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cleolindaThis and that:
>> Aww, yay! Those of you who missed the 1979 Dracula the last time it was on AMC--which would be the time I 15M'd it--can catch it again tonight.
(Man. I saw that movie when I was thirteen... a couple of weeks before the Gary Oldman Dracula came out. So it was pretty much my first Dracula movie. Good times.)
>> On the subject of Dracula: I want Van Helsing on DVD so bad. SO BAD. I know it comes out on Tuesday, but--SO BAD.
Look, I'm not going to lie to you. It's not a good movie. I never said it was. In fact, I think I love it because it is bad. Sometimes, you want to go out to a new restaurant with expensive, finely-prepared food that will expand your sensibilities. Sometimes... you want Fritos. I love this movie like Fritos.
>> I dipped my toe back into movie news this morning--I have been so completely out of it the last few months--and found out that New Line has optioned Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, which, oddly enough, Vladimir just sent to me.
>> Speaking of movies: I leave you people alone for a fewdays weeks months, and you go put Chris Rock in charge of the Oscars. Damn. I should leave you alone more often.
>> HALLOWEEN ON THE LORD'S DAY OH NOES:
>> Aww, yay! Those of you who missed the 1979 Dracula the last time it was on AMC--which would be the time I 15M'd it--can catch it again tonight.
(Man. I saw that movie when I was thirteen... a couple of weeks before the Gary Oldman Dracula came out. So it was pretty much my first Dracula movie. Good times.)
>> On the subject of Dracula: I want Van Helsing on DVD so bad. SO BAD. I know it comes out on Tuesday, but--SO BAD.
Look, I'm not going to lie to you. It's not a good movie. I never said it was. In fact, I think I love it because it is bad. Sometimes, you want to go out to a new restaurant with expensive, finely-prepared food that will expand your sensibilities. Sometimes... you want Fritos. I love this movie like Fritos.
>> I dipped my toe back into movie news this morning--I have been so completely out of it the last few months--and found out that New Line has optioned Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, which, oddly enough, Vladimir just sent to me.
>> Speaking of movies: I leave you people alone for a few
>> HALLOWEEN ON THE LORD'S DAY OH NOES:
In Vestavia Hills, Ala., a suburb of Birmingham, a furor erupts every time Halloween falls on Sunday. Local officials decided not to take a stand this time.Awwww yeah. Crazy Birmingham represent!"About 15 years ago, we decided to have Halloween on Saturday instead. People went crazy. We said, `Never again,'" recalled Starr Burbic, longtime secretary to the mayor. "It messed everybody up to move Halloween. Some people don't like having it on a Sunday, but we just couldn't find a way to make everyone happy."
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Date: 2004-10-15 05:49 pm (UTC)i felt the same way. i want to get this and troy on dvd for this reason.
also, i need to go read your 15MM of Dracula 1979. i just saw it for the first time in august. i liked it but can see where it can easily be made fun of.
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Date: 2004-10-15 05:53 pm (UTC)I love the Dracula movie too, but... man, it has some nonsensical moments. I wish I had time to go back and revise some of the 15 Minutes, because that one in particular could use some work, but it's okay nonetheless. ;)
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Date: 2004-10-15 06:15 pm (UTC)yeah, Dracula. what is up with that love scene? it's a lil scary.
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Date: 2004-10-15 05:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-15 05:55 pm (UTC)Look, I'm not going to lie to you. It's not a good movie. I never said it was. In fact, I think I love it because it is bad. Sometimes, you want to go out to a new restaurant with expensive, finely-prepared food that will expand your sensibilities. Sometimes... you want Fritos. I love this movie like Fritos.
Am I wrong for thinking that Hugh Jackman has something to do with it? :D
Hey, I admit my main reason for watching Van Helsing was Kate Beckinsdale and the amazing vampire slut sisters of DOOM.
>> HALLOWEEN ON THE LORD'S DAY OH NOES:
Or they can do what we do over here: Celebrate 'Ween for the whole WEEK. PAR-TAY!!! :D
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Date: 2004-10-15 06:01 pm (UTC)Guilty as charged. Hell, I was half there for Kate Beckinsale, too--awful accent and bad boob job and everything. I don't know. She still rocks like a rocking thing. Even if she is dead from smush.
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Date: 2004-10-15 07:09 pm (UTC)SO glad I have that taped.
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Date: 2004-10-15 05:56 pm (UTC)::gasps, has heart palpitations::
Truly? Yay! Oh, this is the best news of the day. And I'm glad you've got a copy coming your way, you will really enjoy it.
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Date: 2004-10-16 12:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-15 05:56 pm (UTC)Before I read the next graf, I thought: SO BAD--because it is? I couldn't bring myself to sit through it. Maybe I should buy some Fritos and rent it next weekend.
Crazy Birmingham represent? WTF. I look away for... umm, let's not count the years, shall we? and they change all the slang! I don't even get the slang nowadays. Dammit, I sound like someone's grandmother. But really, there should be a glossary.
*goes to hit onelist, grumbling*
RZZzsnlggrr!#*%&!
