Monkey robots? That's the first time I've heard them called that. Ouch.
Zombies! Hyena people! Snyder!
Student ,'Touched'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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§ ita § - Jul 18, 2009 8:32:58 pm PDT #3096 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
DavidS - Jul 19, 2009 9:33:22 am PDT #3102 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Slightly spoilerish casting news for Deathly Hallows which addresses some of the questions brought up by HBP:
1. * Bill Weasley was portrayed by Richard Fish in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. However, he only appeared in a photo of the Weasley family in Egypt. Fish won't return for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; he will be replaced by Brendan Gleeson's son Domhnall.
2. * Despite not being in the Half-Blood Prince film, photos for the Deathly Hallows show Bill with the scars left by Fenrir Greyback.
DavidS - Jul 19, 2009 6:43:17 pm PDT #3103 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emmett and I saw Up today. I would've gone earlier if I knew there would be a Zeppelin in it.
It was excellent. Moving and funny in equal parts, and typically Pixarishly gorgeous.
I've been repeating Doug's (the dog) joke all afternoon: "It's funny because a squirrel dies."
DebetEsse - Jul 19, 2009 9:11:12 pm PDT #3104 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Todd found it somewhat confusing (he has not read the books).
My first reaction, afterwords was "So, they decided to make that the last scene and realized that Ron needed to be there, so they did a bit of pick-up filming, eh?"
My second was "Not a bad movie, but they are so screwed on plot for 7. So very, very screwed, and they did it to themselves."
beekaytee - Jul 19, 2009 9:34:15 pm PDT #3105 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I can't really explain why I just did not enjoy HPB much at all. There was just nothing to get excited about.
The things that stuck with me: Wow. Tom Felton's genetics and the costume department did a great job with his look. He's much more Malfoy than even my internal image of him given listening to the books roughly 35 times.
Mr. Weasley did my favorite turn of his of all the movies so far.
The chick who played Lavendar did a good job and was much prettier than I see her in my head.
I have to completely agree with DebetEsse's second point. I understand that things have to be left out when making a film from such dense source material but it seems they left out much of what moved the story into the last book and kept a bunch of non-essential stuff. For instance, the comparitively HUGE amount of time spent on the vanishing cabinet could so much better be spent on the build up to Snape's relationship with Lilly or the tension between the school and the Ministry. Without those elements, how will the subsequent battles and their aftermath make any sense ?