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| marantzo |
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She had a few other roles, but didn't continue acting. She went to the U of Minnesota and we went out together when she came back to Winnipeg. On one of our dates we went to a drive-in and were checked by a Mountie when leaving. He found a bottle of booze and took it. I had an argument with him and he called for backup. I ended up in a jail and was sprung that night by my brother who was a lawyer. When the cops were taking me down to the cell I told them that they didn't have to hold my arms I could walk without the help. The fat cop on one side told me to shut up. I told him I don't have to shut up, fatso. and he smacked me in the face. My lip was bleeding. As I sat in the holding cell I wondered if I could break out of there some way, Of course I couldn't.
My date and I kept going out and her being a very proper young women I was surprised that she found my actions quite exciting (or something like that). I went to Paris and that was the end of our dating. We wrote to each other. She married a very nice, very bright guy.
Is that any better, whiskey?
No we never slept with each other, just some hot making out in the car. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:30 pm |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Glad your modem's working, Marj.
It's an off and on situation, Joe. But I have my fingers crossed. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:33 pm |
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| I'm crossing my fingers, too. We need you around here. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:05 pm |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:50 am |
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| Just saw Limitless. A morality tale (drugs change your personality, make you do crazy shit, make you crash bad) that sort of pulls that rug out from under itself in the final act. Brad Cooper gets an experimental drug that is kind of Super Caffeine, giving you immense clarity and the ability to recall every scrap of information that ever passed in front of you. The cinematog is quite a ride, eye-popping rushes through the big city that convey a juiced-up consciousness. What makes the film fun and interesting is the way it subverts its message. You leave the theater with something to think about, instead of some platitude all neatly packaged. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:51 am |
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I was watching The Last Waltz (see the short reviews forum, I liked it) and was struck by how many members of the Band (and several guests too) looked like lumberjacks. Not Joni Mitchell and Mavis Staples, of course, but of the five Band members, four of them did.
Levon Helm doesn't like movie because he thinks it shortchanges the members of the band who are not Robbie Robertson (who produced the film), like it was Robbie and a backup band. I thought Helm came across very well--he did sing the Band's three most famous songs, after all, but I agree with him about the other three members. I was a long way through the movie before I realized one of the members was named Garth, and it wasn't until the closing credits that I realized there were Band members named Richie and Richard. One person who I thought was a member wasn't.
I must admit, though, the only member of the Band I could name in a pinch is Levon Helm. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:42 am |
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| I too loved Limitless. Extraordinarily well acted by Bradley Cooper--it's practically a one-man show--and brilliantly photographed, with a riveting, sorta mind-bending story. This is a movie that has unanimous word of mouth in my experience. Absolutely everyone I know who sees it loves it. An instant classic which was given extremely unappreciative reviews by "critics." Fuck 'em. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:02 am |
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| The critics negativity is baffling. We're looking at a future where all kinds of human augmentation may be possible -- from nanotechnology to bionics to Kurzweil's "singularity" (smart machines, uploading human brains into machines, etc.) -- and someone makes a film that addresses this in a reasonably plausible way. The film deserves more respect for that, as well as the fine performance of Cooper. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:07 am |
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| Cooper is my early choice for Best Actor, just as Kristen Wiig is my Best Actress. Of course (since he's in a genre-ish thriller and she's in a slapstick comedy), neither of them stands a chance in hell against more "important" work by Adrien Brody, Kate Winslet, Johnny Depp, Nicole Kidman, or who knows what "respected" actor comes down the pike. Are you listening, Rachel Weisz? |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:45 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: I too loved Limitless. Extraordinarily well acted by Bradley Cooper--it's practically a one-man show--and brilliantly photographed, with a riveting, sorta mind-bending story. This is a movie that has unanimous word of mouth in my experience. Absolutely everyone I know who sees it loves it. An instant classic which was given extremely unappreciative reviews by "critics." Fuck 'em.
I don't think I've read any critic's reviews of Limitless. I saw it when I wanted to see a movie and I looked it up. Then I remembered seeing the preview and it looked good to me. Needless to say, after seeing the very impressive opening shots (I don't remember if they were over the titles or not), I figured I was in for a great ride and I wasn't disappointed.
Cooper did carry the movie. Being the only performer who wasn't in a supporting role, he had to.
I didn't know the critics were unimpressed by the movie. The metacritics on IMDB gave it a 59/100 rating. The users gave it 73/100. So much for the critics. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:17 pm |
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| It wasn't so much a negative reaction as generally a "meh" one. Which is undeserved. The movie is crisply paced, interesting from beginning to end, and unusually surprising. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:35 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: It wasn't so much a negative reaction as generally a "meh" one. Which is undeserved. The movie is crisply paced, interesting from beginning to end, and unusually surprising.
Yes it is and i was so happy that it didn't Spoiler ahead, end with some kind of penitent lesson. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:49 pm |
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| The Coen's True Grit did it better, but, I thoroughly enjoyed Ed Harris's Apaloosa with its undersated blend of old, New World manners and mores and modern realism. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:21 pm |
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| My friend who copies films off the Internet just sent me a new batch--three John Hurt flicks and "Bridesmaids." Plus the 2010 remake of "Brighton Rock"--I'd forgotten that even happened. Has anyone seen it? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:32 pm |
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marantzo wrote: billyweeds wrote: It wasn't so much a negative reaction as generally a "meh" one. Which is undeserved. The movie is crisply paced, interesting from beginning to end, and unusually surprising.
Yes it is and i was so happy that it didn't Spoiler ahead, end with some kind of penitent lesson.
Agree completely;in fact, quite the opposite--very refreshingly. |
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