I haven't seen ET since it came out. Liked it then, though it's possible I liked the novelization better.
ETA: is CJ hooked into Facwbook's algorith, tracking you Suzi!?!?
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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-t - Sep 05, 2017 7:11:54 am PDT #964 of 3463
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
SuziQ - Sep 05, 2017 7:17:16 am PDT #965 of 3463
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
No clue, -t. I laughed when he mentioned it, which was not the reaction he was expecting. Once I explained that my invisible internet friends started the discussion, he just rolled his eyes and went back to discussing why he doesn't like ET.
Jessica - Sep 05, 2017 7:38:18 am PDT #966 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Don Hertzfeldt has written a sequel to World of Tomorrow (!) and apparently it's just as amazing:
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Can I borrow a time-turner from someone so I can watch this RIGHT NOW and then get back to the mountain of work I have to do?
[eta: Oh thank god, it's just an announcement. I have time to read that.]
Atropa - Sep 05, 2017 8:38:22 am PDT #967 of 3463
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I liked ET at the time, because blatant emotional manipulation really worked on me. But I rewatched it a few years ago, and while some fictional emotional manipulation still works on me, ET is now on my list of "Ew, can we not?" movies.
though it's possible I liked the novelization better.
Oh, I know I liked the novelization better. IIRC, I tended to like the movie novelizations for Spielberg movies better than the movies, except for Raiders of the Lost Ark.
megan walker - Sep 05, 2017 9:03:16 am PDT #968 of 3463
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Out of nowhere, CJ just said he never liked ET.
The children are our future.
Tom Scola - Sep 05, 2017 1:28:58 pm PDT #969 of 3463
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Rami Malek IS Freddy Mercury: [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 06, 2017 7:43:02 pm PDT #970 of 3463
"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 finally got my butt to the theater tonight to see Dunkirk before it left the screen. Very powerful, it felt like going through a wringer. I would imagine that it will at least walk away with Sound Mixing and Sound Editing awards regardless of what gets released late in the year, and it will take a lot to overcome it for Cinematography as well.
Zenkitty - Sep 07, 2017 7:55:38 am PDT #971 of 3463
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Dang, Rami Malek doesn't even look like Rami-Malek-as-Freddie-Mercury. That's a hell of a transformation.
megan walker - Sep 07, 2017 4:41:48 pm PDT #972 of 3463
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
In other "movies that make you slightly uncomfortable but are unique visions with great lead performances" news, Good Time is this week's Ingrid Goes West. It's a shame so few people will actually see these movies.
Anyway, Good Time had an 80s-Michael Mann vibe, which was more than the music I think (which was very 80s Michael Mann). Robert Pattinson completely disappears into the lead role. I didn't always love the cinematography but it worked well for what they were doing.
Steph L. - Sep 09, 2017 6:45:23 pm PDT #973 of 3463
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I have no idea why I never watched the original 1999 version of The Mummy, but we watched it tonight, and it was a DELIGHT.