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| Marc |
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Quote: Pedro Almodovar's noirish Broken Embraces brought to mind Hitchcock's Notorious more than once. It is based on a gothic saga of a script, but Almodovar pulls it off.
I thought it was a stinker. Almost walked out. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:43 pm |
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Marc wrote: Quote: Pedro Almodovar's noirish Broken Embraces brought to mind Hitchcock's Notorious more than once. It is based on a gothic saga of a script, but Almodovar pulls it off.
I thought it was a stinker. Almost walked out.
Haven't seen it, but your reaction was the one I had to All About My Mother, a fave of Almodovar fans which I found smarmy, phony, and almost totally unwatchable. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:59 pm |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:00 pm |
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Joe Vitus wrote: I don't blame you.
You agreed with me? |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:01 pm |
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| Yup. I miss the funny, labarynthian plotter of What Have I Done To Deserve This? Labyrinth of Passion, and Law of Desire. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:07 pm |
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| I liked very much or loved all the Almodovar films I've seen. Never saw All About My Mother and I may skip this one. Don't want to ruin my Pedro streak. I saw the preview of Broken Embraces yesterday and it didn't make me want to see it. I'd have to see it in Spanish of course. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:11 pm |
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| Couldn't stand Bad Education, with Gael Garcia Bernal giving a mediocre performance in the sort of Almodovar role that Antoino Banderas played to perfection. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:44 pm |
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Marc wrote: Quote: Pedro Almodovar's noirish Broken Embraces brought to mind Hitchcock's Notorious more than once. It is based on a gothic saga of a script, but Almodovar pulls it off.
I thought it was a stinker. Almost walked out.
I wish you would have. Even subpar Almodovar is better than billion dollar Cameron. As was subpar Hitchcock. Joe, whatEVAH.
I saw Ahvahdah -- does NA'Vi stand for Native "American" Violation (in)actment? Nice to look at but not very original in my O.
Luckily, Praise the Gods and Goddesses-ly, Crazy Heart was starting in another theater that was on my way out of the aforementioned crap-a-tar, so, being the unemployed shit I am, I waltzed in and saw one of the best movies of the year. Bridges(?) go for it, went for it, deserves it (for this and so many more wonderful characters he's brought into our lives). Back to that young'en in UITA, how on earth could that starLING get nominated and Maggie Gyllenhaal not? I've never been a huge MG supporter/fan, but after this turn and her hysterical performance in Away We Go??? Anna who again?? If there's a film that I would really push people to see b4 the Awhoreds Show, it would be this. Granted, I have yet to see A Single Man, but am reading the novel again and can't wait. |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:04 pm |
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Quote: I wish you would have.
Why? |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:04 pm |
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I become a dick when people dis me Pedro!
I sure wish my money would have went to Crazy Heart instead of Ahbahdah. *sigh* |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:01 am |
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Ehle,
I have been an Almodovar fan since I first saw Dark Habits in 1983. I have seen every movie he's directed and several that he has produced. If I didn't dig him, why would I bother driving to a movie theater and dropping $8 to see his latest film. While I appreciated his homage to Hitchcock, Sirk and Nic Ray in Broken Embraces, the movie lacked the emotional impact that would have made it a great movie as opposed to a merely interesting crash course in classic 50s style film making. I may actually see the film again. I was in a restless state while watching it. You know how that is. Have you seen Broken Embraces?
I think you're dismissing Avatar in much the same way I am dismissing Almodavatar (I make funny joke). |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:42 am |
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| I don't think I am, and yeah, I saw Broken Embraces last month. I also see that there's really no reason to be comparing the two films, so I'll leave it @ that. |
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| inlareviewer |
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Am spending my scant shekels on Crazy Heart, which just opened at the Vista, within walkin' distance, and therefore asked the AMPAS member to step up Broken Embraces earlier than scheduled. Being an inveterate Almodóvotee, including those works that didn't entirely work, am quite entertained by the divide this latest has engendered, but peeps are talking about him, so that's all right. Am looking forward to Broken Embraces, even if it proves as uneven as some colleagues have warned. To miss it would be like missing a Malick return or a Lynch project or a Morris documentary -- wrong, shockingly wrong.
(instashift to Norma Shearer, glycerine-filled wall-eyes a'flutter) |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:22 am |
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| I'll go along with you on Lynch and Morris, but after suffering through The Thin Red Line, Malick can stay away forever as far as I'm concerned. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:38 am |
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marantzo wrote: I'll go along with you on Lynch and Morris, but after suffering through The Thin Red Line, Malick can stay away forever as far as I'm concerned.
On the same page with Gary. Strange that one of my favorite movies of all time is Morris's world-class documentary The Thin Blue Line and one of my least favorites is only one little primary color away. Ain't that profound?
P.S. Travolta in the Malick disaster makes my ten-worst performances list. |
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