Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
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I was watching "Senseless" with Behr from "Roswell" and I could tolerate his tongue getting burned with the iron, but when the hostage takers took a nail gun and approached his nose, I stopped the movie.
I never went back. I don't know what happens in that movie.
The 9 Stupidest Surprise Endings Imaginable
(Spoilers, obviously.)
[eta: It's amazing how many of these movies I've seen but blocked out the endings too.]
I liked Identity... it's possile I've liked everything John Cusack has ever been in.
I liked Identity, too, but I knew the "surprise" going in. I did watch it for the Cusack, but I also thought it was an interesting idea - could have been executed better.
Identity freaked me out because the important date happens to be my date too. We had to pause the movie so I could wig out.
(don't know why I'm being spoiler-avoidant on a movie that's been out for yonks...)
My favorite BY FAR is "Orphan." I thought that was a joke when I saw the posting on Gawker months ago. What an awesomely crazy twist.
My favorite BY FAR is "Orphan." I thought that was a joke when I saw the posting on Gawker months ago. What an awesomely crazy twist.
I agree! I thought the beginning was really well done, with a nicely realistic portrayal of a family that was *not* a happy, perfect movie family. Good tension, etc., and then BAM! Total horror movie crack! It was excellent!
wrod, re "identity" being a cool thought being poorly executed(har, har) And I give The Forgotten a pass because I would *so* hit it with Domenic West in tormented-American mode, it's ridiculous. (Not as ridiculous as renting "Mona Lisa Smile" to watch him again, however. That is something extremely mockworthy, for which I am deeply shamed.) Seriously? Julia Roberts as either sexy or Bohemian should have made *that* DW's science-fiction role. And somehow that film was insulting to womankind for trying to be empowering; I'm not sure why. And there is a dumb twist in that one, too, involving DW and his service at Anzio.
Ooo. It's "Noir City DC" next week at the AFI. [link]
Which explains why they're showing Out of the Past on Halloween. Followed by Shaun of the Dead & the Howling (I'm pretty sure those aren't part of the noir fest).
I saw Funny Games last night. It was...strange. And not as interesting as I'd hoped. The meta moments didn't elevate the film above its base premise.
The original or the remake?