I found it smug, pretentious, repetitive and boring.
Gorgeous production design, though.
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Jessica - Aug 09, 2009 10:35:04 am PDT #3464 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DavidS - Aug 09, 2009 10:40:18 am PDT #3465 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What makes a movie smug?
Lee - Aug 09, 2009 10:42:11 am PDT #3466 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Horror movie people--do you know what this is from: [link]
WARNING Disturbing, so don't click the link if you are squeamish.
Amy - Aug 09, 2009 10:49:44 am PDT #3467 of 30000
Because books.
No idea, Perkins, but scary!
le nubian - Aug 09, 2009 10:51:14 am PDT #3468 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
My guess would be "The Ring" or "The Ring 2", but I don't know it for a fact.
tommyrot - Aug 09, 2009 10:57:45 am PDT #3469 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.
I sorta' liked Dark City, but I feel it was somewhat ruined by the voiceover at the beginning that explains the conceit of the film. (Apparently they thought it would be too confusing without it.)
Dana - Aug 09, 2009 11:23:48 am PDT #3470 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It looks like it could be any of the remakes of Japanese horror movies that hit in the last ten years.
Kathy A - Aug 09, 2009 12:17:37 pm PDT #3471 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I remember being really startled when Dark City was Ebert's #1 film of the year.
Sean K - Aug 09, 2009 12:32:33 pm PDT #3472 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Ebert liked Dark City so much, that on one of the DVD editions, he gets a commentary track all to himself.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 09, 2009 12:44:46 pm PDT #3473 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
No. The eyeball was scenery in a production of Tosca, and I guess the half-naked men were opera singers. However unlikely that seems.
Dana, meet Zachary Stains in Vivaldi's Ercole su'l Termodonte: [link]
Oh wait, you said half-naked. My mistake.
Horror movie people--do you know what this is from: [link]
It's not from Ringu, the American Ring remakes, or any of the Ju-On/Grudge films. I haven't seen whatever it is, but based on the previews Drag Me to Hell might be a good candidate if it's from a recent major release.