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| billyweeds |
 Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:47 pm |
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| Despite my growing love for Gosling (Of the ones you mentioned, Blue Valentine and Fracture were particularly awesome), I have no desire at all to see The Notebook, his biggest hit to date. Sounds absolutely icky. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:24 pm |
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| The university here has a Claes Oldenburg sculpture called Torn Notebook. When a friend and I staggered out of a showing of The Notebook, we wandered a couple of blocks over to the sculpture and sat under it, making jokes and basically tearing The Notebook to pieces. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:45 pm |
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| The Notebook did have Gena Rowlands in it..........she's never to be missed. I can't remember Gosling.......just know that's where he got together with Rachel McAdams. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:11 pm |
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| Gena Rowlands and James Garner, two of my favorites. But I just caught parts of it on TV. I've never seen a Ryan Gosling movie. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:10 am |
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| I saw Gosling in Half-Nelson, where I liked him and Nancy couldn't stand him, and in Stay, where I thought he was okay. And apparently in Murder by Numbers, where I was more impressed by Sandra Bullock in what may be her best performance. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:28 am |
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bartist wrote: It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners. Shoot, I sure hope he makes the finals.
Upward, onward, heart beating, legs straining. Then, at the summit, at trail’s end, I see a silhouette of something big and black. I’m doomed. I’ve been mulling that wonderful line, attributed to a baseball pitcher, but used by Native Americans and put to good use in “The Big Lebowski”: Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.
In this case, the bear is a horse, and comes with a wrangler, chewing tobacco.
“See you got your bear spray,” he says.
“Yep.”
“You know, that stuff is pretty pricey ($52!).
And may not even save you.
A grizzly charges you, she’s gonna run right through the spray.”
“That so.”
“You’re better off using bee spray.”
“But won’t the bear run through that as well?”
“Probably.
But the bee spray is only gonna cost you two bucks.” |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:12 am |
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Syd wrote: I saw Gosling in Half-Nelson, where I liked him and Nancy couldn't stand him, and in Stay, where I thought he was okay. And apparently in Murder by Numbers, where I was more impressed by Sandra Bullock in what may be her best performance.
Gosling was rather (I might even say "very") miscast in Murder by Numbers, but I still thought he held his own. Bullock was better than usual. The movie is not bad at all and (for a mainstream feature) surprisingly grim.
Gosling can polarize people (I'm referring to Nancy's reaction). My best friend, who doesn't usually have such strong reactions for or against, despised Gosling's performance in Fracture, which my friend found actory and excessive.
I've rarely felt less than ecstatic about Gosling's performances. (Loved him in Half Nelson, which btw has no hyphen in the title.) Seeing The Ides of March on Tuesday, and can't wait. The experience will be enhanced by an after-screening Q&A with director/co-star George Clooney. Should be fun. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:43 am |
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The Ides of March are arriving early, then.
I remember seeing Murder by Numbers and thinking it was pretty grim - would have to see again to say if Gosling was miscast or not. Gosling's Steve McQ fandom manifested in that film, as it was he who asked the director if he could drive a Mustang, the same car that McQ drove in Bullitt. I really liked him in Stay, an under-appreciated sci-fi reality bender.
Gromit -- curious whence comes your bear spray anecdote. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:43 am |
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carrobin wrote: Gena Rowlands and James Garner, two of my favorites. But I just caught parts of it on TV. I've never seen a Ryan Gosling movie. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:41 am |
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bartist wrote:
Gromit -- curious whence comes your bear spray anecdote.
Yeah, sorry, I closed the window and lost the link before I pasted that stuff here.
The easiest way to find anything like that is to just copy the first paragraph and drop it whole into google.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/sometimes-the-bear-gets-you/
The part I quoted comes at the very end.
$52 for bear spray seems ridiculous.
I hear the bears only pay $12 for human spray. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:00 pm |
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Quote: Gosling was rather (I might even say "very") miscast in Murder by Numbers, but I still thought he held his own. Bullock was better than usual. The movie is not bad at all and (for a mainstream feature) surprisingly grim.
I've seen that movie two or three times........I was most interested in Michael Pitt.......and found Gosling unlikeable but not at all miscast. That is one of my favorite Bullock movies......along with The Net. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:48 pm |
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| I've seen it a couple of times myself. Despite flaws, it's really interesting, not least because of its unusual depressive quality. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:26 pm |
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Barbet Shroeder.
If you are looking forward to Lars Von Trier's latest (Melancholia with Kirsten Dunst) check her out along with Gosling in All Good Things. It streams on Netflix........is greatly overlooked......has Frank Langella and Lilly Rabe (Jill Clayburgh's daughter)..........
Billy........if you like depressive quality it's there. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:12 am |
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| I'm a real fan of Gosling, so I'm excited to see Ides of March too. Looks like my kind of film. I can hardly wait. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:44 am |
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Marj wrote: I'm a real fan of Gosling, so I'm excited to see Ides of March too. Looks like my kind of film. I can hardly wait.
Don't miss Drive in your eagerness to see The Ides of March. The latter seems more my kind of movie, but Drive is as good as it gets. |
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