Comments on: The Killers (1946) http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/ Then fuck you, Jack! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:43:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: frankbooth http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/#comment-12278 frankbooth Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:05:22 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6250#comment-12278 "I don’t know if it was you who recommended Bergman’s HOUR OF THE WOLF in another thread. Man, that was a good one." It might have been me. Don't thank me for it being good, though. I promised Ingmar I'd let him take all the credit for that part. In return, he helped me clean my garage. Now I have a clean garage, and he's dead. You tell me who came out ahead. Yes, compatibility is crucial. Do you really want to have to "trade" points and waste half of your moviegoing time on garbage? Or to watch stuff alone? What kind of life is that? Moviegoing may be the single most important thing in a relationship, after the first month is over and you quit having sex. If she likes Hate Hudson movies, dump her. Unless she's rich. Then you marry her and leave roller skates on the stairs. “I don’t know if it was you who recommended Bergman’s HOUR OF THE WOLF in another thread. Man, that was a good one.”

It might have been me. Don’t thank me for it being good, though. I promised Ingmar I’d let him take all the credit for that part. In return, he helped me clean my garage. Now I have a clean garage, and he’s dead. You tell me who came out ahead.

Yes, compatibility is crucial. Do you really want to have to “trade” points and waste half of your moviegoing time on garbage? Or to watch stuff alone? What kind of life is that? Moviegoing may be the single most important thing in a relationship, after the first month is over and you quit having sex.

If she likes Hate Hudson movies, dump her. Unless she’s rich. Then you marry her and leave roller skates on the stairs.

]]> By: Mr. Majestyk http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/#comment-12113 Mr. Majestyk Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:28:31 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6250#comment-12113 Mr. S, I think you're right. Whenever I get involved with someone, I always love finding out the shit they're into. I take it as an opportunity to learn about new things that I probably wouldn't care about otherwise. You get this weird mosaic of things that for the rest of your life will remind you of this one girl. I just want the same interest in return. There's clearly a reason I am attracted to old school hip hop and 70s car crash movies and Ross Macdonald novels. Someone who's interested in me should be interested in finding out what makes my brain buzz. My tastes shouldn't just be tolerated. Tolerating is something you do to that guy at work, not someone you see naked. Mr. S, I think you’re right. Whenever I get involved with someone, I always love finding out the shit they’re into. I take it as an opportunity to learn about new things that I probably wouldn’t care about otherwise. You get this weird mosaic of things that for the rest of your life will remind you of this one girl. I just want the same interest in return. There’s clearly a reason I am attracted to old school hip hop and 70s car crash movies and Ross Macdonald novels. Someone who’s interested in me should be interested in finding out what makes my brain buzz. My tastes shouldn’t just be tolerated. Tolerating is something you do to that guy at work, not someone you see naked.

]]> By: Mr. Subtlety http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/#comment-12112 Mr. Subtlety Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:42 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6250#comment-12112 Personally, I prefer women who have somewhat different tastes than I do, provided they have an active enough mind to discuss a range of things which they may not necessarily love. I briefly dated a girl who had very similar taste and range as me, and it was fun watching movies with her, but meh. I don't need to hang around another me. I want someone who has some interests and abilities which I lack or don't understand. My wife and I overlap on some things but we also vary enough that we can expand each other's horizons rather than just agreeing on stuff all the time. I think the key is that we both love movies, not necessarily that we love the SAME movies. Personally, I prefer women who have somewhat different tastes than I do, provided they have an active enough mind to discuss a range of things which they may not necessarily love. I briefly dated a girl who had very similar taste and range as me, and it was fun watching movies with her, but meh. I don’t need to hang around another me. I want someone who has some interests and abilities which I lack or don’t understand. My wife and I overlap on some things but we also vary enough that we can expand each other’s horizons rather than just agreeing on stuff all the time. I think the key is that we both love movies, not necessarily that we love the SAME movies.

