I like fish out of water stuff. It's hackey and has been done a million times, but honestly, what hasn't?
Haven't seen this yet tho.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 07:27 (twelve years ago) link
wd put perm stake thru movie vampires, kidz.
but HBC will surely be back for the sequel!
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
the nihilism in Alice was about the only thing that movie had going for it
I still wish they'd gone whole hog and had a hero/villain inversion where it was revealed that the White Queen was actually treacling Wonderland to death and the Red Queen's tyranny was the only thing keeping the realm alive, making the story more about balancing the forces than eradicating the evil. Maybe then they wouldn't have felt the need to shoehorn in the fucking fudderwacken.
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
(Basically I wanted that movie to end with Alice committing a violent pogrom against the White Queen's forces while sobbing her eyes out, eventually waking up back in the real world shaken, upset, and wholly mistrustful of authority and power. So yeah, the nihilism it had didn't bother me so much.)
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
The trailer for Frankenweenie actually makes it look halfway decent.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
There was a nice DS moment in Pfeiffer's interview of the governess, where she's trying to ferret out if she's a lefty freak, asking "What do you think of the war?" "I don't watch TV." Seems left over from an earlier, smarter script.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
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i know! but won't be fooled again etc.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
and we never barnabus him
This is still cracking me up.
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
I pushed to go see this based on the trailer and a got a friend sort of excited about seeing it, but now I really don't want to go see it and she still does and I'm probably going to wind up seeing it.
How can I prepare myself to Barnabus this?
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
get drunk
and take heart that Alice Cooper appears halfway through to break the monotony
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
it's not intolerable or anything, it's mildly amusing. in other words, barnabusing it is strictly optional.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:08 (twelve years ago) link
it's better than Big Fish.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
"I swear I won't pull it away this time, Charlie Brown. Honest."
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
exactly.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
although i kind of initially read that as "i swear i'll pull out this time"
So Lucy was a tranny.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
worst reboot ever.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
Pee-Nuts
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
As we speak...a new generation of fangirls is applying Rule 34 to Peanuts, and probably every other cartoon with which you grew up.
― challoped potatoes (j.lu), Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
lol from tumblr:
Tim Burton should just make a movie called ‘Johnny Depp’. plot twist: Johnny Depp is played by Helena Bonham Carter.
plot twist: Johnny Depp is played by Helena Bonham Carter.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 May 2012 07:13 (twelve years ago) link
wd watch
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
if it was done sleuth style with hbc playing both characters it could work
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Thursday, 31 May 2012 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHchmWsrfUo
^ ultimate fish out of water film
― shit_ebooks (am0n), Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
Wound up getting out of seeing it by getting showtime wrong and giving up.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Thursday, 31 May 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
I'm watching this now. Not bad, a few dumb montages aside. It is hard to buy Eva Green as an evil witch though.
If the thought of Johnny Depp playing a vampire for under 2 hours appeals to you, you will enjoy this.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 3 September 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
beg to differ
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 3 September 2012 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
i *thought* that idea appealed to me until I saw Dark Shadows
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 September 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
It's incredibly stupid and watered down. But that doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable. It just means they had like 6 producers and you end up with a safe Hollywood movie that lets Tim Burton goth out in a big-budget way.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 3 September 2012 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
As a soap Passions just got worse and worse
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 3 September 2012 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
It is stupid and watered down. It isn't particularly enjoyable. Werewolf reveal was the biggest deus ex whogivesafuck ever. So why do I sometimes feel like defending this one? Must have something to do with Eva Green.
― Eric H., Monday, 3 September 2012 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
It's been a long time since I felt moved to walk out of a theater. Dark Shadows is as close as I've come. Not walk out in disgust as much as, I'd rather go sit in the parking lot.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 September 2012 04:01 (twelve years ago) link
Alice Cooper was cool tho
They should have made Alice Cooper the werewolf.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 3 September 2012 05:21 (twelve years ago) link