Have you seen any Pier Pasolini?
OH YEAH. P-C should really give Salo a try.
whistles innocently
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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Frankenbuddha - Jul 12, 2009 4:24:30 am PDT #2936 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
evil jimi - Jul 12, 2009 4:24:35 am PDT #2937 of 30000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
PC, I'm with you on Shoot 'Em Up. Fantastically over-the-top. The sex scene with Belluci is hysterical, and Giamatti's villian is glorious. In a sense, I'd say it's on a par with the Yun-Fat Chow starring Hard Boiled, and The Killer in terms of being extreme in the body count (eat your hearts out Total Recall and Rambo but not Hot Shots 2!) but it lacks their pathos.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 12, 2009 4:27:40 am PDT #2938 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Shoot 'Em Up is a live action Warner Bros. cartoon. Clive Owen is Bugs Bunny, and Paul Giamatti is cross between Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam. I don't know who that makes Belluci, though. Not Daffy, that's for sure.
evil jimi - Jul 12, 2009 4:29:12 am PDT #2939 of 30000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Jessica Rabbit?
askye - Jul 12, 2009 8:24:13 am PDT #2940 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Bugs in drag?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 12, 2009 8:53:30 am PDT #2941 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
The Warner Bros. cartoons suffer from a lack of female characters, with Granny being the sole exception I can think of.
tommyrot - Jul 12, 2009 9:24:23 am PDT #2942 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.
Tweety is female, right?
juliana - Jul 12, 2009 9:32:04 am PDT #2943 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Tweety is female, right?
Nope.
Frankenbuddha is dead on about the Bugs-ness of Clive Owen, though. I like Shoot 'Em Up as long as I remember to turn off my critical-thinking and feminist modules first. Then, it's freakin' AWESOME.
Dana - Jul 12, 2009 9:32:48 am PDT #2944 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, not really a great movie to be a woman in. But tons of stupid fun.
Polter-Cow - Jul 12, 2009 9:38:19 am PDT #2945 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Frankenbuddha is dead on about the Bugs-ness of Clive Owen, though.
It's completely intentional! He even says, "What's up, Doc?" And he calls himself a wascally wabbit! And then Paul Giamatti says that he's NOT WASCALLY ENOUGH.
HOW DID THEY GET THROUGH THIS MOVIE WITHOUT CRACKING UP? Is there a gag reel? There must be so many takes of Clive Owen not being able to make it through one of his one-liners.
I like Shoot 'Em Up as long as I remember to turn off my critical-thinking and feminist modules first. Then, it's freakin' AWESOME.
Yeah, it's a very MANLY MOVIE ABOUT MEN YEAH MEN ARE AWESOME YEEEEEAH PUSSY.