I just watched Primer. My brain is broken.
Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.
Cordelia ,'End of Days'
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Polter-Cow - Jan 31, 2010 9:02:53 pm PST #6392 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Frankenbuddha - Feb 01, 2010 3:46:07 am PST #6393 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I just watched Primer. My brain is broken.
Now go watch Pi and your head will explode.
Polter-Cow - Feb 01, 2010 6:05:38 am PST #6394 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Watched it years ago, and all I really remember at this point is the end. You know the scene.
DavidS - Feb 01, 2010 6:35:44 am PST #6395 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emmett and I have been working through the James Bond ouevre and after watching all the Sean Connerys in order I decided to jump around a bit and got the best (in my opinion) of the Moore and Brosnan Bonds.
It's easy to pick up old VHS copies at Amoeba for $2 so I grabbed The Spy Who Loved Me and Goldeneye. I thought I'd ease Emmett back to the goofiness of the Roger Moore era slowly, so we watched Pierce Brosnan first.
Goldeneye has a lot going for it. Great opening stunt (the bungee jump off the dam), kickass antagonist (Sean Bean), one of the all time great Bond villains (Xenia Onatop! God, I love Famke), a competent, active, credible, helpful Bond girl, old school Q, new school M (Judi). And most importantly for Emmett's entertainment: James Bond driving a tank over cars and through bridges on city streets.
It was fun to watch his reaction unfold, from Emmett urging Bond to "just take the tank" to his "Whoa! Yeah!" when the tank burst through the brick wall.
DavidS - Feb 01, 2010 6:38:01 am PST #6396 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, the villainous plot was to use an EMP to wipe out the financial records in London causing a "global financial crisis."
I turned to Emmett and said, "We had one of those just last year and we didn't need an Electro Magnetic Impulse or a dominatrix villain with evil powered thighs."
tommyrot - Feb 01, 2010 6:39:54 am PST #6397 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.
You know, I'm tempted to buy an old Mercedes diesel. Just because it'd be cool to have a car that's immune to the effects of an EMP.
Kathy A - Feb 01, 2010 6:40:19 am PST #6398 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think that Goldeneye was the first thing I'd ever seen Alan Cumming in--he was excellent as the weaselly computer geek.
Tom Scola - Feb 01, 2010 6:40:50 am PST #6399 of 30000
hwæt
You should give The Living Daylights another try. At the very least, it makes a nice palate-cleaner after final few really horrible Roger Moore films.
erikaj - Feb 01, 2010 6:43:58 am PST #6400 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Hec, We used to have Burritos and Bond as a Sunday tradition for a while.
DavidS - Feb 01, 2010 6:49:29 am PST #6401 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think that Goldeneye was the first thing I'd ever seen Alan Cumming in
Ha! I forgot that was the other thing about watching the movie with Emmett.
Emmett: [seeing Alan Cumming] "Hey, that's Floop!" [from Spy Kids]
The rest of the movie was me going: "That's the guy who plays Hagrid. That's Boromir."
I do this a lot when I'm flipping through the channels, translating actors into his viewing experience.
Very funny when watching old Merchant Ivory movies. "That's McGonnigle, and that's Bellatrix." "What? That's Bellatrix?" "Yeah, and that's Trelawney back when she was married to Gilderoy Lockhart." "Huh." "Okay, and that woman was married to the guy who was Batman's mentor and was also Qi Gon in Phantom Menance. But she died. Very sad."
Blow Dry has been running on the cable movie channels and I can't wait to say, "That's Snape."