Glad to have confirmation that my decision never to see it was the right one.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 06, 2016 5:34:18 pm PST #424 of 3455
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
beekaytee - Dec 06, 2016 5:38:04 pm PST #425 of 3455
Compassionately intolerant
Go with that. Stick with that.
Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2016 5:40:54 pm PST #426 of 3455
brillig
The impression I've had about Last Tango over the years was it was an artistic way to get away with porn.
Fred Pete - Dec 07, 2016 6:35:20 am PST #427 of 3455
Ann, that's a ferret.
Quite a while since I saw it, but my sense is that it was taboo-breaking for the sake of taboo-breaking/publicity/box office, as opposed to telling a story. Can't say I regret seeing it, but no desire to see it again.
Tom Scola - Dec 07, 2016 6:37:42 am PST #428 of 3455
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Last Tango in Paris was adored and championed by Pauline Kael: [link]
Toddson - Dec 07, 2016 7:02:42 am PST #429 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I never saw it, which seems to have been a good decision.
Vonnie K - Dec 09, 2016 6:26:23 am PST #430 of 3455
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
It's an embarrassment of riches in terms of the quality of films out right now. If you want to give Manchester by the Sea a pass because of Casey Affleck's transgressions and have already seen Moana and Arrival and Moonlight (GO SEE MOONLIGHT FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE), I heartily recommend you give The Edge of Seventeen a try. It's been out for 3-4 weeks or so and is almost out of the local multiplex. I went to see it a couple of nights ago because the reviews have been great and I liked the trailer, and it's just excellent across the board.
It's a movie about a teen, but way better than most teen movies I've seen, and I've seen many. Even if it wasn't, it would be worthwhile seeing for Hailee Steinfeld's incandescent lead performance alone. Ever since True Grit, I have been wondering why she's not getting a complex enough role worth her talent -- this is it. She is in almost every single frame of this movie and she takes a character who is an angry, insecure, messed-up nightmare and manages to make her funny and heartbreaking and immensely sympathetic with all her warts intact. She bounces particularly well off Woody Harrelson, who plays her sarcastic teacher (with a gooey center, of course. It's not a fresh role, but he embodies it so perfectly.)
Toddson - Dec 09, 2016 8:31:45 am PST #431 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oh, last weekend I was wandering around the TV channels and came across "Love Bites" - a vampire movie (Jilli alert?). It's set in 1992, so some of the references are amusingly dated and, all in all, it's more amusing than scary. It has ADAM ANT as the vampire ... being pretty darn cute.
DavidS - Dec 09, 2016 10:20:13 am PST #432 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Good recs, Vonnie!
Matilda (who is home sick but on the mend) and I are off to see Moana.
I noticed a bunch of movies I've been interested in watching have just shown up on Netflix, including Sing Street.
chrismg - Dec 09, 2016 10:21:29 am PST #433 of 3455
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
What's the first movie you(general you) would call an end-of-the-West Western?