"My God, the pain," stupid
This one. The improv is so stilted and awkward that it was physically painful for me to watch. (And I saw it in a theatre with no couch to crawl behind.)
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
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Jessica - Aug 28, 2009 7:43:30 am PDT #4007 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
erikaj - Aug 28, 2009 8:12:22 am PDT #4008 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Ok, then, never mind. Then, what were the critics on? Because it got a few decent notices...I suspect Ebert of having a minor Grenier man-crush, however. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I mean, sometimes Netflix viewers Don't Get It any more than other Americans...lately I've enjoyed flicks that got widely panned by them, but if a Buffista doesn't like it either, there must not be stuff to like. I'll forget I sniffed that, so to speak, and move on.ETA2: Although I think "AG as basketball star" is going in my personal irony file along with the Bush Library, Scalia winning a free speech award, and jumbo shrimp...I think he's great, but it's a joke around Entourage that he can't catch a cold.
Jessica - Aug 28, 2009 8:48:58 am PDT #4009 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ebert likes anything with an interracial sex scene, bonus points if it involves teenagers. (I have great respect for his long career and body of work, but I guess everyone has their bulletproof kink.)
erikaj - Aug 28, 2009 9:04:50 am PDT #4010 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, I could see that. A bit more than I would choose to know about Ebert, though I respect his taste and contribution in general.
Sue - Aug 28, 2009 9:29:37 am PDT #4011 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Ebert likes anything with an interracial sex scene, bonus points if it involves teenagers.
I didn't know it was that specific. I just thought anything with boobies got an extra star.
erikaj - Aug 28, 2009 9:34:37 am PDT #4012 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I think sometimes that is true of a lot of critics...except Richard Roeper who annoys me(ironically, given his cameo in Entourage) by appearing to like everything and Salon's Stephanie for appearing to be like the guy who works at the Pepsi plant who can't stand fucking soda.
§ ita § - Aug 28, 2009 9:37:01 am PDT #4013 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't know it was that specific.
His wife is black, if memory serves. May be related.
erikaj - Aug 28, 2009 9:40:33 am PDT #4014 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, I didn't know that...good for them.
Laga - Aug 28, 2009 9:55:00 am PDT #4015 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I love Roger Ebert because regardless of how he feels about a movie, I can tell whether I'll like it by the way he writes about it. He doesn't think all films have to be great works of art; he judges them based on whether they achieved their own goals. That said, I do think he's gotten a lot more generous over the years.
DavidS - Aug 28, 2009 9:55:54 am PDT #4016 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I love Ebert because he wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
"Z-man! You're a chick!"