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Things that aren't directly connected to BBM and yet are somehow Brokieish
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 01, 2009, 09:37:03 am ---
So I guess I could probably extend a bit of honorary Brokie status to Aaron Eckhart, who starred in "Smoking" and in TDK. I don't think I can grant it to anybody in "Squid," though.
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Took this as a fun challenge, so here's my best:
1. Owen Kline is the son of Kevin Kline - who was in The Ice Storm.
2. Jeff Daniels was in The Lookout with JGL, also Pleasantville with Toby Maguire.
3. Laura Linney was in Dave with Kevin Kline, and The Laramie Project, and Kinsey with Peter Sarsgaard.
4. Anna Paquin is from Canada!
And you said "Squid" doesn't have honorary Brokie status! Pffft.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on December 02, 2009, 06:53:31 am ---
Took this as a fun challenge, so here's my best:
1. Owen Kline is the son of Kevin Kline - who was in The Ice Storm.
2. Jeff Daniels was in The Lookout with JGL, also Pleasantville with Toby Maguire.
3. Laura Linney was in Dave with Kevin Kline, and The Laramie Project, and Kinsey with Peter Sarsgaard.
4. Anna Paquin is from Canada!
And you said "Squid" doesn't have honorary Brokie status! Pffft.
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Well, plus, Jesse Eisenberg of "Squid" appeared with Kristen Stewart in Adventureland, which also starred Ryan Reynolds, who is married to Scarlett Johansson (as I learned just yesterday in the doctor's office's copy of WebMD, of all places! Where had I been?), who appeared in The Prestige with Christian Bale, who was in TDK with Heath.
Silly me! "Squid" is practically a BBM sequel.
Front-Ranger:
Thank you for Smoking was one of the previews showing during the Brokeback theater run, so I saw that trailer a LOT. I also saw the movie later, but it didn't make much of an impression for me.
The first new movie I enjoyed after BBM was Slumdog Millionnaire. Yes, it was that long.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 02, 2009, 11:09:08 am ---Thank you for Smoking was one of the previews showing during the Brokeback theater run, so I saw that trailer a LOT. I also saw the movie later, but it didn't make much of an impression for me.
The first new movie I enjoyed after BBM was Slumdog Millionnaire. Yes, it was that long.
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Well, to clarify, I didn't mean "Smoking" was life-changing for me, or even in my top 20 movies -- or top 50. Just mildly enjoyable. But I recall sitting through "Squid" mentally critiquing it almost line by line. It was also a movie involving familial conflict and marital strife, but compared to BBM everything in it seemed so obvious and unsubtle and telegraphed.
I recall having to quit reading The Kite Runner at about that same time for the same reason. So I guess TKR has honorary anti-BBM status, too.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 02, 2009, 11:09:08 am ---Thank you for Smoking was one of the previews showing during the Brokeback theater run, so I saw that trailer a LOT.
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Somehow this thought made me smile.
Oh, and it reminds me of Focus Features, another thing that has become Brokie-ish. Every time I see the Focus logo, I expect to see BBM :).
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