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| Marj |
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Trish wrote: i bought The Departed and watched it for the third time a couple days ago. I have to say I liked even more this time - fully appreciating all the performances - its moved up in my best film of 2006 list .
I was cheap buying the DVD version with no extras and now am regretting it . Has anyone bought the special edition (2-disc) - Were the extras worth the additional $10? When I saw it didn't have a director's commentary I hesitated and bought the $14 version. In particular, are the additional scenes any good?
I think I'll try to get it eventually from the library - There's Spec Edition DVD floating around there - although I'll probably have to wait 6 months to view it
Trish -- I shouldn't talk since I haven't bought either yet, but during the "90's Forum" I rented Goodfellas, even though I had the movie and got all the extras. I found them invaluable. But I guess it depends on how much Scorsese you want with your movie.
And yes, Chilly, please comment on the extras when you can? |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:43 pm |
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| Whiskey, where did you see Ace in the Hole/The Big Carnival (1951)? Doesn't appear to be out on Dvd. I'd love to get hold of it. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:23 am |
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ehle64 wrote: Bets -- have you seen Down To The Bone? I thought Vera Farmiga's portrayal of pretty much the same character in a different setting was miles better than Gyllenhaals. Of course, different strokes and all that.
Also, maybe you connected so much to her daughter Alexis because she looks so much like the little blonde cherub in your avvy? J/K -- the girl was really good.
No.......have not seen Down to the Bone.......will stop at netflix when I leave here. I was thinking about how everyone raved about Ryan Gosling in Half-Nelson.....same kind of role, also.....but for me not as believeable as Maggie's. And I thought the little girl was pretty good at showing the confusion any kid would have over reacquainting with a parent just out of jail......I think I thought that because of the kids I taught in that situation...not the granddaughter.
Mo wrote: Quote: As to Sherry's drinking...I thought that was the whole point. It was just another part of her self-destructive behavior. I didn't question it...in fact, I wasn't at all surprised to see her drinking play a part in the film's plot.
I wrote that because Sherry acted like drinking was okay......it was just drug use that was the problem......And because I remember Keith Urban saying that he would still get drunk.....but he didn't use drugs. (My AA and ALanon experience taught me that one substance connects to another in an addict.) |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:35 am |
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Quote: I was thinking about how everyone raved about Ryan Gosling in Half-Nelson.....same kind of role, also.....but for me not as believable as Maggie's.
My thought was a movie in which Maggie's Sherry hooks up with Gosling's character in Half Nelson. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:52 am |
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| FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS is a big budget Sam Fuller film. Not bad. But, I found it repetitive and the characters underdeveloped. Its heart is in the right place. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:08 am |
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I didn't bother to see it - I'll get around to it on DVD one day - because after I had seen the trailer, I didn't think the film had much more to offer. I felt that I knew what the film had to say and how it was going to say it, and didn't find the prospect particularly enticing. Tell me I missed out.
Mind you, I could have said the same about Oliver Stone's World Trade Centre thing, but I sat throught that. And boy did I miss out...on two hours of my life that I'll never get back. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:09 am |
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Quote: Tell me I missed out.
No you didn't. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:31 am |
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I watched Brick last night. I fucking loved it. One of those debut films I want to put in a class with Reservoir Dogs. Manages to be both the best noir film since Devil In A Blue Dress and the best high school alienation film, along with Elephant, ever made. Rian Johnson managed to recreate the tightly-wound but cyptically communicated style of Hammett, much more difficult than Chandler to imitate, mixed with a lithely poetic sadness. Does what Veronica Mars should do if it wasn't so intent on sounding like Buffy the goddamned Vampire Slayer; as arch as the idea of a high school noir sounds, the film's got a depth of feeling driving it that's very true. Weak link: Nora Zehetna's wishy-washy femme fatale. Also, curiously, the second great film I've watched in a week to feature a Velvet Underground song.
Oh, and I caught every line of dialogue. I laughed my ass off often. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:23 am |
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| Brick was my favorite film of the first half of 2006. And stuck around in my top ten for the year. Someone (Trish?) gave it a Blanche nom for Best Picture, which was cool. First films by talented directors always interest me. I'll keep an eye out for what the director gets up to next. [Now I just need to learn his name]. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:13 am |
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Marc wrote: FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS is a big budget Sam Fuller film. Not bad. But, I found it repetitive and the characters underdeveloped. Its heart is in the right place.
You are dissing SAM FULLER! |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:21 am |
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Befade wrote:
Mo wrote: Quote: As to Sherry's drinking...I thought that was the whole point. It was just another part of her self-destructive behavior. I didn't question it...in fact, I wasn't at all surprised to see her drinking play a part in the film's plot.
I wrote that because Sherry acted like drinking was okay......it was just drug use that was the problem......And because I remember Keith Urban saying that he would still get drunk.....but he didn't use drugs. (My AA and ALanon experience taught me that one substance connects to another in an addict.)
I didn't get that feeling at all.
One of the things I liked was the dinner scene with Sherry, her brother, father, and the rest of the family where we see her drinking wine. No one ever says not to, but I felt the uncomfortable vibes from certain family members who obviously felt that she should have abstained.
(One of the best - and most crucial scenes - in the movie IMO.) |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:53 am |
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I remember Keith Urban saying that he would still get drunk.....but he didn't use drugs.
If this is true, he's a fucking idiot. Albeit an idiot with luscious musical style. |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:55 am |
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Rod wrote: I watched Brick last night. I fucking loved it...
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| Trish |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:57 am |
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Although I thought Nora was good -
Brick possible SPOILER
she was meant to appear wishy washy to add to the suspense |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:13 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: I remember Keith Urban saying that he would still get drunk.....but he didn't use drugs.
If this is true, he's a fucking idiot. Albeit an idiot with luscious musical style.
Absolutely. A combination of booze and certain other drugs can be very satifying. Why would he limit himself like that.
I found Brick a very good first film, and I did review it. Some sequences were very good. Others no so. One major drawback that I found was the Black girl. Not only was she a dreadful actress, her character was phoney and uneccessary. |
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