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Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape

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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).

Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 17, 2008 5:52:07 am PST #3367 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

44: Wanted

Wish fulfilment for every bored office drone: This comic book adventure tells how James MacAvoy is rescued from cube farm drudgery by Angelina Jolie’s sexy assassin and trained to become a super-cool killing machine.

This is kinda sad, as Jolie's character was pretty clearly drawn as Halle Berry. I wonder if she was offered first shot at it but was scared away by the prospect of wearing cat ears again...

They think a Bond movie and Iron Man are going to be bigger hits than Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?

§ ita § - Jan 17, 2008 6:02:53 am PST #3368 of 10000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm not optimistic about the Indiana Jones box office. I fear it's tired. Iron Man is a bit of a wild card, but the James Bond revitalisation may have taken.

Laga - Jan 17, 2008 8:48:58 am PST #3369 of 10000

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

wow Stardust was good.

Strega - Jan 17, 2008 9:06:34 am PST #3370 of 10000

This made me laugh:

Fincher tends to alternate crowd-pleasers like Alien with more thoughtful pieces like Fight Club

I suppose that Alien 3 was about as crowd-pleasing as Fight Club was thoughtful, but I don't think that's what they mean.

Polter-Cow - Jan 17, 2008 9:49:35 am PST #3371 of 10000

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Yes, Fight Club was a moody Merchant-Ivory piece. Definitely.

Tom Scola - Jan 17, 2008 9:55:12 am PST #3372 of 10000

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Yes, Fight Club was a moody Merchant-Ivory piece.

Well, it did have HBC in it.

Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2008 10:00:33 am PST #3373 of 10000

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Now I want to somehow insert the phrase "Bob had bitch-tits" into every single M-I movie ever made.

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