movies

[ghostrunner]

I picked up The Social Network yesterday and watched it. Decent movie, but I was shocked at the average quality of the writing considering that's really its selling point to those of us who don't give a [expletive] about Facebook. There just isn't a believable conversation in the entire movie.

thing that bothered me the most in that movie was the deposition scenes. You would NEVER have the plaintiffs and defendants together in the same room, much less at a depo where only one witness is allowed to speak. I understand why they staged the scenes that way for dramatic purposes, but (to me at least) it hurt the credibility of the film.

Haven't seen the movie, but up here the parties are in the same room at a dep.

Lawyer zing!

[heyzeus]

Illinois has perverted the justice system.

[slide_into_first]

How can the judge accept bribes from both sides if they are in the room together?

Saw The King's Speech- liked it

[stlouie_lipp]

Illinois has perverted the justice system.

that's not the only thing

[heyzeus]

I watched the documentary Gasland last night. Very disturbing, moreso because a huge natural gas well was just drilled a quarter of a mile from my mother in law's house. Worth watching to see the other side of the claim that natural gas is a totally clean alternative.

[JL21]

My only gripe with The Social Network is how obvious it is. "Hey, everyone, Mark Zuckerberg founded this thing that connects friends, but he's a dick and he doesn't have any friends of his own. It's the irony of our cold impersonal age. NEAT, HUH?"

Not a bad movie, though. I don't even really mind the Best Picture nominations it's getting/will continue to get, so long as it doesn't win.

Now on to Piranha, which allegedly has an epic girl-on-girl underwater scene.

[Leroy]

Clash of the Titans
Final Destination IV
The Book of Eli

[Freed Roger]

Final Destination IV

Is there really a Final Destination IV?

[ghostrunner]

Final Destination IV

Is there really a Final Destination IV?

I'd love to see one of these from Death's point of view (as a comedy) where he has a nice tragedy all lined up, and then it's screwed up by some doofus. And he spends the rest of the movie frantically coming up with increasingly absurd schemes to kill all the people who were supposed to die.

[redbirdjazzz]

Final Destination IV

Is there really a Final Destination IV?

I'd love to see one of these from Death's point of view (as a comedy) where he has a nice tragedy all lined up, and then it's screwed up by some doofus. And he spends the rest of the movie frantically coming up with increasingly absurd schemes to kill all the people who were supposed to die.

That idea reminds me of Fool by Christopher Moore. It's a brilliant retelling of King Lear from the court fool's perspective.

"This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity, as well as nontraditional grammar, split infinitives, and the odd wank . . . If that's the sort of thing you think you might enjoy, then you have happened upon the perfect story!"