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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai  

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Frankenbuddha - Apr 14, 2016 9:27:45 am PDT #29919 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

They're not my preferred way of doing romance and sports. Too romance-heavy. I liked Tin Cup, wasn't too fond of Bull Durham. Because I'm a heretic or something. I dunno.
Heh, I love them both, but I preferred Bull Durham because I like baseball ever so slightly more than golf (though I pretty much hate both). ETA plus I've been to the bar in Durham where they had that first meet between Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins.

Of course, I also consider All of Me and The Man With Two Brains to be romcoms (that I like, along with Roxanne and LA Story - Steve Martin seems to be a thing with me), so I'm probably not a good judge of what's what. I do love When Harry Met Sally, but more for the Carrie Fischer/Bruno Kirby (sniff! miss you man!) bits.


Steph L. - Apr 14, 2016 9:30:19 am PDT #29920 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

wasn't too fond of Bull Durham.

t screams and points a la Donald Sutherland in Body Snatchers


Frankenbuddha - Apr 14, 2016 9:33:45 am PDT #29921 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Other than in that movie, that bit is always going to be hilarious to me the way it's been co-opted for comedic purposes.

Also, the dog still freaks me out even when I'm expecting it.


P.M. Marc - Apr 14, 2016 9:36:07 am PDT #29922 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

I am pretty sure we've had this conversation before! I just found Costner insufferable in it! Yet not in Tin Cup, so go figure.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 14, 2016 9:46:47 am PDT #29923 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I am pretty sure we've had this conversation before! I just found Costner insufferable in it! Yet not in Tin Cup, so go figure.

I think we have, and I always found him more grating in Tin Cup, though I liked the movie (again, more aversion to that particular sport probably playing a big part of it) and him. The rest of the cast in both movies is the big reason I love them both. Specifically the female romantic leads. Where the hell did Rene Russo disappear to? Or have I been missing something?


msbelle - Apr 14, 2016 9:47:00 am PDT #29924 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Happy with not watching Trainwreck.


P.M. Marc - Apr 14, 2016 10:06:43 am PDT #29925 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

Thor. She disappeared off to Thor.

msbelle, good plan.


Steph L. - Apr 14, 2016 10:59:27 am PDT #29926 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Thor. She disappeared off to Thor.

With a pit stop at the Thomas Crown Affair.


Zenkitty - Apr 14, 2016 11:17:27 am PDT #29927 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I skipped Trainwreck because I also am not the target audience for Amy Schumer's humor. Some of it is amusing (Last Fuckable Day was brilliant) but I'm usually just bored or uncomfortable.

Spy was even better than I expected; McCarthy is funny as hell and everything about that movie was perfect, including the bonus scene at the end.

Thor. She disappeared off to Thor.

I'm irritated at just about everything they did in Thor: The Dark World.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 14, 2016 2:33:44 pm PDT #29928 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 one thing I liked about it was that the villain treated Frigga like a real threat rather than dismissing her as some damsel he should take hostage as leverage against the menfolk. Makelith seemed to be very aware that if he gave her any opening the new Asgardian yuletide decoration would be The Elf on the Slab.