Noelle Stevenson is KILLING IT between this and the Lumberjanes movie.
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Steph L. - Jun 11, 2015 11:54:16 am PDT #29149 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
sj - Jun 11, 2015 12:05:45 pm PDT #29150 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I watched Divergent yesterday. It wasn't a bad film, but I was squicked by the age difference between the lead and her co-star. Probably because I usually see her playing teenagers and him playing adults.
Consuela - Jun 11, 2015 2:42:30 pm PDT #29151 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay Gingerhaze!
quester - Jun 12, 2015 6:42:16 pm PDT #29152 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I saw Mad Max, finally! Loved it. Most everyone has commented on everything.
I remember the Road Warrior not making much sense. It was kind of nihilistic. this was more circular and most of the events were satisfying in the end.
The guy who played Nox is in everything, isn't he?
Frankenbuddha - Jun 12, 2015 7:50:51 pm PDT #29153 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I just saw it too. OMG so many feels. Tom Hardy wasn't so much Mad Max as Melancholy Max, but I'm OK with that because this was the womens' show. Seriously. Well, and Nux - best transition in an action film I've ever seen from wormy secondary villain to woobie who saves the day. And with almost all show not tell. Damn that was one amazing piece of filmmaking and the fact that the director (and co-screenwriter) is in his 70's makes my jaw drop.
P.M. Marc - Jun 12, 2015 10:57:43 pm PDT #29154 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Nicholas Hoult did an amazing job in that role. Most seamless transition from child actor to adult since Christian Bale, really. He's got pretty remarkable range.
Calli - Jun 13, 2015 12:43:13 pm PDT #29155 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
RIP Sir Christopher Lee. TCM will be devoting 6/22 to his movies. [link]
Or to put it another way, it's Hammer time!
tommyrot - Jun 13, 2015 12:55:45 pm PDT #29156 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, another book I read recently and loved is being made into a movie:
Ellen Degeneres to produce Naomi Novik's Uprooted
Frankenbuddha - Jun 13, 2015 7:46:02 pm PDT #29157 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Nicholas Hoult did an amazing job in that role. Most seamless transition from child actor to adult since Christian Bale, really. He's got pretty remarkable range.
He seriously got the best story arc in the movie. Max's was kept enigmatic, and Furiosa's was pretty much there from the get go. But wow. From "What a lovely day!" to that last look at the red head bride (if I have one minor complaint about the movie it was getting characters' names straight - if you didn't catch them during the action, you were never going to catch them at all). That's a hell of a character - and acting - arc. And all great.
P.M. Marc - Jun 13, 2015 8:10:19 pm PDT #29158 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Capable. That's the bride played by Elvis's granddaughter.