Date: 2004-10-15 06:00 pm (UTC)*smacks self upside head and goes to get off the net before someone gets hurt*
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Date: 2004-10-15 06:13 pm (UTC)Two of my fave movies are considered bad by most people but I couldn't care less really. XD If you and I liked what everyone else liked,the world would suck.
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Date: 2004-10-16 12:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-16 04:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-15 06:30 pm (UTC)This is OT from your post, but I was wondering: Is Troy near
CrazyBirmingham? We're going there on a chorus trip and I'm trying to figure out how long I'll have to be on a bus with Crazy Director. No one around here cares enough about Alabama to have a map...no subject
Date: 2004-10-16 09:41 am (UTC)CrazyBirmingham. I think. I slept all the way down there last time our band went.no subject
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Date: 2004-10-15 06:35 pm (UTC)Thank you for succinctly explaining the reasons why I love Matthew Broderick's Godzilla! There are so many things wrong with that movie but I love it nevertheless!
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Date: 2004-10-15 06:48 pm (UTC)Really? Huh. I read an article in the paper about it that said that it was very superfluous and not a very good read at all.
Hell, maybe I'll read the thing before I go see the movie (which I just think I might). I tend to like a lot of stuff critics don't.
Example? The Emperor's New Groove. Boo-ya. *is lame*
-Katla
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Date: 2004-10-15 06:55 pm (UTC)"I know...I'll turn him into a flea. A harmless little flea. And then, I'll put that flea in a box, and put that box inside of another box and mail it to myself. And when it arrives *manical laughter*, I'll SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER!....or, to save on postage, I'll just poison him with THIS!"
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Date: 2004-10-15 06:57 pm (UTC)-Oh. I can feel it.
-Our moment of triumph approaches! *maniacal laughter* IT'S DINNER TIME!
*dramatic music, lightning strikes, etc.*
Man, I love that movie.
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Date: 2004-10-15 07:24 pm (UTC)So. Much. Love.
[Actually a lot of reviews I Read about TENG were positive.]
Icz
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Date: 2004-10-15 07:42 pm (UTC)Hee! Being the mother of a four-year-old has its advantages.
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Date: 2004-10-15 08:55 pm (UTC)I do a scarily accurate Yzma impression.
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Date: 2004-10-15 10:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-15 07:30 pm (UTC)My husband, who knew I wanted this book VERY BADLY, bought me it today.
For Christmas.
He's making me wait until Christmas to open and read it, too.
Dammit.
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Date: 2004-10-15 07:36 pm (UTC)I don't know. It might just prove interesting enough to make me actually watch the Oscars through instead of catching the news on the net afterwards. xD
"Moving" Halloween
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Date: 2004-10-15 10:45 pm (UTC)But, 15 years ago? They tried to do it like five years ago too. The result was pretty much the same. ::headdesk::
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Date: 2004-10-20 09:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-20 02:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-15 11:32 pm (UTC)XD I love the inference that it's totally okay to celebrate the devil on Saturday. Or indeed, any other day of the week.
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Date: 2004-10-19 04:54 pm (UTC)Sure, a lot of Halloween traditions have a historical basis on ancient superstitions, but why bring that up? Why can't you just let the kids have some clean fun? "Celebrating the devil", puh-lease!!!
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Date: 2004-10-20 01:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-16 12:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-16 04:02 pm (UTC)He tried to imply I was goin' to Hell by not takin' it.
Goober students. They should be either A) studyin', B) drinkin', or C) engagin' in random and/or casual sex (with protection). The buggers.
Yarha, Whatever Happened to Socially Redeeming Vices?
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Date: 2004-10-17 01:23 am (UTC)God, don't you just love living in the South? We get some of that out this way, too. *sigh*
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Date: 2004-10-17 09:07 pm (UTC)Sexula
Date: 2004-10-18 12:09 am (UTC)Am totally not biased.
But, yes, Sexula is my man, in the 70's, 90's, and... 00'.
Re: Sexula
Date: 2004-10-18 08:46 am (UTC)Re: Sexula
Date: 2004-10-18 01:24 pm (UTC)And Gary was so, so
delightfullyover the top, and not in the cherry topping type way. God, it was... BAD. And they sexed it up massively, which irked me. How many people can Mina hit on, for God's sake?? She's already got Gary and Keanu wrapped around her little finger, so let's throw Anthony Hopkins and his wheelchair at her, too.Like I said, so bad. But I proudly bought it on DVD the minute I had the cash.
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Date: 2004-10-18 06:38 am (UTC)Which is particularly amusing now I live in Michigan, where the weather on Halloween is more like December in Mobile.
It's like Alabama's officials don't understand the concept of holidays associated with a date.
The 1979 Dracula is so good. Back when Frank Langella wasn't huge and bald. And I really like Kate Nelligan. And I liked Van Helsing.
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Date: 2004-10-19 02:16 pm (UTC)I live in Birmingham. Some of the best Halloween parties I ever went to as a kid were put on by my church. And we called it Halloween, had haunted houses, dressed up as monsters, ect. Of course, that was back in the 20th Century.
Changing the date is just plain stupid. And for the record, Halloween has nothing to do with Satan. Ignorant twits...