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| Syd |
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mo_flixx wrote: Marc wrote: I'm here to report that I observed OBSERVE AND REPORT today and enjoyed it's demented humor. Tasteless and at times hilarious, this movie re-imagines Travis Bickle as an overweight security guy working in a shopping mall. The movie has a few genuinely shocking moments. I admire it's go for broke attitude. For connoisseurs of politically incorrect cinema.
It sounds like Seth Rogen is really pushing the envelope. At least one very un-PC scene is on the internet. I'm going to wait to see the film in a theater (I guess).
I found it not quite my cup of tea, but I was glad they took the chance in making it. It's really a pretty dark comedy, and sometimes, as a character says, I thought it would be funny but it's just sad. (Sad emotionally, that is, not sad as in lack of quality.)
I found Anna Faris to be annoying as if she were taking acting lessons from Brittany Murphy. Of course she's not supposed to be likeable, but sometimes it got to nails-on-chalkboard annoying. Rogen, on other hand, embodied his bipolar head of security reasonably well. You simultaneously want him to win and fear that he will. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:53 pm |
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| James Toback's documentary Tyson is pretty much nothing more and nothing less than Mike Tyson delivering a monologue interspersed with footage. It's not earth-shattering, but the combination of Toback's filmmaking chops and Tyson's partly self-serving, partly self-deluded, partly self-aware words is very interesting. Probably just as effective on DVD, however. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:52 pm |
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THE SOLOIST is tanking while the critically drubbed OBSESSION is doing boffo box office.
There really hasn't been a movie released since WATCHMEN that I've really wanted to see. ADVENTURELAND took me by surprise, but the rest have been nothing special. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:51 pm |
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Marc wrote:
There really hasn't been a movie released since WATCHMEN that I've really wanted to see.
Then stop castigating others for not going out to the movies.
Note that I saw and reported on yet another current film. No comment from anyone. Not that I care; just reporting the news. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:29 pm |
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Quote: Then stop castigating others for not going out to the movies.
I should have said "there hasn't been a mainstream Hollywood film that I've really (emphasis on really) wanted to see since WATCHMEN. There have been plenty of foreign and indie films that have come out that I've wanted to see and I've seen a few. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:40 pm |
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There are a fair number of movies coming out that I want to see. The franchise movies X-Men Origins:Wolverine, Star Trek and Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince (The book was one of the best in the series, but I'm not sure how it will adapt to screen.) I'll wait for the reviews on Terminator Salvation and have no interest in any Transformers movie.
Also, I'm looking forward to Up, Public Enemies, Julie & Julia, The Boat that Rocked, Ponyo (a Miyazaki film), and there are a lot of maybes: Away We Go, Inglourious Basterds, Soul Power, Adoration, and Mesrine: A Film in Two Parts. (Jacques Mesrine was a notorious French gangster.) |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:40 pm |
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I tend to trust my instincts. I never had any desire whatsoever to see The Soloist. I wanted to see Adventureland (nice but a little too low-key) and 17 Again (very, very funny). Didn't care much about State of Play (a snoozer). Of all the movies I've seen recently I liked 17 Again best of all.
Because the early reviews are waaaaaay beyond spectacular--I want to see Star Trek even though I am so far from a Trekkie as to be a Trekophobe. The movie sounds so awesome as to be unmissable. |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:46 pm |
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billy,
I feel exactly as you about the STAR TREK movie. I may be one of the few people of my generation who has never seen an entire episode of Star Trek or a Star Trek movie. But, this new one is getting spectacular reviews and I will see it.
I walked out of STATE OF PLAY. Have no desire to see THE SOLOIST (and considering its poor box office, I'm not alone) and will see 17 AGAIN when I'm 17 again.
ADVENTURELAND is certain to be in my top ten of 2009. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:03 pm |
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| Ditto Marc's post except for my having been a Star Trek viewer since it's first episode and seeing 17 Again when I get a chance. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:11 pm |
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Quote: I find The Sweet Hereafter to be one of the really memorable movies of the 1990s. Haven't seen Exotica.
Syd........I've seen both of these more than once and find both very memorable. I've seen others by Egoyan........Ararat is one I'm trying to build up to.......about the conflict between Turkey and Armenia.
Billy.......I want to see Tyson. I actually did see Mike Tyson.....stood about 3 feet away from him in the Apple store in Phoenix. I was checking out the iphone. He was there to buy one. I just stared at him and the tattoo on his head. He nodded at me. I wanted to say, "I really liked you in that movie,________, but wasn't sure if it was called Black and White. It was. Bad memory and hesitation prevented what could have been such a stimulating conversation. The salesguy said he comes in often. (I feel like Gary telling this story.) |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:20 pm |
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My current viewing has been The Soloist in spite of the lack of desire to see it expressed by Marc and Billy (what do they know?)
The main thing noted was that Jamie Foxx was believeable as the mentally ill street musician. And his version of reality was well depicted. I think it's a story worth knowing about. I will talk more about it later when others have seen it. The book by Steve Lopez the LA Times reporter fills in alot of the blanks. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:33 am |
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Quote: (I feel like Gary telling this story.) 
I did ride up in an elevator with Larry Holmes when I was in Las Vegas.  |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:19 am |
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| I just watched The Sweet Hereafter again a couple of weeks ago. Fantastic film. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:13 pm |
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| Oh, Wade..........we always did see eye to eye. I've missed you......hope you are weller.......glad you're back! |
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| ehle64 |
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| Thanks, bets -- it's times like these where it's good to have a movie collection. |
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