erika, what if it's "Hallelujah"?
It would be cool to do a make-over sequence that didn't put people into vanilla (from a Hollywood standpoint), but made them more themselves, if that makes sense.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
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DebetEsse - Sep 16, 2009 5:23:15 am PDT #4168 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 16, 2009 5:28:35 am PDT #4169 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
Grease and Grease 2 sort of were oppo-trope. I mean, the goody-two-shoes kid had to don black leather to get the girl/guy and win.
Sandy could have dressed in sackcloth and as long as she sang "You're the One that I Want" like that she still would have gotten the guy.
erikaj - Sep 16, 2009 5:48:20 am PDT #4170 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
You know, the first few times, I was really moved by the "Hallelujah" montages...they just went to the well so often, I'd not be surprised if it's a soap commercial now. I actually kind of liked the makeover in "Clueless" though.
DavidS - Sep 16, 2009 6:47:15 pm PDT #4171 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Movie Title Oddity: Currently there are four separate movies playing in San Francisco with the numeral "9" in the title: 9, District 9, $9.99, Cloud 9.
We're nine-ish.
Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2009 7:01:35 pm PDT #4172 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
If only they can hold out till Nine is released.
DavidS - Sep 16, 2009 7:38:13 pm PDT #4173 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If only they can hold out till Nine is released.
Pfft. That's not the numeral 9.
evil jimi - Sep 16, 2009 9:27:10 pm PDT #4174 of 30000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 17, 2009 3:01:16 am PDT #4175 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
RIP, Henry Gibson.
I'll need to have memorial screenings of Nashville, The Long Goodbye and The Blues Brothers, methinks.
We must be doing something right to last two-hundred years!
Jessica - Sep 17, 2009 4:25:03 am PDT #4176 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Saw The Informant! last night, and liked it a LOT.
The story could have so easily been done as a cookie-cutter corporate intrigue drama, but Soderbergh plays it as a smart goofy romp instead, and the pacing is just about as perfect as any movie I've ever seen.
The tone reminded me of Burn After Reading and the pacing reminded me of The Spanish Prisoner. Things are revealed in exactly the right order and at exactly the right time. Highly recommend!
Daisy Jane - Sep 17, 2009 4:46:21 am PDT #4177 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Good to know Jessica, thanks. Mr. Jane and I were thinking about going to see that.
We really need to see It Might Get Loud.