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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Hayden - Aug 13, 2009 12:05:34 pm PDT #3666 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Laga - Aug 13, 2009 12:49:53 pm PDT #3667 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Yeah I hate the creepy stop-motion people too. There was one trailer where an old man was crawling upside down and backwards. shudder. But I'll watch Paul Bettany in anything... Except another Lars von Trier film.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 14, 2009 4:19:46 am PDT #3668 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Whoa. Has anybody else heard about what SWINTON! is up to right now: [link]
DavidS - Aug 14, 2009 5:34:25 am PDT #3669 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Whoa. Has anybody else heard about what SWINTON! is up to right now: [link]
She's so awesome.
Sean K - Aug 14, 2009 6:43:15 am PDT #3670 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
OMG, that's so cool.
Saw District 9 last night, and WOW! It's pretty violent, and in most cases, graphically so, but the performances are across the board excellent, and the WETA special effects are easily the best I've ever seen in anything.
Sean K - Aug 14, 2009 6:52:29 am PDT #3671 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Continuing - again the SFX for District 9 are just flawless.
But what's really compelling is the story. It's openly an allegory for apartheid, and it gets you to care very deeply about the alien ("prawn") characters.
Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2009 7:01:17 am PDT #3672 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm seeing it tonight!!
Sean K - Aug 14, 2009 7:07:02 am PDT #3673 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I look forward to your review.
Also I feel compelled to note that this makes three movies in a row, where the movie really lingers with you afterwards (Moon, 500 Days of Summer, and now D9).
le nubian - Aug 14, 2009 7:19:36 am PDT #3674 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm seeing D9 tonight too. I worry about the comment about graphic violence, but if I dealt with Alien and Alien 2, can it be worse?
Sean K - Aug 14, 2009 7:29:19 am PDT #3675 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I would not say it's necessarily worse than either of those movies (though I suppose that's subjective), but I should note that the violence is in service to the story, and not just grindhouse gratuitous.
It would not be the first graphically violent apartheid movie. You don't have to be violent to do an apartheid movie, but neither is graphic violence out of place.