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supiluliumas

Beneath This Pillow is the Key to My Release

May 20, 2009 01:00

Guy Ritchie's 2009 Christmas Present to the World! *_* Or at least to me.

Thanks for the link, tdj! Even though you're a little skeptical, I appreciate that you're not hatin', you're participatin'. ... To which I guess I could have said I was 'appreciatin'. BUT I DIGRESS.

Speaking of movies, me and Roommate Jeff watched my DVD of Outlander last ( Read more... )

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ryan_speck May 20 2009, 05:45:55 UTC

Outlander was okay. Nothing too exciting, but enjoyable.

When I saw the Sherlock Holmes trailer, I believe I rushed to Twitter to state that I wanted to see it now and the sequel in 2 months. It looks killer. Though the debate is of course raging amongst Holmes fans as to whether its an amusing action-oriented modern extrapolation of the source material or a worthless Hollywood bastardization. I tend toward "FUCKING AWESOME."

supiluliumas May 20 2009, 06:58:33 UTC

That's TWO votes for 'Fucking Awesome'! :D Welcome to the Revolution, citizen ( ... )

ryan_speck May 20 2009, 07:10:23 UTC

Yeah. It wasn't quite as exciting as I'd hoped and the effects were a bit rough. Though I did see it like 5 months ago. Don't know how it turned out on DVD.

Yeah, a lot of people use Snatch and Lock, Stock as an example of why Guy Ritchie is shit and has no place making Sherlock Holmes. Personally I don't care. The stoggy A&E-style Holmes has been done to death. The only way to go is a completely different direction. And this looks to be a very fun, amusing film. (My fondness for Holmes only goes so far as Young Sherlock Holmes.)

And, personally, I like Swept Away. It was kind of more fucked-up than any of his other movies. It was really sadistic and revolved around making his wife look like a stupid whore and then having her sexually assaulted, degraded and subjugated. Which is really what people want to see Madonna doing. So I don't know why they complained.

supiluliumas May 20 2009, 11:40:06 UTC

I hear Sean Penn has four 70 MM prints of the film he keeps in a locked room in his basement.

Okay, that's not true. ... That I know of.

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lordhumungous May 20 2009, 23:22:22 UTC

Ya, I guess I'll hold my reservations until the credits roll, but based on his body of work,(especially after having seen rock n' rolla) I'm not inclined to think too highly of him directing this.

But ryan did make a good point- the old a&e specials are stale, so lets try something new.

supiluliumas May 21 2009, 07:18:14 UTC

I am actually inclined to think that Robert Downey Jr. could do for Holmes what he did for Tony Stark. If Guy Ritchie is smart he'll just say, okay Bob, let 'er rip! :)