]]> By: Jareth Cutestory http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/#comment-12106 Jareth Cutestory Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:23:33 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6250#comment-12106 Gwai Lo - That's got to be something special if you can proudly show all your DVDs to a girlfriend. I don't even own that many, yet I still end up hiding one or two, depending on who is visiting. I'm sure we've all got a title or two that we don't like to advertise. For me, ATTACK GIRLS SWIM TEAM VS THE UNDEAD is the most obvious candidate. Vagina lasers just aren't something my mom needs to know about. Of course, when Lee Marvin Girl visits, I have to hide AMELIE. Speaking of whom: Mr. Majestyk, Lee Marvin Girl reads this site compulsively. I think she's got a little crush on Vern. Anyway, Lee Marvin Girl tells me: "just because Oprah is quitting that doesn't mean we should let Vern's comments section fill the void." Then she took my cigarettes and punched my cat. Gwai Lo – That’s got to be something special if you can proudly show all your DVDs to a girlfriend. I don’t even own that many, yet I still end up hiding one or two, depending on who is visiting. I’m sure we’ve all got a title or two that we don’t like to advertise. For me, ATTACK GIRLS SWIM TEAM VS THE UNDEAD is the most obvious candidate. Vagina lasers just aren’t something my mom needs to know about.

Of course, when Lee Marvin Girl visits, I have to hide AMELIE.

Speaking of whom: Mr. Majestyk, Lee Marvin Girl reads this site compulsively. I think she’s got a little crush on Vern. Anyway, Lee Marvin Girl tells me: “just because Oprah is quitting that doesn’t mean we should let Vern’s comments section fill the void.” Then she took my cigarettes and punched my cat.

]]> By: Gwai Lo http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/#comment-12103 Gwai Lo Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:34:06 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6250#comment-12103 Majestyk - this girl apparently called me her soulmate after seeing my DVD collection for the first time. After 3 years (two of them lazy university years that involved a lot of shared film classes) we basically had identical taste in film. Anything from The Hills Have Eyes to Jules and Jim was fair game. She turned me on to Freaks, The Battle of Algiers, Stalker. We shared a fanatical appreciation for Werner Herzog. She sent me dirty pictures with Betty Page style poses in front of A Clockwork Orange poster. Our song was "I Fooled Around and Fell In Love" by Elvin Bishop, after watching The Devil's Rejects. One time after seeing Days of Heaven on the big screen she candidly explained the religious allegory to me with the detail and authority of a Criterion Collection commentary. Of course like any movie watcher she'd occasionally put her foot down against something with no rational reason: United 93, anything with Bruce Willis (sorry Vern, I tried). I hate Abel Ferrara. Nobody's perfect. But I still only personally know maybe five people total that can keep up with her on a film buff level. By the end she complained that I watch too many movies, many of them bad. And perhaps she was right about at least one of those things. But the only time I really skeezed her right the fuck out was with Cannibal Holocaust. Bad judgment call altogether, on that day, in that moment. Relationship! Failing! Must! Play! Cannibal! Holocaust! Anyway suffice to say fuck the dumb broad at this point, neither of us are exactly standing outside the other's house with a boombox playing Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes". But in two years I haven't had sex with someone with real taste and interest in film. Some young padawans maybe, but just as many with taste that was just shockingly bad. I had three years with nary a romcom in sight, and I took how rare that is for granted. Ebert is fucking right. I know what it's like on the other side man. I can't go back man! It's kind of bizarre when you get right down to it, but when I meet a beautiful woman, and discover that her taste in film sucks, I generally decide it's not meant to be unless it's meant to be in a way that involves sex without guilt. Whatever that means. Yes indeed girls and film, that's what life's about, here's to doing it as a career and getting the two into the same room more often. I hope nobody I know is reading this. Shhhhhh Majestyk – this girl apparently called me her soulmate after seeing my DVD collection for the first time. After 3 years (two of them lazy university years that involved a lot of shared film classes) we basically had identical taste in film. Anything from The Hills Have Eyes to Jules and Jim was fair game. She turned me on to Freaks, The Battle of Algiers, Stalker. We shared a fanatical appreciation for Werner Herzog. She sent me dirty pictures with Betty Page style poses in front of A Clockwork Orange poster. Our song was “I Fooled Around and Fell In Love” by Elvin Bishop, after watching The Devil’s Rejects. One time after seeing Days of Heaven on the big screen she candidly explained the religious allegory to me with the detail and authority of a Criterion Collection commentary. Of course like any movie watcher she’d occasionally put her foot down against something with no rational reason: United 93, anything with Bruce Willis (sorry Vern, I tried). I hate Abel Ferrara. Nobody’s perfect. But I still only personally know maybe five people total that can keep up with her on a film buff level.

