I like that Frank went to the dark place though.
You guys had a riot? On account of me? A real riot?
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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le nubian - Jul 18, 2014 6:24:33 pm PDT #27370 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Zenkitty - Jul 18, 2014 7:21:49 pm PDT #27371 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
After reading all the whitefont, I really want to see Snowpiercer, even though it'll probably disturb me. I'll get it on DVD so I can watch it in the safety of my den and turn it off if I need to.
Oh, wait, it's already available on Amazon Instant. Now I have to decide.
le nubian - Jul 18, 2014 7:29:00 pm PDT #27372 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
zenkitty,
it is on itunes now I heard also.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 18, 2014 7:53:45 pm PDT #27373 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I like that Frank went
Yeah, that's kind of how I roll with movies like this. But that's what I enjoy at the movies.
The Ebert doc was both more depressing and more uplifting, it that makes any sense. I think he would have loved Snowpiercer though. It's one of many movies I regret I'll never read his review of.
Jessica - Jul 20, 2014 6:39:36 am PDT #27374 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Snowpiercer (rented from Amazon!) was more and less upsetting than I had expected, based on comments here and elsewhere. Since I saw it in my living room, I think the violence was less intense than they would have been in a theater. But the rest of it...damn. Chris Evans has some serious acting chops.
(I will say, I was relieved at the final reveal of what they did with the kids, because the movie had prepped me to expect something much much worse. I was certain the "steaks" in first class had come from steerage, especially when Chris Evans very obviously refused to take a bite. The fact that they were only forcing five year-olds to work inside an engine 24 hours a day until they died from starvation and/or exhaustion seemed pretty reasonable in comparison to what I was worried about.)
quester - Jul 20, 2014 8:00:42 am PDT #27375 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I keep coming back to one thing that stuck out to me, why did Mason take out her teeth?
Jessica - Jul 20, 2014 8:08:10 am PDT #27376 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Quester, June Thomas had the exact same question! (I don't know the answer. It was a very strange character beat.)
Jessica - Jul 20, 2014 8:15:48 am PDT #27377 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have to disagree with:
the only bad CGI was the food vat.
because I thought the polar bear looked pretty obviously cartoonish as well.
In retrospect, the bit with the room full of axes makes sense, given that it was all a setup, but in the moment all I could think of was this scene from Galaxy Quest
sj - Jul 20, 2014 8:24:33 am PDT #27378 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I thought all the CGI was really bad. Every time they looked out the window it looked like a cartoon to me. The only thing I couldn't decide was whether or not that was on purpose.
At the end did anyone else think "Oh, look they survived and now they're going to get eaten by a polar bear." Just me?
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2014 9:02:37 am PDT #27379 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I am seeing Snowpiercer tonight just so I can read all this freaking whitefont.