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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai

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P.M. Marc - Dec 16, 2013 7:33:41 pm PST #26061 of 30000

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

It's about as bad as it gets, Jilli.

Movie needed MOAR SMAUG.

Because, well, dragons!

Paul, being fonder of the actual source texts than I am (the writing style is not my thing), would have preferred more Beorn.

We both made the o.0 at the barrels.

Unlike me, he didn't watch the stupid animated Hobbit movie a million zillion times (I have The Greatest Adventure stuck in my head now, AGAIN, and I don't care if it's awful and dumb and whatever, I STILL AM FOND), so that limited my ability to have the deep discussion about differences in adaptations. Though it was amusing to outline the climactic differences in the animated movie vs. the book as we speculated about Hobbit 3.

Apparently, I have a deeper fondness for The Hobbit than I do for the rest of the Middle Earth stuff, though, so I've actually liked these movies more.

le nubian - Dec 16, 2013 8:08:04 pm PST #26062 of 30000

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Jilli,

I'm not an arachnophobe and those scenes nearly put me under the chair. Do not open your eyes even once.

Nothing good will come of it.

Burrell - Dec 16, 2013 8:39:37 pm PST #26063 of 30000

Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Uh oh. I better warn my kids.

So Franny has decided that taking a few friends to see The Hobbit will suffice for the lack of birthday party this year. Isaac is possibly on board as well.

Jessica - Dec 17, 2013 3:10:13 am PST #26064 of 30000

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I wanted more Beorn too. He's important, damnit.

Tom Scola - Dec 17, 2013 3:25:03 am PST #26065 of 30000

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt will direct and star in Sandman.

Jessica - Dec 17, 2013 3:40:22 am PST #26066 of 30000

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have....very mixed feelings about this. I would love to believe it can be pulled off.

Calli - Dec 17, 2013 3:59:23 am PST #26067 of 30000

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Joseph Gordon-Levitt will direct and star in Sandman.

Huh. OK. I'll be interested in seeing that. I kinda figured it was destined for Tim Burton, but I've certainly enjoyed other things JGL has done.

Dana - Dec 17, 2013 4:04:24 am PST #26068 of 30000

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I saw that Sandman news yesterday, and was...kind of perplexed.

I thought the barrel scene in The Hobbit was hilarious.

Tom Scola - Dec 17, 2013 4:10:10 am PST #26069 of 30000

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Looks like they issued a correction for that article, JGL will produce, not direct.

Kalshane - Dec 17, 2013 5:32:00 am PST #26070 of 30000

GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

With amych and Suela on the desire for a single-movie Phantom Edit of the whole trilogy. That would be wonderful.

I loved the animated Hobbit growing up. It lead my 8 year-old self to find and read the book and started my life-long love of fantasy. I haven't watched it recently, though I still have fond memories of that movie's version of the songs from the book. (The Greatest Adventure, not so much. And I recall the elf song in Rivendell being annoying.)

The weird mutant wood elves bugged me, though.

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