Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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sumi - Oct 29, 2004 9:18:56 am PDT #5312 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
DavidS - Oct 29, 2004 10:59:03 am PDT #5313 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Oct 30, 2004 7:51:22 am PDT #5314 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just watched Frailty, and it lived up to my every "But what if..." quite neatly.
Which surprised me. What if he's the other brother? Or he's really seeing wrongdoers? Maybe he's the sheriff? It would be so cool if he was receiving some sort of otherworldly protection, wouldn't it? Some of the what ifs got confusing -- I admit I thought he killed his father, it was just which "he" that actually was became tangled.
Did them all.
I don't remember it in theatres -- what sort of reception did it get?
Sean K - Oct 30, 2004 7:57:02 am PDT #5315 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I just watched Frailty
I really enoyed Frailty. It kept me guessing, and I wasn't able to call the twists, but I really liked where the twists went.
I don't remember it in theatres -- what sort of reception did it get?
If I remember correctly, it was critically well received, and was released on a slower weekend, so, while it didn't quite clean up, it owned its weekend (I think), and did fairly admirably, with decent, though not terribly long-lived legs.
Polter-Cow - Oct 30, 2004 7:59:46 am PDT #5316 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
so, while it didn't quite clean up, it owned its weekend (I think)
IMDb's box office data puts it at about three. It was up against The Sweetest Thing, which made 17 million to its 4 million. I have yet to see Frailty, though I did hear good things.
Dana - Oct 30, 2004 9:08:44 am PDT #5317 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We saw it in the theater and enjoyed it. It wasn't water-tight, but they actually put thought into it, which puts it way ahead of many movies.
Sean K - Oct 30, 2004 10:24:50 am PDT #5318 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Out of, I don't know..... sickness, morbid curiosity.... Thomash and I just sat through about three minutes of From Justin to Kelly.
There was a dialog exchange that, while supposedly spoken in English, contained not a single phrase I could understand or parse.
I think I need to go bash my brains out now.
Ginger - Oct 30, 2004 10:31:25 am PDT #5319 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think I need to go bash my brains out now.
It only has that effect on people who actually have brains.
§ ita § - Oct 30, 2004 1:22:14 pm PDT #5320 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The writer of Frailty just called me a liar!
Okay, I don't think I got all the twists -- I missed Fenton is a demon. But I got all of the rest, simply by watching the movie as if everyone was telling the truth, and seeing what felt most interesting.
I don't count it against the movie -- in fact, I really liked that.
Still, he's a meanie.
Sean K - Oct 30, 2004 1:26:55 pm PDT #5321 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think the only scarier "reality" of the movie than that they (son and dad) were just psychotic was finding out that the son was telling the truth.