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| bartist |
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whiskeypriest wrote: bartist wrote: The most unnecessary puke scene remains, for me, the obese diner in Monty Python's TMOL. Unnecessary? Nonsense. Puking was that scene's raison d'etre.
Well, yes. I meant the whole scene. Just wasn't that funny. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:03 am |
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carrobin wrote:
I've never looked at an after-dinner mint the same way since.
I daresay I will never look at a Jordan almond the same way after the dress shop scene in Bridesmaids. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:08 am |
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bartist wrote: whiskeypriest wrote: bartist wrote: The most unnecessary puke scene remains, for me, the obese diner in Monty Python's TMOL. Unnecessary? Nonsense. Puking was that scene's raison d'etre.
Well, yes. I meant the whole scene. Just wasn't that funny. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:09 am |
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| Ok, I can see that. It was a "meta" vomit scene. Postmodern puke. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:17 pm |
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whiskeypriest wrote: bartist wrote: The most unnecessary puke scene remains, for me, the obese diner in Monty Python's TMOL. Unnecessary? Nonsense. Puking was that scene's raison d'etre.
Hear hear, or is it here here. How could I have forgotten that puke scene. A classic! |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:35 pm |
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| Enough of this puking business, I saw The Lincoln Lawyer today. Very good lawyer crime movie. I enjoyed every minute of it and all the characters. Two hours well spent. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:07 pm |
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marantzo wrote: Enough of this puking business, I saw The Lincoln Lawyer today. Very good lawyer crime movie. I enjoyed every minute of it and all the characters. Two hours well spent.
I saw it last night and agree with Gary. Liked it a lot.
(But not nearly as much as Bridesmaids.)  |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:03 pm |
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| As the dismembered wife told her husband to tell Joaquin Phoenix, "Swing awayyyy!" |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:35 am |
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The Shanghai Film Festival gets underway this weekend. Looks like they have a small Noir program -- Sunset Blvd, Kiss Me Deadly, The Two Timing Postman, Maltese Falcon and Casablanca. Sunset or KMD would be nice on a big screen.
I think I'll try to catch The Adjustment Bureau since it's rare for me to see a new film in a theater.
The Illusionist also playing but I've seen it on dvd. Though should look nice big-screened.
Rango?
Any thought on Rango?
No idea yet on the international competition films.
The titles that caught my eye:
The Most Important Thing in Life is Not Being Dead
Woman on Fire Looks for Water
Solitude of Prime Numbers (which I do recall hearing sth about)
Metropolis is also playing which I assume is the restored version with the extra recently found footage. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:12 am |
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To keep this Current, here is a list of the competition films at the Shanghai Film Fest (SIFF).
Skimming through now and nothing has really jumped out as eye-worthy. OF course the fairly basic plot synopses and mediocre English doesn't really help. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:31 am |
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Are the festival contesting movies limited to Europe and Asia or is that just a coincidence? |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:56 am |
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Well, the first listed competition film is from Argentina.
But I think they try to promote Asian films.
And have connections in Europe.
A number of Chinese films premiere in Berlin.
And there seem to be some German-Chinese joint venture films. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:17 am |
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| Rango's better seen on the big screen. Reasonably good film with surprisingly non-cuddly critters for an animated film. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:28 am |
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| I am so over Johnny Depp that Rango has no appeal for me. Neither does Pirates. Something about the whole aura of Depp turns me off, and I can't quite understand what people see in him. I liked him in Ed Wood. Period. If someone can explain his charm, elucidate, please. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:43 am |
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I like Depp.
He has a roguish charm.
But looking at his filmography, I only seem to like his early films, the Eds (Woods and Scissorhands) and Dead Man.
Haven't seen any pirate films.
Looks like he hasn't done much useful in a while.
He used to take on rather quirky and interesting roles. |
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