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?).
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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EpicTangent - Jan 03, 2017 12:20:24 pm PST #503 of 3455
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
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!
Toddson - Jan 04, 2017 9:28:01 am PST #505 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Over the holidays I didn't have anything in particular to watch and came across the 1980s Flash Gordon - Sam Jones as Flash, Melody Anderson as Dale, Topol as Dr. Zarkov, Timothy Dalton as Barin, Brian Blessed as the king (?) of the hawkmen, Max Von Sydow as Ming. It was kind of cheesy fun. And Brian Blessed looked like he was having a BLAST - chomping scenery with gusto. Best line - one of the hawkmen was wounded and said, "they just winged me" (snerk).
Steph L. - Jan 04, 2017 9:29:51 am PST #506 of 3455
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Dude, Flash Gordon is THE ACTUAL BEST. It's so fantastically campy.
Dana - Jan 04, 2017 9:30:06 am PST #507 of 3455
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Brian Blessed is everything in that movie.
Toddson - Jan 04, 2017 9:32:29 am PST #508 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I really loved him ... and remember him as Augustus in I, Claudius?
Connie Neil - Jan 04, 2017 9:37:37 am PST #509 of 3455
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It's so fantastically campy.
Plus the soundtrack!
SuziQ - Jan 04, 2017 10:12:31 am PST #510 of 3455
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I was a kid, babysitting other kids, a year or so after Flash Gordon came out. I was at the house of a family I regularly watched and went to pop a movie in the VCR for us to watch. Actually, they may have had a Beta, but whatever. There was a tape in the machine and the edge read Flash Gordon, so I thought. Hey, silly fun movie, why not. Ummmm, that is when I learned about pornos that mimic the names of "regular" movies. Luckily I caught it before things went too far, but dang. Bad babysitter. I have no idea if the kids told their parents or if the parents wondered why the tape was in their room when they came home. I just didn't know where else to put it, ya know?
Calli - Jan 04, 2017 10:44:47 am PST #511 of 3455
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Someone on tumblr had a similar experience with the sequel to The First Wive's Club [maybe nsfw?]. [link]
Spoiler: there was no sequel to The First Wive's Club.
I loved the 80s Flash Gordon. It has the most earwormy theme song, though. Which I'm now experiencing. Darn it.
Toddson - Jan 04, 2017 11:01:23 am PST #512 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
On the same channel, I ended up watching the tail end of Buckaroo Bonzai ... and I'm earwormed with its closing theme. Which is pretty perky.