Well, crap. Now I may have to see it.
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
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DebetEsse - Jun 02, 2014 8:52:48 am PDT #26997 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Burrell - Jun 02, 2014 9:08:10 am PDT #26998 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Phew! It might just be worth seeing now
Sue - Jun 02, 2014 9:36:19 am PDT #26999 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Well, crap. Now I may have to see it.
That was my reaction too.
Polter-Cow - Jun 03, 2014 1:01:17 pm PDT #27000 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Calli - Jun 03, 2014 1:14:41 pm PDT #27001 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Doctor Strange movie is a go!
Yay!
shrift - Jun 03, 2014 1:16:52 pm PDT #27002 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
So... anybody seen Malificent yet?
I really enjoyed it. The costumes and makeup were great, and I would have considered it worth the price of admission to stare at Angelina Jolie for an hour and thirty-eight minutes.
It's getting a lot of mixed reviews, but I have a feeling that it might be due to how explicitly feminist a movie it is.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2014 5:24:57 pm PDT #27003 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IO9 reviews it as disappointingly anti-feminist, FTR. [link]
Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2014 5:32:41 pm PDT #27004 of 30000
brillig
What I've seen is disappointment that she doesn't get to be just a woman who did bad from her own reasons. She has to have an angsty backstory and a Man Who Done Her Wrong.
beekaytee - Jun 03, 2014 6:09:44 pm PDT #27005 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I really, truly enjoyed Maleficent.
It was GORGEOUS in every way.
I think the creature design was heavily influenced by Brian Froud.
The themes of betrayal, cruelty and the tendency for some people to simply refuse to arrest their downward spiral...out of cowardice or inability...I don't know which.
I was amazed by how much of the film was dialog-free, and super atmospheric.
The only quibble my young companions (by young, I mean mid-30s) had was that the narration was not well voiced and pretty flat, writing-wise.
I can't dispute that at all, but it also seemed classically, old-school British. So, not necessarily a flaw.
shrift - Jun 03, 2014 6:30:54 pm PDT #27006 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
IO9 reviews it as disappointingly anti-feminist, FTR
I don't feel like anyone has to agree with me on that point. To me, it's similar to Orphan Black in how it's intentional that the women have the most screen time and character development, and the men are on the side and not terribly useful.