Finally caught Chef this weekend. It was very enjoyable in and of itself. Then there was the food porn. That grilled cheese sandwich pretty much had me moaning, and it got better fom there. Good stuff.
I can handle the Oz Full Monty. I mean, not 'handle' handle.
Xander ,'Help'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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EpicTangent - Jul 05, 2014 11:51:50 pm PDT #27237 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Consuela - Jul 06, 2014 6:51:15 am PDT #27238 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I really enjoyed How to Train Your Dragon 2: the Neville Longbottoming of Hiccup. However I do think that I liked Hiccup better as outcast than as Hero of the Last Several Years. And Toothless' several new abilities, including the ability to resist the ice-dragon and rule the other dragons, were a bit too dragonus ex machina for me.
All that said, the animation is lovely.
Although there's proof I'm an environmentalist: I kept trying to figure out how this ecosystem could support quite so many apex predators, especially since they apparently didn't feed the sheep to the dragons...
Burrell - Jul 06, 2014 9:54:52 am PDT #27239 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I kept trying to figure out how this ecosystem could support quite so many apex predators, especially since they apparently didn't feed the sheep to the dragons...
heh. I felt they were whitewashing the sheep issue, but didn't mention it to the kids.
As for Toothless, my take on it was that his ability to resist came from the fact that he had bonded so strongly to his Hiccup, and likewise his rise to Alpha came simply from the fact that he had resisted. I was okay with all that since it gives kids a way to represent the difference between power over and power with.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2014 5:22:49 am PDT #27240 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Has this been posted?
‘To Be Takei’, A Documentary About ‘Star Trek’ Actor and Social Activist George Takei
Looks fun!
Tom Scola - Jul 07, 2014 5:31:37 am PDT #27241 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
This weekend was the lowest grossing July 4 weekend since 1999.
What is it with this Summer? There's seriously been nothing I've been interested in seeing since May, and probably nothing until Guardians is released in August.
Zenkitty - Jul 07, 2014 6:08:35 am PDT #27242 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Tom, seriously! There's nothing good out this summer. Captain America was the best movie of the year. I enjoyed Edge of Tomorrow but it doesn't seem to be making the kind of money they probably thought it would. What else is there? Did they really think Transformers and Dragons 2 would be the summer blockbusters?
Theodosia - Jul 07, 2014 7:19:49 am PDT #27243 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm personally gratified that Transformers isn't doing better.
Dragon 2 probably will have legs, because not everybody can get their kids to the theatre on a holiday weekend.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2014 7:42:43 am PDT #27244 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm gratified Earth to Echo isn't doing better.
Kalshane - Jul 07, 2014 7:46:42 am PDT #27245 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.
What's the issue with Earth to Echo, tommyrot? Aside from it looking like an E.T. rip-off?
SailAweigh - Jul 07, 2014 7:48:05 am PDT #27246 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
For those feeling the lack of good summer movies, you must go see Snowpiercer; I was totally blown away. Besides a totally affecting performance by Chris Evans, it has the SWINTON! I pretty much didn't recognize her at first and the part she played--OMG. She was the evils of bureaucracy incarnate.
I will warn you, though, this is a very violent film. VERY. There were a few times I had to close my eyes and I don't normally do that. I don't feel any of it was gratuitous, though. When you decide to hold a revolution, it's no holds barred.
Although, I think the most disturbing image of the movie wasn't in the violence, it was in the schoolroom indoctrination of the children into the cult of Wilford, the inventor of the train. It sent chills down my spine.