What did you think of Limbo?
... Huh. I've never seen it, but now I really think I need to check it out. At the very least, just because it looks like they did the entirety of location filming in Juneau.
Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.
Mal ,'War Stories'
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juliana - Apr 10, 2008 3:02:48 pm PDT #5012 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
megan walker - Apr 10, 2008 3:12:33 pm PDT #5013 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I liked Limbo. But then again, I like most John Sayles so that's not surprising. Plus David Strathairn.
Juliebird - Apr 10, 2008 3:22:43 pm PDT #5014 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
The one thing I remember from Limbo was that it was very aptly named, and that I don't think I cared for it.
But I am not a "Lady or the Tiger" fan.
le nubian - Apr 10, 2008 3:40:27 pm PDT #5015 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Apparently it is a movie you love or hate. I think the ending is polarizing.
I happened to really like the film and I was unsettled by Lone Star.
Juliebird - Apr 10, 2008 3:53:42 pm PDT #5016 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I don't know if I didn't like it because I was expecting some sort of bow or because my inner completist was offended, or because I didn't care for the characters journey enough to have been brought all the way for that, or because I actually had come to care for the characters and wanted to know what their fate was.
Too much/not enough vaguery and spoiler-fonting?
Laga - Apr 10, 2008 5:24:26 pm PDT #5017 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I finally finished Sexy Beast. I did enjoy it, even though I found myself thinking making you hate a guy so you can enjoy watching him beaten to death is so cliche. Ben Kingsley really transcended the stereotypical confines of that role. And the skipping ahead to the heist trick totally worked on me so I was just as shocked as the characters had been when they cut back to the wife firing the shotgun.
Still I was a bit taken aback by Donnie Darko's eviller twin tunneling under the pool at the end. I put the commentary on and skipped to the end to see if they'd offer any insight into that directorial choice but they only said how much they liked the ending.
I do agree, even as I fail to grasp the point of it, that it was a very effective use of a cigarette .
erikaj - Apr 10, 2008 6:57:43 pm PDT #5018 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, yeah, I think it was Natasha...thanks Tep! Because she is sort of a badass with a soft center, too.
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2008 9:00:04 pm PDT #5019 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I saw a free screening of Smart People. It was all right, nothing special. Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church were entertaining, but the main plot was kind of meh.
Laga - Apr 10, 2008 9:07:47 pm PDT #5020 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
aww that's too bad. The trailers seem so promising.
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2008 9:23:39 pm PDT #5021 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There's some LOL stuff from Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church, but it's just so hard to care about Dennis Quaid's character because he's such an ass. And the editing is weird and it's hard to tell the passage of time, which makes the story a little confusing.
The music is quite nice, however. It's not a bad movie, just not worth going out and paying for. Maybe a matinee if you really like the actors.