By the end she complained that I watch too many movies, many of them bad. And perhaps she was right about at least one of those things. But the only time I really skeezed her right the fuck out was with Cannibal Holocaust. Bad judgment call altogether, on that day, in that moment. Relationship! Failing! Must! Play! Cannibal! Holocaust!

Anyway suffice to say fuck the dumb broad at this point, neither of us are exactly standing outside the other’s house with a boombox playing Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes”. But in two years I haven’t had sex with someone with real taste and interest in film. Some young padawans maybe, but just as many with taste that was just shockingly bad. I had three years with nary a romcom in sight, and I took how rare that is for granted. Ebert is fucking right. I know what it’s like on the other side man. I can’t go back man! It’s kind of bizarre when you get right down to it, but when I meet a beautiful woman, and discover that her taste in film sucks, I generally decide it’s not meant to be unless it’s meant to be in a way that involves sex without guilt. Whatever that means. Yes indeed girls and film, that’s what life’s about, here’s to doing it as a career and getting the two into the same room more often.

I hope nobody I know is reading this.

Shhhhhh

]]> By: Marlow http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/#comment-12102 Marlow Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:23:51 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6250#comment-12102 Dames = Badass Kryptonite. This is why people like Humphrey Bogart so much. Dames = Badass Kryptonite.

This is why people like Humphrey Bogart so much.

]]> By: Mr. Majestyk http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/#comment-12100 Mr. Majestyk Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:01:02 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6250#comment-12100 And Jareth, tell Lee Marvin Girl that we're engaging in a little thing called "badass juxtaposition." She may have heard of it. And Jareth, tell Lee Marvin Girl that we’re engaging in a little thing called “badass juxtaposition.” She may have heard of it.

]]> By: Mr. Majestyk http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/#comment-12098 Mr. Majestyk Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:26:11 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6250#comment-12098 I first flirted with my Girl I'm Not With Anymore over a raucous discussion of zombie lore. She got married last year. I spent the whole reception making out with her maid of honor, who ended up being the Sunset Boulevard girl. Girls + movies = life I first flirted with my Girl I’m Not With Anymore over a raucous discussion of zombie lore. She got married last year. I spent the whole reception making out with her maid of honor, who ended up being the Sunset Boulevard girl.

Girls + movies = life

]]> By: Jareth Cutestory http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/#comment-12096 Jareth Cutestory Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:55:20 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6250#comment-12096 Lee Marvin Girl just sent me an email. She accused me of ruining a perfectly good badass web site with "all this weepy relationship bullshit." She also said that she's going to publically kick my ass if I ever mention LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD again. Gotta love a girl like that. Lee Marvin Girl just sent me an email. She accused me of ruining a perfectly good badass web site with “all this weepy relationship bullshit.” She also said that she’s going to publically kick my ass if I ever mention LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD again.

Gotta love a girl like that.

]]> By: Brendan http://outlawvern.com/2009/11/23/the-killers-1946/#comment-12092 Brendan Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:25:53 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6250#comment-12092 *quiet. I hate myself sometimes. *quiet. I hate myself sometimes.

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