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Buffy ,'Chosen'


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tommyrot - Nov 28, 2009 5:57:04 am PST #5152 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.

From Yahoo News: Top 10 movie flops of the decade

Some I'd forgotten about, and some I've never heard of. There was a 2007 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers?


le nubian - Nov 28, 2009 6:18:47 am PST #5153 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

here's a question: how many of those top 10 movies have y'all seen?

My number: 0


tommyrot - Nov 28, 2009 6:21:03 am PST #5154 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.

I saw part of Battlefield Earth on cable, but it doesn't count, as it was an accident.

So my number is 0 as well (although I did want to see Grindhouse - maybe I still will).


§ ita § - Nov 28, 2009 6:26:09 am PST #5155 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I enjoyed Grindhouse. Never saw any of the rest. Actually I've seen bits of Catwoman. It was that bad.


le nubian - Nov 28, 2009 6:48:53 am PST #5156 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Has anyone seen "The Cove?" It is about the politics (and history) of dolphin slaughter.

I'm watching it now and it isn't graphic at all (so far) and I'm about 20-30 minutes and I am horrified - only by the statistics presented by the people on screen. What a crime this is. I just can't get over it.


DavidS - Nov 28, 2009 6:55:32 am PST #5157 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I liked Grindhouse too.


sumi - Nov 28, 2009 7:21:58 am PST #5158 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!

So, I'm caught up with the filmed version of the Twilight series although I have yet to read the books.

Watched Twilight on bluray Thursday night: yeah, it didn't get me. I wasn't that taken with either Bella or Edward and I found both the bad vampire makeup and the weird color/lighting v. distracting. I mean, was it necessary for the whites of Bella's eyes and her teeth to appear blue/green? Shouldn't there have been more contrast between her normal living friends and the vampires? I also felt like the move from attraction to being desperately in love wasn't shown very well. But I liked Charlie and was interested in Carlisle's back story. The special effects kind of sucked too - the sparkliness was particularly bad and I thought that there was pacing or possibly blocking issues that made the whole film seem very static. Edward in particular seemed more like a series of photo stills than you know, a moving, undead creature.

On New Moon Loved Jacob and the werewolves, still don't get the Edward attraction. I'm told that when Bella went into her depression that in the book you know that her family tried all sorts of things to get her out of the funk but the movie (for some reason) chose to not show that. Liked the little glimpse of Carlisle's backstory we saw - want more. Thought that the Italian law vamps were fun, enjoyed Edward's sister. I think that the makeup and special effects were much, much better. It does seem very weird to me that Carlisle and family would go along with something that would break their centuries - possibly millenia old treaty with the Native American people in the area. I guess everything really is about Bella and Edward.

We saw an afternoon show on Friday and my 40-something friends and myself were the youngest people in the theatre. Hilarious.


Polter-Cow - Nov 28, 2009 7:58:56 am PST #5159 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I liked Grindhouse as well, and I saw Catwoman on a plane, and, yes, it really was that bad. And remember that I'm the guy who likes everything. Oh wait! I also saw Battlefield Earth, and...I didn't think it was that bad! So that just goes to show how bad Catwoman is.


DavidS - Nov 28, 2009 8:21:33 am PST #5160 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So what are your least favorite movie viewing experience ever?

Mine are:

Funny Car Summer (horribly, horribly boring 70s documentary we saw in a theater)
The Goonies
Last Tango in Paris


Typo Boy - Nov 28, 2009 8:30:32 am PST #5161 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I saw parts of Catwoman on late night TV. Yeah it really was that bad. Trying to think how the heck you would make a good Catwoman movie. I mean the concept so invites cheese.