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| carrobin |
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| I still remember seeing the trailer for "The Graduate" and thinking, That looks terrible. But most of the time, the reaction to the trailer is a good prediction of whether one will like the movie, in my experience. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:26 pm |
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carrobin wrote: I still remember seeing the trailer for "The Graduate" and thinking, That looks terrible. But most of the time, the reaction to the trailer is a good prediction of whether one will like the movie, in my experience.
That's how I felt about Iron Man 2. But often, as it was in this case, the best elements are in the trailer. I was quite disappointed in the Iron Man sequel, and considering I loved the original, I was doubly disappointed. |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:43 pm |
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billyweeds wrote:
In short, one of Woody's top ten if not his top five. Oh, hell, here's my list:
1) Manhattan
2) Annie Hall
3) Zelig
4) Husbands and Wives
5) Everyone Says I Love You
6) Broadway Danny Rose
7) Vicky Cristina Barcelona
 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
9) Manhattan Murder Mystery
10) What's Up Tiger Lily?
(Side note: Why does 8 (the figure eight) come out as an emoticon?)
The dregs:
Hollywood Ending, Deconstructing Harry, Whatever Works, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.
Overrated:
Sweet and Lowdown, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Purple Rose of Cairo.
You forgot Radio Days which I really loved |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:51 pm |
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| I haven't met Woody Allen.........but you never know.......we could have been in the same place at the same time...... |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:51 am |
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| and all this is Current Film? Comeon, where's the real Current Film? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:54 am |
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Marc wrote: and all this is Current Film? Comeon, where's the real Current Film?
Keep your shirt on, hippie. Just 'cause you've been to SxSW doesn't mean we all have had time to go to the new movies. But I'm seeing Hereafter, The King's Speech, and 127 Hours this week and will report on all three in due time. Speaking of "due," I've decided not to check out Due Date since all reports have it being a lot too much like my non-favorite Planes, Trains & Automobiles. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:12 am |
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| I don't know who these "all reports" are, but I found Due Date far better than PT&A. I think fans of Hangover will generally enjoy Due Date (same director, IIRC). |
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| knox |
| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:30 am |
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| Juliette Lewis, who I view as an ingredient missing from too many films in the last few years, kind of steals a scene in Due Date. I'd agree it's better than the Martin/Candy version, but that doesn't make it all that great. It's just a bit of fun. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:03 pm |
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Here's some current film for you.
I finally got around to seeing Inception over the weekend. Very well done film. Lots of twists and turns in the story, but very easy to follow. Each new level the film took, the ending brought it all back to real life and I didn't feel lost or confused.
This is how intricate stories should be told on the big screen.
I do want to see it again to see if there are parts that I missed from the first viewing.
Highly enjoyable movie and for sure, one of the best I've seen this year. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:23 pm |
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I tend to consider anything form this year as Recent.
On various long plane rides, I recently saw 1/2 an hour to half of various dopey films.
Salt -- this seemed like genuinely the worst and dumbest movie ever made. I laughed out loud at the ludicrousness of the film at least twice in the first 20 minutes, if indeed I made it that far. What junk. Some real embarrassing plotting and dialogue in this clunkfest. I wanted to waterboard Angelina Jolie after the first 10 minutes.
Get Him to the Greek
Pretty formulaic stuff but about what you would expect from a dopey comedy targeted for laughs from undereducated teenagers. The struggling romance seemed pretty under-developed but was probably only there to make a storyline and get teenage girls to perhaps be willing to see a dumb rock-stoner comedy about hedonism (and a struggling romance).
Actually I thought the buildups were often decent but then there were never any payoffs or a whole scene just ended with a simple poor joke. A good amount of the dialogue seemed like it was genuinely first or second draft material, but they never got around to replacing it. I made it through about 45 minutes, which helped during a 13 hour plane ordeal.
