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| Syd |
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billyweeds wrote: Syd--I don't quite get your spoiler. Can you explain SPOILER
what disturbed you? I remember he now owns his own company, that's all. Was the name of the company revealing of something horrible?
Would you want someone who embezzled 9 million dollars as head of your company? Although, checking it up, he founded the company himself. I think I'd invest elsewhere. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:00 pm |
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| Ah, well, that was what I figured you meant. You're right, of course. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:40 pm |
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Quote: Finally caught District 9. Yet another excellent addition to the year's list. A genuinely original piece of science-fiction, with an exceedingly strong social conscience. It's made by a South African, so its story of the segregation of outer-space creatures followed by violence when they are relocated is an obvious analogy for apartheid, but also for Katrina, Jim Crow, Nazi Germany, the Republican party's aversion to bipartisanship, and dozens of other social injustice/man's-inhumanity-to-man situations. It's stunning.
I can agree with its relevance.......but the sound of it was awful.....well......except for the South African music......I mean the rat-a tat-a on and on of gun fire. Is that necessary? It had so many other cool elements.
Should I drive 2 hours to see Thirst? I remember Marc and Lady liking it. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:50 pm |
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Drive-by posting:
Hi, Befade! Welcome back. %^D
Befade wrote: Should I drive 2 hours to see Thirst? I remember Marc and Lady liking it.
And Wade. Yes. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:43 pm |
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| Thanks, Lady.........'Nuff said. |
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| Earl |
| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:59 pm |
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Went downtown hoping to see Beauty in Trouble, but the theater was having projector troubles. (The Angelika in Houston is getting worse and worse all the time.) So I went to the screen next door and caught...
My One and Only
...which ended up being so enjoyable that I wondered why I hadn't made it my original choice this afternoon.
I knew going in that the movie is loosely based on actor George Hamilton's teen years. Indeed, Hamilton is the executive producer of the movie. This gives extra humor to some of teen George's observations about California such as, "I hate the beach," and "It's too sunny here; it's not depressing enough."
Renee Zellwegger, though, is the real star. I've liked her in some things and in other things not so much. But here I think she gives the best performance of her career. At first her Ann seemed like a caricature, but the more the movie went on the more the subtlety of what she was doing became apparent.
George has a half-brother in this movie who I was sure was going to grow up to become John Waters, but...well, see for yourself. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:54 am |
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| Earl--That seals it. I'm seeing My One and Only. Zellweger (one "g," btw) got some stellar reviews for that movie, but it has received very limited release. I feel the same way about Zellweger that you do: Chicago, White Oleander, Jerry Maguire, Bridget Jones's Diary: A. Cold Mountain: C. Down with Love: F. But she's a remarkably talented lady and at her best she's one of a kind. |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:15 am |
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| I didn't enjoy The Informant as much as I expected to, although Damon was excellent. Just wasn't as funny or gripping as I hope. It got to a very slow meandering start - but admittedly the last 1/2 hour or so almost made up for it. Very good supporting performaces by Bakula and McHale (I think that's his name) and Lynksy. SPOILER Its astounding (if this is all true) Mark was able to secure another seemingly prominant position in another company post-jail - I tried to find some sympathy for Mark with the possibility of a BIpolar illness etc etc - but he just came off as opportunistic, narcissistic and greedy - even if he believes his own bullshit (which in a way I suppose is sad) |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:25 am |
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Trish wrote: Its astounding (if this is all true) Mark was able to secure another seemingly prominant position in another company post-jail - I tried to find some sympathy for Mark with the possibility of a BIpolar illness etc etc - but he just came off as opportunistic, narcissistic and greedy - even if he believes his own bullshit (which in a way I suppose is sad)
I think he just got out of jail a few months ago (and he said himself the meds are tempering some incredibly erratic behavior), so that was kind of fast... |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:06 pm |
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It's also his own company.
I should add that Trish's post is really in the nature of a huge SPOILER and should be marked as such. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:28 pm |
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Just when you thought the 2009 film scene couldn't get any better, it has. Just saw Claire Denis's mind-blowing French film 35 Shots of Rum, in which the art of pure film is used as well as in any movie I've ever seen. This movie has dialogue, and good dialogue, but it's basically told visually from beginning to end. There is one wordless scene which is at once the sexiest and the most emotional I've seen in years. You must seek out this film and see it. The story of a loving relationship between a father and daughter living near Paris, it made me cry with joy and sadness at the same time. Rare. And never to be forgotten.
This is a major film year, and we're only in September, and I haven't even seen (500) Days of Summer, reportedly another terrific movie. And we still haven't seen The Men Who Stare at Goats and Up in the Air, the Clooney double-whammy. All I can say is wow. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:11 pm |
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| I wouldn't have known that Informant! was supposed to be a comedy except for all those actors in small roles who have comedic credentials including, of all people, the Smothers Brothers. It is mildly and intermittently amusing, and as Trish said, becomes interesting in the last 15 minutes or so. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:23 pm |
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| I'm sure everyone here will be thrilled that I checked out the Coming Soon posters at the theatre near here and District 9 and Basterds are coming. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:11 pm |
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Ghulam wrote: I wouldn't have known that Informant! was supposed to be a comedy except for all those actors in small roles who have comedic credentials including, of all people, the Smothers Brothers. It is mildly and intermittently amusing, and as Trish said, becomes interesting in the last 15 minutes or so.
The Informant! is definitely a very dark comedy, and not ha-ha in the least, though it has a lot of nervous laughter. I can understand not getting into it; I was definitely in the "into it" camp.
Whatever else you think, however, not to respect Matt Damon's marvelous performance is just...wrong. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:30 pm |
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Billy wrote:
Quote: Whatever else you think, however, not to respect Matt Damon's marvelous performance is just...wrong.
And that's exactly what I said about his performance in The Departed.
I don't know when I'll get out to see a movie but I'm not at all surprised by your reaction to Damon in The Informant! It's time that he received the kudos he so obviously deserves. |
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