The Terminator is a good one.
...If you take away the romance, the movie doesn't happen.
Take me, sir. Take me hard.
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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Polter-Cow - Feb 15, 2013 11:54:58 pm PST #23569 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kalshane - Feb 16, 2013 3:56:56 am PST #23570 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.
I see The Princess Bride as an adventure/swashbuckling movie. Though the romance is obviously a very key part.
...If you take away the romance, the movie doesn't happen.
Right. Which was what I was trying to get at (and apparently explaining poorly). You wouldn't call The Terminator a romance, but the romance is important to the outcome (or existence, in this case) of the movie.
Juliebird - Feb 16, 2013 4:06:24 am PST #23571 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
What about Dark City (the original The Matrix)?
Jesse - Feb 16, 2013 4:19:28 am PST #23572 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Reading articles with the director, she said the family has been over-spending when they were in financial crisis. While there was one scene that dealt with this issue, that wasn't at all clear to me. I thought their financial problems were due to the construction of 2 key buildings - not household expenses!
Over-spending by building the new house, maybe. But also WTF Christmas???
Polter-Cow - Feb 16, 2013 10:03:42 am PST #23573 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Holy shit, ParaNorman made me cry. So good.
DavidS - Feb 16, 2013 10:27:55 am PST #23574 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Holy shit, ParaNorman made me cry. So good.
I was afraid it wouldn't look as good on TV as it did on the screen, but it did. It looked great.
Connie Neil - Feb 16, 2013 10:28:01 am PST #23575 of 30000
brillig
I loved ParaNorman.
Polter-Cow - Feb 16, 2013 10:36:16 am PST #23576 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The stop-motion looked as fluid as CGI! Like, I was pretty sure I'd heard it was stop-motion, but it was so hard to tell that I thought I was wrong. There were only a few jerky moments here and there where it looked stop-motion-y.
There were some moments that I did think would have played better on the big screen, but it still looked great.
I didn't expect it to make me tear up (at the scene where his sister stood up for him ). And then when the climax rolled around, I was basically crying for the rest of the movie. What the hell.
Connie Neil - Feb 16, 2013 10:39:12 am PST #23577 of 30000
brillig
The reveal of the witch was wrenching, it was so "but she's just a little girl!"
DavidS - Feb 16, 2013 10:40:32 am PST #23578 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There were some moments that I did think would have played better on the big screen
I saw it in 3D on the big screen because it was Laika and they did Coraline.
And the one scene that was mind-blowing in 3D on the big screen was the final confrontation between Norman and the Witch Girl when she's shooting out electric bolts of angst.