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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai

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Jessica - Dec 04, 2009 2:48:50 am PST #5302 of 30000

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

So, Sherlock Holmes wasn't terrible, but it also wasn't really very good. The acting and dialogue are great, but the plot and action scenes and set design were very meh. It's kind of going for a steampunk look, but it winds up feeling more like a cheap b-movie - there's just no texture to any of the CGI backgrounds.

Still, RDJ is excellent and has a good rapport with Jude Law, and their scenes together are fun to watch. (And it was a huge relief to me to watch a movie with a skeptical ending after the travesty that was Men Who Stare At Goats. The final scene bought a large amount of goodwill from me, since it so easily could have gone the other way.)

Gris - Dec 04, 2009 2:58:13 am PST #5303 of 30000

Hey. New board.

Laga: I was surprised when I saw the movie. I read the book afterward, but I don't remember if there was a scene similar to the one you mention. If there was, it was no more explicit than in the movie and I would have been surprised in the book, too.

Tom Scola - Dec 04, 2009 3:03:19 am PST #5304 of 30000

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Granny O’Grimm.

Jilli, especially, needs to check it out.

Gris - Dec 04, 2009 4:14:45 am PST #5305 of 30000

Hey. New board.

On the AV Club lists: like too many movie lists, it's remarkably shy on accessible comedies, though The 40-Year-Old Virgin made one person's list.

My list would be somewhat different (Lost in Translation and Saved! would have made the list), but what I've seen of their choices mostly seem respectable. I do hate Memento, of course, but I've realized that most people don't so that's okay.

erikaj - Dec 04, 2009 4:17:08 am PST #5306 of 30000

Always Anti-fascist!

I think I'd have put Wedding Crashers on my comedy list. Saved too

Frankenbuddha - Dec 04, 2009 4:21:10 am PST #5307 of 30000

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I can't find a watchable clip of it anywhere, ita.

And you really do need the sound to get the full effect.

le nubian - Dec 04, 2009 4:22:00 am PST #5308 of 30000

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Glamcookie, I'm with you on TTH. Just ick.

Polter-Cow - Dec 04, 2009 6:07:49 am PST #5309 of 30000

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I loved Talk to Her. I didn't really see the big deal about Volver, which didn't seem to go anywhere. Talk to Her was much more narratively interesting.

flea - Dec 04, 2009 6:10:20 am PST #5310 of 30000

information libertarian

The best of all Almodovar movies has to be Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Carmen Maura! The Mambo Taxi! The crazy wife hijacking a motorcycle! The gazpacho! Antonio Banderas before he was famous in America! (It is one of my favorite movies of all time. Can you tell?)

Jon B. - Dec 04, 2009 7:00:13 am PST #5311 of 30000

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Granny O’Grimm.

OMG, that was amazing. I hope it gets an Oscar nod. It's on the shortlist of 10 films.

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