Hey Fred, I just finished Farber On Film, and think you'd enjoy the man's writing. I'd only read the White Elephant vs. Termite Art essay before, but the whole is a pretty great read. I mean, the guy's philosophically about as aligned with my own ideas as any critic, but taste-wise, he's all over the map. Anyway, I figured for a TCM addict like you, this would be the WMD.
Wesley: We're going to bring Angelus in alive. Connor: No we're not. Gunn: I thought you said capturing him wasn't an option. Wesley: Changed my mind. Connor: Change it back.
'Why We Fight'
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Hayden - Mar 01, 2010 6:33:15 am PST #6990 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Fred Pete - Mar 01, 2010 6:36:42 am PST #6991 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Thanks, Corwood. I'll keep my eyes open for it.
Jessica - Mar 02, 2010 7:41:58 am PST #6992 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DH and I saw Alice in Wonderland last night, and it was very meh. The main impression I came away with was that Tim Burton wishes he'd been asked to direct Pirates of the Caribbean. (His Alice is essentially the same character as Keira Knightly and Depp's Mad Hatter is essentially Jack Sparrow with an even less intelligible accent and better hats.)
Frankenbuddha - Mar 02, 2010 8:02:38 am PST #6993 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That's disappointing to hear.
Did you see it in 3-D? Was it at least good as eye-candy?
Jessica - Mar 02, 2010 8:13:32 am PST #6994 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, the 3D was terrible - it wasn't shot for 3D (it was converted in post), and you can really tell the difference. Maybe the IMAX version looks better, I don't know.
The set design was pretty standard Burton. (Take a regular castle, skew it in Photoshop, make the corners into curlycues and paint it with red and white stripes. Rinse, repeat. Yawn.)
JZ - Mar 02, 2010 8:23:07 am PST #6995 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Urgh. I just tried to read a True TV article about the Twilight Zone disaster, and I don't think I'll be able to make it to the section about the trial--just hastily skimming the description of the children's deaths and realizing that it was three in the morning and their parents were there and saw all of it is punching all my mommy buttons.
If I ever, ever meet John Landis, I'm punching him in the face, throat and cock. What an utter, utter fucker.
Sigh. So much for ever rewatching The Blues Brothers.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 02, 2010 8:24:26 am PST #6996 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Maybe the IMAX version looks better, I don't know.
That's too much of a maybe to bother. I think I'll try and see if it gets a standard release somewhere, if I bother. I WON"T be making the Imax trip Monday I was thinking of doing (I have the day off, and will be heading back from Maine, so the matinee would have worked really well).
I was a little concerned of the previews with everyone dressed for battle, including Johnny Depp, and what looked like battle scenes. - it looked a little too Narnia-ish to me.
javachik - Mar 02, 2010 8:32:21 am PST #6997 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
JZ, outragious, huh? And yet, he is still working making movies. I am not naive about movie-making; it can be terribly dangerous. But what happened on that set was criminal.
And then his behaviour aftrwards sealed the deal on his complete reprehensibility.
I am disappointed to hear that Alice isn't as great as the previews suggest. Boo!
quester - Mar 02, 2010 8:38:26 am PST #6998 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Looks like he's directed some episodes of Psych. Too bad. I like the show.
Daisy Jane - Mar 02, 2010 8:42:48 am PST #6999 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
And the movie he's working on now? Some Guy Who Kills People.
Gah!