OK, yeah. That's a rental, where I can stop the film and go away.
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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Consuela - Sep 07, 2013 10:18:39 am PDT #25385 of 30000
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§ ita § - Sep 07, 2013 1:16:19 pm PDT #25386 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Riddick is 1/2 a fun Pitch Black re-hash and 1/2 a poor attempt at topping it, where everything, including the moral compass, falls apart.
The first half is very cool, though, so you can see that, and if you stay for 3/4, you can leave before the rapey references become overtones.
beekaytee - Sep 07, 2013 1:32:23 pm PDT #25387 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Oh no. A hulu review...EP Daily?...said the same thing about the first half and, well, there is a dog-like character that I'm given to think doesn't die, so I was so there.
I _wanted_ it to be a Pitch Black rehash...now I'm pretty sure I can give it a pass. Thanks for saving me the dosh, ita !
§ ita § - Sep 07, 2013 2:12:44 pm PDT #25388 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The entire conceit hinges on him being smarter than everyone else in the room. So at the point where it looks like he makes the only error in judgement that we can spot, it really stands out, and it precipitates the tailspin for the characters for the rest of the movie. It's hard to be sympathetic when you're thinking "WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST DO THE THING WITH THE THING WHEN THE THING BEFORE???"
And then had a better reason for the same damned tailspin, since it's their fucking fictional scenario...
le nubian - Sep 08, 2013 4:48:52 pm PDT #25389 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
TCM has North by Northwest on tonight. FYI.
Amy - Sep 08, 2013 4:51:34 pm PDT #25390 of 30000
Because books.
I caught Giant last night, right at the beginning! Such a fantastic movie. Elizabeth Taylor's Leslie Benedict is the most badass character in the movie.
SuziQ - Sep 08, 2013 4:53:43 pm PDT #25391 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
After finally getting up to the Griffith Observatory, I want to watch Rebel without a Cause again. Which I know will end up being followed by Giant and East of Eden.
Amy - Sep 08, 2013 4:59:19 pm PDT #25392 of 30000
Because books.
James Dean, man.
SuziQ - Sep 08, 2013 5:16:51 pm PDT #25393 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I haven't seen any of the three movies in a few years. Netflix doesn't have them on streaming.
Amy - Sep 08, 2013 5:43:11 pm PDT #25394 of 30000
Because books.
I was so excited to see Giant. I haven't seen it in years, and it has a lot of meaning for me, too -- my first boyfriend took me into New York to see it on a big screen on our first date.