2012: a really bad movie.
Even the special effects are a bit rubbish. The landscapes disappearing into the earthquakes are clearly models. Meh.
I liked the many, many near-misses, though. That is why I go to see disaster movies.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 14, 2009 10:00:48 pm PST #4945 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Jessica - Nov 15, 2009 9:38:45 am PST #4946 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Connie Neil - Nov 15, 2009 10:19:08 am PST #4947 of 30000
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My annoyance with the 2012 previews was the inability of the airplane pilot to find the climb controls so they can get above all the collapsing buildings.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 15, 2009 10:27:51 am PST #4948 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
In the defence of the pilot, he claimed he'd had two lessons.
Jesse - Nov 15, 2009 10:33:56 am PST #4949 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG, Jess, that was brilliant.
le nubian - Nov 15, 2009 4:59:34 pm PST #4950 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
DavidS - Nov 15, 2009 5:50:20 pm PST #4951 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Random tidbits on Monty Python (as I write up a Terry Gilliam piece):
The Pythons were shockingly well adapted and successful in their early lives. Terry Gilliam was freakin' Prom King and voted Most Likely to Succeed. Terry Jones was Head Boy at his school. So was Idle (though he was stripped of that title for watching an X movie.) Cleese was a star pupil, winning a prize in English and excelling at cricket and boxing. Graham Chapman finished medical school but never practiced.
Burrell - Nov 15, 2009 6:05:20 pm PST #4952 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
You saw the recent documentary, right?
DavidS - Nov 15, 2009 6:08:06 pm PST #4953 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You saw the recent documentary, right?
The Lawyer's version or something on IFC? (Sundance?) I saw a tidbit of it.
Burrell - Nov 15, 2009 6:12:29 pm PST #4954 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
First episode was all about what upstanding, promising young men they were. Probably my favorite episode, although I also like the one that got into the scandalous personal details. The rest were meh. Lots of English actors and comedians describing their favorite sketches.