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| yambu |
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| I turned off (50) Days of Summer before very long. It's the first time I let my generational difference get in the way of film watching, but I couldn't care less about those kids. Getting old, I guess. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:47 pm |
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| I guess so, too. Sad. Actually. Oh well, you'll always have The Visitor. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:47 am |
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yambu wrote: I turned off (50) Days of Summer before very long. It's the first time I let my generational difference get in the way of film watching, but I couldn't care less about those kids. Getting old, I guess.
Maybe you should have stuck around for the other 450 days of summer. I understand it's pretty good (according to my daughter, I've yet to see it) |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:00 pm |
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| So funny. I'm sitting here watching National Velvet for the first time and thinking "wow, that actress that plays the Brown Matriarch sure is good and I know I've seen her somewhere before". Looked her up on IMDb and sure enough, she won Best Supphose for this and played George's Mama in A Place In The Sun. She got to "give birth" to two cinematic soul mates. Coolness and good on ya, Anne Revere. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:34 pm |
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| I love Ann Revere. Wade, if you like her, you'll love her in Gentleman's Agreement. IMO, her best role. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:42 pm |
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| Anne Revere was one of the actresses that was hit by the blacklist. She didn't work at all in movies from 1951 until 1970, although she made a handful of television appearances. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:47 pm |
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| I finally caught District 9, which hit the theatres about the same time I was getting ready for surgery. As Marc said at the time, District 9 rocks. It uses a sort of mockumentary style with queasycam and fast edits (not as bad as the Bourne movies), and it works spectacularly and defeats all critical qualms. I couldn't take my eyes off it and feel like I've been beaten into submission. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:58 pm |
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| In the first part especially, didn't Wikus remind you just a bit of Geraldo Rivera? |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 1:30 am |
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| So interesting about Revere -- I've never seen Gentleman's Agreement marj-y. Another one to add to THAT list, LOL. Thank you. *mwah* |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:07 am |
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Syd wrote: In the first part especially, didn't Wikus remind you just a bit of Geraldo Rivera?
Now that you mention it, yes.
Did this movie get any recognition in any of the award orgs? Or maybe it did but by mistake Nine kept getting listed instead of District 9. That would explain why that, apparently, piece of crap, was getting so many noms. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:38 pm |
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SNOW CAKE
This was one of those rare movies I had to force myself to finish watching. First of all the topic: an autistic adult responding (or not) to the death of her daughter. Who will be the next serious actor to step up to the challenging role of playing a mentally challenged character? Think Dustin Hoffman (asperbers), Sean Penn (low IQ), now Sigourney Weaver (autistic).
I just don't buy it. I have a mildly autistic grandson. The main characteristic he has is a failure to interact with others. If you call his name or ask him something he may not respond. Sig. Weaver's character responded to every single thing Alan Rickman's character asked her.
And there's another thing: This movie did not need a romance. Alan Rickman played a grumpy, cynical, negative guy with a secret past. His interactions with Linda (the autistic mom) could have carried the movie: She does weird things.......like compare eating snow with an orgasm......he rolls his eyes. But when she says the neighbor next door is a prostitute and Alan goes over to buy sex........it just sinks (and stinks).
Gary I think you like it because Alan keeps mentioning he's going to Winnipeg. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:40 pm |
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Betsy - I had to laugh at the last line of your post. We love you, Gar.
I don't know if the Jamie Foxx character on The Soloist, had autism or not - I haven't seen the movie. But I just got two recommendations for the film. I may end up disagreeing but I'm going to give it a try. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:58 pm |
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| I did like Jamie Foxx in The Soloist. He played a homeless paranoid schizophrenic. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:12 pm |
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Gary I think you like it because Alan keeps mentioning he's going to Winnipeg.
Don't be silly.
It seems that 5718 votes on IMDB don't agree with you or Billy. The votes averaged out to 7.6 out of 10. One reviewer mentioned;
"We were also fortunate to meet the writer, the director and the autistic woman who "coached" Sigourney Weaver."
And I read that the writer said Weaver did an excellent job of portraying the functional autistic that she had written about. Having an autistic relative, you should know that autism has many forms.
I highly recommend this film regardless of the two negative reviews which really puzzle me. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:12 pm |
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| That makes three recommendations, Betsy. |
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