…Battle Royale…

…Battle Royale…

In the Mood for Love with Yumeji's theme. I haven't seen Yumeji, but I can't imagine it being as good as In the Mood for Love since very little is. Tarantino does this thing a lot, too, e.g. Twisted Nerve in Kill Bill.

In the Mood for Love with Yumeji's theme. I haven't seen Yumeji, but I can't imagine it being as good as In the Mood for Love since very little is. Tarantino does this thing a lot, too, e.g. Twisted Nerve in Kill Bill.

A late entry for comment of the year, perhaps?

A late entry for comment of the year, perhaps?

Is it just my garbled understanding of Italian, or did most of the subtitles not match up to the voiceover?

Is it just my garbled understanding of Italian, or did most of the subtitles not match up to the voiceover?

Well, the number of things I thought I knew about Guys and Dolls just dropped by 100%.

Well, the number of things I thought I knew about Guys and Dolls just dropped by 100%.

There isn't?

There isn't?

I'm not a Bond fan in general, and Skyfall did very little for me outside of impressing me with its amazing cinematography (however inaccurate the Macau sequence was, it was really damn gorgeous) and Bardem's good acting (in a shit role, but he did his best). His villain may have set his sights on more modest…

I'm not a Bond fan in general, and Skyfall did very little for me outside of impressing me with its amazing cinematography (however inaccurate the Macau sequence was, it was really damn gorgeous) and Bardem's good acting (in a shit role, but he did his best). His villain may have set his sights on more modest…

I wish they'd done more with Bardem's attempts to undermine Bond's masculinity; Bond is essentially the ultimate male fantasy on-screen (which is partially why I dislike him as a character and why I think it was a mistake to try and provide his character with depth and thereby trying to ground him in reality), so…

I wish they'd done more with Bardem's attempts to undermine Bond's masculinity; Bond is essentially the ultimate male fantasy on-screen (which is partially why I dislike him as a character and why I think it was a mistake to try and provide his character with depth and thereby trying to ground him in reality), so…

Oh shit, that's me except I haven't seen it a third time yet so I don't have great memories of it. I suppose I ought to watch it again…

Oh shit, that's me except I haven't seen it a third time yet so I don't have great memories of it. I suppose I ought to watch it again…

In that case used it as an example of the original SW having great acting (seriously, the chemistry of Hamill/Fisher/Ford is really damn good)

In that case used it as an example of the original SW having great acting (seriously, the chemistry of Hamill/Fisher/Ford is really damn good)