Alice in Wonderland is at the second-run theater here for a dollar. Is it worth it to see it on the big screen, or is it really bad enough to skip?
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
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Amy - May 22, 2010 6:13:31 am PDT #8421 of 30000
Because books.
Connie Neil - May 22, 2010 12:59:22 pm PDT #8422 of 30000
brillig
I hope it's worth it, we're heading to see it in an hour.
Laga - May 22, 2010 9:51:01 pm PDT #8423 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I finally saw Avatar. I'm glad I knew how awful it was going in so I could enjoy it for the beautiful CGI. Predicting the dialogue was a fun game, too.
§ ita § - May 22, 2010 10:13:51 pm PDT #8424 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I saw Just Wright, my rom com of the moment. It was charming, and had a vocal audience "She's full of shit!" And she was. Queen Latifah plays a tomboy who doesn't get a makeover--she dresses up during the movie, but it's pretty much glossed over that she could be sassily dressed all the time, but she wears what you like when she wanted,
tommyrot - May 23, 2010 6:26:18 am PDT #8425 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've never heard of Just Wright, so my first thought was of the Wright Brothers. Now I'm trying to imagine a rom com movie about the Wright Brothers with Queen Latifa in it.
Maybe Latifa is a time-traveling FAA agent, who comes to Wright Brothers to offer constructive criticism on their new plane. Wackiness and romance ensues.
(Maybe I shouldn't post before having coffee....)
Laga - May 23, 2010 11:40:56 am PDT #8426 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Maybe Latifa is a time-traveling FAA agent, who comes to Wright Brothers to offer constructive criticism on their new plane. Wackiness and romance ensues.
Now I want to see this.
I watched The Comancheros on AMC. John Wayne was wonderful as usual. I love the way he keeps saying monSOOer. But I feel terrible for complaining about Rock Hudson playing a native american in Winchester '73 that treatment was quite gentle compared to the portrayals in The Comancheros. Oh dear dog when the "tame indian" pantomimed whisky it was so awful I had to rewind to be sure I'd seen it right.
tommyrot - May 24, 2010 6:27:50 am PDT #8427 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.
“The Bechdel test” requires a movie to pass three questions:
1) Does it have two or more women in it (who have names) ?
2) Do they talk to one another?
3) Do they talk to one another about something other than a man?
Many movies apparently don’t pass the test…
§ ita § - May 24, 2010 6:42:02 am PDT #8428 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Many movies apparently don’t pass the test…
What a copout editorialism.
What's the demographic of neatorama? A lot of those posters seem to take a lot of umbrage at the premise of the test. It's really only looking for the one conversation in an entire work. It's not complicated, and one doesn't have to boycott a movie because it doesn't pass.
Of the past three movies I've seen in the theatre, only one passes, and it was a romantic comedy. Even those might not pass, because the women may always be discussing the romantic target. But I'm pretty sure Just Wright had female conversations about the protagonist's wellbeing in general.
The Losers and Iron Man 2 pretty much fail right out of the gate, but hey, I enjoyed them anyway and I'm not turning in a feminist card over it.
Amy - May 24, 2010 6:47:10 am PDT #8429 of 30000
Because books.
Yeah, I'm not sure what to think about that. Does that make movies like The Great Escape, for instance, not worth watching? I don't think so.
Jessica - May 24, 2010 6:51:10 am PDT #8430 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Wasn't there a scene in IM2 where Pepper and Natasha talk business? For about three seconds before RDJ comes in?
I think the Bechdel test is a useful way to demonstrate how little there is for women to do in most Hollywood movies. I don't think it's the only way (or even a good way) to determine if a movie is worth watching.