Now I want to see Wes Anderson's version of The Hunger Games.
I also adored Grand Budapest Hotel. I adored Ralph Fiennes through and through, and I loved seeing Willem Dafoe having so much fun playing the villain.
Hands! Hands in new places!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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Anne W. - Dec 14, 2014 3:22:54 am PST #28118 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
sj - Dec 14, 2014 4:37:26 am PST #28119 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Just saw Snowpiercer at home, cuddled on the couch with Hec, and am so glad I didn't see it in a theater (due to low gore tolerance I had my eyes covered for so much of it that if I'd paid for a full-price movie ticket I'd have felt seriously cheated). Such a uniformly terrific cast; between this, Only Lovers Left Alive and Grand Budapest Hotel it feels like this year has been a glorious decadent embarrassment of riches -- from the biggest names down to those I had never seen before and wouldn't know from Adam out of costume, endlessly amazing performances.
And all three of them had Swinton in them!
Kalshane - Dec 14, 2014 5:56:02 am PST #28120 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.
So there's supposedly a debate over whether the ending of The Dark Knight Rises is real or a dream, because Nolan, with Bale coming out in favor of the real side. I thought it was pretty clearly meant to be real and the idea that folks thought otherwise perplexes me.
Polter-Cow - Dec 14, 2014 6:20:54 am PST #28121 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I saw something about that and was confused. It was clearly real. This isn't fucking Inception, people.
sj - Dec 14, 2014 6:27:37 am PST #28122 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The whole movie or just the end?
Polter-Cow - Dec 14, 2014 7:01:05 am PST #28123 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Just the end.
sj - Dec 14, 2014 7:04:11 am PST #28124 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I think I could actually see that. It was certainly out of character with the brutality of the rest of the trilogy.
bon bon - Dec 14, 2014 7:53:35 am PST #28125 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
There are two scenes referring to the autopilot being broken and fixed. And a scene noting the missing pearls from the Wayne estate. Those scenes are pointless if the ending is a dream, and no one spends studio money on scenes that have no point in the story.
sj - Dec 14, 2014 7:59:38 am PST #28126 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I can't say that I remember the film all too well, but I was just referring to Alfred seeing Bruce and Selina at the cafe. I could see that part being a dream of Alfred's.
Kalshane - Dec 14, 2014 11:41:42 am PST #28127 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.
Those were my thoughts, bon-bon. Which is why I was surprised people even questioned it. Let alone that it was enough of a thing for someone to ask Christian Bale his opinion.