Tom, yes, I was thinking the same thing! It's like he was trying to balance out Children of Men. In one, he protects a baby while never shooting a gun, and in the other, he protects a baby while shooting lots and lots of guns.
I just said that you're pretty. Even when you're covered in...engine grease, you're... No, especially, especially when you're covered in engine grease.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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Polter-Cow - Jul 12, 2009 9:42:11 am PDT #2947 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strega - Jul 12, 2009 10:56:25 am PDT #2948 of 30000
Strega, have you seen Shoot 'Em Up ? I think you'd love it since you loved the similarly awesomely ridiculous Crank.
No. I'm aware of it, but I didn't notice it getting the same love it/hate it reactions that Crank did, so it didn't intrigue me as much.
Well, and I haven't been at a friend's place when it was available on cable, which was sorta key for seeing Crank.
Polter-Cow - Jul 12, 2009 11:07:43 am PDT #2949 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I haven't deleted it from my DVR. Come on by.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 12, 2009 4:01:50 pm PDT #2950 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's pretty thoroughly an insane movie. Sadly, somewhere near the end, they tried to actually graft on the semblance of a plot, which took a lot of the nitrous out of the equation.
ION, saw The Hurt Locker today. OMG just amazing. Best movie I've seen this year (though my actual trips to the movies have been severely limited). It is an amazing war movie, but, although there are a few combat scenes, it's not that kind of war movie. It's Iraq, but it could be anywhere that there are hidden bombs that need to be disabled. And while a few characters do spout a bit on war is noble, it feels as anti-war, in the largest sense, of any movie on the subject i've seen in recent years.
Atropa - Jul 12, 2009 4:50:20 pm PDT #2951 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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, this. Even I thought Shoot 'Em Up was ridiculous silly fun. Death by carrot!
DavidS - Jul 12, 2009 5:14:26 pm PDT #2952 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Death by carrot!
I'd like to point out that Colin Farrell killed somebody with a peanut in Daredevil.
Steph L. - Jul 12, 2009 5:16:02 pm PDT #2953 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Was it a flaming peanut? Did he shoot it out of a gun?
I haven't seen Daredevil, so feel free to make shit up and embellish as much as possible.
tommyrot - Jul 12, 2009 5:18:08 pm PDT #2954 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.
It was a peanut that was heated up to the temperature of the sun's core with lasers, then teleported into the brain of the bad guy, killing everyone within a ten-mile radius.
eta: Or maybe the peanut was compressed until it turned into a black hole, and then it was shoved up the bad guy's ass.
Steph L. - Jul 12, 2009 5:19:08 pm PDT #2955 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
DUDE! SWEET!
(WHAT'S MINE SAY?!?)
(...sorry; wrong movie.)
DavidS - Jul 12, 2009 5:22:01 pm PDT #2956 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommy's answers are too good to contravene.
(Though I will note the peanut kill was the most amusing thing in the movie and something I think about when flying next to an obnoxious co-passenger.)