You want to stir a lot here, as this is a lot of ethanol, and the dilution is much needed.

manhattans really need bitters, though -- especially with something as sweet as benedictine. can i have your share?

Okay, wrap it up everyone. Malingo’s spoken, we can all go home now. 

I’ll only watch it if it stars Joaquin Phoenix doing a gritty, dark take on the hardship of life as a pirate toady.

Disney’s animated classic, and “Hook” are the only good movie adaptations. (Yes, Hook is GOOD dammit!) The rest are boring, pretentious, and too far from the source material to even be recognized as Peter Pan.   

It’s a famous public domain work, so no.

organized via a maddening time-hopping structure

On the other hand, Isla Fisher in a toga.

As Lucas once said then completely forgot, “special effects are just a tool, a means to tell a story.”

This film is just such an outstanding explosion of creativity and imagination, even compared to Star Wars, especially compared to every other Star Wars movie created since. I’m showing my age, perhaps, but I feel like it’s the best looking Star Wars- on the cusp of the 70's/80's divide so that it retains some of that…

But still will look better than a Cybertruck. Bet me.

Top has to be Damien Lewis and Matthew Rhys

I am certain that Lucas had it put into the terms of his sale that the Special Edition Trilogy is the only one that gets to exist now.

It seems that the less money Stallone has to work with, the better movie he makes.

William Goldman wrote a book on the making of A Bridge Too Far, and in it he has a brief aside about great screenwriting. He singles out the scene where Rocky discovers his locker has been given away - Rocky comes in, works the combination on the lock, it doesn’t open. Without hesitating, he takes off his hat and…

That would’ve been great. Paulie is just deranged and creepy, asking Rocky if he’s “ballin” her then freaking out over her possibly not being a virgin anymore....but that shit’s realistic. There’s always that loser friend who cannot and will not be happy for friends or family doing better than them. 

I disagree about the sequels being fun — they are just so stagey and overwrought.

I’d argue that Creed isn’t quite Ali, as he is still presented as a family-friendly jingoist who cares quite a bit about his image and marketability and only tells Rocky about his rough upbringing after they get to know each other. I can’t imagine Creed having much to say about Vietnam. Ali had an angle to play, but…

I love this movie to the point where I quoted it in my wedding vows (“together we fill gaps”). It’s really underrated, especially given how iconic it has become. The sequels, admittedly, get very silly very quickly (but they’re still fun), but the attention to character detail here is really strong; this is a truly…

Becky - Thanks for the rather incoherent response that had nothing to do with the point I was making. Now please put down the bath salts.