Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.

'Safe'


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Connie Neil - Feb 13, 2015 8:58:06 am PST #28475 of 30000
brillig

it looks vaguely similar to Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, so there's an off chance some campy fun might be hidden inside.

Or Jeremy Renner's naked backside?

Edit: What, so I watched the scene at the pond two or three times, so what?


SailAweigh - Feb 13, 2015 8:58:34 am PST #28476 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I'm heading off to the Crazy Train with friends on Sunday. I expect there to be a lot of popcorn on the floor at the showing.


Steph L. - Feb 13, 2015 9:03:46 am PST #28477 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Charlie Jane's review of Kingsman on i09 says that it's "psychotically violent" and compared it to Kick Ass and the other Millar movie (Wanted, I think?).

See, I'm totally okay with the [spoilery] ending, because the description sounds cartoonishly OTT, but when the rest of the movie is described as "psychotically violent," like Kick Ass, I'm going to have to nope out of it. I can't handle that shit.

Maybe we will have to see the Wachowskis' Crazy Train after all.


sumi - Feb 13, 2015 9:09:27 am PST #28478 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!

Crazy Train is very pretty.


Jessica - Feb 13, 2015 9:40:10 am PST #28479 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If you think you ever might want to see Jupiter Standing Around Until Channing Tatum Rescues Her*, see it in 3D on a really big screen so you can at least appreciate the pretty.

(* I kid, I kid, There's one scene where she climbs a ladder, so the actual title is quite apt.)


Atropa - Feb 13, 2015 10:01:18 am PST #28480 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Trailer for Crimson Peak! [link]

Which is apparently being put before showings of 50 Shades (uggggggh) at Regal cinemas.

CRIMSON PEAK TRAILER. I have not been this excited about a movie in a long time. I'm flaily enough that I'm going to start researching who I need to contact to get a press kit, because I want to promote the film on GCS.


sumi - Feb 13, 2015 10:02:28 am PST #28481 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!

But I like the bees but I am biased because beekeeper's daughter.


-t - Feb 13, 2015 10:12:05 am PST #28482 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooooh, Crimson Peak looks so good! But also like I will need to see it at a matinee because I am a scaredy-cat.

I am convinced to see Jupiter Ascending this week, now do I go tomorrow first showing, or Tuesday after work (bargain night)? Hm. If I want IMAX it'd better be tomorrow.


chrismg - Feb 13, 2015 10:29:05 am PST #28483 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Man, I watched that trailer, and flashed right back to ita's reaction to the use of Red Right Hand in Hellboy (Which was also a Del Toro movie. Huh.)


Zenkitty - Feb 13, 2015 10:38:28 am PST #28484 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Oh, come now. Jupiter falls off of... well, everything and gets kidnapped and rescued a lot, but once she gets her feet under her (metaphorically), she handles herself pretty good. She doesn't just climb a ladder, she climbs a ladder that's collapsing off an impossibly high structure, and then beats the crap out of a bad guy who's trying to kill her. All by herself. She also makes her own decisions, for better or worse; nobody tells her what to do. People try to influence her and use her and kill her, but nobody orders her around. I think this is a GREAT movie for girls and young women, frankly, and I think Jupiter is an excellent role model far beyond wearing a lot of pretty dresses and becoming a space queen.

There, I bucked the popular trend of hating on JA. Everyone can make fun of the silly OTT movie (and it really is silly and way OTT and SPACE BEES), but I'm still right: it's a fun and gorgeous movie, it's a great movie for girls, and it's no stupider than Star Wars or Superman.

Male adolescent power fantasies become hits, and female adolescent power fantasies get made fun of, regardless of their objective quality (or lack thereof). I'm getting a little sick of it, tbh.