Well, it wasn't that.
Yeah, I'm trying to figure out if that's just a me issue. I think probably.
Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
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Jesse - Jan 14, 2008 8:21:11 am PST #3357 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
juliana - Jan 14, 2008 8:24:02 am PST #3358 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Jesse, that was a choke-up point for me. I don't think I cried, but gods, my heart ached. (I did cry in PS I Love You when she came home to the empty apartment, because... It's just so hard, you know? You can feel the echo in room, even if it's a tiny box.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 14, 2008 8:35:06 am PST #3359 of 10000
"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
One thing I recall laughing about was Hilary Swank complaining about how they were poor and stuck in a crummy apartment so small they were always tripping over themsleves. While standing in her palatial apartment with multiple big rooms and hardwood floors and 9 foot ceilings and transoms over the doorways.
Fone Bone - Jan 15, 2008 12:39:47 pm PST #3360 of 10000
I'm not much of a mathematician, but here's my working Cloverfield formula:
The Blair Witch Project + Mutual Appreciation + 28 Days Later + The Host + Alien and Aliens + United 93 + When Harry Met Sally + The Warriors + 9/11 footage + The Towering Inferno = Cloverfield.
Or something like that. This thing is intense and not always in an entertaining way—I expect to read a lot of criticism of the way it exploits Sept. 11 imagery. You also have to put up with the usual disaster movie problem of characters making stupid decisions to further the plot. But the parts that work—which I'd estimate is 80% of it—really work. Biggest disappointment? The design of the monster: Godzilla, it ain't.
Polter-Cow - Jan 15, 2008 12:42:39 pm PST #3361 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So it's good, though, basically? I mean, it's a good, exciting, intense monster movie? Even if the monster may look kind of stupid?
brenda m - Jan 15, 2008 12:57:39 pm PST #3362 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Like, giant rubber snake stupid?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 15, 2008 1:17:45 pm PST #3363 of 10000
"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
Or this?
Fone Bone - Jan 15, 2008 6:21:39 pm PST #3364 of 10000
Nah, not like the Traal beast and not like a giant rubber snake either. It reminded me most of the creature from The Host but with less personality. It's not even that it looks stupid--it doesn't--it's just uninteresting. It won't become an icon in the same way that Godzilla, Mothra or any of the great '50s-era creatures have.
Yes, overall it's a good monster flick, although I wouldn't call it fun in the same way those older films are. This one takes itself more seriously, sometimes to its detriment. It'll be interesting to see the audience response--I have a feeling a sizeable contingent will walk out hating it.
erin_obscure - Jan 16, 2008 5:10:38 pm PST #3365 of 10000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
_Batman Begins_ is on tv right. Not the greatest flick ever, but until the movie i did not realize how stunningly, disgustingly beautiful Cillian Murphy is.
Tom Scola - Jan 17, 2008 5:35:59 am PST #3366 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The 50 biggest movies of 2008.
Except for the movies that have already opened in the States, my rankings would be more or less the same, (but Harold and Kumar should be ranked much higher).