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| bartist |
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Quote: Most of his films feature a female protagonist who is obsessive and energetic, but often directs her energies in misguided schemes. Occasionally it's as though Lucy Ricardo was a committed communist, though that's far too glib.
Glib, but funny.
Kluge -- heard of him and I see our local PL has a couple of his films, incl. Yesterday Girl. I welcome a subversive layer in anything, so might check it out. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:26 am |
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As a member of the SAG nominating committee, I am now beginning to receive screeners of movies I "missed" (read: didn't want to see in the first place). The latest of these is a piece of manipulative crap called The Music Never Stopped, which predictably got a bunch of really nice reviews when it opened last spring (along with some semi-pans).
The ubiquitous J.K. Simmons (Juno's dad in Juno, Brenda's boss on The Closer, J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man movies) plays the rock-music-hating father of a rock-music-loving son who gets a brain tumor and can only be reached through the music of the late 60s and early 70s. Guess who bridges the "generation gap" and becomes a reluctant Dylan-loving Deadhead. Ick. I like Simmons a lot, but fandom only goes so far. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:28 am |
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Are there any good brain tumor movies? Phenomenon -- no. Autumn in New York -- no. Trying to think...
JK Simmons fandom also does not extend to "Garth Pancake."
Saw A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop last night -- or the 45 minutes I could stand. Gromit has it right -- the director can't do comedy. Or the humor is getting lost in translation. Now I just want to rewatch Blood Simple and get the taste of noodles out of my mouth. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:56 am |
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bartist wrote: Are there any good brain tumor movies? Phenomenon -- no. Autumn in New York -- no. Trying to think...
JK Simmons fandom also does not extend to "Garth Pancake."
Neither Simmons nor my status as admitted Coen Bros fanboy can save that movie. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:07 am |
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| Thanks, I was indeed switching Charlize's tumor with Winona's heart glitch. Getting back to the tumor movie question -- is Fight Club in the equation? Is Tyler Durden an actual tumor, or purely a psychological response to a soul-deadening office job? Bullet therapy works, but the trajectory of the Durden-excising bullet seems to be south of the brain, AFAICT. |
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| grace |
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| Dark Victory is a brain tumor movie, and either a three-Kleenex event or good for some giggles, depending on one's mood and/or sensibilities. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:01 am |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:24 am |
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| Cut out....like a tumor? |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:29 am |
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bartist wrote: Cut out....like a tumor?
LOL. No, I had asked what the Coen brothers had to do with this discussion. But then I looked at the one thing I wasn't familiar with, "Garth Pancake," and figured it out. I will never see The Ladykillers, for several reasons:
1) The original was too good to mess with.
2) Sounds like the Coen brothers' worst movie.
3) I have had it up to here with Tom Hanks. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:00 pm |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:05 pm |
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| The attempt to comedically link Garth's IBS and his proficiency with demolitions was one that suggested to me that Joel and Ethan took a few days off and left the Farrelly brothers in charge. As for Hanks, his attempt to channel a Flannery O'Connor character ("Manly Pointer" in "Good Country People") is just....so wrong. And yes, what need to remake perfection? |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:48 pm |
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marantzo wrote: So for you Tom tanks.
In recent years, yes. He's a wonderful comedian but only an okay dramatic actor. Too bad Hollywood steered him down what I consider the wrong road. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:16 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: marantzo wrote: So for you Tom tanks.
In recent years, yes. He's a wonderful comedian but only an okay dramatic actor. Too bad Hollywood steered him down what I consider the wrong road.
I agree. I think it might have started with Philadelphia. For me the only actor in it I liked was Denzel Washington and I'm not usually impressed by his performances. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:30 pm |
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| I love Denzel in general, and I thought he stole Philadelphia lock, stock, and barrel. Hanks was mediocre at best, and then he won again with Forrest Gump the following year. IMO his movie peaks were Big and A League of Their Own and he was even better on television in Bosom Buddies and Family Ties. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:42 pm |
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| Tom Hanks would be great with his own talk show--he's obviously in his element when he's kidding around with Letterman or other interviewers. He's a naturally funny guy. |
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