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Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Jesus, Grandpa! What did you read me this thing for?
According to the Pioneer Press, you can show off your acting chops at the Local;"The Silence of the Lambs" and "Napoleon Dynamite" are among the titles available at the Minneapolis bar's Movieoke Night, Sundays from 9:30 p.m. until the last lamb has been silenced.
Much like karaoke, participants read their parts from a screen. But in this case, the screen displays movie dialogue instead of song lyrics, and a silent version of the scene being enacted is projected on a screen behind them. ...
"I was a little nervous, I guess," admitted Chris Doten on Sunday night, after playing a half dozen parts in a "Princess Bride" scene. "But I'm sure another beer will take care of that." A half hour later, the Minneapolis man unleashed a flawless Dr. Evil in a scene from "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me."
The Princess Bride must be the most liked movie of all time. Not the greatest film ever or the most important film or the best directed film or most honored film. But if you're in a room full of people under 40 and ask, "Who here liked the Princess Bride?", every hand but one will go up.
And that's how you can tell who you ought never have lunch with.
6 Comments:
I like "shakes the clown" better
By 
, at
2:44 PM
Yeah, I'm not saying it's everyone's favorite movie ever. I'm just saying that everyone likes it.
I have argued with people in the past that it should be included in some of those "top 100 movie" lists. I agree that it is not the "greatest" or "most influential" or whatever but it is one of those movies that is so perfectally realized that it deserves a few more accolades than it gets. But you know what, I don't think it would have been improved by adding a monkey. At least not in anything other than a supporting role.
By , at
3:14 PM
Vizzini could've had a monkey on his shoulder. A monkey with an eye patch! That would've been cool. Plus, there might have been a monkey in the book. I forget all the various deadly horrors in Count Rugen's zoo. That whole part was left out of the movie.
monkeys make every movie good, even crappy ones like 'the princess bride'
By , at
3:30 PM
Oh, stop. You liked the Princess Bride and you know it.
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