Also, dear lord, what a cast.
ETA, can you tell I REALLY liked this movie?
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
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Frankenbuddha - Nov 22, 2014 7:08:36 pm PST #28054 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Scrappy - Nov 22, 2014 9:13:12 pm PST #28055 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Just saw "Foxcatcher" and found it good but oh so very lugubrious. The entire film takes place in the universe of No Fun Ever. Really strong performances, though.
Jessica - Nov 23, 2014 5:30:54 am PST #28056 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
TARS - OMGYES. Love. And CASE too.
For a movie whose entire premise is time travel & relativity, there are some serious problems with the timeline. Not just the ending, but setting up when the whole movie begins. MM is old enough to have been an astronaut before the blight, and enough time has passed that NASA is an underground organization of 8 people AND everyone has forgotten the moon landing happened...but he's only 33? So we're talking maybe 10 years have passed since the end of his flying career and the start of the movie?
Like most Nolan plots, it works emotionally but falls apart as soon as you try to apply logic. But I love it anyway.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 23, 2014 6:12:00 am PST #28057 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Heh, I hadn't even thought of THOSE logic points. But agreed that it works on an emotional level like WHOA.
Also, somewhere along the way, Matthew M became one of my favorite actors. Didn't ever expect THAT to happen.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 25, 2014 3:39:19 pm PST #28058 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Wonder Woman director chosen: [link]
Frankenbuddha - Nov 25, 2014 3:56:35 pm PST #28059 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Interesting.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2014 4:58:29 pm PST #28060 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
V. interesting.
Polter-Cow - Nov 25, 2014 8:26:40 pm PST #28061 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm super excited about this. I've been wanting her to get a superhero movie for ages. Wish Marvel had picked up before now.
Typo Boy - Nov 26, 2014 9:16:15 pm PST #28062 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
reading the link "tent-pole"? Google tells me that means hey expect it to provide huge profits - enough to support the studio. With those kind expectations, does that mean a "mere' success will be a financial failure?
Connie Neil - Nov 27, 2014 10:35:47 am PST #28063 of 30000
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I'm watching the first Sherlock Holmes movie. Gosh, I love Mary. She's not berating Holmes for Watson getting hurt, she's telling him it was Watson's choice and to get out there and solve the problem.