Nice to see Moon, Sleep Dealer and Primer on there.
Pity about Pitch Black and Donnie Darko (ptui, let us never speak of them again).
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
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Jessica - Dec 16, 2009 8:18:25 am PST #5656 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2009 8:25:53 am PST #5657 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm a big Pitch Black fan, but I'd never think to include it in a best of list. I really didn't dig Donnie Darko at ALL. But I am willing to use the movies I haven't heard of on that list to populate my over-inflated Netflix list. They at least sound interesting. I'm especially interested by Primer's description. And I agree with the myriad comments bemoaning the lack of Children of Men.
Vonnie K - Dec 16, 2009 8:28:30 am PST #5658 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
And I agree with the myriad comments bemoaning the lack of Children of Men.
YES. I didn't scroll through the comments but was about to write a post to complain about its omission.
I have a fond spot for Pitch Black myself but yeah, I don't think it quite belongs there.
Jessica - Dec 16, 2009 8:29:06 am PST #5659 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And I agree with the myriad comments bemoaning the lack of Children of Men
Definitely. It should be at the top of that list.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2009 8:51:25 am PST #5660 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph, you had problems with Spiderman 2? Read James Cameron's treatment.
Connie Neil - Dec 16, 2009 8:58:52 am PST #5661 of 30000
brillig
Yay, District 9! Hell of a movie.
Polter-Cow - Dec 16, 2009 9:24:58 am PST #5662 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Steph, you had problems with Spiderman 2? Read James Cameron's treatment.
Oh my God, that's awful.
I loved Spider-Man 2.
Steph L. - Dec 16, 2009 9:27:58 am PST #5663 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Steph, you had problems with Spiderman 2?
No, I liked Spider-Man 2; it was Spider-Man 3 (::shudder::) that I disliked. Violently.
Read James Cameron's treatment.
That's...just not right.
le nubian - Dec 16, 2009 9:50:15 am PST #5664 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I actually want to see that Spider-Man movie. I must be perverse.
Daisy Jane - Dec 16, 2009 10:38:31 am PST #5665 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Spidey appears and sets her on terra firma. She clings to him, looking down and around in wonder. He has put the world at her feet. She can't believe this is happening to her.
She is set down on the ground with the earth at her feet, and she can't believe it? Is Mary Jane deeply stupid?