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| gromit |
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I've heard good things on The Adjustment Bureau.
Looking forward to it.
Jeremy, any thoughts on Andrea Dunbar? |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:54 am |
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Gary -- you must see The Adjustment Bureau. It is not inept. It is wonderful.
Finally caught Rachel Getting Married last night. At the outset, I was not into it at all, both for the chickflickiness and the faux-documentary camera work, but somehow it hooked me and I was treated to a remarkable ensemble of actors doing a great job with the naturalistic dialog with a lot of Altmanesque overlapping. I usually find Anne Hathaway uninteresting, but I liked her in this, and of course what a thrill to see Debra Winger back in the saddle. There's a scene where the bridegroom and the father are drawn into a macho contest of speed-loading a dishwasher, which I found especially funny. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:33 pm |
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| Rachel Getting Married is another film which seems to polarize people. It's one of the few movies I've seen with my wife where we came out with radically different opinions. I pretty much loved it, she pretty much hated it. Hathaway, who I usually am meh at best about, was terrific. So were Rosemarie DeWitt and Winger. Demme's direction was a tad show-offy, but that was my only caveat. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:13 pm |
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| I definitely side with Dolores on this one. I walked out about a half hour in. Couldn't stand any of the characters. From what I remember, they were all stupid, annoying and immature. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:49 pm |
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marantzo wrote: I definitely side with Dolores on this one. I walked out about a half hour in. Couldn't stand any of the characters. From what I remember, they were all stupid, annoying and immature.
Therein lay the entertainment value.  |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:40 pm |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:24 am |
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The Double Hour is a twisty Italian noir with so many hairpin turns it would be hard if not impossible to detail them, and anyway it would be unfair. Just say that it's a fascinating, scary, jolting ride which should be experienced by any mystery fan. I plan to see it at least once more.
The stars are extremely attractive, one might say "hot." I was struck by how the woman is a direct cross between Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, which as the NYTimes critic Stephen Holden writes, translates as "Monica Vitti."
Do not read Holden's review, btw. He gives away far too much of the plot, as do most of the critics. Just go and be blown away. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:17 am |
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I couldn't sit through Rachel GM, but I will agree that Hathaway certainly spread her wings, getting away from her sweetie-pie parts. The guy who played Rachel's dad struck several false notes, IMO. Failed to convince.
The Double Hour....Quote: The stars are extremely attractive, one might say "hot."
Well, you mentioned they were Italian, so that's just redundant. I love the noir with the hairpin turns, so will look for this ASAP. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:34 pm |
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knox wrote: I couldn't sit through Rachel GM, but I will agree that Hathaway certainly spread her wings, getting away from her sweetie-pie parts. The guy who played Rachel's dad struck several false notes, IMO. Failed to convince.
The Double Hour.... Quote: The stars are extremely attractive, one might say "hot."
Well, you mentioned they were Italian, so that's just redundant. I love the noir with the hairpin turns, so will look for this ASAP.
She's actually some sort of Slav but seems Italian. He's actually Italian. They are both smokin'. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:40 pm |
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marantzo wrote: I definitely side with Dolores on this one. I walked out about a half hour in. Couldn't stand any of the characters. From what I remember, they were all stupid, annoying and immature.
The rage of Caliban, no doubt.  |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:50 pm |
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Joe Vitus wrote: marantzo wrote: I definitely side with Dolores on this one. I walked out about a half hour in. Couldn't stand any of the characters. From what I remember, they were all stupid, annoying and immature.
The rage of Caliban, no doubt.
What the hell is the rage of Caliban? |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:18 pm |
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| In The Tempest, Caliban is enraged when he sees his image in the glass. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:46 am |
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Hirokazu Koreeda's Still Walking is a sensitive depiction of a family reunion seeral years after the accidental death of the eldest son. It is as memorable as Koreeda's Nobody Knows. Koreeda has been compared to Ozu, but Still Walking has a distinct Ingmar Bergman imprint on it, and even regenerates the moods of Chekhov's plays.
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| bartist |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:11 am |
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"rage of Caliban..." Joe, Gary -- the elevator repair crew is on its way.
Watching Scorsese's "Presents the Blues" on DVD. If any set of films can make you want to pick up a musical instrument, this is it. I get a kick out of Eastwood's segment, where he sits next to all these musicians on the piano bench, and seems so low-key (NPI) and relaxed. It's funny in one interview with some woman from the New Orleans scene, and you can tell she's all "holy shit, I'm sitting next to Clint Eastwood" and trying to stay cool. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:52 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: In The Tempest, Caliban is enraged when he sees his image in the glass.
I have mornings like that. |
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