She hit the camera lens when fiming an arrow-shoots-right-to-the-audience-viewpoint scene.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
Wash ,'The Message'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2013 3:55:11 am PDT #24122 of 30000
"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
Kalshane - Apr 19, 2013 4:21:22 am PDT #24123 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
In retrospect, Blade 3 was sort of a precursor to Blade the Series, in that the two main sidekicks ended being far more interesting than the main character in both.
askye - Apr 19, 2013 4:34:46 pm PDT #24124 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Not just the camera lens but there was protective gear aroound the camera men and the camera except for a 2"x2" space.
She was 30-40 feet away and three stories up. The director told her to shoot at the camera figuring she'd miss and they would CGI.
Instead she shot right into the camera lens and destroyed the camera.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2013 5:26:06 pm PDT #24125 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am shallow enough that I will forgive a lot of transgression for one expensive bullseye. And you can't really charge back for that--unless you bill the PR department?
Frankenbuddha - Apr 19, 2013 8:39:40 pm PDT #24126 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Holy shit! I'd never heard that story before. Previous training or ridic lucky shot?
askye - Apr 20, 2013 1:22:42 pm PDT #24127 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Just the training she'd had for the movie.
Sean K - Apr 21, 2013 10:34:49 am PDT #24128 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Okay, the Jessica Biehl shooting the camera thing is pretty awesome.
Also, I liked The Last Samurai, in spite of how ridiculous everything about Cruise's character in that movie is. Also a f*&k ton of Ken Watanabe and several of the other samurai characters in that movie make up for a surprising amount of Tom Cruise.
Juliebird - Apr 21, 2013 10:41:55 am PDT #24129 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I walked out of that movie completely in love with every single Japanese actor, and Watanabe was divine. I don't dislike TC on screen, but that one I did have to suppress many eyerolls at yet another movie where the white dude adopts another culture and is also the only one who makes it out alive (that the camera seems to care about).
le nubian - Apr 21, 2013 10:53:59 am PDT #24130 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think Watanabe could literally show up in a movie, not say a word and just flip words on cards in front of the camera, then leave and I would love that movie.
It does not take much for me and Watanabe.
Beverly - Apr 21, 2013 11:01:20 am PDT #24131 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I loved all the secondary and tertiary characters--aside from the wonderful Japanese actors, you had Peter Pettigrew in a serious role--in The Last Samurai. So much. I loved the locations and the sets (Middle Earth!), the costumes. The entire production went a very long way to making up for Tom Cruise. I just sort of watch with my thumb over him when he's onscreen. I want to watch a movie starring Watanabe about all those samurai characters--they were really the stars.