Children of Men

[Sarah]

Why the movie got the hype, besides the crazy long shot and the director track record:
- Michael Caine's life is the dream for all stoners and nerds alike. Lives out off the grid in the woods but still has great computers and crap, grows his own pot, lives with his lady, draws cartoons, and fights The Man. And has great last words.
- A pretty weird soundtrack.
- Attention to details; having the character wearing a worn-out sweater from the upcoming London Olympics, for example.
- Things blow up, things get shot at, lots of running.

All this adds up to above average, not the dropped-jaw wonderment so many of the reviewers express.

Also, all stoners and nerds dream of living with a catatonic lady?  Yuck.

[Oogie]

Why the movie got the hype, besides the crazy long shot and the director track record:
- Michael Caine's life is the dream for all stoners and nerds alike. Lives out off the grid in the woods but still has great computers and crap, grows his own pot, lives with his lady, draws cartoons, and fights The Man. And has great last words.
- A pretty weird soundtrack.
- Attention to details; having the character wearing a worn-out sweater from the upcoming London Olympics, for example.
- Things blow up, things get shot at, lots of running.

All this adds up to above average, not the dropped-jaw wonderment so many of the reviewers express.

Also, all stoners and nerds dream of living with a catatonic lady?  Yuck.

necronerds

[Fido]

Oh man, I have to add that to my queueueue. There's nothing like watching Žižek in a boat saying, "I want to fuck Mitch."

You and your fancy Slovenian Z's.  Did you buy those?

Where/when does he say that? 

I'm screening the documentary Žižek! in my class this semester.  I wonder what the kids'll make of it.

Show off.  With all your fancy accent marks.  By the way, how do you do that?  I'm dying to try it.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Fido, I did what I always do: I stole them from a rich person.

I just copied and pasted from Laurie's post.  I don't know what secret trick she used.  If only us little guys could figure that stuff out, we wouldn't be little guys anymore!

[buffcoat]

Daddykins flew the accents in from their native lands.  He pulled the Concorde out of mothballs!  Nothing's too good for his little girl!

[senorcorazon]

All this adds up to above average, not the dropped-jaw wonderment so many of the reviewers express.

Also, all stoners and nerds dream of living with a catatonic lady?  Yuck.

Let us not forget the "dropped-jaw wonderment" heaped on Juno, which at best is simply a good movie.

Well, maybe not the catatonic part; more so the period before she goes catatonic and he goes off getting the big sleep himself.

[Stan]

 So what?

 Should every movie soundtrack have to go "In the court of the crimson kiiiiing, aah aah uhh"!

[Sarah]

Huh?

[dave from knoxville]

So what?

 Should every movie soundtrack have to go "In the court of the crimson kiiiiing, aah aah uhh"!

Uhhhhhh, yes?

[Laurie]

If you have a Mac, that little American flag on your toolbar is not there because you love America. It's there because you're typing in American English. I often have to switch between the Cyrillic and English alphabet, so I use the International language presets often. It's one of the many reasons I love my iMac. So, you can choose to switch to a Slovenian keyboard or simply pull the Ž (pronounced like "g" as in genre or like the Cyrillic Ж - Жiжek!) from the character palette which can also be accessed by selecting the American/Swedish/Union Jack flag. Or whatever.

[senorcorazon]

So what?

 Should every movie soundtrack have to go "In the court of the crimson kiiiiing, aah aah uhh"!

Uhhhhhh, yes?

I'm with DFK. Also, I thought it was hilarious to play the Roots Manuva song while Michael Caine drove around. Michael Caine goes on the wall with Alec Baldwin and Sean Connery as occasionally talented actors who play some hilariously stupid characters in movies. Zardoz, anyone?

[Stan]

Huh?

 In a call several years back, Tom made a similar comment to me regarding my appreciation of King Crimson.

 And yes, he sang it.

[dave from knoxville]

Stan, like me, you must be a dinosaur. Which, for the benefit of the rest of you, is a terrific song by King Crimson.

[Sarah]

So if I call about Children of Men, Tom might perform it?

[Laurie]

My favorite King Crimson song is "Sensitive Artist."












I'm kidding. Kind of.