We all went to the How to Train Your Dragon today. I was not excited about the 3D because the idea of keeping the glasses on Ellie was not fun. They actually did fall off many times until she figured out how to sort of hold them on. But that aside, the movie was a lot of fun.
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.
'Shindig'
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Stephanie - Mar 28, 2010 11:14:24 am PDT #7436 of 30000
Trust my rage
DavidS - Mar 28, 2010 11:32:08 am PDT #7437 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm eager to see How To Train Your Dragon as it's done by Chris Sanders who did Lilo and Stitch.
I am not, however, keen on all of the movies being 3-D now.
Polter-Cow - Mar 28, 2010 12:03:49 pm PDT #7438 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm eager to see How To Train Your Dragon as it's done by Chris Sanders who did Lilo and Stitch.
Oh, really? Now I am more interested. It's been getting really good reviews.
I am not, however, keen on all of the movies being 3-D now.
Yeah, it's really annoying.
Steph L. - Mar 28, 2010 12:31:16 pm PDT #7439 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Iron Man 2 isn't 3D, though, right?
RIGHT?!?
Polter-Cow - Mar 28, 2010 12:51:44 pm PDT #7440 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
YET.
And they just raised the 3D prices! What the fuck!
Stephanie - Mar 28, 2010 3:32:33 pm PDT #7441 of 30000
Trust my rage
You know, I actually thought the 3D looked pretty cool. All the scenes of the flying dragons and such were pretty cool in 3D. I think it's annoying, though, to have to wear special glasses to see a movie.
Amy - Mar 28, 2010 3:38:25 pm PDT #7442 of 30000
Because books.
S. took Sara and they saw 2D, since the closest theater doesn't have 3D. He wasn't disappointed in it. I loved Coraline in 3D, though.
Polter-Cow - Mar 28, 2010 10:19:35 pm PDT #7443 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I enjoyed it! It wasn't groundbreaking or amazing or anything, but it was well done and entertaining.
tommyrot - Mar 29, 2010 5:36:27 am PDT #7444 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.
This is funny: Battlefield Earth screenwriter apologises
Then I got another batch of notes. I thought it was a joke. They changed the entire tone. I knew these notes would kill the movie. The notes wanted me to lose key scenes, add ridiculous scenes, take out some of the key characters. I asked Mike where they came from. He said, "From us." But when I pressed him, he said, "From John [Travolta]'s camp, but we agree with them."
I refused to incorporate the notes into the script and was fired.
Sean K - Mar 30, 2010 10:19:02 am PDT #7445 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So last night I finally saw Paranormal Activity.
HOLY CRAP! It has been a very long time since any movie scared the living shit out of me like that. And it did it with a budget of all of five bucks. While there are a number of similarities that can be drawn between PA and Blair Witch Project, I think they are superficial at best. Blair Witch really only had the one scary image at the end, almost nothing actually happened on screen. Paranormal Activity let almost everything happen on screen, and contains a LARGE number of images that are going to stick with me for a very long time.
And the economy of both budget and craft that were used for PA were very impressive. Somebody needs to beat Michael Bay about the head and neck (and junk) with this movie.
Bigger, louder, and more special effects does not equal good film making. Not when a movie made for $20 genuinely scared the crap out of me, without using cheap GOTCHAS.
And I watched it in a room with the lights on.