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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai

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Jessica - Sep 06, 2009 6:47:32 pm PDT #4107 of 30000

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

So my 1980's cartoon movie ignorance has come through. I had not seen nor read Rats of/Secret of NIMH.

Oddly, the book is far less traumatic & scary than the movie. (You know how most movies you watched as a kid, you went back and read the book and were horrified at how dark the story really was? This is the exact opposite.)

I was so obsessed with that movie when I was a kid. And by the time I read the book I was kind of disappointed by the lack of action.

I have a friend who works at NIMH, and refuses to believe the movie (or book) means THAT NIMH.

I had probably seen that movie a million times before I realized that NIMH = NIMH. And I grew up practically across the street.

Cashmere - Sep 06, 2009 7:35:37 pm PDT #4108 of 30000

Now tagless for your comfort.

When my niece was four, I took her to see The Secret of NIMH. Damn, she climbed into my lap and buried her face in my neck. The big sword fight scene was terrifying. But I was too young to think of the kid first and was completely rapt in the story so I stuck it out.

I feel like shit about it now, of course.

DavidS - Sep 06, 2009 7:38:53 pm PDT #4109 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I feel like shit about it now, of course.

Pfft. Seeing stuff that's not age appropriate is actually an important part of growing up. Everybody does it. Everybody survives it.

I would actually think a kid was too sheltered if they never saw stuff outside their ability to grasp it, or was too intense or too whatever.

Cashmere - Sep 06, 2009 7:41:57 pm PDT #4110 of 30000

Now tagless for your comfort.

Well, my next door neighbors took me to see Friday the 13th when I was 10 and I spent the next few months sleeping with my twin sister. At least I didn't drag her to a slasher horror film.

DavidS - Sep 06, 2009 7:54:35 pm PDT #4111 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

and I spent the next few months sleeping with my twin sister.

An important bonding experience!

Cashmere - Sep 06, 2009 7:59:06 pm PDT #4112 of 30000

Now tagless for your comfort.

An important bonding experience!

We shared a bed a lot as kids (and a few times as teenagers). The only problem is she talks a lot.

DavidS - Sep 06, 2009 8:04:10 pm PDT #4113 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The only problem is she talks a lot.

In her sleep, or just in general?

She did turn out to be an attorney.

Cashmere - Sep 06, 2009 8:15:16 pm PDT #4114 of 30000

Now tagless for your comfort.

In her sleep, or just in general?

She did turn out to be an attorney

In general. She's well suited. I'm always shocked to think I'm the quiet one. Because I talk A LOT.

Aims - Sep 07, 2009 12:15:42 pm PDT #4115 of 30000

Shit's all sorts of different now.

Ooooh! Up is playing at the dollar show! And on Tuesdays I'm pretty sure it's 50 cents! I think I know what Em and I are doing tomorrow!!

evil jimi - Sep 08, 2009 5:09:33 am PDT #4116 of 30000

Lurching from one disaster to the next.

You know, while I usually dislike it, I can understand why Hollywood makes an "American" version of a foreign language film. However, can anyone--seriously--expound a rational reason for Neil LaBute remaking the 2007 British movie, Death at a Funeral ??????

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