She's Out of Your League (or whatever the name actually is)
This was actually much better and sweeter than I expected. I had expected I would last about 10 minutes with this and ended up sticking around for half the film. I didn't actually like it, but it was watchable enough. The only thin I disliked was the unfunny nasty banter that two of the friends would occasionally spew. They had a lot of trouble developing the friends, especially the female friend.
Anyway, it's a film which tackles the issue and humor in a super hot chick going out with a guy who seems pretty clearly a few notches below.
My take is that this seemed to be a Ben Stiller knockoff, an attempt to introduce Ben Stiller humor to the new generation of teens. The two leads are pretty good, whoever they be. I liked the self-deprecating guy without much confidence. The group of male friends gets enough time to gel even it all it seems fairly familiar. They toss in a fair amount of quirk (one guy friend is in a Hall & Oates cover band) and there's a fair amount of Meet the Parents type shtick. The film doesn't exactly go for original, but also doesn't try to do too much. Watching half of it on cable or an intercontinental flight isn't the worst thing one could do.[/i] |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:09 pm |
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knox wrote: Juliette Lewis, who I view as an ingredient missing from too many films in the last few years, kind of steals a scene in Due Date. I'd agree it's better than the Martin/Candy version, but that doesn't make it all that great. It's just a bit of fun.
Lewis was also pretty terrific in her brief but juicy role in Conviction, the rather blah Hilary Swank vehicle about the uneducated woman who got a law degree to get her brother out of jail. True story but not great. But Juliette Lewis chewed the scenery with relish. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:20 pm |
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| Get Him To The Greek was essentially a vehicle for Russell Brand and the louche, old school, British rock star character he created for Forgetting Sarah Marshall. How you relate to the film will depend a lot on what you think of Russell Brand's brand of humour. I find it quite funny, but I take the point about the film not even trying to be clever. I can't remember the last teen comedy (or those aimed at young men who are not ready to grow up) that wasn't cynically or obliviously dumb. I usually prefer comedies aimed at younger children, who are generally have much better taste than the hormonally challenged or wilfully juvenile. |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:17 pm |
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jeremy wrote: Get Him To The Greek was essentially a vehicle for Russell Brand and the louche, old school, British rock star character he created for Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
As someone who really liked Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I may give this one a viewing. Plus, Jonah Hill is pretty funny in most of the movies he's been in (reminded of his role in Couples Retreat). |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:47 am |
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jeremy wrote: Get Him To The Greek was essentially a vehicle for Russell Brand and the louche, old school, British rock star character he created for Forgetting Sarah Marshall. How you relate to the film will depend a lot on what you think of Russell Brand's brand of humour.
I didn't know the connection, but remember hearing reasonably good things about Forgetting SM. Greek was a film I was supposed to send to my East Coast nieces, but the dvd copy wasn't good last month when I had a friend couriering stuff for me. I was mostly curious about what they were interested in watching. (Salt was another request).
Anyway, Greek seemed rather in the Pineapple Express mode with a different storyline attached. But really, I see so few of these types of films, I don't really know what it was patterned on. Greek is all right, but really needed a script doctor. Just some real poor lines, middling-at-best jokes used as scene enders, etc. Plenty of decent and even good buildups with not a payoff in sight.
Most of the humor was Jonah saying something like We need to head to the airport right now to catch the flight to NYC, and then an edit to Jonah at a wild party scene in some nightclub. That summarizes about 30 minutes of the film. |
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| grace |
| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:30 am |
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gromit wrote: jeremy wrote: Get Him To The Greek was essentially a vehicle for Russell Brand and the louche, old school, British rock star character he created for Forgetting Sarah Marshall. How you relate to the film will depend a lot on what you think of Russell Brand's brand of humour.
I didn't know the connection, but remember hearing reasonably good things about Forgetting SM.
Connections = director, Nicholas Stoller; writer (and actor in FSM, don't know about GHthG) Jason Segel; and cast members Jonah Hill and Russell Brand. I've only seen FSM, so there may be more, but that's it off the top of my head. |
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