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| billyweeds |
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Befade wrote: I haven't watched all of them......so haven't seen the blow up dolls.......But you did reveal some flesh in the scenes with the young guy who came to the door. Was that on purpose.......or are you like Michael Douglas in Wonder Boys......hanging around the house, getting creative in nothing but your robe?
Answer to the last question is yes, but forget the robe. The moviegoing allusion was to Rest Stop, the blow-up doll to Last Man in Brooklyn. Oh, I'm a bad, bad man. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:42 pm |
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Billy and Marc,
Thank you both. You both hit on what I thought made Mol's performance so excellent. But I didn't want to mention it so as not to spoil it. I'm so glad you both saw what I did.
Mol was seamless playing a rather shy girl, who was so at ease in her own skin, found posing to be little more than a way to make some money and have some fun. Clearly she never thought what she was doing would cause such a scandal. Her innocence was perfect. And only a fine actor could find a way to get to that place without trying to play "innocent" or "shy." No one can play attributes. Yet Mol found a way to find them within herself. And that is what makes a good actor and a wonderful performance |
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| Jynx |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:52 pm |
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befade - Hard Candy was an exceptional piece of film. I had no idea what I was picking up but it is definately worth a look.
I was really, really thrown by the ending; and not in a The Sixth Sense kinda way where you get it or you don't and then it is crystal clear; it is, or was to me, a jolt that makes you go "WTF?" Not that TSS is in the same league as this movie, but most of us train ourselves to see the ending or at least take an educated guess at it. Nobody guessed this ending.
I cannot comprehend how a then 18-year-old Page managed to headlock this character without showing the cracks of an acting coach standing beside her spoon feeding her dialog or emotional critique.
Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page are absolutely outphucingstanding. I'm not sure about the Sandra Oh hype, her blip was memorable, but I've had hiccups that lasted longer than her part.
It's a movie that stays with you longer than you want it to. After I returned it, I kept opening my DVD player just to make sure it wasn't in there. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:06 pm |
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| Pam......Thanks, I will definitely watch Hard Candy soon. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:37 pm |
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Marj wrote: Billy and Marc,
Thank you both. You both hit on what I thought made Mol's performance so excellent. But I didn't want to mention it so as not to spoil it. I'm so glad you both saw what I did.
Mol was seamless playing a rather shy girl, who was so at ease in her own skin, found posing to be little more than a way to make some money and have some fun. Clearly she never thought what she was doing would cause such a scandal. Her innocence was perfect. And only a fine actor could find a way to get to that place without trying to play "innocent" or "shy." No one can play attributes. Yet Mol found a way to find them within herself. And that is what makes a good actor and a wonderful performance
Perfect description, Marj. I really never thought I'd be revising my Blanche list for Gretchen Mol, but that's exactly what I think I'll be doing. Thanks so much for this terrific heads-up. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:42 pm |
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YES!!!
Now if only some other voters would watch it. |
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| Jynx |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:46 pm |
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| marj - it's no. 2 in my 'movies to watch' stack. Casino Royale being no. 1 -- should i change the order? |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:49 pm |
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Please?
Pam, how much mulah would it take? |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:01 pm |
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| Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) is considered by many to be Werner Herzog's best work. Like many of his other films it stars Klaus Kinski. It tells the story of Pizarro's expedition to Peru in search of the fabled city of El Dorado. Lope de Aguirre's travels on a river raft on the Amazon with a group of assorted characters, who come to a sad end with their greed, lust for power, and scant respect either for nature or for other races, is the main part of the movie. Very reminiscent of his other masterpiece, also set on the Amazon, Fitzcarraldo. The conflictual relationship between Man and nature is also seen in his documentary of last year, Grizzly Man. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:10 pm |
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| If I'm not mistaken, that's Gonzalo Pizarro brother of Francisco. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:13 pm |
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| I watched Fitzcarraldo on television back when I thought Jaws or Where Eagles Dare were the apogee of cinematic art. I was spellbound, frustrated, awestruck and appalled. I've never seen it since, but I think I should credit it with being one of those films that opened my eyes to the fact that cinema could be so much more than...well...Where Eagles Dare. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:44 pm |
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Yes Syd, it was Gonzalo.
Jeremy, Fitzcarraldo is a movie that reverberated in my memory for a long time too. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:58 pm |
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Pam,
As Bond film's go, Casino Royale is undoubtedly on of the better ones and Daniel Craig, arguably the best actor to play the role, is terrific. That said, it remains a Bond film and is a good half hour too long, seriously losing its way in the final third.
Page or Bond? Getchen Moll in lingerie and bondage or Daniel Craig in tiny trunks and having his balls whipped by Mads Mikkelsen? The choice is yours. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:15 pm |
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billyweeds wrote:
Perfect description, Marj. I really never thought I'd be revising my Blanche list for Gretchen Mol, but that's exactly what I think I'll be doing. Thanks so much for this terrific heads-up.
Marj and billy - well, I've seen the movie and I agree that Mol did a convincing job of playing someone religious, shy, with no guilt and a great deal of tolerance regarding certain aspects of sex - but I also thought that her continual perkiness and cheerfulness became monotonous about 3/4 of the way thru the film.
Something didn't ring true to me. Eventually, I got bored and didn't buy it. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:17 pm |
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I have to say that Daniel Craig is on my short list for the Blanches. He probably won't make it but he's up there (say top 5).
P.S. Craig also did a good job with a completely different part in INFAMOUS, the movie about Capote and _In Cold Blood_. |
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