Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Like I said, I'm not rereading the entire thread, and there's no good way to search for the posts.

The reviews start at post #2460.

You can go back a little and see the advance excitement, plans etc...

But that's pretty much the best place to start.

I think it got reintroduced again when it came out on DVD.

[Alex]

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Gets you a good round up of the relevant posts. Not perfect, no. The problem that seems to happen with anything other than the most mainstream of films is that we all end up seeing them at really different times. So the first person to see a movie starts a thread and it dies, then the next doesn't remember it, starts a new one, and it dies.

So people just start dumping all of them into a standing thread where at least there is more walk-up traffic.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I actually didn't think Mamma Mia was terrible in some places. I thought it was ridiculously camp in almost ALL places, and I found that enjoyable. I really disliked the stage production* but it really jived with me in movie form.

X-Files was surely flawed, but was entertaining to watch. Not the terrible mess it was made out to be - but better than some other procedural movies (Untraceable, I'm looking at you.) I didn't feel the excitement for it that I would've during the first several seasons - but after all, it did break my heart with the last few. It should be happy I gave it the time of day!

*I think is because I am generally frustrated at the lack of original musicals out there. Or lack of opportunity for original composers/lyricists. It came around on the heels of Smokey Joe's Cafe, Movin' Out and the like. Piecemeal plots strung along with existing music which doesn't do much to move the plot forward. For whatever reason, this did not bother me in the film at all, because it felt like a fun exercise in absurdism.

[Alex]

I don't think I had the barest glimmer of being entertained by The X-Files. Maybe it is bad expectations on my part but:

I wanted something bigger than

Spoiler:

"maybe that guy is a psychic of some limited ability" and "ooh, a mad scientist"

But even what was given wasn't well told. It definitely isn't good (for a couple reasons) that the most interesting character in the movie is Amanda Peet.

[Gemini Cricket]

Now I have "Lay All Your Love on Me" in my head. I blame LSPE.

[flippyshark]

So, even after thirty years, there are places where Monty Python's Life Of Brian is still banned. (Including NA's home, I presume.) Amusingly, the woman who played Brian's girlfriend in the film (completely starkers!) is now mayor of a little village where the ban is till in effect.

[CoasterMatt]

I had so much fun at Forbidden Zone last night... but I must say, I almost don't want "Forbidden Galaxy" to be made.

I finally got to personally thank Richard Elfman for making a movie that meant a lot to weirdos like me.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantonamo Bay

It was exactly as expected. Though it did have one scene with a lot of hot women with no pants. Worth a few bucks to rent if you like slapstick movies. Cameo (of course) by Neil Patrick Harris.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Oh. There's a "Search this Thread". I didn't know that.

[Prudence]

Saw Hellboy II yesterday. It appears to be several different movies smashed together, and not necessarily to good effect. It is apparently the chick flick of this year's superhero crop.