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| Ghulam |
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| The Bader Meinhof Complex is about the German terrorist movement Red Army Faction of the late 1960's and early 1970's which started out as an idealist leftist movement but ended up carrying out murders, bank robberies, and bombings. Well made, but not of much current interest. Was nominated for Best Foreign Movie Oscar last year. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:07 am |
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jeremy wrote: Hope & Glory is an all time favourite film of mine and easily one of Boorman's best. I understand that it is semi-autobigraphical and, accordingly, feels authentic. It somewhat undermines the 'Spirit Of The Blitz' image that the British hold of their experience in the Second World War. However, it would be too strong to call it revisionist; rather, infused with affection and humour, Hope & Glory just allows that stiff upper-lip to quiver a little, painting a more humane and believable picture of Britain at war.
Haven't seen this movie since the late 80's, but how I did love it back then. Should check it out again. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:12 am |
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| The Bader Meinhof Complex is overlong and lacks character development. I didn't care about any of the people in the film. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:45 am |
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Marc wrote: The Bader Meinhof Complex is overlong and lacks character development. I didn't care about any of the people in the film.
Just too many characters. I did have to fast-forward it a few times. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:58 am |
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I was quite disappointed with Hope and Glory. I was expecting a very good movie, but it ended up being only so-so. If I had remembered that it was done by the director of Excalibur (the movie that I told Leonard Klady he'd been wrong about  ) I would have known not to be too optimistic. Boorman seems to wander around in his movies and put in some very attractive sequences with some heart but no guts, and some sequences that are just bleh. I haven't seen Deliverance, but only because the story is not one I want to endure. From all the comments about that film, I appreciate that it probably is quite good.
Then I got fooled by not knowing Boorman was the director of another film, Where the Heart Is, which has to be his worst and one of the worse I've ever sat through. I was so fascinated by it's stupidity that I couldn't leave. I had to see just how completely terrible it would remain. Christopher Plummer was actually dreadful in this joke of a movie. What does that tell you. Boorman didn't disappoint. It had an ended that had to be seen to be believed, which it the rest of the movie to a tee. My wife couldn't take it and waited for me in the lobby. I'm surprised fit didn't become a midnight movie cult classic.
I heard a very good biography of Ulrike Meinhof on the radio many years ago. Further evidence that intelligent, highly educated, sensitive people can still become colossal mass murdering assholes. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:45 am |
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| I was startled to see Where the Heart Is among his credits until I realized Natalie Portman wasn't making films in 1990 and it must be a different film with the same title. There's also a French movie with that as its English title, a forgotten American soap opera, and a British soap opera. The French movie, to my surprise, is based on a James Baldwin novel. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:09 pm |
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| I love Excalibur. If you're going to do an Arthurian movie (and no one says you have to), this is the way to do it. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:42 pm |
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| Pretty Poison arrived from Netflix today. Haven't seen it in over a decade. I really hope it holds up for me. |
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| Earl |
| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:55 pm |
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Joe Vitus wrote: jeremy wrote: Hope & Glory is an all time favourite film of mine and easily one of Boorman's best. I understand that it is semi-autobigraphical and, accordingly, feels authentic. It somewhat undermines the 'Spirit Of The Blitz' image that the British hold of their experience in the Second World War. However, it would be too strong to call it revisionist; rather, infused with affection and humour, Hope & Glory just allows that stiff upper-lip to quiver a little, painting a more humane and believable picture of Britain at war.
Haven't seen this movie since the late 80's, but how I did love it back then. Should check it out again.
I love Hope and Glory. I took my mother to see it the night it opened at the Galleria. (Remember those two theaters that used to be at the Galleria all those years ago, Joe?) The theater was packed. I saw a lot of older faces and heard a lot of English accents before the lights went down. When the lights came up, Mum was wiping away tears. "That was my childhood," she said. "That was how I grew up."
Syd wrote: Boorman's from Surrey which was right in the middle of the Blitz. He might well have been in London during the war.
Mum also lived in Surrey during the war. I like to remind her from time to time that it's also where Harry Potter grew up. She is unimpressed by that. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:40 am |
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Earl wrote:
I love Hope and Glory. I took my mother to see it the night it opened at the Galleria. (Remember those two theaters that used to be at the Galleria all those years ago, Joe?)
Yup. Saw Jaws, Star Wars, and Little Shop of Horrors (among other movies) there in their first releases. |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:39 pm |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:26 pm |
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Joe Vitus wrote: I love Excalibur. If you're going to do an Arthurian movie (and no one says you have to), this is the way to do it.
I love it, too. One of the few movies hubby #2 and I rewatched every couple of years. That and Princess Bride. Must be the swords. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:29 pm |
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Earl wrote: I love Hope and Glory. I took my mother to see it the night it opened at the Galleria. (Remember those two theaters that used to be at the Galleria all those years ago, Joe?) The theater was packed. I saw a lot of older faces and heard a lot of English accents before the lights went down. When the lights came up, Mum was wiping away tears. "That was my childhood," she said. "That was how I grew up."
That's so sweet, Earl. Do you really call her Mum?
I never went to the movies at the Galleria. Where in the world did you park? |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:11 pm |
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| There was a parking garage right next to it. (There wasn't yet a Galleria II and III at that point, so the building was a bit different). What is it about kids that they don't notice parking problems? I can't remember being bothered about the distance I walked from our station wagon to any place we were going, but now I get irritated if I have to walk much at all—even if I'm walking into the gym to use the treadmill. |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:20 pm |
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| Some of you raved about The Soloist, and now I join in. There's a homeless guy who shows up at our drum circle all the time. He's the best among us when he wants to be, but mostly he just gets in the way. He raps while he plays, and talks incessantly to himself. The Foxx character is that guy. He took my breath away. So did every one of the homeless characters portrayed. I take clonopin and valproic acid for mood control. Both this film and real life make me want to weep when I think of how a couple pills a day could give a life back to so many. |
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