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| billyweeds |
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Inception sounds okay on paper, but Memento was never a favorite of mine and I was thoroughly underwhelmed (to put it mildly; try bored to tears) by Batman Begins, so...
Meanwhile, I am frothing at the mouth about The Kids Are All Right. The combination of laughs, tears, gay-friendly subject matter, plus a trio of stars I absolutely adore makes me want to travel from Woodstock to NYC just to be there opening day. (I won't go that far, but it's tough not to.) |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:09 am |
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Reports of the death of M. Night Shyamalan's career may have been premature and/or exaggerated. The NYTimes reports today that the excellent initial box office for The Last Airbender has completely blindsided all the industry "experts." The movie had been written off as dead, but is very much alive. The box office did not drop off over the weekend as was expected. So Night will see another day.
And despite my snarkiness about the movie and Shyamalan himself, I am always happy to see "buzz" challenged. So right on, Night! |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:16 am |
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lshap wrote: Syd wrote: There haven't been many reviews of Inception, but what there have been are unqualified raves.
I hate jinxing this with a "Can't miss" label, but sci-fi plus DiCaprio plus Chris Nolan equals a film I am totally psyched to see. DiCaprio himself isn't the selling point, but the guy has an unerring sense for picking great projects. And Nolan is a talented director/writer at the peak of his career.
I feel the same. It has to be better than its thematic ancestor, Dreamscape.
I got a kick out of the BO for Last Arsebender. It probably does suck, but it's funny when the critics are all over something like junkyard dogs and then the public doesn't get that memo. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:20 am |
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| The fans of "Airbender" probably don't read reviews, and there aren't a lot of movie critics on TV these days (I keep trying to catch "At the Movies," but it's almost always pre-empted by some ball game). It'll be interesting to see whether it has legs. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:35 am |
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| True, it's basically a story for children, so it's not like mom is "No, Timmy, the Village Voice really panned this, so there's no way you're going to see that movie..." I'm sure it will do good BO, make some money, and then Shyam can go on and redeem himself with some new tack, like Bollywood Meets Rod Serling, and you have lots of saturated color and big exciting musical numbers, Busby Berkeley style, all about this Joe Morton-like guy who lands on earth and makes his way through Bombay, subsisting on turmeric and lentils, and fixing Ipods and laptops and Xboxes, and stabbing beautiful women with his toenails. Mark my words. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:18 pm |
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| Inception and The Kids Are All Right are clearly the critics' darlings of 2010. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:32 pm |
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Saw Get Him to the Greek and really liked it. Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, and Rose Byrne were all great, and the movie moved easily from slapstick humor to psychological dramedy.
Just for the record, I enjoyed it much more than The Hangover, whose comic sensibility it sometimes echoed.
Couldn't believe that Paul Krugman played himself, and comically, no less. Will wonders never cease??? |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:37 pm |
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| I haven't been moved to see The Kids Are All Right because I don't get what the appeal is supposed to be. It looks like a heartwarming Halmark card, the hook of which is "this would be too sugary sweet if it was a nuclear family, but it's two moms so it's cool." Of course, I have a strage hatred of Annette Benning for purely irrational reasons, so that's playing into my aversion, too. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:21 pm |
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| The Kids Are All Right got an absolute rave from the NY Times. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:26 pm |
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Marc wrote: The Kids Are All Right got an absolute rave from the NY Times.
And from just about everyone else. Bening got the best reviews. Sorry, Joe. |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:42 pm |
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"The Spirit," the free Upper West Side weekly, really knocked "The Kids Are All Right," comparing it to a made-for-TV movie. Interesting contrast with other critics.
And Billy, Paul Krugman can be a very funny guy. His blog on the Times site often references Monty Python and other comics--he even adds cartoons sometimes. (He was on the Colbert Report last week, too.) |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:20 am |
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| I'm hetero so I will not be seeing The Kids Are Alright. When, and if, I become gay, I will watch it on DVD. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:40 am |
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| It really isn't about gay or straight. I'm just not interested in a heartwarming family movie. What else has the movie got? |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:37 am |
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carrobin wrote:
And Billy, Paul Krugman can be a very funny guy. His blog on the Times site often references Monty Python and other comics--he even adds cartoons sometimes. (He was on the Colbert Report last week, too.)
Even in his serious economic writings, on his blog, he can be funny, biting, satiric. Best recent example is his continued mockery of "invisible bond vigilantes." |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:05 am |
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Marc wrote: I'm hetero so I will not be seeing The Kids Are Alright. When, and if, I become gay, I will watch it on DVD.
Can't believe you mean this seriously. You're parodying Gary, right?
BTW--the title is the grammatically correct The Kids Are All Right--not the egregious "Alright" used by The Who.
The use of "alright" for "all right" is a particular pet peeve of mine. It obviously stems from "already," which is in fact a word. |
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