Yeah, Matt, bleak is way different than misanthropy!
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
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javachik - Jul 15, 2010 12:53:10 pm PDT #9937 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
DebetEsse - Jul 15, 2010 1:03:27 pm PDT #9938 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
A) I would totally go see the Glass of House and Sand.
B) That's the one with the moral of "open your fucking mail!" Right? B1) Todd was once in a play where a significant moral of the story was "break the tab on tapes you don't want someone to record over" This amused us a lot, especially since it was a pretty depressing play.
I agree with the Pan's Labyrinth assessment (that was actually going to be my example). What about (circling back to a previous "did you mean this?", only not) Children of Earth (Torchwood)? I thought that was up there on the bleak scale.
Jessica - Jul 15, 2010 1:10:06 pm PDT #9939 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
B) That's the one with the moral of "open your fucking mail!" Right?
Yup. So not only depressing, but also trite and pointless!
Jessica - Jul 15, 2010 1:15:22 pm PDT #9940 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oops, phone double post
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2010 1:32:49 pm PDT #9941 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which reminds me, I need to check my mail.
I found CTHD incredibly depressing in an I-will-never-know-love way, but it's still one of my favourite movies. I think I can come down on the pro side of nihilistic action, quite simply.
Sean K - Jul 15, 2010 1:37:01 pm PDT #9942 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
B) That's the one with the moral of "open your fucking mail!" Right? B1) Todd was once in a play where a significant moral of the story was "break the tab on tapes you don't want someone to record over" This amused us a lot, especially since it was a pretty depressing play.
I maintain that the "message" of Showgirls is "Never be the first one down the stairs."
DavidS - Jul 15, 2010 1:41:05 pm PDT #9943 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't know that I have an opinion on bleak action movies. I do know I think they're funnier and more enjoyable when Shane Black writes them.
We're back from seeing Despicable Me.
It was only playing in 3D in the City and I got serious, horrible sticker shock when the matinee cost us forty-fucking-two dollars to go see. I would've walked away except we'd taken the train down, Matilda was amped to see it and we'd already been shut out of seeing the preview.
Christ. The 3D was good, but that's well more than twice what I expected to pay.
It was enjoyable though. The voice actors were intriguing because they didn't play characters based on the actors personas. In short, they acted. Julie Andrews, for example, played the mean, cold Russian mother. Jason Segal was totally unrecognizable as the nerd-villain Vector. And Steve Carrell was working a heavy Ruskie accent all movie.
Anne W. - Jul 15, 2010 1:48:27 pm PDT #9944 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I saw Despicable Me on vacation (in 2D), and enjoyed it very much. Some of the humor in there reminded me of old Warner Bros. cartoons.
DavidS - Jul 15, 2010 1:49:57 pm PDT #9945 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
We basically walked out of their yelling, "It's just so FLUFFY!"
Gris - Jul 15, 2010 2:10:53 pm PDT #9946 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I also liked Despicable Me, but was glad to see it in 2-D.
$42 means, what, $14 a ticket? In Manhattan (except one theater in Harlem, apparently, that I may start attending) we're up to $13 for 2-D films. 3-D run at least $16, and usually more like $17.50. Don't even get me started on Imax.
The AMC $6 pre-noon weekend movies are kind of magic, here. But I'm a teacher! In the summer I don't always want to see movies on weekends! And I've noticed a lot of movies with showings at 12:00 p.m. exactly (rather than 11:30, say, even if it means more annoying times later in the afternoon) to get around that.