Sue. I really liked it, but I was easily pleased by the pretty. I wish men still dressed that way.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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sj - Jul 18, 2009 3:50:08 pm PDT #3092 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hayden - Jul 18, 2009 3:57:19 pm PDT #3093 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Like, why do the kids hide from the guy they think is a police officer in the beginning?
I think they're not supposed to be in the back of the truck. They're worried that their dad will get in trouble for having them there.
What's the deal with the mom's mysterious illness?
I figured it was lupus or something like that. I think I read that Miyazaki based it on his own mother's illness when he was a child.
erikaj - Jul 18, 2009 5:35:45 pm PDT #3094 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
It's never lupus.(/House) Except for, in rather an ultimate irony, Flannery O'Connor. That totally was. (Sorry. I'm sure Corwood knows whereof he speaks.)
Polter-Cow - Jul 18, 2009 8:26:27 pm PDT #3095 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It was not horrendously awful but not nearly as awesome as the first one. I'm pretty sure all the funny stuff in the first movie was actually funny, whereas almost every attempt at humor fell flat this time. Bizarre.
And the black monkey robots were terrible. Who in God's name thought that was a good idea?
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2009 8:32:58 pm PDT #3096 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Monkey robots? That's the first time I've heard them called that. Ouch.
Polter-Cow - Jul 18, 2009 8:36:16 pm PDT #3097 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Their faces are like monkeys.
Polter-Cow - Jul 18, 2009 9:11:34 pm PDT #3098 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, also, District 9 looks AWESOME. I really want to see it.
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2009 5:01:50 am PDT #3099 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd be careful with the phrase "black monkey."
Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2009 7:53:30 am PDT #3100 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, sorry. I was trying to point out the racism in the movie, not be racist myself.
Gris - Jul 19, 2009 9:08:13 am PDT #3101 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I can also recommend (500) Days of Summer. Lovely.