I really enjoyed it. Smart script and very entertaining. Emily Blunt is a BAMF throughout.
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Scrappy - Jun 11, 2014 3:30:51 pm PDT #27048 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Steph L. - Jun 11, 2014 6:49:25 pm PDT #27049 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I think Cruise is a jackass and a tool, but the movie looks pretty good. At least, for a summer movie where things go boom, it looks pretty good (despite being what seems like a retread/mashup of Slaughterhouse 5 and Groundhog Day).
Polter-Cow - Jun 11, 2014 7:44:55 pm PDT #27050 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It is basically military sci-fi Groundhog Day, and it's clever and fun and action-packed. I enjoyed it. And Emily Blunt is BAMF-y as hell.
Zenkitty - Jun 12, 2014 5:29:03 am PDT #27051 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I saw Cruise and Blunt on Graham Norton promoting the movie. She's great, he's a tool, and the movie looks pretty good. I like the Slaughterhouse 5/Groundhog Day concept. Maybe I'll see it this weekend. I'm behind on movies; I need to go spend a weekend at the theater.
§ ita § - Jun 12, 2014 7:56:02 am PDT #27052 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
His toolness still bothers me distractingly, although I love Emily Blunt and am deciding which superheroine she should play--I read she was cast as Black Widow ahead of ScarJo, and that burns.
Why has my TiVo decided Graham Norton is optional? I didn't see that one.
IO9 really liked it, and I think they used Slaughterhouse 5/Groundhog day to describe it too. Well, at least Groundhog Day, obviously, although it seems more SPN Mystery Spot to me just from the few trailers I saw.
Ah, I love movie/TV equations/elevator pitches.
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2014 8:14:42 am PDT #27053 of 30000
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I read she was cast as Black Widow ahead of ScarJo, and that burns.
Ooh, interesting. Okay, I am with you now, what superheroine should she play, hm. She's too old for Kate Bishop but Kate Bishop needs to happen.
What the hell, Emily Blunt is younger than me.
Well, at least Groundhog Day, obviously, although it seems more SPN Mystery Spot to me just from the few trailers I saw.
It is very "Mystery Spot," with that same sense of humor. The deaths are pretty funny.
§ ita § - Jun 12, 2014 8:35:40 am PDT #27054 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
MYSTERY SPOT WAS A TRAGEDY.
Yes, I am a fandom outlier in this regard. There is no Dean death so funny that I don't want to cry for Sam, no matter what happens the next (same) morning.
As for Blunt, so far I have cast her as Jessica Jones, but I haven't tossed around that much. She could also do white Betsy Braddock.
After refreshing my Excalibur memory again (I was wondering who in hell could play Meggan--the idea of Anna Faris is cracking my shit up, mainly because I saw bits of her playboy sorority movie yesterday), I'm also wondering about Rachel Summers, who's in my top 5 Marvel women, maybe characters period.
P.M. Marc - Jun 12, 2014 8:46:08 am PDT #27055 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
She could probably pull off Jessica Drew.
I say probably because, well, it's hard for me to accept any actress can do Jessica justice.
P.M. Marc - Jun 12, 2014 8:49:58 am PDT #27056 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
Actually, Lara Pulver would make a better Jessica Drew.
Hmm.
Actually, Emily Blunt would make a good Wasp.
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2014 9:14:04 am PDT #27057 of 30000
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As for Blunt, so far I have cast her as Jessica Jones
That is who I was going to suggest!
Jessica Drew too. Good ol' Jessicas. (Alias was originally going to be about Jessica Drew.)