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| marantzo |
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Gomorra
Oh yeah, I had some problem following it for the first 20 minutes and actually for all of the movie. I had a hard time figuring out who was on what side and who was killing whom, but that didn't even bother me I just rolled along with the movie. I spent some time in Naples way back when and it was one wild west city, but the main place where the movie is shot could be considered the really bad part of Naples and it's surroundings.
Loved the movie. It does resemble a kind of documentary. Threads are not all tied up neatly and the cast of characters are as authentic as one could imagine.
A week (month?) in the lives of Camorra's workforce and their environs with a higher class amoral environmental business thrown in. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:43 pm |
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| Gomorra is nitty gritty, amoral, violent, poetic and well worth seeing. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:10 pm |
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| What did you think of the two nitwits will delusions of criminal grandeur? |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:01 am |
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| Saw The Hurt Locker for the second time. It more than holds up, with the suspense level just as strong now that I know how everything ends. That's the mark to me of a great movie. For instance, although I've seen Rear Window umpteen times, I still get that same chill every time the phone clicks closed on Jimmy Stewart. Likewise, the countless moments of blood-freezing suspense in The Hurt Locker still work a second time. So does everything else. This is one for the ages. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:04 am |
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Just for reference, IMO--and note the big IMO--there have been only three genuinely great American movies since 2000. The first (2001) was Mulholland Dr. The second (2004) was Sideways. The third is The Hurt Locker.
From the historical record, this would mean that THL will not win the Oscar as Best Picture. And, with the expansion to ten Best Picture nominees this year, that will probably be the case, since the reason for the expansion seems to be to give animated films a chance at the gold ring. This will probably mean a victory for Up. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:51 am |
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| I don't agree that there are only three great American movies so far since 2000, but I agree with the two you mentioned. Haven't seen The Hurt Locker of course. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:14 pm |
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marantzo wrote: I don't agree that there are only three great American movies so far since 2000, but I agree with the two you mentioned. Haven't seen The Hurt Locker of course.
What others would you call great? Maybe I've forgotten some.
Ah, yes, you'd probably include Signs. 
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| lshap |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:08 pm |
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| Gommorah and Sin Nombre are 2009's answer to Slumdog Millionaire. Violent Second and Third World cultures packaged for First World voyeurs. |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:10 pm |
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| Billy - Signs? You wanna' be starting something? |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:32 pm |
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| I don't know why THE HURT LOCKER is being released like an art film. A handful screens in L.A. and New York. This cautious approach may backfire. |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:07 pm |
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| I saw a very cool preview for The Hurt Locker in a theatre a few weeks back, so it's obviously coming here to Montreal. But there's no info on when. Odd. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:59 pm |
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I have no doubt that The Hurt Locker will be here. There are very few if any English language, real good, under-the-radar movies that don`t make it here. And Bigelow made a movie here.  I should get a job with the Winnipeg chamber of commerce. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:03 pm |
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Marc wrote: I don't know why THE HURT LOCKER is being released like an art film. A handful screens in L.A. and New York. This cautious approach may backfire.
The reason is obvious. Movies about the Iraq war have one and all been bombs at the box office. They know they have something big here and don't want to blow it in one weekend if the Iraq vibe ruins it. As it happens, the first weekend was explosive in the few venues where it played, and the kickoff was impressive. Now the trick is building on it. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:08 pm |
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| I guess thats one of the reasons why Buffalo Soldiers was unknown in the states, though an excellent picture. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:56 pm |
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| I saw clips and the preview for Hurt Locker. It doesn't fit into the type of movie that appeals to me.....war, action, all men.....but I may see it eventually. Kathyrn Bigelow was on Charlie Rose yesterday and she is a BEAUTIFUL woman. I think Charlie was smitten.........and hard, very hard to believe she's 57. |
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