What should I watch tonight? Serenity or Brothers Grimm?

[upsidedownwalrus]

OU, should have warned knew, I knew from your general film tastes you wouldn't like Serenity - and as Swarfega said, its not even that good as a standalone film anyway, you have to watch Firefly first. Not that I'm recommending you do, just saying that even for people who do like that kind of thing, they should watch Firefly first and then Serenity.

Basically it was doomed as soon as you put it in the DVD player

 

[Orang Utan]

I hate Buffy too and get quite annoyed when my flatmat and friend extol its virtues - "BUT IT'S FOR KIDS! GROW UP!"
I think early 20s is a fine age to watch it (I loved Heartbreak High) but once your over the hump of 30, it's time to get po-faced and serious - to me it just seems like a waste of time watching that kind of stuff

 

[Belushi]

I hate Buffy too and get quite annoyed when my flatmat and friend extol its virtues - "BUT IT'S FOR KIDS! GROW UP!"
I think early 20s is a fine age to watch it (I loved Heartbreak High) but once your over the hump of 30, it's time to get po-faced and serious - to me it just seems like a waste of time watching that kind of stuff

You dont want to borrow my Firefly box set then?

 

[Orang Utan]

Nah, you're OK, but do you have The Wire?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

But why shouldn't people enjoy something at any age?

I mean, I don't hear you making the same argument about music, that when one gets past 30 it should be only classical, jazz, billy joel and eric clapton...

 

[Orang Utan]

But why shouldn't people enjoy something at any age?
..

They shouldn't - I just usually find TV aimed at teenagers clichéd and boring

 

[The Groke]

They shouldn't - I just usually find TV aimed at teenagers clichéd and boring

What makes it "aimed at teenagers" particularly?

Would you say that most pop music is aimed at teenagers?

 

[Belushi]

Nah, you're OK, but do you have The Wire?

Unfortunately not mate, I watched it when I had a lovefilm subscription. You really should watch it though.

 

[Orang Utan]

I have it queued but it never arrives

 

[Orang Utan]

What makes it "aimed at teenagers" particularly?

Would you say that most pop music is aimed at teenagers?

I dunno - I expect different things from pop music than I do from telly and films. When I glimpse things like Sugar Rush, The OC and Hollyoaks, I feel like I'm doing something a bit wrong and the police are going to be knocking on the door anytime soon an arrest me for being a perv. I don't when I'm listening to Girls Aloud

 

[onemonkey]

Serenity was so bad it made me mad.

Apparently, it isn't so dumb and self-contradictory if you have followed firefly.. but personally i can't think of any back-story that could redeem it from pointlessness.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

What makes it "aimed at teenagers" particularly?

Would you say that most pop music is aimed at teenagers?

I don't think Firefly was aimed at teenagers anyway. I reckon its core target audience was people like me, blokes in their late 20s/early 30s who loved the original Star Wars films, were disappointed with the prequels and wanted something a bit more authentically star warsy.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Brothers Grimm is good mindless fun. I've never seen the other one.

One interesting thing in Grimm: the bad guys are French. Maybe it's part of the new reality in Hollywood filmmaking.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yeah there's been a shift away from the old 'English baddie' thing hasn't there?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Yeah there's been a shift away from the old 'English baddie' thing hasn't there?

No. The english are still bad, but now, you've been joined by the French.

But all is not lost. Hollywood is still relying on you to play Romans in period pieces.

 

[DotCommunist]

Gary oldman must be panicking

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Gary oldman must be panicking

And they still need you for vampires, of course.

 

[DotCommunist]

And they still need you for vampires, of course.

nah that cunt who plays spike has the most excrutiating cod english accent and buffy still fucked him

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

nah that cunt who plays spike has the most excrutiating cod english accent and buffy still fucked him

Her name's Buffy, for christ's sake. She can't tell real brit from fake brit.

And who can figure? Even vampire fighting girls fall for that toffee nosed crap...

 

[Vixiha]

I've never seen Serenity and I found Brothers Grimm to be amusing enough but I voted Something else 'cause OU is a stud muffin.

Something else, like:
Little Miss Sunshine
You, Me, and Dupree
Inside Man
Junebug
Crank
My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

white rabbit recommended these to me:
American Dreams
American Psycho
A History of Violence
Iron Jawed Angels
Zero Effect
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
The Constant Gardener

I haven't seen any of them yet but they're on my list.

I have seen and can recommend:
Brokeback Mountain
Jarhead
Along Came Polly
I Robot
The Da Vinci Code
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Signs
Minority Report
Kill Bill Vol. I
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
National Treasure
The Matador
Man On Fire
Master and Commander
Million Dollar Baby
Munich
Sideways
American Splendor
Spanglish
Big Fish
Lost in Translation
The Terminal
The Notebook
Shopgirl
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Shaun of the Dead
Something's Gotta Give
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Envy
50 First Dates
The Island
Ray
Walk the Line
Lord of War

 

[Mrs Bradley]

Brothers Grimm is pants.

really want to see this film... but bad reveiws have put me off slightly. I do love Terry Gilliam though, and have recently seen Jabberwocky - which is truly brilliant..(morning Pasltehume...)

 

[jæd]

really want to see this film... but bad reveiws have put me off slightly. I do love Terry Gilliam though, and have recently seen Jabberwocky - which is truly brilliant..(morning Pasltehume...)

Its guite good if you don't expect a lot... Serenity is ok... But the ending is a bit "meh"...

 

[Reno]

really want to see this film... but bad reveiws have put me off slightly. I do love Terry Gilliam though, and have recently seen Jabberwocky - which is truly brilliant..(morning Pasltehume...)

Yes, Jabberwocky is great.

 

[Ms T]

Nah, you're OK, but do you have The Wire?

We've got Season One which you can borrow if you like. It's brilliant.

I really enjoyed Serenity, btw.

 

[mentalchik]

I really enjoyed Serenity, btw.

So did i...............



and i like Buffy too and i'm almost elderly !

 

[Orang Utan]

I saw Brothers Grimm last night and that was shit too - very disappointing.
There was one fantastic sequence with a faceless child and a mud monster and the Mirror Queen shattering was pretty cool but it was a fucking stupid film - it was supposed to be a comedy but it was just embarrassing.
And isn't Peter Stormare the hammiest actor since John Lithgow?