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gromit
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:01 pm Reply with quote
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yambu wrote:
Has anyone yet seen the animated The Secret of Kells?

I've heard good things about it, but the polymer disc of it here is only a French edition, non Anglais.

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Trish
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:34 am Reply with quote
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Saw Date Night yesterday - Blech! not too funny. I usually love Tina fey and I like Steve Carrell - it was that really safe, family friendly (for gen X generation, anyways) type of humor - I'm sure it'll make loads of money - but I prefer wittier, edgier comedy. It had good reviews so i thought maybe it would be a little more original
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Trish
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:24 pm Reply with quote
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to quote EW Lisa Schwarzbaum (who gave the film IMHO an undeserved B)

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Date Night is a conservative comedy with mainstream values and easy-to-follow lessons.


YUCK!!!!
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knox
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:02 pm Reply with quote
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I heard similar...was warned off by friend who said it underused all the talent. And there's one running joke along the lines of: all this bad shit is going down, but people are focused on "you stole someone else's reservation??" I heard the joke, figured why bother to buy a ticket? This logic is probably why I WFV for most comedies.

I like your avatar -- guessing this is more your pinup than your alter ego? I like Owen in just about everything I've seen him in.
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marantzo
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:12 pm Reply with quote
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The one review I read, A O Scott's was not a favourable one.
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Trish
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:37 am Reply with quote
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knox wrote:
I like your avatar -- guessing this is more your pinup than your alter ego? I like Owen in just about everything I've seen him in.


my boyfriend, Clive and I thank you.
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Trish
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:39 am Reply with quote
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marantzo wrote:
The one review I read, A O Scott's was not a favourable one.


Roger Ebert gave it 3 1/2 stars Rolling Eyes - don't get that at all
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marantzo
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:53 am Reply with quote
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Ebert's opinions on movies in the last few years have been well below par.
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Syd
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:19 pm Reply with quote
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Apparently Carell and Fey are very good but the action scenes don't work.

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Joe Vitus
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:54 pm Reply with quote
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The only time Tina Fey ever made me laugh was in her American Express commericals (her running into the writers' office with the fire extinguisher cracks me up). Carell was wonderful at first, but seems to have gotten so locked into his inoffensive dork persona that it feels cloying and repetitive. So Date Night has no interest for me. I usually like Mark Wahlberg, but not enough to check this out just because he's in it.

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whiskeypriest
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:18 pm Reply with quote
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Joe Vitus wrote:
The only time Tina Fey ever made me laugh was in her American Express commericals (her running into the writers' office with the fire extinguisher cracks me up). Carell was wonderful at first, but seems to have gotten so locked into his inoffensive dork persona that it feels cloying and repetitive. So Date Night has no interest for me. I usually like Mark Wahlberg, but not enough to check this out just because he's in it.
He's not just in it; he has his shirt off through most of his appearance, they say. Don't know if that helps.

I still like Fey a lot, though what I've seen from her in movies whatever bite she has she does not take to the lot with her. Carell is milking the personna usually, though I thought he was great in Little Miss Sunshine - a movie I rather dislike despite liking many of the actors in it in it. That's not redundant.

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carrobin
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:26 pm Reply with quote
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I love "30 Rock," which might as well be called the Tina Fey Show as far as I'm concerned (or maybe the Tina & Alec Show), and Steve Carell is appealing but I don't watch "The Offfice" (I loved him when he was on the Daily Show). I saw the trailer for "Date Night" twice (must have been lots of them, considering that I saw only five movies last year), and it looked amusing but not compelling.
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Joe Vitus
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:46 pm Reply with quote
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Whiskey,

Nah, he's past his doff-the-shirt prime. I'll check out old Calvin Klein ads if that's what I'm looking for. He'll be grabbing himself, too.

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Joe Vitus
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:49 pm Reply with quote
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I find 30 Rock completely stereotypical and unfunny. The harried business woman who's so busy being busy she can't get a man; the wolf Republican; the hick southerner; the dumb blonde; the illiterate rapper. The success of the show is really beyond me. Didn't care much for Fey on SNL, either. But as she was head writer for a long time, she must have been responsible for things I enjoyed.

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carrobin
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:12 pm Reply with quote
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The stereotypes on "30 Rock" strike me as being parodies of stereotypes. I find the show ingenious and hilarious.
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