...on George Clooney in sockless boat shoes
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 11:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
"bogus" is a good word. A dubious honor for Clooney to star in two of the most meretricious Oscar films of the last twenty years.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 11:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
There’s a scene at the end of the movie where they’re spreading the mother’s ashes in the ocean, and it gets broken up by a cruise and a bunch of drunk guys. That was shot, it was funny. But they didn’t want to cut away from that very poignant emotional closure.
You can't have humor interrupting very poignant emotional closure!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 11:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
Still prefer both to Syriana.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 11:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
DWH needs to reappreciate Kramer vs Kramer
someone get Sotosyn some friggin' boat shoes already
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 11:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm wearing a pair with argyles.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm not saying Kramer Vs. Kramer is bad, Morbs. It's just nothing terribly special, and surely not the best film of 1979 any more than The Descendants has one of the very best screenplays of 2011 (hopefully you'll forgive my dubiousness towards the decisions of the esteemed Academy).
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
Morbs agrees, I think.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
he liked Boat Shoes Vs. Boat Shoes more than a lot of us
Both end with the credits rolling over George Clooney as he stares thoughtfully into the middle distance
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:02 (11 months ago) Permalink
It's not the fact that they end with that kind of shot, but holding it for so long with the credits over it is something I can't remember seeing before MC
i considered barking a little in defense of kramer vs. kramer, yesterday. i remember it fondly, though i was only 12 at the time, but i decided that it's been too long for me to say with any certainty that i'd still like it. also, i thought there was a slight misogynist streak to the descendants, similar to what jonathan rosenbaum objected to in KvK.
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
I kinda think all the characters in The Descendants are equally miserable.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:02 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'll agree that it works better in michael clayton.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 03:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
I found this kind of a snore, tbh. However I really loved seeing Hawaii shown in a 'hey people live here' way. Honestly I enjoyed it more once I ignored the story and just watched it as a travel documentary, lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 24 August 2012 15:33 (8 months ago) Permalink