I was just going to come in and post about The Way Way Back! I loved it. A very well done film, with lots of wonderfully true moments. Excellent performances, too.
Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.
'Safe'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Scrappy - Jul 30, 2013 11:30:20 am PDT #25064 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Jesse - Jul 30, 2013 11:48:07 am PDT #25065 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For anyone who's going to wait and watch it at home, I feel I should note that it took me a while to warm up to it, and then I also loved it.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 30, 2013 5:46:13 pm PDT #25066 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And while I haven't seen it yet, it was co-written and -directed by Dean Pelton (aka Jim Rash), for those who didn't know.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 31, 2013 6:14:50 am PDT #25067 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
He plays a supporting character in it, actually, as does Nat Faxon.
Jesse - Jul 31, 2013 6:16:50 am PDT #25068 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hilariously, as we were walking out, I realized I didn't know what Nat Faxon looks like, and was wondering who he played. Until I realized... Right, he played the one who I didn't know the actor's name already. That one. Those two sure look like an odd couple!
Calli - Jul 31, 2013 6:38:43 am PDT #25069 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That Pacific Rim video was gorgeous!
One thing I wondered about the movie: How did they expect the wall thing to work? The kaiju seemed pretty mobile. Wouldn't they have been able to just go around them? Or did they plan to put walls all around every inhabited continent on the planet? And wouldn't that have done a number on food, trade, etc? It seems like an impractical plan on several levels.
le nubian - Jul 31, 2013 6:40:17 am PDT #25070 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
No shit, right? About the time I started thinking about it, there was an action sequence and the thought left my head.
Tom Scola - Jul 31, 2013 6:45:48 am PDT #25071 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My interpretation is that the walls are there to protect the coastal cities only. If the kaiju move inland then they would be out in the open, and more vulnerable to conventional arms. The film mentioned something about people who are able to moving at least 300 miles inland.
Calli - Jul 31, 2013 6:54:25 am PDT #25072 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Hmmm. OK. I think my understanding of current warfare tech is tripping me up. I'm having trouble picturing things that land- and air-based forces could do that some well equipped submarines and battleships couldn't. But most of my battle tech info comes from WWII and Iron Man/Avengers movies, which probably aren't the best resources.
Tom Scola - Jul 31, 2013 7:04:58 am PDT #25073 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My explaination comes with lots and lots of handwaving. My guess is that kaiju are hard to shoot when they're underwater, and jaegers are better at close-quarter fighting than heavy artillery is.