In retrospect I realise I hadn't parsed the 2008 on the film's IMDB page.
Drew Barrymore's casting makes me...she tends to a very particular type of character, and it's one that can easily make me itchy. Now I'm more curious than ever, though.
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
Spike ,'Showtime'
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§ ita § - Dec 18, 2007 2:58:02 pm PST #2791 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Volans - Dec 18, 2007 3:13:45 pm PST #2792 of 10000
move out and draw fire
More Cloverfield: [link]
5 consecutive minutes, that basically prove the moratorium on disaster movies in NYC is over.
ION, we just watched 300 in high-def. It's even gayer on the second viewing. I just adore this movie for how unflinchingly itself it is - a complete celebration of testosterone.
Of course, it being a DVD, we skipped the b-plot, which helped.
Tom Scola - Dec 18, 2007 3:28:12 pm PST #2793 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I wonder what would happen if Frank Miller and David Mamet collaborated on a movie.
Gris - Dec 18, 2007 3:32:32 pm PST #2794 of 10000
Hey. New board.
I take it the movie isn't based on the Broadway show.
I don't think the 2008 version is a musical.
The Broadway show is based on the documentary. At least the second act is. The first act is more made-up.
Gris - Dec 18, 2007 3:40:41 pm PST #2795 of 10000
Hey. New board.
Also, that Cloverfield thing looks kind of... awesome. Is the whole thing filmed in that personal camera format?
Polter-Cow - Dec 18, 2007 4:28:42 pm PST #2796 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's the impression I've gotten, Gris.
Laga - Dec 18, 2007 6:42:25 pm PST #2797 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
two trailers just arrived packaged together so that it looked like we got one trailer for a movie called Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2007 6:54:00 pm PST #2798 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Daisy Jane - Dec 18, 2007 7:14:40 pm PST #2799 of 10000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Aw. They filmed at least some of that back home. I couldn't recognize anything from the pictures though.
Mr. Jane and I think it should have been "Harold and Kumar Go to Murrell's" though. Probably only funny to anyone who knows what the hell Murrell's is.
DavidS - Dec 18, 2007 7:29:10 pm PST #2800 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This is the Slings and Arrows thread, right? I loved it.
What is this "S1 is the weakest season" business? Crazytalk.
Did you watch the deleted scenes? When Jack "speaks the speech" it's great.
I really loved Grey Gardens. Little Edie wasn't really mentally ill. She left there eventually after her mother's death and moved down to South Florida where she lived the rest of her life. She was very eccentric but I didn't feel like I was watching anything crazier than massive denial.