We watched Across the Universe. I was amazed at the sheer pointlessness of it all. Aside from the gimmick, there's really nothing there. There's some neat choreography here and there, but the use of the Beatles songs isn't really interesting in and of itself; they're not used creatively. Here's a Beatles song, and here's another Beatles song, and here's another Beatles song. And I'm not sure whether there was an actual plot because I fell asleep.
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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Polter-Cow - Mar 22, 2008 8:23:05 pm PDT #4467 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Laga - Mar 22, 2008 8:35:10 pm PDT #4468 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
there's really nothing there
Well there is a story, but I thought it was a very similar story to HAIR. After I got tired of Beatles music I kept getting distracted but little things would pull me back in until I realized that it was the similarities to HAIR that were regaining my interest. I did manage to watch the entire film and the visuals were stunning.
Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2008 11:11:37 am PDT #4469 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I thought the trailers made it out to be more cracked-out than it actually was.
Juliebird - Mar 23, 2008 11:49:01 am PDT #4470 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
My mother rented Romance and Cigarettes because it looked like good fun. We sat down as a family and suddenly there's "stick your finger up my a$$" and other horrors and was a lot more crass and vulgar than either of us had been expecting, and a lot less funny/quirky like the trailer was. I tried finishing it later when my father wasn't present and it just slowly got worse. And the musical scenes left much to be desired. Seriously, lip-synching?
Scrappy - Mar 23, 2008 11:56:03 am PDT #4471 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Saw The Hammer and In Bruges last night. After a slow start, I really liked Bruges, and thought the performances were excellent. It was clealry a movie written by a playwright, but the actors really dug inot the dialogue. Brendan Gleeson was all kinds of subtle and good.
The Hammer is a cute little low-budget movie which stars Adam Carolla (of Loveline and Man Show game) and was actually quite sweet and enjoyable.
Laga - Mar 23, 2008 3:35:16 pm PDT #4472 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Nutty - Mar 23, 2008 4:18:34 pm PDT #4473 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Persian king Xerxes was not an 8-foot-tall Cirque du Soleil reject.
You don't say!
-t - Mar 23, 2008 7:03:08 pm PDT #4474 of 10000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Including 2001 doesn't really seem fair.
JZ - Mar 23, 2008 8:33:45 pm PDT #4475 of 10000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm amazed they only devoted three sentences to Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Was there one single moment in that movie that wouldn't make a history teacher cry?
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2008 8:35:36 pm PDT #4476 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Including 2001 doesn't really seem fair.
They did say nice things about it.