Saw Public Enemies last night. Depp was great, the movie sure LOOKED good, and the Dillinger story is amazing, but it just didn't amount to much more than a light entertainment with lots of shooting. I still enjoyed it, though, because of the aforementioned Mr. Depp.
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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Scrappy - Jul 05, 2009 9:41:50 am PDT #2885 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Polter-Cow - Jul 05, 2009 9:48:42 am PDT #2886 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's what one of the reviews I saw said, that it's just the story of Dillinger without the extra depth or commentary you'd be expecting.
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 10:05:32 am PDT #2887 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
perhaps not, but it is about the love of a sport. sports are inextricably linked to the movie. sports are played. I think it is a sports movie.
True. But while it's a catalyst, I don't necessarily see it as the central theme. And while it would make it a different story to a certain degree, I think you could take baseball and replace it with something else and have the same core story.
Amy - Jul 05, 2009 10:14:41 am PDT #2888 of 30000
Because books.
And while it would make it a different story to a certain degree, I think you could take baseball and replace it with something else and have the same core story.
I agree. The movie uses baseball to tell the story, but it's not really *about* baseball.
I can't believe I forgot that one, too. Cranky!James Earl Jones is on of my favorite things about it.
Dana - Jul 05, 2009 10:18:17 am PDT #2889 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I agree to an extent, but I think there's also a nostalgia and a sense of baseball as "America's game", as a family game, as something that brings together parents and children.
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 10:21:55 am PDT #2890 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I agree to an extent, but I think there's also a nostalgia and a sense of baseball as "America's game", as a family game, as something that brings together parents and children.
True, but as I was thinking about it, it occurred to me that one of the other central nostalgic themes is that of the road trip. It could have just as easily revolved around a vintage car and Route 66 and the idealized family vacation.
Which... might make for a neat story. Hmm...
DavidS - Jul 05, 2009 3:37:28 pm PDT #2891 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Huh. Rupert Grint is recovering from swine flu.
I wish Aimee were in San Francisco so I could GEEK OUT about seeing the next HP movie with her.
You know what was fun? The winter Tom Scola came to visit SF, and I had the day off and I said, "What do you want to do Thursday?" and he said, "Well...Return of the King is opening..." and I said "Let's go to the first show!"
And we did. And it was awesome.
Sue - Jul 05, 2009 3:45:34 pm PDT #2892 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I always get incredibly excited for the HP movies, even if they never quite live up to the hype. I just finished reading HBP in preparation.
sarameg - Jul 05, 2009 3:49:26 pm PDT #2893 of 30000
I still love my triple play of Year of Living Dangerously, Welcome to Sarajevo and Three Kings. Such a weird choice for a birthday movie night.
Tom Scola - Jul 05, 2009 3:55:04 pm PDT #2894 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And it was awesome.
Yes. Yes, it was.
You even had the good sense to go to the bathroom during the Arwen scene.