I have been all manner of BOO!! (hear that in Carol Kane's voice in The Princess Bride) since the moment I heard about the new movies.
Today changed all that.
I am now breathless with anticipation!
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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beekaytee - Jul 11, 2015 3:34:45 pm PDT #29275 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Atropa - Jul 11, 2015 6:52:36 pm PDT #29276 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I am very happy for all of my friends who are Star Wars fans. That behind the scenes thing was awesome.
(I like the original movies, but they have never really been a linchpin of my fannish life.)
-t - Jul 14, 2015 8:37:29 pm PDT #29277 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Fury Road! THAT WAS SO GOOD
A couple of observations before I go back and read what everyone else said (and, I assume, nod a great deal). some of the visuals really reminded me of City of Lost Children, possibly because of all the goggles, but also something about the framing, I think. And that one scene when Max come back with the bag of ammo, so reminiscent of one of my favorite bits of Seven Samurai (with the one particularly badass samurai deciding that, yes, this would be easier if they had one of those guns) I'm just gonna go ahead and consider an homage.
megan walker - Jul 14, 2015 10:21:22 pm PDT #29278 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I enjoyed Trainwreck way more than I thought I would. Also, be forewarned, I cried more than I thought I would.
Tom Scola - Jul 16, 2015 5:18:00 am PDT #29279 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
-t - Jul 16, 2015 5:20:47 am PDT #29280 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh my god that looks like the best thing ever.
tommyrot - Jul 16, 2015 5:52:16 am PDT #29281 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.
There’s no word on when it’ll come out, but we’re assured that Gutterdammerung is "coming to a Hell near you soon".
Awesome!
Consuela - Jul 19, 2015 11:08:32 am PDT #29282 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I saw two excellent movies last night.
Ida is a black-and-white film shot in a square aspect ration, about a young Polish nun in the early 1960s, who is sent to meet with a relative she never knew, and what she finds out. It's also a road trip film. And a movie about WWII and its Soviet-controlled aftermath in Poland. Brilliant, so well acted, and just gorgeously and creatively shot. Highly recommended.
I also watched What Happened, Miss Simone?, a documentary about Nina Simone. It has a ton of archival footage, both of performances and interviews, as well as interviews with her daughter, ex-husband, band-mates, and so forth. Really well done, saddening, but with some electrifying performances that prove why she was such an important figure.
Scrappy - Jul 19, 2015 12:25:03 pm PDT #29283 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I went to Trainwreck as well and totally enjoyed it. Schumer is excellent and Bill Hader is SO dang adorable.
Jessica - Jul 19, 2015 2:20:15 pm PDT #29284 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
We watched The Great Escape over two days with the kids (thank goodness for old movies with intermissions!) and at the risk of stating the obvious, that is one damn fine film. Aeryn mostly didn't get it, but Dylan not only followed the plot, but remembered way more of the characters' names than I ever have, and I've seen this movie probably a dozen times. (Mainly because I almost never remember character names if I know the actor, it's just not something my brain ever bothers to keep ahold of.) Next up: Chicken Run and that episode of The Simpsons.