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Post by helioseclipsed on Jan 21, 2009 14:46:48 GMT -5
Too bad Huckle and I couldn't get hellioseclipsed to let us call him "Lips". I think it's that I found it weird while at the same time perhaps too clever. I was intimidated  I don't actually get around to a lot of movies that don't catch my interest in some way, so I don't usually see movies that I think are going to suck (a mix of not wanting to waste my time and living on a budget). But there was an occasion where I was at a theatre with friends and our movie had sold out, so it was voted that we see Bad Santa instead. The previews had basically just showcased Billy Bob and a dwarf kicking each other in the nuts, so I wasn't crazy about the idea, but as a Christmas movie with bleak humor, it was actually pretty good. Not a movie I really need to see again, but my friends and I got a few quotes out of there that we still use on occasion. |
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Post by penguinslovedw on Jan 21, 2009 21:18:28 GMT -5
Cool! Sorry for saying he played the Sheriff, I got him mixed up with Alan Rickman from Prince of Thieves. Something interesting about North and South: When the BBC first aired, they didn't have high expectations for the ratings, because the advertising for it had been about nil. But after the first episode aired, so many people flocked to the web forum the Beeb had set up for it that the site crashed and they had to shut it down for a bit.
Oh, and I looked at the picture you were talking about and realized I had read the post wrong. I'm sorry for implying that Christie Brinkley's butt looked like a spaceship.
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Post by Hucklebubba on Jan 23, 2009 13:55:49 GMT -5
Wow, you must hate Quentin Tarantino with a fiery passion. Yes. Not just as a filmmaker, but also as a person. I don't think I was being honest (shallow) enough when I originally lodged this complaint. By "better" I really just meant "hotter". It bears keeping in mind that I find Gwyneth Paltrow thoroughly unremarkable, and am one of the treasonous few of the male species who looks at Angelina Jolie and says "I seriously don't get it." I am convinced that, in a contest of sheer gorgeousity, even their combined might could not stand against Jennifer Connelly circa The Rocketeer. Sadly, present-day Jennifer Connelly would shatter into a million frightfully-skinny shards. Eat a sandwich, woman! Here's the thing: I actually do like Sky Captain. I mean, it occupies the hallowed pressboard sanctuary of my DVD rack as we speak; a space reserved only for movies that I either like, or that are so atrocious that I'm keeping them merely for the sake of containment. And Sky Captain commits no sin so egregious as to be worthy of the latter category, ergo... It's like you said; it's a movie where going in with the proper mindset is exceptionally critical, and I think the reason I wasn't so fond of it on my initial theater viewing was that I was expecting something else, and unwilling to adjust upon realization that Sky Captain was not that. In fact, I remember the exact moment that I stubbornly resolved to leave the theater disappointed. It was pretty close to the beginning, during the robot attack, when Random Citypersons A through C point at the sky and say "look!" and their pointing arms are framed in a deliberate and uber-stylized fashion. To which I replied, "Guh. Okay, this is dumb." Which seems borderline hypocritical in retrospect, as I still found the blee-blee robots to be awesome. If I had my choice of superpowers, I would pick blee-blee rays for the sound effect alone, and while my affinity for anime puts cute android girls at the top of my Hierarchy of Robot Love, with a two-way tie for second between the sleek styling of Gundam/FMP/Armored Core and the semi-blocky designs of G1 Transformers*, campy, atomic age tin cans place a solid third; narrowly beating out the walking tanks of the Mechwarrior universe. Not too shabby! Actually, that's now my older brother and I already address each other, so no worries. It used to just be how I addressed him, but when he had kids and I therefore became an uncle, with wee ragamuffins looking up to me and whatnot, I too became part of the sacred cabal known as the Order of Bubba. Edited to add forgotten "*" material: *Perhaps not surprisingly, Bay's gangly art-deco abominations don't even rank. |
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Post by theprettydead on Jan 24, 2009 9:21:03 GMT -5
I'm sure there are a bunch more, but these are the ones that first came to mind:
Wayne's World - I really hate gross-out and dumb-people humor. I don't know what I was expecting, but this movie was nothing but pure fun.
28 Days Later - I guess I expected more of a lame action movie (because of the clips of running zombies I had seen in commercials). Or that the reason it was getting so much attention was because of some technical slickness. I needed a good story, some atmosphere, and something that I've never seen before. I got all 3 and more. The movie really was daring. And it was really about isolation and unexpected twists in human behavior, etc. I like ambitious movies. I didn't know the director had also made Shallow Grave, A Life Less Ordinary, and Trainspotting (which I haven't seen yet).
The South Park Movie: Bigger... - When I first saw the show, I thought it was hilarious. But then I started seeing too much gross-out on the show (specifically the whole gerbil thing which is still too disgusting and nasty to be funny), so I distanced myself from it. Someone made me watch the movie and it was disgusting, but it was still much funnier than I had expected.
Old Yeller - I really dislike westerns and most movies with western themes. Including 'old country' stuff and farms and like, Little House on the Prairie type stories. But I adore Disney, so I had to give it a try since I've had a copy of the VHS since forever. Never had the urge to watch it. So I did and I really enjoyed it, thoroughly. It's got that Disney feel to it. But also, I thought the lead (the older son) gave an amazing performance for someone of that age.
Dr. Giggles - I still don't know what I was expecting with this one, but it blew me away. I think it's a genius commentary on horror films with one-liner spouting killers. And like similar horror films which seek to pull out every single cliche or element of its' subject matter that it can, this one covers so many bases of Doctor oriented jokes, I was glued to the screen. Just remember something when/if you see it - everything in the movie is a joke. I was surprised, had lots of fun, and my legs did that kind of involuntarily spasm when the characters onscreen are struggling to get out of a tight spot.
Squirm - I don't like sci-fi very much. It's just not my thing. And there have clearly been so many movies made about killer bugs and sea animals and family pets, who've been kind of genetically enhanced or mutated via toxic waste or what-have-you. So, with all genres I feel are played out or cliched or boring, I need to have something else to get me through it. The stuff with the guy Mick being from New York and not fitting in is a bit heavy-handed. But I just enjoyed the movie from start to finish. I liked the mother going crazy, the creepy children's song thing, Roger going crazy, and the way by the end of the movie he has become more of a threat to the characters than the worms. Squirm seems to be trying to be more like The Birds. Keeping your mind off the worms. I think it succeeded.
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Post by BlackCatWhiteCat on Jan 25, 2009 18:11:52 GMT -5
Too bad Huckle and I couldn't get hellioseclipsed to let us call him "Lips". I think it's that I found it weird while at the same time perhaps too clever. I was intimidated Ah! He lives! Glad we didn't chase you away. |
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