As much as I appreciated the ass, why did the movie need to be R? I think it was a great movie, but it wasn't marketed as what it was and I can't help but wonder if that served it well.

There was a lot of promotion in LA--Hemsworth's face was everywhere. Bruhl's was nowhere. I went because of word of mouth, though, not marketing.

Yeah, I mean, I like R for the swearing, and certainly appreciated the ass, but could have done without the gore. (Although I would not be surprised to learn that that was PG13 levels of gore.)

And I feel like I saw TV ads, but possibly I just saw a lot of pictures on tumblr.

The main reason I haven't gone to see Rush is that it's 2 hours long. Although I may go see it now, knowing what it's really about. It seems like the marketed it totally on Hemsworth, and I think that hurt them. People who like car racing are not necessarily the same people who like sf/f.

It didn't pique my interest until I heard Lauda's name in a trailer. I've heard of him. I've not heard of Hunt. Then the word of mouth on quality sealed the deal.

I decided I'd see it when I found out it was about a real-life rivalry rather than a one-man Fast & Furious race/caper film like the advertising implied.

I'm seeing GIFs from the Pacific Rim gag reel, and just this [link] and [link] make me a) twitchy b) love Max Martini c) want to slap Kazinsky.

There is no excuse for that sloppiness! Not even (especially!) a joke!

Kazinsky's glee over getting his nose broken in a fight scene and that footage making it to the final film buys a pass for most anything from me.

No! Crisp katas!

(Could I love the Martini more? No, not a chance. The look on his face makes me want to do the forms with two backs with him...)

Saw RED 2 today, very enjoyable. I love Sarah, she's so un-girly but still likes girly things. Not even a twitch of anything other than joy and delght to receive a customized gun. I hope someone recovered it for her.

"Where did you get the bodies?"
"My freezer."

Because you never know when you'll need them.

Just saw Don Jon and liked it even more than I expected. He avoided lots of first feature pitfalls and it's quite smartly sweet. My crush on him has grown even stronger now.