Which isn't to say, I didn't enjoy most of it. I would have been happy to watch a film that was set in the WWII era.
Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
'Not Fade Away'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Sue - Dec 29, 2014 6:23:56 pm PST #28177 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2014 7:26:57 pm PST #28178 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
I ran across a really hilarious action sequence from the Indian movie Singham today: [link]
Polter-Cow - Dec 30, 2014 7:55:15 pm PST #28179 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Capsule movie reviews for Man on Fire, Locke, Better Luck Tomorrow, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Frailty, The Raid 2, Godzilla, The Fault in Our Stars, The Wolf of Wall Street, Jurassic Park III, In the Loop, Bride and Prejudice, Wall Street, and The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Consuela - Dec 30, 2014 8:05:15 pm PST #28180 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, man, this is awesome. I thought it was for real at first: [link]
Polter-Cow - Dec 30, 2014 10:37:02 pm PST #28181 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay that was pretty great.
Gris - Jan 02, 2015 3:51:21 pm PST #28182 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I went to Into the Woods today. I am pretty sure I liked it. I thought that most of the staging was good to excellent, the cast was universally excellent, and the sound was luscious. There were a couple of choices that made me go "huh?" ( like the way we had to watch Red get eaten during I Know Things Now and Rapunzel living, plus the loss of Agony reprise) but most of my quibbles were not due to choices so much as stage to screen adaptation issues I'm not sure they could have done anything about. Like age issues - the play has adults playing the children, so both the adult and child themes work from them. Can't really do that in a movie. And some of the wink and nod humor from the play only works because of the low budget, so I don't think the movie could be as funny. It had to take itself a bit too seriously for the darker themes work, while a play is more able to do both.
In sum, though, I am glad it exists. And considering the reverie with which I hold the source material, I think that says something. Also, one of the stepsister from Ella Enchanted played the stepsister in this too, which is awesome.
Dana - Jan 02, 2015 4:34:24 pm PST #28183 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think I'm most sad about the loss of the Agony reprise.
Gris - Jan 02, 2015 4:51:14 pm PST #28184 of 30000
Hey. New board.
It wouldn't have made sense with the time compression they did, but I do have to wonder why they bothered with that in the first place.
Dana - Jan 02, 2015 5:37:11 pm PST #28185 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, I wasn't wild about that either. I think they were concerned that people would think the movie was over, if they did anything like the Act 1 finale, but surely there was a way to get around that without going straight into wedding-whoops-giant.
Jessica - Jan 03, 2015 5:54:26 am PST #28186 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can forgive the loss of Agony (reprise), but I can't forgive the miscasting of The Wolf or the loss of Children Will Listen (not actually cut, but turning it into background music is almost worse).