morbius i could go revive the chinatown thread and move our al pacino v ddl conversation over there if you like
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/arpanet-5.jpgcheck it out dave, some asshole is saying he's glad LBJ died
― Dr. Yakubius (and what), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
what's wrong with YOU today Shakes? Chinatown is around now. New is the new boring.
I never saw North Dallas 40 OR Semi-Tough. Paper Lion, yes.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
how about little giants?
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
why don't we all stay here and talk about chinatown
man does that one scene make my nose hurt
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Chinatown carries on existing in...Chinatown
― grinchyschneider (some dude), Friday, 19 December 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I watched The Last Detail last night if you wanna talk about that.
― caek, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
don't bother, it's chinatown
― Dr. Yakubius (and what), Friday, 19 December 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
the original longest yard is unfuckwitable too, but i'm pretty pro-70s burt reynolds in general
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
in hell satan will make morbz watch remember the titans for 6000 years
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
hey look I love Chinatown and have seen it many times but there's like 30 years worth of stuff written about it already.
― There was even a brief period when I preferred Sally Forth. (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 19 December 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
the best football movie is far and away gus, the tale of an eastern european donkey coming to america to join don knotts's football team to become its star placekicker. johnny unitas and dick butkis are in this movie, and of course the donkey is a natural star. i really highly recommend this film, it's a good fable. about donkeys and football.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Bloggers have written 30 years worth of stuff about TDK in the last 6 months.
I like The Longest Yard, but then it's a Robert Aldrich film about Watergate, right?
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw gus at the drive-in
why does everything come back to donkeys with you
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
don knotts had such a good run in the 70s
apple dumpling gang, no deposit no return, gus
he's like the john cazale nobody talks about
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
my mom once owned a donkey, it's an area of mystery and folklore to me
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Gus might be left out of TCM's shitload of live-action Disney films this month. isn't Ed Asner in it?
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
yes lou grant is indeed in gus
I wish my parents had owned barnyard animals but no, just some lowly sea monkeys
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a really, really grating, obvious, fuck-up cut / edit / synch issue in the conversation between Alfred and Bruce near the start when Bruce is stitching up his dog-bite. Really irritates now. Why leave this blatant bad edit in an otherwise fastidious film?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 16:35 (fifteen years ago) link
We did the Batmarathon last night, btw; Batman Begins and The Dark Knight back-to-back. Unsure which I prefer.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
ethans trolling here is C- fwiw
n-e-wayz i think the cell phone thing didnt bother me at all, i didnt see it as a last-minute jump for political relevence but the logical endpoint of the entire movie's struggle to define the boundaries of batman's ethical behavior, to what degree he operates within the confines of morality but outside of the system we've set up that is supposed to be enforcing our own morality ... it felt pretty logical w/in the grounds of every successively difficult decision batman was forced to make the more joker ratcheted up the ethical dilemmas ... i also think that this is perfectly 'comic book'-ish approach, & a good friend whose real into this stuff said something about how Nolan had Batman building a precursor to Brother Eye which i guess means something if u read lots of comixx
― choom gangsta (deej), Sunday, 4 January 2009 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link
i definitely prefer tdk to batman begins
― choom gangsta (deej), Sunday, 4 January 2009 11:09 (fifteen years ago) link
i dont really get anything remotely 'andy dick' about heath ledger in this movie at all -- weirdly enough it reminded me of tom waits voice & mannerisms in interviews
this was The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance for amoral 12-year-olds.
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah!!!! cool, huh?
― WmC, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
in an otherwise fastidious film?
loooooooooooool
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
how did you feel about The Prestige, Morbius?
― ryan, Saturday, 17 January 2009 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
didnt see it.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 19 January 2009 23:26 (fifteen years ago) link
http://63.134.213.184/_media/imgs/articles/a318_c1.jpg
― "Set phasers to thrill!" (latebloomer), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
omg, I knew Ledger's Joker reminded me of someone specific, but never realized who until I stumbled on a post-Oscar blog comment:
http://www.nndb.com/people/476/000022410/Franken_Al.jpg
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 9 March 2009 00:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, he's doing Stuart Smalley.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 March 2009 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
no, Clintonite Fuckhead Franken
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 9 March 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
goddamn morbs
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Monday, 9 March 2009 01:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Watched Candy last night, ledger's indie Aussie drug romance film from 2006 - very good. Didn't seem AT ALL like the guy who played either Ennis Del Mar or The Joker, to Ledger's great, and sad, credit. Something MENTAL struck me, though - if Nolan did want The Joker in a third film and was to recast the role, then Joseph Gordon-Levitt might just be perfect.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:08 AM (8 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
And Christopher Nolan has just cast Gordon-Levitt in his new film, Inception. All hail me.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 12:21 (fourteen years ago) link
is he playing the Joker in it?
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 12:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha, no, but rumour has it it's "in preparation for" playing the Joker.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 12:52 (fourteen years ago) link
unlikely, since apparently they only went with Gordon-Levitt because James Franco is booked.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 6 May 2009 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
after seeing dude in brick it's easy to see him take over.
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I read the first 50 pages then skipped through th rest so sorry if this has been brought up before but...
Who say _Batman_ is The Dark Knight?!?!?!?
And no one has mentioned chess yet????????
― mei, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link
kill yourself
― holosystolic murmur and the thrill (gbx), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 01:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Why?
― mei, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 01:12 (fourteen years ago) link
because you are stupid! XD
― holosystolic murmur and the thrill (gbx), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
That's not a very good reason though is it? I mean, on that basis most people should have killed themselves years ago, you included.
― mei, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 01:14 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is about a movie, not a book!
― holosystolic murmur and the thrill (gbx), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i do not think you should kill yrself, but srsly what in the hell are you talking about with this chess business and 50 pages of a movie
― holosystolic murmur and the thrill (gbx), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 01:17 (fourteen years ago) link
If there's no dark knights in chess, I've been playing it wrong.
― EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I’M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 01:39 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh, Joker Gordon-Levitt may be the grossest and least likely casting fan fiction about the next movie to date
― Autogoon Almanac (some dude), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Saw some of this again in a bar w/ sound off (subtitles) a couple weeks ago... "You complete me" may be the only funny Joker line (and what does that ref say about the culture).
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
lol mei i am sorry for bein a dick, i thought you were a random googler, ripe for clowning
― holosystolic murmur and the thrill (gbx), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 04:53 (fourteen years ago) link
thank you for letting me put down the weight of kanye
― a random googler, ripe for clowning (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 05:07 (fourteen years ago) link