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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai

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Jessica - Dec 11, 2009 4:28:30 am PST #5477 of 30000

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I read a general breakdown of critical response to The Lovely Bones. Apparently it played much better to UK critics than to US, who didn't like it.

Based on my personal sample of one of each, this is accurate.

DH's pre-review of Avatar on Twitter:

See this thing on the biggest fucking screen you can find. Just bring earplugs to avoid taking in any of Cameron's typically tone-deaf dialogue.

But I will say that if you are or have ever been a sci-fi fan, there is no way you will not be entertained by much of the movie.

It's been made by and for people who grew up thumbing through cheap paperbacks with titles like "Cat People From Mars"

Daisy Jane - Dec 11, 2009 4:31:37 am PST #5478 of 30000

"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

We're going to see that next Friday for work. I will keep his advice in mind. I will say though that I managed to enjoy 2012. I just went in expecting OMG SPLOSION! OMG DISASTER FLEEEEE! and got what I paid for.

Aims - Dec 11, 2009 4:32:11 am PST #5479 of 30000

Shit's all sorts of different now.

Based on my personal sample of one of each, this is accurate.

Asking your DH to answer in a British accent doesn't count, silly.

Daisy Jane - Dec 11, 2009 4:33:25 am PST #5480 of 30000

"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

We are going to see that next Friday for work.

§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 4:37:45 am PST #5481 of 30000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Everything I've seen about the plot of Avatar so far is white man goes in to rescue natives and goes native himself (possibly for/with love of a fair alien maiden). Can your DH tell me it's not that, or it's more than that? Because I don't think the spectacle could get me over the hump.

Jessica - Dec 11, 2009 4:38:22 am PST #5482 of 30000

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Asking your DH to answer in a British accent doesn't count, silly.

He's the American, smartass. thppppppt.

le nubian - Dec 11, 2009 4:41:11 am PST #5483 of 30000

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I gotta say, I'm with ita. I'm very leery of seeing this film until I read substantive reviews of it.

I love things that go boom, but I have to say that I do need some decent dialogue and a plot that makes sense.

Daisy Jane - Dec 11, 2009 4:44:27 am PST #5484 of 30000

"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I was able to deal with 2012, so that's how I'm going in with this thing.

§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 4:46:27 am PST #5485 of 30000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I didn't see any historical overtones with 2012 that squicked me. It just looked like it would bore me, even if it kept me awake.

Daisy Jane - Dec 11, 2009 4:51:17 am PST #5486 of 30000

"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Ah. Gotcha. If I thought about it too much, there were some things that would upset my sense of right and wrong. If I thought about it.

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