Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[CoasterMatt]

My toe hurts, just thinking of that one, GC

[Prudence]

Finally saw Batman Begins. On the whole I liked it. I didn't dislike Ms. TomKat as much as most seemed to. And the Dr. Rocked. Loved him.

I know it's supposed to be part of the character, but by the end of the movie I was thoroughly fed up with the whisper growl from the batman.

The story wasn't bad. I prefer superhero movies that are based on plausible technology, rather than mutant powers or radioactive spiders. So that was a plus. Wasn't buying the whole Shadow fraternity destroying civilizations thing, though. That just seemed stretched and bothered me, particularly since I think it was unnecessary.

Oh, and no one delivers a sarcastic line like Morgan Freeman.

Different worlds moment: when Liam Neeson hit the screen I said, "Hey, is that..." and BT's answer was "yeah, Qui-Gon Jinn" when my thought had been Rob Roy.

[Alex]

Batman Begins was almost ruined for me by the technology in question and the overlooked, obvious, gaping flaw in how it worked.

But in the end I was able to overlook that and like it anyway.

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Oh, and no one delivers a sarcastic line like Morgan Freeman.

Then you really need to see Lucky Number Slevin. He plays The Boss.

Slevin: Anything else you want to tell me?
The Boss: I suppose I don't need to say anything as terribly cliche as "go to the police and you're a dead man".
Slevin: I think you just did.
The Boss: I guess I did.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

That was the Law & Order episode then and definitely inspired by the Kaycee Nicole incident.

I was only on the fringe of Kaycee but in my too many long years in online communities I've seen it on a smaller scale so many times. If you ever want to express doubt about someones story you might as well save it unless you have absolute proof because until then you are just a cruel heartless bastard.

Some of you here are also familiar with SDMB so are familiar with the debate over whether Wally ever existed, and if he did whether he really died.

That's what I thought. The more I tried to picture the detectives in the story, the more I came up with those faces. I watch both CSI and Law & Order little enough to not be sure. I'm more of a Sci-Fi guy when it comes to TV. That and Smallville, Supernatural, and Whose Line. And, of course Star Trek.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Batman Begins was almost ruined for me by the technology in question and the overlooked, obvious, gaping flaw in how it worked.

But in the end I was able to overlook that and like it anyway.

For me, it's easier for me to overlook any sort of pseudo technology than the other things I listed. Must have been the steady childhood diet of Star Trek.

[€uroMeinke]

Just saw Dr. Caliari - no not that one, the 1989 version. It will definately be in the queue for the next movies till dawn extravaganza - Monotone actors delivering bizare lines choreographed like Abba impersenators, Canibalism, transvesitism, brain fluid transfers, giant tongues, sheep trotters, and auto-eroticism. Not sure what I can compare this film too, maybe the more abstract portion of early Lynch?

Thank you MousePod.

[mousepod]

Happy to share it, €uro.

Chinchilla, chinchilla, chinchilla.

[Gemini Cricket]

Sunday was definitely movie day. While I folded laundry and worked on some other things I watched:

'To Kill a Mockingbird'
'I'm Gonna Git You Sucka'
'Mildred Pierce'
'Oliver'

Saturday it was:
'Taps'
'Angels with Dirty Faces'

It was a good weekend.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by mousepod

Happy to share it, €uro.

Chinchilla, chinchilla, chinchilla.

You mean "Chinchilla, chinchilla, chin chin cheree!"