tommy, the IO9 review says that happens.
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§ ita § - Jun 04, 2010 12:42:28 pm PDT #8701 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sj - Jun 04, 2010 2:45:04 pm PDT #8702 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm watching "W" and it may ruin my Josh Brolin oost forever.
le nubian - Jun 04, 2010 3:16:12 pm PDT #8703 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm going to the movie soon also. I'll report on graphic stuff. I'm a bit afraid of the movie because of this.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 04, 2010 4:58:03 pm PDT #8704 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm watching "W" and it may ruin my Josh Brolin oost forever.
Just pretend it's David Boreanaz instead. Looks about the same, and he's been such a man-ho he doesn't deserve the oost.
erikaj - Jun 04, 2010 4:58:51 pm PDT #8705 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
sj, I found that movie lame-ish. Too funny to be serious. Too serious to be funny.
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2010 5:48:58 pm PDT #8706 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
tommyrot, the scene you mention is not graphic at all. No blood or gore or anything like that.
le nubian - Jun 04, 2010 5:53:05 pm PDT #8707 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
okay, I'm back from the movie. Quick thoughts: I'm not sure what others would think, but my advice to anyone reading this is DO NOT SEE SPLICE.
I mean it.
The movie goes to a fucked up place and does not return. I wish I could unsee it. There is a pivotal point in the movie - perhaps about 3/4ths of the way in, where the whole audience gasped and groaned in disgust, then laughed in disgust, and then groaned some more. What I didn't understand then (and I know all too well now) is that wasn't the lowest point in the movie. It actually got WORSE from there. And guess what, this is AFTER the event with the white font above - which was a terrible scene, but in the context of the movie, not that bad. Which is saying something.
Beau would give the movie zero stars (out of 5). He feels that it was an incompetent film - that the movie made its start look incapable of good acting. He's a literature phd, so he feels the movie did not have a story. He compares this movie to "The Cell" (which also didn't have a story), but The Cell is a better movie.
I agree with him. In fact, I would say that "Species" is a better movie. The main characters are portrayed as being very stupid - these are biochemists - mind you. They do the most stupid shit imaginable. I am pretty surprised at the positive ratings on RT. The movie doesn't deserve it at all.
Laga - Jun 04, 2010 6:26:13 pm PDT #8708 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
When I read what le nubian wrote I ran over to Roger Ebert dot com but he gave it three stars! humph.
Amy - Jun 04, 2010 6:29:17 pm PDT #8709 of 30000
Because books.
I think The Cell had a story. Not a fantastically complicated one, but the basic plot the rest hangs on is JLo trying to get through to the kid. And because of the serial killer, she can, but also learns something about herself (protagonist growth, blah blah).
Splice just *looks* too freaky to me.
le nubian - Jun 04, 2010 6:35:37 pm PDT #8710 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, I don't understand why the critics like the movie so much. i really don't.