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I got an iced coffee with no ice (they didn't have no ice, out of ice already, gonna be a long ass summer), so it's just a cold cup of coffee, I had to pay iced coffee prices but the lady consoled me by saying I got more coffee. Then she smirked.
I was off being long-winded in another post, and it gets all quiet in here. C'mon people, do I need to babysit you constantly? To make 156 by 1:30 this afternoon, we need to average almost 1 post every two minutes. Now is the time to PUSH, people!
It depends on the genre you're looking for, shane. Gribblesniff is clearly a European black metal band who don't realize exactly what their name means in English. In their language it's something cool like "Satan Fuck 666". If the band is called Cheese Lizards, it's going to end up being something peppy like ska.
It's really up to you, my friend. We can't tell you how to live your life.
Okay, I'm about to leave for my meeting. I am trusting you guys. No crank calls, no friends over, and DEFINITELY no parties. I asked the Robertsons next door to look in on you.
The Bridge on the River Kwai. A classic, and for good reason. It's directed by the guy who did Lawrence of Arabia, and it's got a similar feel, as well as Alec Guinness.
Bubble. Steven Soderbergh is one of my favorite directors. Full Frontal was, imo, a failed experiment, but Bubble was an experiment I really enjoyed. Rather low-key movie about a murder in a small town. No professional actors, all actual residents of the small town. Well done, local residents!
We're always in the weeds on our DVR, so the Netflix sit around for ages before we finally get a rainy day to watch them. Corpse Bride was really really good though.
Carlito's Way. The first half was pretty good. Not amazing. Then the second half was just awful. There's this scene in a boat at night, and it's so obvious that Al Pacino and Sean Penn are sitting in a studio in some little box that's being jostled back and forth with blue lights shining on them to make it look like night. I couldn't watch any more after that.
Jason and the Argonauts. Now here's a movie I can get into. I've wanted to see this movie since I was a kid, and now I have. Yay, Netflix. Ok, so a lot of this movie was poorly done. Plot, pacing, dialogue, acting. But the special effects by Ray Harryhausen make it all worthwhile. Especially the bronze giant. Woo! That scene was harrowing.
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior. Yes, there are some cool action scenes. This does not make up for 95% of the movie sucking. See, Jason and the Argonauts had about 50% suck. I can handle that for a really good other 50%.
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. Spoof of 1950's B movies. For what it was, it was fairly well done. Worth checking out if you like the idea. It's got some chuckles, some gratuitous sexy dancing by Animala (a woman made of "six different forest animals"), and one pretty cool rubber monster costume.
Hustle & Flow. Not bad. Not as good as I had hoped. The acting and direction is good, and it's really fun to watch this amateur rapper scrape together the resources to produce a couple of singles. He's sure a nice guy for a pimp though.
Touching the Void. Awesome. I'm not into mountain climbing, but I am into very badass survival stories. This is one of the most badass you'll ever see. And it's true.
I finally got around to watching both Constant Gardener and Hustle & Flow over the last couple of weeks. I had delayed seeing both of them for far too long. Both were pretty good, I think, but neither blew me away.
Fraggle Rock: Season 1, Disc 1. This is a childhood memory that I should have left untouched, I think. The humor is mostly pretty awful. The singing is pretty awful, and they sing a lot. There are still some good parts, but I won't be rewatching any more Fraggle Rock unless someone identifies the very best episodes for me.
I was offended by the subtitles on Constant Gardner. How come when African refugees are talking in a group in the background, it says "babbling in native tongue", but not when German schoolchildren are talking in a group in the background? Also, the movie as a whole suffered from "the purpose of Africa is to illustrate the white characters' problems" syndrome.
Heat. I liked this movie so much that I'd already seen it three times. It held up to a fourth viewing. This movie made me run to Wikipedia to research real-life high end bank robbers. Turns out stuff like that really happens.
Back! Looks like you kids were pretty good - shane, you had me snorting trying to hold back laughter in my cubicle with your concert band-to-audience chatter. Well played, sir!
I wondered the same thing myself, agro. I knew the thread would take on a life of its own and it is going to be a scramble to be the person who gets #156. Inevitably, two people will post simultaneously and it will all get fucked up and we'll have to start over.
What if we all, collectively, spent five minutes concentrating deeply, visualizing something really good happening to every bunny? Do you think it would work?
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