I tried to go to Little Women on NYE and when I got there for a 3:50 showing, everything but the front row was sold out. Yay women-led and -made movies doing phenomenally!
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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Amy - Jan 02, 2020 8:43:01 am PST #2448 of 3430
Because books.
amych - Jan 03, 2020 8:18:01 am PST #2449 of 3430
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
my impression from the internet is that JJ Abrams is me, at eight.
More or less, assuming you had umpty million dollars to play with at eight.
Calli - Jan 03, 2020 8:55:42 am PST #2450 of 3430
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
When I was eight, I regularly argued that Return of the Jedi was the best Star Wars because "A New Hope has a death star, Empire Strikes Back has a lightsaber duel, but Return of the Jedi has BOTH!"
I've heard worse arguments.
Gris - Jan 03, 2020 10:53:56 am PST #2451 of 3430
Hey. New board.
Sure! I think that's basically still what my dad looks for in a Star Wars movie.
Una - Jan 03, 2020 11:48:33 am PST #2452 of 3430
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
There are lovely STAR WARS WOOO! moments in RoS, and I loved having the main three finally together, but overall, what a hot mess!
Yes, Stormpilot is absolutely happening. (am I the only one who wondered whether Hux become the mole because Kylo wasn't hate-fucking with him anymore ?)
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2020 12:18:57 pm PST #2453 of 3430
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Ha! Una, I didn't wonder that during the movie, but I 100% accept your reasoning!
Dana - Jan 03, 2020 3:07:09 pm PST #2454 of 3430
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Now there are these weird rumors of Disney overriding JJ's creative decisions, and some mystical 3-hour cut of the movie. It's like the revenge of the Snyder cut.
amyparker - Jan 04, 2020 6:03:52 pm PST #2455 of 3430
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Today I drove to Tacoma (about 60 miles away) to see Little Women in an arthouse cinema with my best friend Sara, and the place was packed! We snickered and cried and leaned on each other, and after it was over we said "I'm so happy that I saw this with you!"
. . . and then we played "How many Farrow & Ball paint colors/Bradbury and Bradbury wallpapers did you recognize?" before moving on to squee about the costumes, because that is part of our friendship.
Jessica - Jan 05, 2020 12:30:23 pm PST #2456 of 3430
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Now there are these weird rumors of Disney overriding JJ's creative decisions, and some mystical 3-hour cut of the movie. It's like the revenge of the Snyder cut.
Naturally, because the main thing this hot mess of JJA cliches was missing was...45 minutes more of that?
billytea - Jan 05, 2020 12:40:12 pm PST #2457 of 3430
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Naturally, because the main thing this hot mess of JJA cliches was missing was...45 minutes more of that?
If it included an explanation of what the hell Palpatine was doing back from the dead I might deem it a marginal improvement.
Though if it's something like "he had a Horcrux", maybe not.