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| billyweeds |
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Befade wrote: 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.
It's not "my kind of movie," either. But it's definitely my favorite movie in years. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:30 pm |
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PUBLIC ENEMIES is getting both raves and lukewarm reviews. No in-betweens.
I'll be seeing it tomorrow. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:49 am |
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| A critic up here gave Public Enemies a lukewarm review. She said, basically, that it could have been a great movie but the director threw too much into it and didn't seem to want to edit any scene with some just dragging on. She compared it to his movie Heat, and that's a movie that would fit her review of PE. That has me giving her review credence. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:37 am |
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Marc wrote: PUBLIC ENEMIES is getting both raves and lukewarm reviews. No in-betweens.
I'll be seeing it tomorrow.
A lukewarm review is an in-between. What do you consider a bad review? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:46 am |
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marantzo wrote: A critic up here gave Public Enemies a lukewarm review. She said, basically, that it could have been a great movie but the director threw too much into it and didn't seem to want to edit any scene with some just dragging on. She compared it to his movie Heat, and that's a movie that would fit her review of PE. That has me giving her review credence.
If it's anywhere near as bad as Heat, it's a must to avoid. Heat is one of the worst of all time. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:03 am |
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And if it hadn't sunk earlier, that sappy endlessly drawn out last scene would have done the trick.
I just read Manohla's rave review of Public Enemies and he praises everything that the reviewer I mentioned earlier, criticizes. On top of that he compares it with Seven in some ways, in the form as a compliment, which I'm sure everyone on here knows that I detested. Peter Travers gives it a rave. Of course I haven't seen the movie but there is a lot of evidence piling up that has me thinking I won't like it.
There seems to be a consensus that the performances are good. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:16 am |
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Manohla Dargis is a woman, and I am to her reviews the way Marantz is to Peter Travers's--that is, if she likes something I am almost sure to dislike it, and vice versa. Synecdoche, New York, which she adored, was IMO completely unbearable.
Therefore, I will probably be skipping Public Enemies. Will see it on DVD, though. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:34 am |
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Quote: Synecdoche, New York, which she adored, was IMO completely unbearable.
I may have mentioned this at the time, but a reviewer on the radio here (I forget which one it was, maybe Gillmor), used that exact description of her/his experience watching the movie. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:58 am |
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| okay billy. When critics from papers like NY Times and Village voice are calling PUBLIC ENEMIES a masterpiece or one of the best movies in years, I guess a lukewarm review qualifies as bad. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:22 am |
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| I've never found Johnny Depp interesting. Never saw a movie because he was in it. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:55 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: I've never found Johnny Depp interesting. Never saw a movie because he was in it.
Thank you! At last, someone who feels the same way I do. He's okay, nothing more, nothing less, except in Ed Wood, where he was terrific. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:24 pm |
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He was good in Ed Wood. I think he was good in the first Pirates movie. But
billyweeds wrote: He's okay, nothing more, nothing less
pretty much sums up his career for me, too. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:32 pm |
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| I think Depp is one of the best around. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:08 pm |
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marantzo wrote: I think Depp is one of the best around.
For what it's worth, you're in the vast majority. For me, the emperor is not nude, just sort of in cutoffs and a T-shirt. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:27 pm |
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| Two of my favourite actors are a little off centre. Depp and Downey Jr. maybe I just like "D's". |
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