The Twilight argument is specious, to be sure. But I'm wondering why the reviewer was wearing a bullet proof vest?
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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le nubian - Nov 25, 2013 11:17:37 am PST #25884 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2013 11:49:35 am PST #25885 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But I'm wondering why the reviewer was wearing a bullet proof vest?
Because he's wrong!
Jesse - Nov 26, 2013 8:12:39 am PST #25886 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, The Wolf of Wall Street is just upscale Boiler Room, right?
§ ita § - Nov 26, 2013 8:16:17 am PST #25887 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But with wolves!
Don't tell me different. I like my dreams.
Jesse - Nov 26, 2013 8:29:59 am PST #25888 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wolves, maybe, but no Vin Diesel.
le nubian - Nov 26, 2013 9:34:59 am PST #25889 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse,
I thought it was Wall Street for 2013.
Jesse - Nov 26, 2013 9:37:52 am PST #25890 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Was Wall Street about criminals? I forget.
DavidS - Nov 26, 2013 10:38:01 am PST #25891 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Was Wall Street about criminals?
Depends on how you feel about high finance.
Jesse - Nov 26, 2013 10:47:16 am PST #25892 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I meant criminals in the "the climax of the movie is all the bosses getting arrested" sense.
billytea - Nov 26, 2013 11:16:53 am PST #25893 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I thought the movie ended with Gordon Gekko arrested for insider trading. That's a crime regardless of how one feels about high finance.