Posted by sean at threshold7n.jpmorgan.com on February 08, 2002 at 16:56:03:
In Reply to: Re: Question for all....... posted by Kevin on February 08, 2002 at 16:52:07:
: : Does it seem that most movies today are become more and more formula
: driven, "watch me because Im (insert movie star here)" bullshit.
: You wanna talk about formulaic... I just got back from seeing the
: sing-along version of "The Little Mermaid" at the El Capitan. There's a
: point during Ursula's "Poor, Unfortunate Souls" number during which she
: sets up the ticking clock (three days to get the Prince to really kiss
: Ariel; if not, Ariel becomes a weed), and even though it's primarily a
: kids' picture, I couldn't help but think "Jeez - must it be so
: spelled-out?"
: But then I let it go when I became preoccupied with looking for frames of
: full-frontal on Ariel when she's transformed from half-fish to all-woman.
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