I loved Baby Driver--but it does have very flimsy characters. Still, it didn't bother me, as everything else was so visually and aurally fun.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
Willow ,'Showtime'
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Scrappy - Jul 03, 2017 6:39:34 pm PDT #877 of 3463
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Tom Scola - Jul 04, 2017 1:11:59 am PDT #878 of 3463
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I wonder if there were budget issues with Baby Driver, because in the first half the car chases were AMAZING, but in the climax the car chases tended to be in confined places like parking lots or parking garages.
beekaytee - Jul 06, 2017 3:27:37 pm PDT #879 of 3463
Compassionately intolerant
"If there are real things that stand by people's beds,how big a coincidence would it be for one to show up right after you watched a movie about things that stand by people's beds?"
::licks end of pencil::makes notation in lifehacks notebook under 'things to keep in mind when freaking out about random noises at night'::
Cheers for that, chris!
Edgar Wright spoke at Awesome Con. I was too busy working, but the attendees said very complimentary things about him. I'm embarrassed to say, I'd never heard of him, despite having seen Hot Fuzz and The World's End.
Dana - Jul 15, 2017 3:20:12 pm PDT #880 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Random belated movie thoughts:
Power Rangers actually had some really good stuff, and some stuff that was...not. And Elizabeth Banks either having a really good time or paying off some student loans.
Wonder Woman: Enjoyed it. Would have enjoyed it more, probably, if I hadn't been spoiled by Tumblr, but life happened and prevented me from seeing it before now. Gadot and Pine were great.
Baby Driver: Well, that wasn't deep, but it was fun, and did enough unexpected stuff to keep me interested. I felt like the movie really kicked into gear (ha ha ha) about twenty minutes too late.
Jesse - Jul 15, 2017 3:50:40 pm PDT #881 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Saw The Big Sick last night and loved it! So sweet, so funny. Who knew Ray Romano was so great? (Not that everyone wasn't great.)
My mother also tried to see it, but it was sold out by the time they got there, so they ended up seeing Wonder Woman. She loved it! Her friend not so much, but she is Not a super hero movie person.
Jessica - Jul 16, 2017 8:08:31 am PDT #882 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Baby Driver: Well, that wasn't deep, but it was fun, and did enough unexpected stuff to keep me interested. I felt like the movie really kicked into gear (ha ha ha) about twenty minutes too late.
Someone on FB commented that it was a Hollywood musical disguised as a heist movie, which makes me think more fondly of it in retrospect.
Tom Scola - Jul 16, 2017 1:21:33 pm PDT #883 of 3463
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
RIP George Romero.
DavidS - Jul 16, 2017 6:00:39 pm PDT #884 of 3463
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
...and Martin Landau.
chrismg - Jul 16, 2017 8:33:10 pm PDT #885 of 3463
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
HE'S NOT DEAD HE JUST GOT BLASTED OUT OF ORBIT.
Connie Neil - Jul 16, 2017 10:24:54 pm PDT #886 of 3463
brillig
Finally saw Spider-Man! God, flashbacks to high school, gah.
The credits scenes were great, and Chris Evans looked like he was having a great deal of trouble not laughing, and I'm not sure if that was intentional or not.
What a great way of showing the trials of a baby superhero. And nice tie-in with Winter Soldier.
But I'm a shallow Tony Stark fan and Tony and Pepper are still together!!!! And that was surely Dummy picking up things he shouldn't!
And hijacking a plane of Stark goodies makes a great deal of sense.
Oh, the bored teachers.