9 looks fantastic, but I do agree that the story doesn't quite live up to the visuals. It's a decent yarn, but I was hoping for a little more, I guess. I would still put it in the Fresh category, though.
This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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Polter-Cow - Sep 09, 2009 9:09:18 pm PDT #4134 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DavidS - Sep 10, 2009 7:55:56 pm PDT #4135 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm doing a little write-up on Greta Garbo and have been doing some research.
Can you guess how old she is in this picture? (That's a candid, btw, with minimal makeup and no fancy lighting.)
Answer: 50!
Side note: She was a shrewd businesswoman and invested heavily in real estate in the 30s, owning a good chunk of Rodeo Drive. Her estate was worth $20 million when she died. She left it all to her niece.
Also: Louise Brooks (who had a brief fling with her) said Garbo was a totally masculine dyke, and a very charming and tender lover.
Kathy A - Sep 10, 2009 10:22:50 pm PDT #4136 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Speaking of 1930's movie stars who invested in real estate, the building I lived in a few years back, in Oak Park, IL, was said to have been owned by Sonja Henie back in the 1950s. In doing some research into this, the only thing I could figure out is that the man who ran her ice skating show at that time was Arthur Wirtz, a real estate agent who got into sports venues and shows (his son owned the Black Hawks). So, it's definitely a possibility!
Volans - Sep 12, 2009 4:11:40 am PDT #4137 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Saw District 9 yesterday. Meh. The effects were beyond incredible, but the story made no sense.
DebetEsse - Sep 12, 2009 9:44:42 am PDT #4138 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Well, no sense might be over-stating. There was....when they...the...ummm....
I thought it was anvilicious, although T thinks that it was playing to the level of the general audience, and he may well be right.
The director wants to make a sequel. Of course, he has no plot ideas, but if people want more, he'd be happy to give it. How you end that process with no plot ideas for a sequel is beyond me, but there you have it.
Tom Scola - Sep 12, 2009 1:13:30 pm PDT #4139 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
For Jilli: Twisted Princesses.
Atropa - Sep 12, 2009 1:22:41 pm PDT #4140 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
For Jilli: Twisted Princesses.
Ooooh. Why yes, I like those muchly.
P.M. Marc - Sep 12, 2009 1:36:47 pm PDT #4141 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
David, did you get to her humiliating fling with Marlene yet? Poor Garbo was young and unsophisticated at the time.
There exist gorgeous candids of Garbo shirtless in shorts.
DavidS - Sep 12, 2009 3:22:06 pm PDT #4142 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
David, did you get to her humiliating fling with Marlene yet? Poor Garbo was young and unsophisticated at the time.
I did. Marlene's name was forbidden to ever be spoken in front of her. I guess she learned a thing or two, though.
There exist gorgeous candids of Garbo shirtless in shorts.
Which is where she had one-up on Dietrich, as Marlene always hated her rather flat breasts.
tommyrot - Sep 12, 2009 4:13:45 pm PDT #4143 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.
Anyone seen the director's cut of Alien yet? I think I'm gonna go tonight....