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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai

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Volans - Jan 15, 2010 5:45:22 am PST #6186 of 30000

move out and draw fire

After scanning the Netflix offerings on Xbox for half an hour, looking for something we could watch with Mal that wouldn't make us want to gouge our own eyes out, we settled on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

Why didn't anyone warn me how bad it was? Oh, right, they did. Jude "box office poison" Law.

le nubian - Jan 15, 2010 5:49:47 am PST #6187 of 30000

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

interview with the man who wrote the Lebowski as shakespeare play:

[link]

le nubian - Jan 15, 2010 5:54:45 am PST #6188 of 30000

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

because this is easily amused Friday, here is a website that replays Harrison Ford's line in the trailer of "Extraordinary Measures" over and over and over again.

[link]

Connie Neil - Jan 15, 2010 5:58:19 am PST #6189 of 30000

brillig

Why didn't anyone warn me how bad it was?

I'd have warned you if I knew. So disappointing, and the filming technique made me feel like I was hallucinating it by the end--and hallucinating it wasn't an improvement.

§ ita § - Jan 15, 2010 6:01:01 am PST #6190 of 30000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Jude "box office poison" Law.

He did okay with Sherlock Holmes. Really okay. Damn, that was fun.

Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 15, 2010 6:08:29 am PST #6191 of 30000

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Why didn't anyone warn me how bad it was? Oh, right, they did. Jude "box office poison" Law.

The movie is actually much better if you see it from the viewpoint of that one critic who posited that Polly Perkins was really a nihilistic saboteur who was undermining Joe Sullivan at every turn and trying to wipe out all life on earth.

Jessica - Jan 15, 2010 6:18:41 am PST #6192 of 30000

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

Aw, I liked Sky Captain. It was all corny and steampunkish and pretty!

Connie Neil - Jan 15, 2010 6:20:17 am PST #6193 of 30000

brillig

Polly Perkins was really a nihilistic saboteur who was undermining Joe Sullivan at every turn and trying to wipe out all life on earth.

OK, that makes sense.

tommyrot - Jan 15, 2010 6:25:03 am PST #6194 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 kept on thinking things like, "There's no way a P-40 could dive vertically into the water without it being destroyed and the pilot killed. Plus the giant flying aircraft carriers make no sense."

But otherwise I lied the steampunkishness and cornyness of it....

DavidS - Jan 15, 2010 6:31:19 am PST #6195 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

steampunkishness

Pfft. A clear instance of Diesel Punk.

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