We're home tonight watching Lucy. Wow, this movie sucks.
It started off okay then spun out of control. No one making that movie had any idea what to do with the premise.
Young Simon: So... how'd the Independents cut us off? Young River: They were using dinosaurs.
'Safe'
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Zenkitty - Dec 31, 2016 7:15:03 pm PST #495 of 3455
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
DavidS - Dec 31, 2016 9:10:21 pm PST #496 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The thing about Lucy is that it made a shit-ton of money and established Scarlett as a bona fide star. By Hollywood standards, that is, meaning her name alone can open the movie and make it profitable.
billytea - Jan 01, 2017 2:01:19 am PST #497 of 3455
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm watching Winter Soldier again. Fun, eye candy, fic research.
By coincidence, I'm currently watching Captain America: Civil War with Ryan. We've just reached the airport fight.
sj - Jan 01, 2017 5:10:09 am PST #498 of 3455
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hec, I understand the importance of that, but I wish it wasn't based on such a hot mess of a movie. I kept laughing at the dramatic parts.
Calli - Jan 01, 2017 5:54:47 am PST #499 of 3455
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I think ScarJo did a good job with what she was given in the movie. It's just, doing a good job with bewildering crap still leaves you with well acted bewildering crap. Still, it was kinda fun until I tried thinking about it. Damsel in distress levels up and takes out all the bad guys. With a nature documentary interspersing the action scenes. I'd rather watch Lucy a dozen times than anything by Oliver Stone once. Nixon cemented a Stone hate in my soul like you wouldn't believe.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 01, 2017 11:40:39 am PST #500 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
I just tell myself that Johansson got the career boost from that steaming pile that she should have gotten from Under the Skin if more than a handful of people had seen it.
Zenkitty - Jan 01, 2017 2:42:55 pm PST #501 of 3455
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Exactly that, Matt. I'm amazed more people weren't interested in Under the Skin. Between that and Lucy , I thought the reactions would be the other way 'round.
Scrappy - Jan 02, 2017 9:15:26 am PST #502 of 3455
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Loved Under the Skin.
EpicTangent - Jan 03, 2017 12:20:24 pm PST #503 of 3455
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I didn't enjoy Lala Land as much as I expected to, but I did enjoy it. My mother and I both agreed that Emma Stone's costumer was blind and/or a moron for 3/4 of what they dressed her in. It was actually distracting how bad she looked so much of the time (or my mom and I are just really superficial people?).
lisah - Jan 03, 2017 12:29:02 pm PST #504 of 3455
Punishingly Intricate
Huh, I thought Emma Stone looked pretty fab throughout. Now I have to go back and look!