The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo is on Netflix Watch Instantly. I haven't watched it yet, but I was surprised that it showed up so quickly.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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Rayne - Jul 13, 2010 6:51:38 pm PDT #9732 of 30000
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Polter-Cow - Jul 13, 2010 6:54:55 pm PDT #9733 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just watched Quarantine, which is essentially a shot-for-shot, beat-for-beat remake of [REC]. I didn't think it was bad, and it had some good ideas of its own, but the original is better, as expected.
Sue - Jul 13, 2010 6:56:13 pm PDT #9734 of 30000
hip deep in pie
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo is on Netflix Watch Instantly. I haven't watched it yet, but I was surprised that it showed up so quickly.
It's on DVD and the Girl Who Played With Fire is already in a local theatre.
DavidS - Jul 13, 2010 7:00:42 pm PDT #9735 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You know as all-time gorgeous film couples go, I think I've been undervaluing Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale in The Leopard.
megan walker - Jul 13, 2010 7:01:07 pm PDT #9736 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
And Hornet's Nest comes out in the fall.
megan walker - Jul 13, 2010 7:02:14 pm PDT #9737 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Alain Delon = Yum. Or, rather, miam.
le nubian - Jul 13, 2010 7:38:47 pm PDT #9738 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
all three movies have already been released in Europe.
P.M. Marc - Jul 13, 2010 9:34:07 pm PDT #9739 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I loved LiT, but hate hate hate American Beauty.
Jessica - Jul 14, 2010 4:25:14 am PDT #9740 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Of course, if the director had just trimmed down the ENDLESS FUCKING SHOTS of Jim Cavieziel staring broodingly out of the boat for, like, 45 minutes, the movie would have been tighter and possibly easier to endure.
But given that it was Terrence Malick, what were you expecting? 45 minutes of the main character not staring vacantly at a tree/sunset/piece of grass?
(Personally, I love Malick's movies. They're so breathtakingly beautiful I forget that most movies have, like, plots.)
Word of advice - do NOT watch Inception (a) while pregnant and (b) right before going to bed. Your dreams will be ALL FUCKED UP.
(There's nothing about pregnancy in the film, but hormones + waking up to pee every three hours makes for wacky dreams that are extra-remembered.)
In all seriousness though, it was fantastic and I highly recommend it. Like all of Nolan's movies since he got some money, it's about half an hour too long, but other than that I'd say it's probably his best effort since Memento.
Volans - Jul 14, 2010 4:34:51 am PDT #9741 of 30000
move out and draw fire
See, my friend who hated the Avatar: The Last Airbender series LOVES American Beauty. Like, he puts it on while he's doing something else, so he can chuckle and be happy.
I think he's wired backwards; I wanted to walk out of AB.
We watched Shutter Island last night. Meh. Some good performances, but the movie overall was nothing that hasn't been done to death.
We got our exercise dodging anvils, though. Both the Social Commentary kind ("I'd rather stay in the asylum; the world's gone crazy out there") and the Visual Symbolism kind (a lighthouse? Seriously?).
I do kind of want to mash up Shutter Island and The Dark Knight, as SI was basically Arkham Asylum.
Much the same way I want to mash up L'Auberge Espagnole and Cloverfield.