About halfway through I realized the dark stylishness of it isn't so much for a spooky goth vibe (as I initially thought) as it seems to be a sortuv sepia-tone enhancement of the retro vibe of the whole thing.
Lukas' favorite thing was the robots with the wiggly arms.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 20 September 2004 13:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 20 September 2004 13:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 20 September 2004 13:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 20 September 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― \(^o^)/ (Adrian Langston), Monday, 20 September 2004 14:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― kephm, Monday, 20 September 2004 14:22 (nineteen years ago) link
nickalicious have you seen his girl friday or the front page?!
― amateur!!st, Monday, 20 September 2004 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Monday, 20 September 2004 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Its fake intrepid reporters who have no relation to real actual journo's (ie Lois Lane) that are really annoying.
― Pete (Pete), Monday, 20 September 2004 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link
everyone in his girl friday is annoying because they talk all the time and are totally self-centered. that is what makes it so beautiful.
― amateur!!st, Monday, 20 September 2004 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Emilymv (Emilymv), Monday, 20 September 2004 15:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Monday, 20 September 2004 15:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― alfalfa romeo (natepatrin), Monday, 20 September 2004 16:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― alfalfa romeo (natepatrin), Monday, 20 September 2004 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 20 September 2004 16:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Formerly Lee G (Formerly Lee G), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Sunday, 3 October 2004 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Sunday, 3 October 2004 21:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 3 October 2004 23:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Sunday, 3 October 2004 23:38 (nineteen years ago) link
The references were all cliches (vs. Indiana Jones where the adventure-serial references have a purpose).
Gwyneth Paltrow is the worst actress on Earth.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 4 October 2004 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.woohoopictures.com/
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 4 October 2004 21:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Catty (Catty), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Finally watched this after being intrigued for ages by Ebert's review and others like it. Flat and boring, I thought - everything paper-thin and the retro aesthetic very incompletely worked-out. Script was also suuuuuper lame; feel like an actual 30s/40s "ace reporter" character would have been given actually snappy, witty dialogue and charming exchanges with Jude Law, rather than just empty signifiers gesturing at the idea of a squabbling couple that will get together at the end. Angelina Jolie's character was also totally worthless and barely in the movie really. Are there people out there for whom this holds up? Are any of its defenders itt still around?
― sisterhood of the baggering vance (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
I still own the DVD but haven't been able to bring myself to watch it
― glandular lansbury (sic), Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:15 (eight years ago) link
Why did people hate gwyneth so much back in 04?
― Treeship, Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:18 (eight years ago) link
perhaps this holds a clue?
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Saturday, 30 April 2016 19:44 (eight years ago) link