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Fun Stuff => ENJOY => Topic started by: tinysmidgen on 30 Jun 2009, 18:42
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I've heard it's an amazing movie, one of the best ever. I've yet to watch it, and am going to watch it tonight. Thoughts? Ideas? Praise on the movie? Is it as good as I've heard?
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Don't get your hopes up too much. I really enjoy it but part of the charm of it is that it's a fun, unassuming li'l gem of a movie.
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Part of its charm is that it's willing to make fun both of itself and its genre (it's a satire, in other words). Don't go in expecting straight charm or fun, but as a good story with a lot of tongue in cheek about its own conventions.
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I think my favorite dumb question from my bookstore days was when a woman needed to buy a copy of the book for her daughter's class.
"I was looking at the beginning, and it says it's an abridgement. Do you have the original version by Morgenstern?"
Now, that's not the dumb question, because being ignorant of the narrative conceit at work here isn't all that unusual. So I explained that Goldman had made up the whole thing about the original book yadda yadda, and yes this is the book her daughter really needs, and now is when the lights go completely dark as she asks, "Why would anybody do that?"
"Do what?"
"Write about a book that doesn't exist. That's not very honest."
::blink:: "It's fiction."
"I think I'd better talk to my daughter first, maybe it's another book she needs." And she leaves.
:? :roll: :-D
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"My name is Inigo Montoya".
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As you wish!
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"Inconceivable!"
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I would as soon destroy a stain-glass window as an artist like yourself.
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(http://onemansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/InigoMontoyaPrepareToDie.jpg)
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"He's only mostly dead."
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People in rat suits.
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"Inconceivable!"
This word you say. I'm not sure it means what you think it means.
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Maybe if you people spent less time tediously quoting movie lines to each other, you wouldn't have to spend so much time on the internet.
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Instead, let's tediously quote movie lines at each other in reality!
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We should organise this. Set up a meeting where the sole purpose is to quote lines from your favourite films
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Yeah guys jeez what the hell
so rude
grrrrr
grrrrrrrrrr
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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Shall we send for the Brute Squad then?
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You ARE the brute squad.
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It's very cheesy and goofy, but it's charming.
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If you've seen Stardust they're both quite similar in styles and humour, except perhaps Stardust is a bit darker
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It's very hard for anyone to not enjoy this movie at least a little bit.
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I've yet to watch it, and am going to watch it tonight.
So? What did you think?
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I was going to say my favorite quote from the movie but then everyone already said theirs and other people are getting angry at them for doing so. Though I think a large part of the charm about this movie is its quotability.
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That and Andre the Giant.
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And Billy Crystal!
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I've yet to watch it, and am going to watch it tonight.
So? What did you think?
t'wasn't bad, I didn't get through all of it though, I got sidetracked by Wristcutters: A Love Story..and I only watch 47 minutes of that
I don't have ADD, I swear.
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It's a good movie. Just don't quote it endlessly so others can enjoy it, as well.
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So don't treat it like Monty Python
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(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee1/Pahvo/HG_Smelt.jpg)
edit: i didn't notice that the person who put the quote on the picture put Elendilmirians...
for those of you who don't know it's supposed to say Elderberries
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Pretty sure we know dude. It's the internet.
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point taken
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What did I say?
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Ni?
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Ni?
Dude, seriously, OW.
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My friend once brought over his copy of Holy Grail and forgot it when he left. This was 5 years ago. I kept forgetting to give it back to him, and now just recently when I finally remembered at the right time, he told me I can just keep it.
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OK, now I want to do a Princess Bride/Holy Grail mashup.
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Ni?
Dude, seriously, OW.
Had my evil moment for the day :D
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OK, now I want to do a Princess Bride/Holy Grail mashup.
Inconceivable!
Now go away, before I taunt you a second time.
Edit: Or maybe,
Your mother was a hampster, your father was an elderberry, and you were inconceivable!
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Yes
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Yes
And now the Vorlons have shown up
:D