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| marantzo |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:58 pm |
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| That's what usually happens when I post comment on a current film. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:59 pm |
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Toy Story 3 is quite good.
The characters and concept still work.
Some very clever ideas.
Good lines. Brisk pace.
A lot of care went into that.
One oddity: I have a Spanish edition, so all of the writing was en Espanol (the box is marked Atica, etc.). |
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| knox |
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:13 pm |
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"Atica! Atica! Atica!"
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:55 pm |
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Buzz Lightyear does have to deal with a prison riot.
I don't recall any bank robbing though. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:18 pm |
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Looks like I'm the only person here to see The Eagle. It's a pretty good movie, maybe 6 or 7 on a scale of 1-10.
Story: In 120 AD, the Roman 9th Legion vanished in the wilds of northern Britain and its Eagle disappeared. Hadrian's Wall was built across the waist of Great Britain and what is now Scotland was left to primordial splendor. Twenty years later Marcus Flavius Aquila, the son of the commander of the 9th, takes over the command of a Roman garrison in Britain in hopes of redeeming his family honor. Marcus is soon injured in an act of heroism but is also discharged because of his injury. While recuperating, he saves the life of a Pictish slave, Esca, by convincing the crowd to spare Esca after a gladitorial match in which Esca refuses to defend himself.
When rumors that the Eagle of the 9th has turned up in northern Britain, Marcus sees a chance to redeem the family honor by singlehandedly retrieving it. (To the Romans, losing the Eagle is worse than losing the legion. Note that the Latin word for Eagle is "Aquila," so Marcus is retrieving his family name.) However, since he doesn't know the lay of the land or the languages, he takes Esca with him. Although as a Briton, Esca has good reason to hate Marcus, he also has a debt of honor and Marcus senses that Esca takes honor just as seriously as Marcus does. Note, though that, Escz has two ties of honor to balance, since he also has to consider his ties to his own people.
It is this ambiguous relationship between the two, and the general theme of ties of honor that gives the movie its heart. Jamie Bell is very good as Esca. Channing Tatum is unfortunately in a position where he is inviting comparison to Russell Crowe in Gladiator and isn't at the same level, though he's not actively bad. Donald Sutherland and Mark Strong are good in support.
PS: The Roman 9th Legion really is supposed to have disappeared around 120, although there's an alternative theory that it was transferred to the Parthian front and vanished there. It's the same Roman Legion that is the origin of the Romanesque society in Jim Butcher's Codex Alera. The movie is the film version of The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff. I'm amazed it took 56 years to do a film adaptation, but this is quite respectable.
PPS: Also learned I've been mispronouncing "Aquila" for fifty years. it's Ah'-kwi-la with accent on the first syllable. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:30 pm |
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| The Eagle is one of those movies I know enough to avoid so that I don't spend the price of a movie ticket to take a two-hour snooze. It's me, not the movie (necessarily). It's just not my genre. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:39 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: The Eagle is one of those movies I know enough to avoid so that I don't spend the price of a movie ticket to take a two-hour snooze. It's me, not the movie (necessarily). It's just not my genre.
Yeah, if you're not interested in the historical recreation, you may fall asleep. They have the Picts speaking Gaelic because it's really hard to find people who speak Pictish these days. The books are for children--presumably teenagers--though the movie isn't. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:41 pm |
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| It's been years since I thought of the Latin saying that was in the novel "The Viking" (back when "The Vikings" was my favorite movie, circa 1958)--"Aquila non captat muscas." Eagles do not hawk at flies, one character advised a Viking prince who was threatening to attack someone who wasn't worth his time. I always liked Latin mottos, very good for intimidating the rabble. My favorite came from Mrs. Peel: "Sic creat crusculum," or That's the way the cookie crumbles. |
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| Befade |
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Quote: Picking up on an earlier post, I am also full of admiration for Danny Boyle for turning the unpromising premise of 127 Hours, a man spending five days pinned by a rock, into such a gripping and moving film. For me, his is the directorial achievement of the year.
Jeremy.......It's great you saw what I saw. let's have those Blanches so we can nominate the amazing Danny Boyle.
Gromit.......I wouldn't downplay Tyler Perry. Noone else is doing what he's doing. I'm going to netflix Colored Girls and I'll let you know. (I think the reviews were bad. |
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| I loved "For Colored Girls" onstage (and the book of course), and avoided the movie because I knew it couldn't present the women and the poems in the way the stage production did. The reviews weren't as bad as I thought they'd be, though. And the cast is intriguing. I'll be interested in reading any opinions here. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:29 am |
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carrobin wrote: It's been years since I thought of the Latin saying that was in the novel "The Viking" (back when "The Vikings" was my favorite movie, circa 1958)--"Aquila non captat muscas." Eagles do not hawk at flies, one character advised a Viking prince who was threatening to attack someone who wasn't worth his time. I always liked Latin mottos, very good for intimidating the rabble. My favorite came from Mrs. Peel: "Sic creat crusculum," or That's the way the cookie crumbles.
Someone published a Latin edition of "Winnie the Pooh" a while back. I remember seeing it in bookstores. I'd like to have "Green Eggs and Ham" in Greek. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:34 am |
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carrobin wrote: I loved "For Colored Girls" onstage (and the book of course), and avoided the movie because I knew it couldn't present the women and the poems in the way the stage production did. The reviews weren't as bad as I thought they'd be, though. And the cast is intriguing. I'll be interested in reading any opinions here.
Well, since you asked, here's one:
Third Eye Film Forums -- Current Film Talk: Mon Dec 20, 2010
Would add that the opening credits verge on the feeble, and the first few scenes require fans of the source material to make an immediate adjustment in perceptions/expectations, or there's no getting through it. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:29 am |
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gromit wrote: Has anybody seen Assayas' Carlos?
The dvd just turned up. But now I have to check which version.
I hadn't realized that there is both a 2hr 45min and a 5'32" cut out there.
Sure seems like nearly 3 hours should be enough ... but if it's good, I'd go another couple hours, I guess.
Anyone?
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:58 am |
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| I've read about it. Haven't seen it. |
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