I just watched The Lookout. Good stuff. Joseph Gordon-Levitt works well as a noir hero (cf. Brick).
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
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Polter-Cow - Feb 16, 2008 6:41:50 pm PST #3981 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Laga - Feb 16, 2008 9:18:42 pm PST #3982 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Maybe it's all the wine I drank (thanks Kristin!) but I am totally enjoying Code of Silence. It's Chuck Norris, 1985, filmed in Chicago and it is such the 80s picture and such the Chicago picture. It's like Ferris Bueller with big hairy balls. Total trip seeing young John Mahoney, and Dennis Farina too.
evil jimi - Feb 17, 2008 3:07:54 am PST #3983 of 10000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
You do know that Chuck Norris could kill everyone in Chicago with a stare, don't you?
Frankenbuddha - Feb 17, 2008 4:07:10 am PST #3984 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Total trip seeing young John Mahoney
Heh, last night I watched 1408 (with John Cusack) at a friends, which was nicely trippy/creepy, and Cusack gets to cut loose with the crazy, and after it was over, we switched back to cable and what should be on but SAY ANYTHING (also with a young John Mahoney). My friend and I both kind of boggled for a good half minute. Definitely the first time I've found the appearence of Lloyd Dobler on my TV creepy (if you've seen 1408, you might understand why it could be cree-py).
Laga - Feb 17, 2008 7:44:23 am PST #3985 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Last night (before I watched Code of Silence ) I was stuck on a crossword puzzle clue that is just too obvious this morning...
1a) Actor who supposedly, "destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise"
beekaytee - Feb 17, 2008 8:31:39 am PST #3986 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
It's Chuck Norris, 1985
You gotta see Lone Wolf McQuade . My DEXH's favorite movie ever. So. Deliciously. Bad.
Polter-Cow - Feb 17, 2008 8:48:57 am PST #3987 of 10000
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So it turns out Ghost Rider really is bad. (I didn't think Daredevil was that bad.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 17, 2008 11:38:20 am PST #3988 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
Had you ever heard anyone talk about it as being good? I mean, I just went for the visual of Nic Cage screaming and bursting into flames...
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2008 11:53:13 am PST #3989 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just went for the visual of Nic Cage screaming and bursting into flames...
My brother.
At least I think the Daredevil guys might have been trying to make a fun cool movie, despite the results. Not so sure about the Ghost Rider cast and crew.
Polter-Cow - Feb 17, 2008 11:53:39 am PST #3990 of 10000
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No, no one said it was good, but no one said Daredevil or Fantastic Four was good either, and I thought they were fine.
Not so sure about the Ghost Rider cast and crew.
I think they were, though! Mark Steven Johnson reportedly put up his own money to fund an action sequence he wanted, and Nicolas Cage has a Ghost Rider tattoo (and apparently wrote parts of the script).