I was quite pleased on how they resolved the magic thing . And the way Mary proved to Holmes that she was more than just a wretched hussy sent to take Watson away from him.
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
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Connie Neil - Dec 27, 2009 5:19:40 pm PST #5786 of 30000
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Steph L. - Dec 27, 2009 5:44:40 pm PST #5787 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We saw Avatar today in 3D, and while the fact that it was basically Dances with Wolves was glaringly obvious, I still found it visually stunning. I know every review has already said this, but the worldbuilding was amazing.
The video logs that Jake had to record all had a date stamp, and I noticed that the year was 2154, and all I could think was that there is NO WAY humans could develop such technology in ~150 years. And THEN I thought, the first thing Grace did when she hopped out of the Avatar-pod was light up a cigarette, which made me think, Seriously? After 150 years, smoking hasn't been made illegal?
It's the little things that grab me. But yeah, it was amazing to watch.
tommyrot - Dec 27, 2009 8:01:12 pm PST #5788 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.
Another one of 'dem decade lists: Epic Fail: The Most Disappointing Movies Of The Decade
le nubian - Dec 27, 2009 8:19:12 pm PST #5789 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
man, I completely disagree with the matrix sequels being on the list, but whatever.
§ ita § - Dec 27, 2009 8:55:24 pm PST #5790 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have to vote with them on the sequels. I really have to ignore them when I consider the original. They did so little of what I enjoyed with the first one.
Typo Boy - Dec 27, 2009 8:57:21 pm PST #5791 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.
(Actually it combines three cartoons. The bottom row is the one relevant to this conversation.)
Atropa - Dec 27, 2009 9:37:46 pm PST #5792 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I thought Sherlock Holmes was all sorts of fun. Of course, me being me, I would have preferred if they left the magic as magic, instead of tacked-on rational explanations. Yeah yeah, I know, that wouldn't have fit with the general canon. But it was marvelous fun, and the interaction between Holmes and Watson was great.
Also, my wardrobe is sadly lacking bustles. I need more.
We got trailers for Iron Man 2 (wheee!), Inception (whee?), Sorcerer's Apprentice (It'd be more wheee! about it if it wasn't Nicholas Cage), some rom-com with Jennifer Anniston that I don't even remember the title of, and some cop movie with Bruce Willis. I was hoping for a Wolfman trailer (paranormal! Vaguely Victorian-esque setting!), and I was really hoping for an Alice In Wonderland trailer. Alas, I got neither.
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2009 4:41:56 am PST #5793 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The cop movie--was it the one with Tracy Morgan? That looked like a distillation of everything I found annoying. We had that one too.
Aims - Dec 28, 2009 4:43:37 am PST #5794 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The cop movie--was it the one with Tracy Morgan?
With Bruce Willis? Called A Couple of Dicks?
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2009 4:47:20 am PST #5795 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Called A Couple of Dicks?
They changed the name. It's called Cop Out.