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| whiskeypriest |
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chillywilly wrote: I do plan to watch it again soon. Maybe on my 3-leg plane ride to NYC next week.
Drove my wife to the airport Wednesday (Newark - an 8 hour drive each way, but they fly direct to Poland [LOT] and my wife does not like the whole connecting flight thing when she's flying alone) and when I came back yesterday I rented a few movies that I would not get an opportunity to watch with my wife. Put one of them, Adaptation, into the DVD player - and fell asleep with the FBI warning still on. Did I miss anything? |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:05 am |
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Watched Brick last night. - very entertaining - once again impressed with Joseph Gordon-Levitt After seeing him also in Manic, Mysterious Skin - I'm convinced he'll be (if he wants it!) one of the biggest actors of his generation - he has an undeniable natural talent, presence - he'll have to overcome (a little) of the boyishness in his appearance (the Leo syndrome) - although I have to say his face is changing, aging a bit - which is good
Loved the pulpy language - it some how worked despite the actors ages.
I also thought Nora Zehetner was fabulous as Laura - soft spoken, subtle manipulative, enchanting - another great find - hope to see her more often in film
and the film has a great-nearly perfect ending |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:54 am |
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whiskeypriest wrote: Put one of them, Adaptation, into the DVD player - and fell asleep with the FBI warning still on. Did I miss anything?
That's a must watch movie.... sleeping not allowed (espeically during some parts of the film, I don't think you'll be able to sleep. |
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| shannon |
| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:59 am |
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| Watched The Devil Wears Prada last night and pretty much agree with the consensus: Streep is excellent, but the film itself is beyond juvenile and Hathaway just isn't an appealing lead actress. I'll give it a 5/10 because Streep and, to a lesser extent, Tucci and Emily Blunt, are so damned good. If the film would've been solely about the magazine and left out the silly high school romance shit completely, it probably could've been been an 8. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:46 pm |
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| I'm glad to have been reminded of Adaptation. It's my favorite Chris Cooper performance. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:51 pm |
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yambu wrote: I'm glad to have been reminded of Adaptation. It's my favorite Chris Cooper performance.
For which he won a well deserved Oscar. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:33 pm |
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| I appreciated the post, too Smoot, though I haven't seen the movie, either. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:55 pm |
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I totally agree. I'd love to see your review actually in the Review section.
Lorne? |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:59 pm |
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Quote: Drove my wife to the airport Wednesday (Newark - an 8 hour drive each way, but they fly direct to Poland [LOT] and my wife does not like the whole connecting flight thing when she's flying alone) and when I came back yesterday I rented a few movies that I would not get an opportunity to watch with my wife. Put one of them, Adaptation, into the DVD player - and fell asleep with the FBI warning still on. Did I miss anything?
Whiskey -- This had me laughing out loud. I've done the same thing more often than I'm willing to admit! |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:34 am |
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whiskeypriest wrote: ....Put one of them, Adaptation, into the DVD player - and fell asleep with the FBI warning still on. Did I miss anything?
"The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to five years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000." |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:11 am |
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yambu wrote: whiskeypriest wrote: ....Put one of them, Adaptation, into the DVD player - and fell asleep with the FBI warning still on. Did I miss anything?
"The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to five years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000."
I agree with the praise for Cooper's acting in it. He hits the right notes for a great comic performance without ever losing the charater to charicature. "That's how much fuck fish." Heh. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:12 am |
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Marj wrote: Quote: Drove my wife to the airport Wednesday (Newark - an 8 hour drive each way, but they fly direct to Poland [LOT] and my wife does not like the whole connecting flight thing when she's flying alone) and when I came back yesterday I rented a few movies that I would not get an opportunity to watch with my wife. Put one of them, Adaptation, into the DVD player - and fell asleep with the FBI warning still on. Did I miss anything?
Whiskey -- This had me laughing out loud. I've done the same thing more often than I'm willing to admit! |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:57 am |
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| Manhattan to Newark airport, about 20 minutes. I always liked those fares because the price was double because you had to deadhead back. It was a closer than JFK too. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:00 pm |
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Maybe he took the long way - through Rhode Island...
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Stopping by for one of my hit-and-run FYIs: Old Boy (not Old Joy) is coming out on a dee-luxe Region 1 dvd box. Considering I just got the dee-luxe Sympathy for Lady Vengeance box, I don't know if I'll do this one as well (although I'm getting sucked into the dee-luxe box thing); but for anyone interested, here goes:
http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/008015.html
(sorry - the library's machines have a number of features blocked off, like image properties and view source, so no picture for you) |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:55 am |
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| I did not like Old Boy at all. Over he top, and somewhat silly. |
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