OK, I guess Hector Elizondo and Jessica Alba could have been playing Latino/a characters, but they weren't ethnic like Lopez's.
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
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Jesse - Feb 13, 2010 5:29:32 pm PST #6803 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Feb 13, 2010 5:53:16 pm PST #6804 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thank you for taking the hit and seeing the movie, Jesse. I'm glad I didn't.
Jesse - Feb 13, 2010 6:04:07 pm PST #6805 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would not recommend paying for it.
Burrell - Feb 13, 2010 6:12:13 pm PST #6806 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The earlier version is much better. The plot actually makes sense and it comes down to Charlie making a choice which defines him. In the Burton Wonka we get a needless, over-explainy, here's-10-minutes-of-my-last-therapy-session, backstory. Willy Wonka does not need a conventional finds-a-family plot resolution. He's much more intriguing as the slightly sinister figure portrayed by Gene Wilder.
I gotta go with Hec here. Much as I like Depp's Willy Wonka clapping in glee after the animatronics catch on fire, the ending of the movie was terrible. Not Planet of the Apes terrible, but pretty terrible none the less.
Amy - Feb 13, 2010 6:12:39 pm PST #6807 of 30000
Because books.
The reviewer at Jezebel hated it, too, Jesse. Sorry you had to sit through it!
Jesse - Feb 13, 2010 6:17:26 pm PST #6808 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I...didn't actually hate watching it. Parts were cute, while I was seeing the terribleness with my thinking-brain.
Scrappy - Feb 13, 2010 8:40:06 pm PST #6809 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I just saw "Terribly Happy" which is Danish Coen brothers-type film. That makes it sound like an homage or a rip-off, but it's very, very good, actually.Dark and surprising in all the right ways and great atmospheric use of the setting.
Volans - Feb 14, 2010 4:45:21 am PST #6810 of 30000
move out and draw fire
How about watching Sharktopus as the nature movie?
Miracleman - Feb 14, 2010 5:47:21 am PST #6811 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Okay, old news but...I've been (obsessively) re-watching Star Trek (2009) lately and a few things have popped into my head.
1) STILL FUN!
2) Okay, I'm a dolt. It has taken me nearly a year to figure out that Bones is Eomer. He does such a good job!
3) (related to 2)) Bones and Scotty? My favorite characters.
4) Tight movie! They, for the most part, obeyed my one rule of possible plot holes: Ask the question. Give me a line of dialogue. Acknowledge you thought of it, even if your answer is "I dunno."
5) Zachary Quinto is a good Spock. There are some shots where he is Brandon-Routh-as-Clark-Kent eerie.
6) I still maitain that it took serious balls to alter the timeline while acknowledging canon. Destroying Vulcan? DAMN!
7) Nimoy can make me weepy.
8) Can't wait for the next one.
Gris - Feb 14, 2010 3:44:28 pm PST #6812 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I will see the Percy Jackson movie, ita. Probably next weekend. I really liked the books, and the movie looks fun.