not one of Burton's best but OK
Was Burton even involved (except possibly in an amorphous executive producer role)? I thought that one was Selick's alone.
Wesley: And how does your kind define love? Demon: Same as all bodies. Same as everywheres. Love is sacrifice.
'The Girl in Question'
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Frankenbuddha - Jun 22, 2009 9:23:21 pm PDT #2536 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Laga - Jun 22, 2009 9:43:17 pm PDT #2537 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I was really disappointed by James and the Giant Peach.
Bottle Shock got mostly good reviews. Some people thought the camera work wasn't very professional. We had the standee with this pic on it at work and a little kid walked by and said, "I don't like him!" His mom asked, "Who?" and he said, "Snape." Alan Rickman couldn't look more different this maybe 5-year-old kid still knew who he was.
Jessica - Jun 23, 2009 4:15:18 am PDT #2538 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Was Burton even involved (except possibly in an amorphous executive producer role)? I thought that one was Selick's alone.
You are correct - J&GP was a Selick movie, no Burton involvement at all.
I was never really into Roald Dahl as a kid, and the movie had the same Not My Thing Even Though It Really Seems Like It Ought To Be vibe going. I mean, it was fine, but I didn't love it.
evil jimi - Jun 23, 2009 4:31:18 am PDT #2539 of 30000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I've always liked end-of-the-world stuff, so 2012 is right up my alley.
On a "serious" note, what's the bet that in the months leading up to December 2012, we'll see a recurrence of the months leading up to January 1, 2000.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2009 5:04:55 am PDT #2540 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Bottle Shock got mostly good reviews.
Eliza's in that too, isn't she?
sumi - Jun 23, 2009 6:30:20 am PDT #2541 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 23, 2009 7:32:16 am PDT #2542 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
I would like to see Montreal wiped up by a horde of enormous dachsund puppies.
Shouldn't it more properly be destroyed by a rampaging mob led by Zombie Maurice Richard?
erikaj - Jun 23, 2009 8:37:50 am PDT #2543 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, ED's a hot bartender. She was good in it...not much of a part but she was funny.
tommyrot - Jun 23, 2009 9:32:45 am PDT #2544 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Roger Ebert, the universe slam Michael Bay's Transformers sequel in early reviews
So just how bad is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? The reviews are already pouring in, and they're not charitable. (The movie opens in the United States tomorrow but is already screening in the United Kingdom, Japan and elsewhere.)
Perhaps most scathing is the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert, who writes: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys. If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination."
As of Tuesday morning, the movie was scoring 31 percent on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer—and falling.
erikaj - Jun 23, 2009 10:14:59 am PDT #2545 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, now I know where I recognize Bay's name from, here, and from Vince Chase's ice cream headache face about Aguaman 2. Even with Medellin, homeboy still dodged a bullet.