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.
Easy Bake. Flop-a-palooza. Woosh. Pop. I don't skulk.
Angel ,'Shells'
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Connie Neil - Jan 15, 2010 5:58:19 am PST #6189 of 30000
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§ 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
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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.
Polter-Cow - Jan 15, 2010 6:58:30 am PST #6196 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I liked Sky Captain too!
P.M. Marc - Jan 15, 2010 7:06:06 am PST #6197 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I wanted Sky Captain femslash.
DavidS - Jan 15, 2010 7:23:59 am PST #6198 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wanted Sky Captain femslash.
I want examples of Angelina Jolie's character in cosplay.