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| Rod |
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| Charlie Wilson's War. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:41 am |
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marantzo wrote: Just off the top of my head, I can think of four movies that year which I consider flawlessly made. MC, NCFOM, CWW (if not flawless, damn close) and EP.
I enjoyed all 4 of those films. Very entertaining, well done, great stories and great acting. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:32 am |
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Chilly Willy's Wife
Chairman Wao's Wart
Can We Win?
(question asked of Obama) |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:33 am |
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Rod wrote: Charlie Wilson's War.
Hey Rod, you have two guesses left. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:02 am |
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| Cthulhu's White Wedding? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:47 am |
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Rod wrote: Charlie Wilson's War.
Critic Was Wonk
or: Rod is a Party Pooper |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:57 am |
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| I drown puppies too. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:43 am |
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I like gromit's first one.
Can't Wear White
Contact When Wild
Created With Wool |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:54 pm |
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Rod wrote: I drown puppies too.
But it's just simulated drowning to get them to tell where the bones are buried.
Perfectly legal. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:12 pm |
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Watched Margot at the Wedding.
It seemed a bit liked The Squid and the Whale redux. If Noah Baumbach makes one more film about a precocious son with a writer-parent getting divorced, I just might think there could be some autobiographical content at play.
I liked the film right at the beginning, though there were a few too many names tossed around. I think I wanted to like the film more than I did. But too many small incidents occurred too often. I would have cut out the tree climbing, the neighbor's kids, the wounded dog, the mentions of Becky (who the hell was Becky anyway? another sister? why was her getting violated a funny thing to recall?). Maybe even cut the tree and the neighbors altogether (and the missing swing).
The parent-child dynamics kind of irked me.
Do 40 year old parents really curse in front of their kids in that way? Does any young teenage boy tell his mother about his masturbation. Maybe that's how some folks live.
Anyway, there were some good moments and some incisive writing hiding behind the many layered distractions. I really liked when Jack Black admits eating some of the cake.
Edited because I didn't like the editing. Or rather the camerawork of jittery close-ups. This seems to be popular these days, I suppose trying to convey authenticity or grittiness, but I really get bothered by the home-video look of close-ups with a camera bouncing around.
Re-edited to mix in music:
What was with all of the lame-o 70's music? Was this supposed to take place in the 70's?
And the last song over the ending credits was especially horrible. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:07 pm |
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| MARGOT AT THE WEDDING just came out on DVD. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:59 pm |
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| Marj |
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Thanks Mo.
And inLA, I just love the LA Times. It really does a great job covering the Oscar and now Razzie Scenes. In fact, I need to go back. The Independent Spirit Awards should be posted by now. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:14 pm |
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| inlareviewer |
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