2001, although it wanted to be.
§ ita § - Jan 16, 2013 3:26:30 pm PST #23412 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I found the first 2/3 of Sunshine to be much more rewarding than all of 2001.
Pretty epic going off the rails, though. I'd put its picture next to "jump the shark (movie metaphor)."
le nubian - Jan 16, 2013 4:25:17 pm PST #23413 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
That movie has to be in my top 10 of most disappointing movie endings.
come to think of it, the movie has a lot in common with "Red Lights" which I watched over the weekend.
Hil R. - Jan 16, 2013 5:25:04 pm PST #23414 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I went to see A Royal Affair, and I really liked it. The plot was really predictable, but it was done really well.
Jessica - Jan 17, 2013 5:41:29 am PST #23415 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The plot was really predictable, but it was done really well.
That's exactly how I felt. It was a very formulaic period piece, but it was beautifully shot and the performances were great. And as soon as it was over, DH and I fired up Wikipedia to look up the real story. (Turns out, the movie's pretty close!)
Hil R. - Jan 17, 2013 5:51:05 am PST #23416 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
And as soon as it was over, DH and I fired up Wikipedia to look up the real story. (Turns out, the movie's pretty close!)
I did the same thing. I was kind of surprised to find out that the masquerade ball was real. I was sure that that was an invention, just to make that scene seem really dramatic by having everyone in masks.
Tom Scola - Jan 17, 2013 1:51:15 pm PST #23417 of 30000
hwæt
Jessica - Jan 17, 2013 5:09:33 pm PST #23418 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tom, thanks for that- I sent the link to my Dad.
le nubian - Jan 19, 2013 10:26:31 pm PST #23419 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Beau and I saw "Silver Linings Playbook" this evening after a day of watching "Downton Abbey."
I liked the movie quite a lot, but it doesn't feel like OSCAR category to me. Jennifer Lawrence was fantastic in the film and I think Bradley Cooper rose to the challenge. This movie reminds me of "Little Miss Sunshine" a bit (not so much the plot though) in that it is an enjoyable movie, a good movie, one that did well come awards season, but I don't think of it as Best Picture material.
The character development in SLP was strong, the characters were well-written and I would say generally that while the movie was a bit predictable, some of the dialogue most definitely was not. So I give the writers credit.
Beau liked the movie and was laughing at it from the beginning. That surprised me a lot because I thought he was going to hate it. He said this felt like an independent movie (which I guess it does - except for all the star power).