My mother's usual statement is "I'd better live long enough to see [the third LOTR movie] or finish a series of books not yet published. And I get that. Who knows what life brings, grandkids, wealth, garden finally getting planted, whatevs, but gosh darnit, there's this fictional story we have to see through to the end".
Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.
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Juliebird - May 01, 2013 4:01:27 pm PDT #24177 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Kalshane - May 01, 2013 5:53:40 pm PDT #24178 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.
I had a similar train of thought earlier today, le nubian.
le nubian - May 01, 2013 8:24:24 pm PDT #24179 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Turned on AMC and heard the first few bars of a vaguely familiar song. I was gathering clothes for laundry, but I stopped. I looked, and the movie definitely had an 80s tinge and hue.
Could it be?
Yes. "The Secret of My Success."
There goes any hope I had for getting something accomplished for the rest of the evening.
le nubian - May 01, 2013 8:29:34 pm PDT #24180 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
this movie is CORNY.
Zenkitty - May 02, 2013 8:13:52 pm PDT #24181 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Iron Man 3 is fantastic. I'm gonna go see it again tomorrow in 3D.
le nubian - May 02, 2013 8:44:15 pm PDT #24182 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Question: I did not see Iron-Man 2. Will that be a problem?
Polter-Cow - May 02, 2013 10:11:58 pm PDT #24183 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha ha ha, le nubian, one of the things I was actually coming here to say was that you can totally see it without having seen Iron Man 2. All you need to know is that Don Cheadle is Rhodes is War Machine now. Wait, maybe other important stuff happened in that movie. Like Pepper being in control of Stark Industries, which you already knew from The Avengers. That's really the more important movie to have seen.
Anyway, anything you may need to know is basically the status quo at the beginning of the movie, so no worries on that front.
The movie is great. It's funny and exciting with some AWESOME action sequences and good character stuff for Tony. Well done, Shane Black.
Also, obvs stay till the end of the credits I can't believe a few people actually got up and left have they never seen a Marvel movie before.
Steph L. - May 03, 2013 6:18:24 am PDT #24184 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
All I want out of it is for it to be better than Iron Man 2 (which I neither own nor have seen more than once).
So it sounds like it meets that standard nicely and then blows past it.
10 hours to go!
Jon B. - May 03, 2013 6:20:31 am PDT #24185 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Hey -- I forgot to mention that I saw Whedon's Much Ado last weekend. It was really good! Aside from the modern setting, the script is faithful to the play. But there are some line readings and reaction shots that make it a unique interpretation and make you wonder why no one had thought to do it that way before.
At the screening I went to, Fran Kranz and Jillian Morgese did a Q&A afterwards and were quite charming and down to earth.
Polter-Cow - May 03, 2013 7:10:56 am PDT #24186 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It is absolutely better than Iron Man 2, but they did keep the stuff that movie did well, which was the Tony/Pepper and Tony/Rhodey relationships. I think it probably also helps that Tony's not the huge asshole he was in that movie anymore.
Good to hear about Much Ado, Jon! I have heard good things from my jerk-ass friends who saw it without me and they got Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof.