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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Mar 27, 2017 8:37:12 GMT -5
Saw it this weekend. Didn't hate it. My biggest complaint has to do with the changes to the Belle/Maurice relationship. They made Maurice an artist, and Belle the inventor, like they were going out of their way to make Belle the brains of the operation. Then in the scene in Beast's tower, Belle went from offering to take her father's place out of love, to making it a question of who can escape. These two subtle changes show the attempt to make it a feminist fairy tale, but actually do a disservice to Belle's character. Inventor Belle looks down her nose at the other villagers, thinking herself better than them. Escape artist Belle was motivated by hubris, not love for her father. 1991 Belle was neither of these. She lamented the opportunities and lack of adventure that living in her town offered her, but never thought of the townspeople as small minded. When the time came to save her father, she did so willingly, because self-sacrifice is a virtue, and an act of love. This Belle may be Steinem approved, but she's not as good a person as her 1991 counterpart.
Also, Emma Watson looked bored in this movie. I thought her performance was unremarkable, and they could have put any young brunette actress in there and got the same effect.
What I did like was the extra time for character exploration. They did mess up pretty bad on the timeline, though. Belle's mother died of Plague. That went through Europe in the mid 1300s. Belle is heard quoting Shakespeare, and Gaston is using a flintlock pistol. That puts the current events of the movie in the late 1600s to early 1700s. How old does that make Belle and Maurice? Does this count as a Highlander movie?
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Mar 14, 2017 17:54:26 GMT -5
If what I've read about this movie turns out to be true, this could do for Emma Watson what Padme Amidalla did for Natalie Portman. So Emma Watson will win a Best Actress Oscar in 6 years? I'm sure that's going to break her heart. Yeah, but what did Nattie have going for her between Ep 3 and Black Swan? Nada, unless you count a very overrated movie full of unnecessary alliteration. Same year as Ep 3. She dropped off the face of the earth for a few years, and that's what I'm talking about.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Mar 14, 2017 15:52:41 GMT -5
Homer, clearing the ivy from what he thought was his mother's headstone: Walt Whaitman?!? Noooooooo! Damn you, Walt Whitman! *kicking headstone* I...hate...you...Walt...freaking...Whitman. Leaves of Grass my ass!
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Mar 14, 2017 15:46:37 GMT -5
The long-haired saviours death is going to be so satisfying. Is there a more unlikeable dickhead on TV? Even Mr. "I bash people's skulls in" Negan is more somehow likeable. He's kinda got a ratface thing going there, even his own partner was pissed at him. Even though I feel this season has kinda stalled in momentum, it has good episodes like last night sprinkled every other episode. I also hope they don't kill Jerry, he's been one of my favorites in Season 7. And that's precisely why Jerry's going to die by mid season finale of season 8.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Mar 14, 2017 15:41:16 GMT -5
*deep breath* I'm not looking forward to this adaptation at all. The story itself is about an aloof bookworm and a mentally unstable man-beast breaking out of their own comfort zones and finding the ability to love. Belle's casting is a miss, because Emma Watson takes herself too dang seriously to adequately portray the kind of vulnerability necessary to be believable. She sought approval from Gloria Steinem on this movie, for crying out loud. She lost her credibility 20 years ago, but that's another discussion for another time. In the "Belle" clip that was posted, she sounded deflated. If what I've read about this movie turns out to be true, this could do for Emma Watson what Padme Amidalla did for Natalie Portman.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Nov 9, 2016 15:24:43 GMT -5
Relieved Hillary lost. Her unwavering ambition for the presidency in the face of scandal after scandal after setback after scandal was enough for me not to vote for her. No scandal has stuck, because she had the foresight to put enough people in enough positions that knew how she wanted things done, so she didn't have to ask them to do it. That's how she got the nomination in the first place. The DNC chair had to step down in order for Hillary to get her person, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, in as chair. Giving up that lofty position would require one hell of a payback. Who stepped down? Future VP candidate Tim Kaine. What happened the day after Hillary was nominated? Wasserman Schultz took a position on Hillary's campaign.
What I think is lost in this whole "what happened" discussion is this: enough people were sick of being sold out by the establishment that they would vote for an unpolished a-hole over their candidate. That's about as simple an explanation as you'll ever see. The next four years are going to be interesting.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Oct 31, 2016 6:44:46 GMT -5
wasn't there an underage boyfriend in there somewhere? If by "somewhere" you mean backstage, yes. If I'm not mistaken, that's how his WWE career came to a close.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Oct 28, 2016 16:29:13 GMT -5
I had a gentleman's agreement with a buddy of mine. We worked at an amusement park where we rotated work areas once a week. We both liked the same girl, and the rotation would have put him in the same work area as her a week before I got to work with her. So I got sneaky. A girl I went to HS with liked my buddy, so I convinced her to make the first move. They started dating, and I got to date the girl I wanted...so it was kind of a win-win.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Oct 26, 2016 10:04:04 GMT -5
Liked the later Naruto better than anything Bleach did. Manga wise, Bleach looked a lot better, but story-wise, I kept hearing John Cena's music every time the story had Ichigo in it. At least Naruto gave us Hidan. I've never liked an asshole that much in my life.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Oct 18, 2016 16:04:32 GMT -5
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Oct 18, 2016 12:15:58 GMT -5
Just once, I want to see Goldberg's walk up backstage turn into that scene from Spinal Tap, where the band gets lost. why do you want him to rip off Jericho?! He needs to make The List at some point.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Oct 18, 2016 12:04:53 GMT -5
Maybe it was watching the YouTube version but they used the WCW theme at the start and the WWE theme at the end. That's very strange. It's like "We need to use the old WCW theme to get the initial pop, but after that we'll switch to the WWE theme." I hope they don't just use the WWE theme going forward. I noticed that too...it's like when HHH uses The Game on the way in, and Bow Down To The King on the way out.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Oct 18, 2016 12:02:46 GMT -5
Just once, I want to see Goldberg's walk up backstage turn into that scene from Spinal Tap, where the band gets lost.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Oct 12, 2016 13:01:22 GMT -5
I think they should give her a Poochie exit.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Oct 12, 2016 12:13:46 GMT -5
I was at a furniture store with The Boy and the Mrs., and as we were checking out, I noticed the brochure for the extended protection plan. It had a pic of a lady cuddling with her man, and I swear the man looked like Chris Pratt. The girl behind the counter did the usual "did you find everything okay?" and I said "yeah, but I'm curious how you got Chris Pratt on that brochure." She looked and chuckled, then The Boy looked at it and said "wow...Chris Brown!" Without even thinking, I said "no son, that's not Chris Brown. You know how I know? The lady in the picture doesn't have a black eye."
And that's how I almost walked home.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Sept 28, 2016 15:35:22 GMT -5
Chicks with three boobs? I'm in!
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Sept 28, 2016 15:31:34 GMT -5
I think it should be set in an exotic, yet familiar location, like Denmark...round about 500 years ago. And he should call it something dramatic, but obscure...like, I don't know, Hamlet.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Sept 14, 2016 12:21:33 GMT -5
It's a good second storyline in the women's division. Gets her over as a monster, and she showed great promo skills. Gives Fox something to do, too, since her partner in crazy, Rosa, is off the road.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Sept 14, 2016 12:16:20 GMT -5
Never forget. I loved every second of that moment. I don't mind the new promo voice, so long as he doesn't start talking about the Genesis of McGillicuddy.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Sept 14, 2016 12:06:51 GMT -5
Skipped 4 pages, so this may have been said or answered.
What did she name the other one?
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