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Aug 08, 2009 14:41

Flight of the Conchords: Sex and the City for Men.

Discuss.

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As much as my inner film snob may spin in the grave it has been forced into alive (and with time to rescue it running out), I can't help but have a small sliver of affection for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Unlike the prior toy & nostalgia-exploiting effort of this summer (the ( Read more... )

david yates, flight of the conchords, infinite jest, redheads and glasses, stephen fry, g.i. joe, sunnyside, moon, transformers, harry potter, infinte summer, david foster wallace

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clumsygirl27 August 10 2009, 01:54:17 UTC

I thought GI Joe was decent, lots of action. But I found the identity of the doctor to be very predictable.

busternaut August 10 2009, 12:49:41 UTC

I haven't read any remotely current fiction since Infinite Jest. Or very much older fiction, come to think of it. It will ruin you.

Sex and the City for a certain age and social class of male, sure. Conchords has a hip-factor that the other show doesn't.

I'd like to see the next Potter movie open with a pretty sunlit field full of baby ducks playing bridge or something instead of another Foreboding Thunderstorm that quickly evaporates into pointless mood.

alicated August 12 2009, 18:48:54 UTC

Flight of the Conchords: Sex and the City for Men.

In theory. But women like Flight of the Conchords. No man would ever admit to liking Sex and the City. (No sane woman would either, for that matter.)

b_sides August 15 2009, 21:24:31 UTC

I know men who like SatC. They may not admit it openly, but they do like it. Had it not wandered away from the thesis of the first season, it might have even built a vague male fanbase...

G.I Jesus that was awful anonymous August 15 2009, 19:52:01 UTC

I don't think two lines of "I have to win because my father always wanted me to win" can be considered character motivation. Forgive me, but I prefer motivationless, racially offensive robots over Channing Tatum and his less-talented-than-mayonaise style of acting.

Also, what the hell was with the blatant exposition? They didn't even try and hide it - "Even though you've been privy to my dastardly plan for the past 18 months, I'm going to explain it in unneccessary detail that is completely out of place since you already know what I'm about to do".

I really considered walking out for the first 40 minutes, and I never walk out of films. When Sienna Miller is one of the more talented actors in a film you know you have a problem.

Also, Moon is excellent, much love for Sam Rockwell.

-Lynda

Re: G.I Jesus that was awful b_sides August 15 2009, 21:23:02 UTC

I did say "resembling motivations ( ... )

Re: G.I Jesus that was awful b_sides August 15 2009, 22:43:17 UTC

P.S. You're annoyed with the drive of Scarlett, given the ever so slightly more troubling Baroness reveal?