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| inlareviewer |
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Syd wrote: I'm waiting on Anvil: The Story of Anvil.
It looks facinating, and I'm not exactly a heavy-metal devotee, but still.
Today's Big Picture piece about one sector of the public that's unbridled in its negativity to Avatar.
L.A. Times: The Big Picture: 'Avatar': why do conservatives hate the most popular movie in years?
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:03 am |
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| Deleted for yet more double-postage, dagnabbit. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:19 am |
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inlareviewer wrote: Syd wrote: I'm waiting on Anvil: The Story of Anvil. Ooooh, thanks for reminding.
It looks facinating, and I'm not exactly a heavy-metal devotee, but still.
inla--Appreciating Anvil has little or nothing to do with one's liking for heavy metal. It was a life-changing experience for me, causing me to reevaluate a long-term relationship which had been falling apart and is now on the mend, due largely to this film. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:20 am |
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| Dang those double posts indeed. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:58 am |
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billyweeds wrote: inlareviewer wrote: Syd wrote: I'm waiting on Anvil: The Story of Anvil. Ooooh, thanks for reminding.
It looks facinating, and I'm not exactly a heavy-metal devotee, but still.
inla--Appreciating Anvil has little or nothing to do with one's liking for heavy metal. It was a life-changing experience for me, causing me to reevaluate a long-term relationship which had been falling apart and is now on the mend, due largely to this film. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:59 am |
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| My friend Mirgun had no interest in seeing "Anvil". I had to pressure her into watching it. She thanked me for it. She absolutely loved it. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:30 am |
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| The anti smoking nannies are also upset with Avatar because some people smoke in it. Having it rated G-13 (or whatever that rating is) really upset them. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:03 am |
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marantzo wrote: The anti smoking nannies are also upset with Avatar because some people smoke in it. Having it rated G-13 (or whatever that rating is) really upset them.
I think smoking is a dreadful, harmful habit. I stopped cold turkey with a four-pack-a-day jones almost forty years ago and am happy I did. But to the anti-smoking nannies I say a loud, unapologetic "Fuck you." |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:44 am |
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marantzo wrote: The anti smoking nannies are also upset with Avatar because some people smoke in it. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:46 am |
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Quote: Jeff Megall: Sony has a futuristic sci-fi movie they're looking to make.
Nick Naylor: Cigarettes in space?
Jeff Megall: It's the final frontier, Nick.
Nick Naylor: But wouldn't they blow up in an all oxygen environment?
Jeff Megall: Probably. But it's an easy fix. One line of dialogue. 'Thank God we invented the... you know, whatever device.' |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:57 am |
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I don't understand the appeal Thank You for Smoking has for some people. IMO it was a very lame satire with a standout performance by Aaron Eckhart but nothing else.
Michael Phillips (of "At the Movies") says Up in the Air is Jason Reitman's third-best movie after Juno and TYFS. Juno I can get, but Up in the Air is way better than TYFS (and a little better than Juno too). |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:10 am |
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billyweeds wrote: I don't understand the appeal Thank You for Smoking has for some people. IMO it was a very lame satire with a standout performance by Aaron Eckhart but nothing else.
Michael Phillips (of "At the Movies") says Up in the Air is Jason Reitman's third-best movie after Juno and TYFS. Juno I can get, but Up in the Air is way better than TYFS (and a little better than Juno too).
And I get a kick out of Eckhart's performance. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:15 am |
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whiskeypriest wrote: billyweeds wrote: I don't understand the appeal Thank You for Smoking has for some people. IMO it was a very lame satire with a standout performance by Aaron Eckhart but nothing else.
Michael Phillips (of "At the Movies") says Up in the Air is Jason Reitman's third-best movie after Juno and TYFS. Juno I can get, but Up in the Air is way better than TYFS (and a little better than Juno too). No, no, no. Not "lame satire." "Middling satire."
And I get a kick out of Eckhart's performance.
Well, okay, "middling" I can buy. It just doesn't come close to the esteem some people feel toward it. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:31 am |
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| I thought it was pretty funny that "It's Complicated" got an R rating because of the pot-smoking scene. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:48 am |
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carrobin wrote: I thought it was pretty funny that "It's Complicated" got an R rating because of the pot-smoking scene.
It also has Alec Baldwin mostly naked, which, even with naughty bits hidden, is not a sight for children these days. |
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