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| marantzo |
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| billyweeds |
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| gromit--It may come as no surprise that I have never been a big fan of the movie In Cold Blood, which missed almost completely the semi-poetic tone of the great, great book. The film is good, nothing more, when greatness was called for. Bonnie and Clyde had a quality which In Cold Blood needed. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:24 am |
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marantzo wrote: ...to help!
Thanks, Gar. |
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| ehle64 |
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| holy crap -- wake up to find Pineapple Express and Superbad being dissed -- imma go back to sleep. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:51 am |
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| and probably dream about a stoned james franco -- mmmmm |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:06 am |
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I edited my post
and cut the lines
so that it would fit
Letting my inner
William Carlos Williams
come out for some air.
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oops, wrong page.
Well, I also bought Fritz Lang's Man Hunt yesterday, and am super-excited to watch that.
But last night I was afraid my eyes weren't up for a full movie. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:08 am |
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| you have one of those? i live with one. hehehe |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:38 pm |
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Syd wrote: The two Toy Stories are about even. I had Toy Story 2 as #80 on my top 100 list and Toy Story at #82, bracketing Say Anything.... Jessie's song makes the difference.
Toy Story 2 was a bit better than the first, although it's hard to really place one above the other. The story in TS2 was a bit more polished... obvious experience from doing the first one.
And Say Anything... still remains one of my favorite John Cusack movies. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:39 pm |
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Marc wrote: you should have stuck with SUPERBAD. Its a very very funny movie.
I still need to see SUPERBAD. Loved Pineapple Express and 40-Year Old Virgin. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:41 pm |
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ehle64 wrote: and probably dream about a stoned james franco -- mmmmm
I actually thought James Franco was pretty funny in Pineapple Express. Well cast part for him.
Of course, his role in MILK was tops, but in a different more serious way. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:54 pm |
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| I loved Pineapple Express, loved 40YOV. But Superbad is in a class all by itself. It's amazing. |
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| Joe Vitus |
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billyweeds wrote: gromit--It may come as no surprise that I have never been a big fan of the movie In Cold Blood, which missed almost completely the semi-poetic tone of the great, great book. The film is good, nothing more, when greatness was called for. Bonnie and Clyde had a quality which In Cold Blood needed.
I find this a really interesting comment, since the whole point of In Cold Blood was restraint to an almost inhuman level, and the whole point of Bonnie and Clyde is the opposite. I haven't read Capote's book, but I was always under the impression that he created a cold, dispassionate prose for it, which I assumed the movie (I never watched the whole thing) found a good cinematic equivalent for. I may be wrong. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:00 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: gromit--It may come as no surprise that I have never been a big fan of the movie In Cold Blood, which missed almost completely the semi-poetic tone of the great, great book. The film is good, nothing more, when greatness was called for. Bonnie and Clyde had a quality which In Cold Blood needed.
It is a terrific book, one I re-read two years ago with great satisfaction. Semi-poetic? OK. For me, the two invented terms more accurately describe Capote's craft.
The film is equally rewarding, because it follows Capote's lead wherever possible. And only the film can give us the flashlight held in Perry's hand during the murders. This is a great film.
"Bonny and Clyde"? Why does this show up here? |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:02 pm |
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| James Franco played Richard Gere's son in Nights in Rodanthe (really simply bad flick). He wasn't credited and I didn't know it was him until I read the Netflix blip. |
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| ehle64 |
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| i heart me some james franco |
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