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| bartist |
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billyweeds wrote: bartist wrote: Yes, in Jack Goes Boating. I will look for Norris's memoir.
I liked the supercute Emma Stone in Zombieland, and look forward to Easy A, with it's amazing cast and the (cough) THC content.
There's very little if any THC goin' on in this remarkably moralistic comedy. Only the parents smoke.
I hope you don't mean there is very little if any Thomas Haden Church. Because that is what I meant by THC content. I intended no advocacy of alternative, sometimes called "wacky," tobaccos, brownies, suppositories, snuffs, cheek-candies, or edible potpourris of any variety. My interest lies only in the distinguished American moralist and aptly-named Mr. Church. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:43 pm |
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| LOL. What a misunderstanding. Yes, there's quite a bit of Mr. Church, though his role is noticeably less "comic" than the other adult roles. THC is the "favorite teacher" with the weird look in his eye but the sweet inner soul. Church is, as always, aces--but Clarkson, Tucci, and Kudrow have more immediately rewarding roles. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:52 pm |
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Beside the review of Easy A in the Winnipeg paper (a rave), there was a list of capsule reviews from other critics beside the article. Of the ten little excepts every one was a very favourable except for one the said " Easy A moves to the head of the list for worst picture of 2010." Armond White  |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:33 am |
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| I thought Emma Stone looked too mature for her role, but I loved her scenes with her parents, her big "sex scene" and the ones with Amanda Bynes. I've liked her in everything I've seen her in. I've always been fond of Bynes even though some of her movies have been weak. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:30 am |
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I decided to take a chance on The Town without knowing anything about it and before it I was surprised to a preview that seemed to be for The Town. The other film is Company Men which also has both Affleck and Chris Cooper and looks pretty good, The Town was so-so though I really liked Rebecca Hall.
Jeremy Renner is Affleck's best friend here. It's interesting how different he looks here than in The Hurt Locker. Scary and intense in a different way. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:25 am |
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I'm disappointed in your (Syd's) reaction to The Town, which is the movie I'm looking forward to above all others. I would definitely have already seen it except for the fact that I'm due to see it almost for free at a screening next week. The cast is to drool for. Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, and--most of all--Jon Hamm.
Most reviews are better than yours, Syd. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:09 am |
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billyweeds wrote: I'm disappointed in your (Syd's) reaction to The Town, which is the movie I'm looking forward to above all others. I would definitely have already seen it except for the fact that I'm due to see it almost for free at a screening next week. The cast is to drool for. Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, and--most of all--Jon Hamm.
Most reviews are better than yours, Syd.
I know. It's running over 90% at Rotten Tomatoes. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:53 pm |
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Just saw The Town and thought it a pretty good heist/romance, and liked the Ben about as much as I ever have -- no doubt, being on home turf was some help. Renner was great, and Hamm was rock solid as the FBI agent, but I agree with Syd that it was Rebecca Hall who stood out here. I lived in Boston for three years, as a young teen, so throat lumps developed at various exterior shots with the biggest for Fenway, which has a great set of action scenes. Nothing terribly original here, but a classic story well-told.
(one SPOILER MAYBE nitpick -- when Affleck puts on a cop uniform as a disguise, for the Fenway caper, he is noticeably unshaven, well past a 5 o'clock shadow. Didn't look quite right.) |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:27 pm |
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Is Mr. Nobody in English?
Is The Uninvited any good?
(a request from my nieces, but I might skip buying it if it is crap).
How about the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes?
(again, nieces) |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:18 pm |
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I want to see The Town now because of him. I just watched him in Dahmer (a good psychological study type film) and he isn't cute.......but he's got range/depth/control/IT. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:31 pm |
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I thought Exit Through the Gift Shop was interesting and entertaining. A look at street art and its eventual commercialization. I thought there were numerous clues throughout that Mr. Brainwash was a Banksy creation, but apparently it is a much more open debate than Joachim Phoenix's breakdown + rap career.
In some ways it's a clever concept allowing Banksy to make a documentary about street art and his career, while keeping his anonymity and attributing his experience/art career to another as cheap farce.
But somehow the film wasn't entirely satisfying.
I didn't care that much for the narration, or the music.
I really do like the subversive idea of simply placing your artwork on the walls of famous museums. I like how Banksy says that he would go to museums, and instead of looking at the art displayed, he'd be contemplating the blank spots on the walls, the gaps between exhibited paintings. (I'm sure he did consider the paintings which would surround his soon-to-be-added-in art, but it makes a good story of going to a famous museum and only looking at the blank wall spaces on either side of each painting). |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:10 am |
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| The Town has plot holes you could drive a Greyhound bus through. I wanted to like it, but no amount of goodwill on my part could compensate for the preposterous script and sloppy editing. |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:12 am |
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gromit wrote: Is Mr. Nobody in English?
Is The Uninvited any good?
(a request from my nieces, but I might skip buying it if it is crap).
How about the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes?
(again, nieces)
You asked about Mr. Nobody before but I wasn't sure if you were kidding about the language. It stars Jared Leto in a plot-heavy sci-fi story about the choices we make in life, their consequences and, naturally, string theory. And yes, it is 100% english. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:28 am |
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The Town, SPOILERS possible...
Maybe I let The Town fool me -- Marc's pan makes me wonder how much -- but the plot holes seemed small and not important. Did wonder how Ben got out of town so easily -- Hamm had ordered Logan and trains stations to be watched -- but I was willing to believe the power of the fake uniform. If you don't go with that uniform trick, then several scenes are implausible. Most of all, the money pickup at Fenway. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:58 am |
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It plays better as romance and character study of two guys who are almost brothers. I think the shenanigans with uniforms are built of the same material as Catch Me If You Can -- people see what they expect to see.
Just read Manola Dargis review of I'm Still Here -- she seems to suspect, but is sort of cautious about labeling it as a hoax/satire, like someone who thinks they caught a glimpse of saran wrap across the toilet but is too prim to point it out. The mere description of scenes from this film had me laughing, so I am painfully eager to actually see it. |
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