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| gromit |
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All clothing talk moved to the Closet Forum.
jeremy,
I think Juno is a pretty impressive film.
The characters are very well-drawn and allowed to breathe and have defined personalities. Juno's parents are handled especially well. On first viewing I thought Bleeker was just a mouth-breathing dork, but appreciated his subtle, uncertain role more on second viewing.
There are a few moments where the film is over-written and some scenes a little over-stretched (the stepmom berating the US technician too much, Juno acting too carefree and goofy on first meeting the prospective adoptives, the early scene with the pregnancy test). I took those as minor problems of a first time writer and young director, which will be ironed out in subsequent efforts.
The film takes about 15 minutes to find its rhythm. The music somewhat annoyed me on first viewing, but blended in better the second go-round. (It still seems a bit wordy and distracting for a film).
I agree that a young high school student deciding to take a baby to term would be a much more difficult decision to make than presented, fraught with perils of peer pressure, ridicule, etc. But I think that just has to be accepted as the basic premise of the film. Then everything that follows is well handled and pretty interesting. I quite liked how our suspicions and feelings towards the yuppie couple slowly reverse. |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:44 pm |
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Jynx wrote: Now I did like the big purple hat Rose wore in the first shot we see of her getting on the Titantic. Absolutely awesome.
The bands coming out don't work for me, just too, too much hair.
But Charlize rocked the hat in The Legend of Bagger Vance. Even Debra Winger's hat in Urban Cowboy looked good.
I adore the entire hat-n-gloves style.
how about Andi Macdowell in Four Weddings and a Funeral
and Lena Olin's (bowler's?) hat in The Unbearable Lightness of Being - worked well |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:47 pm |
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mo_flixx wrote: Syd wrote: I'm into shoe films myself.
KINKY BOOTS??
I was just going say that!! |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:48 pm |
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Trish wrote: Jynx wrote: Now I did like the big purple hat Rose wore in the first shot we see of her getting on the Titantic. Absolutely awesome.
The bands coming out don't work for me, just too, too much hair.
But Charlize rocked the hat in The Legend of Bagger Vance. Even Debra Winger's hat in Urban Cowboy looked good.
I adore the entire hat-n-gloves style.
how about Andi Macdowell in Four Weddings and a Funeral
and Lena Olin's (bowler's?) hat in The Unbearable Lightness of Being - worked well
...and Liza's in CABARET? And Malcolm McDowell's in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE? |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:52 pm |
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Trish wrote: Lena Olin's (bowler's?) hat in The Unbearable Lightness of Being - worked well
*drool* |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:07 pm |
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mo_flixx wrote: Syd wrote: I'm into shoe films myself.
KINKY BOOTS??
That's one. The Devil Wears Prada for another. Not Marie Antoinette, though. And there are High and Low, Children of Heaven and Sullivan's Travels, to show the shoes don't have to have high heels. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:09 pm |
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Syd wrote: mo_flixx wrote: Syd wrote: I'm into shoe films myself.
KINKY BOOTS??
That's one. The Devil Wears Prada for another. Not Marie Antoinette, though. And there are High and Low, Children of Heaven and Sullivan's Travels, to show the shoes don't have to have high heels.
SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE (or whatever it's called) will be another one for you. |
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| Jynx |
| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:23 pm |
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| Gads! Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, Richard Tyler ... I'm gasping! |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:53 pm |
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| THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA had quite the clothing collection, including numerous hats, if I remember correctly. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:59 am |
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| A friend and I were just discussing Sex & The City the other day and recalling the scene in which Carrie realizes that the shoes in her closet could have been a condo down payment. The one good thing about not having great legs is that I don't buy fancy shoes. If I did have great legs, I'd probably be tottering around in those slinky sandal things that cost the earth. |
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| bocce |
| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:26 pm |
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| any film with audrey hepburn was sure to be a designer showcase... |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:29 pm |
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| Hepburn even looked stylish in The Nun's Story. |
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| bocce |
| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:32 pm |
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also i've never understood the fascination with sarah jessica parker...
she's frankly plain, on the border of ugly and can't act worth a shit...
if you want an exotic look that teeters on the edge of ugh, try barbra striesand who, at least has some charisma... |
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| Jynx |
| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:56 pm |
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| I don't care for her either, but I'd sell my sister for her shoes from the Sex movie/show. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:01 pm |
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bocce wrote: also i've never understood the fascination with sarah jessica parker...
Not so much now, but watch the movie L.A. Story and you'll see why I was enthralled by her at one point. |
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