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marantzo
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:20 am Reply with quote
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Though I have sometimes been accused of being down on women, one of the things that enjoy greatly in movies is when a woman kick the hell out of some macho idiot. It just make me feel real good.
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He particularly likes to show, not a woman grovelling and submitting to torture, or dying in the process, but coming back and kicking major ass.


I enjoy that alot, too. By the end of Death Proof the second battalion of babes gave Kurt what he deserved.

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Melody
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:58 pm Reply with quote
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Agree with Terese about Jackie Brown.

Agree with Billy about Death Proof.

I keep forgetting to see Dancer in the Dark. It's a Bjork thing.

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Melody
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:31 pm Reply with quote
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I liked Zombieland. It jumps right into the action with very little backstory and had me giggling from the first scene. Clever writing by a couple of young (they must be young) guys whose major credits are The Joe Schmo Show and Big Brother reality TV series. They're anxious to show off their influences and sometimes it's too TOO cute, but overall it works for me. Plus, I'll watch Woody Harrelson in anything.

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Ghulam
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:54 am Reply with quote
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I liked Paranormal Activity. The suspense is palpable. There are a few seeming errors, although they may have been deemed to be necesaary, e.g. if there is a spooky noise in the house in the middle of the night, the first thing one would do would be to put on the lights, instead of chasing shadows in the dark.
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billyweeds
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:35 am Reply with quote
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There's a new horror movie on the scene which is getting much better reviews than Paranormal. It's called The House of the Devil, and is destined to be a cult classic if not a box-office bonanza.
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chillywilly
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:50 am Reply with quote
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billyweeds wrote:
The only evidence of Tarantino hating women is that he often makes them look ridiculous on screen. The trendy, talky, amazingly boring hen parties that occupy most of Death Trap are enough to turn me off the opposite sex for three hours. But the women in Inglourious Basterds are the most decisive and impressive characters in the movie.

This is true. Tarantino is not a woman hater by any stretch. If anything, the female roles are very empowered. Uma makes it easy to see in both PF and the KB movies.

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Marj
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:36 pm Reply with quote
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I'm surprised that you're the first to mention Uma Thurman by name, Chills. I do think she's a perfect example of QT's feelings toward women. Especially in the Kill Bill movies. Not only does he adore and respect them, he sees them as powerful forces.

I wonder. Linda Fiorentino in The Last Seduction. Her character was one I always thought of as strong, independent and aggressive. But in truth she may be more of a sad excuse for a strong woman - a ball buster to hype her own ego. But it's been a while. What do you think?


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Joe Vitus
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:37 pm Reply with quote
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He's also the only person to get a genuine performance out of her. And that must have taken a lot of love.

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Marj
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:45 pm Reply with quote
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Hiya Horst! I was wondering what happened to your avatar. Very spiffy, I must say.
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Joe Vitus
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:51 pm Reply with quote
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Thank you! Took a while to find a photo that would fit, after it had turned out that I couldn't crop an existing photo and save it under the right file format.

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Melody
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:19 pm Reply with quote
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Marj wrote:
I wonder. Linda Fiorentino in The Last Seduction. Her character was one I always thought of as strong, independent and aggressive. But in truth she may be more of a sad excuse for a strong woman - a ball buster to hype her own ego. But it's been a while. What do you think?

Hey Marj, it's been a long time since I've seen it. Femmes fatale always strike me as both aggressive and somewhat depressed. There's something in Fiorentino's eyes I see in all her roles that speaks of deep-seated misery.

As for this particular role, tell you what, I'll watch it again asap and report back.

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Marj
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:25 pm Reply with quote
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Okie Doke, Melody. Still I find it interesting that you remember similar qualities.

And how could one discuss Femme fatales without discussing Femme Fatale.
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billyweeds
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:35 pm Reply with quote
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Joe--Have you ever seen Buchholz in Billy Wilder's One Two Three?
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Befade
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:51 pm Reply with quote
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Let's pick up the De Palma forum where we left off. Discuss Femme Fatale. Marj....do you have time to moderate this one?

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