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| billyweeds |
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carrobin wrote: That's what makes horse races, I guess. I was emotionally involved with "Hugo" from the start, and his clockwork home fascinated me. I wish it were doing better at the box office--maybe it needed a couple of vampires in the station.
Did not realize it was not doing well at the box office. You can probably guess that I'm not all that surprised. I don't expect good word of mouth. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:21 am |
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carrobin wrote: That's what makes horse races, I guess. I was emotionally involved with "Hugo" from the start, and his clockwork home fascinated me. I wish it were doing better at the box office--maybe it needed a couple of vampires in the station. |
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billyweeds wrote: carrobin wrote: That's what makes horse races, I guess. I was emotionally involved with "Hugo" from the start, and his clockwork home fascinated me. I wish it were doing better at the box office--maybe it needed a couple of vampires in the station.
Did not realize it was not doing well at the box office. You can probably guess that I'm not all that surprised. I don't expect good word of mouth.
Word of mouth has generally been very good. For some reason it's not showing in Norman, while we have three screens devoted to lovesick vampires. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:31 am |
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carrobin wrote: ...his clockwork home fascinated me.
Me too. As I said, I think the visuals are great. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:03 pm |
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Billy,
Thanks for saving me a $10 movie ticket. You said exactly what I feared the movie would be like. And I love Pagnol, but I don't need to see Scorsese doing Pagnol, let alont Tati (ugh!).
A cute little orphan who lives in a clock: I can't describe to you how much I don't need to sit through that. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:28 pm |
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Quote: Word of mouth has generally been very good. For some reason it's not showing in Norman, while we have three screens devoted to lovesick vampires.
LOL, Syd.....and that's bizarre. Norm's a big college town, so I would expect Scorsese to get a slot somewhere. Is this part of the effect of not being quite far enough away from OKC? IOW, just close enough that the theater chain(s) figure people will drive into south/southeast metro to see it? |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:46 pm |
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Joe Vitus wrote: A cute little orphan who lives in a clock: I can't describe to you how much I don't need to sit through that.
That certainly isn't the way I'd describe Hugo (and the "clock" is a magnificent maze of Victorian ironwork), though I would have liked to have heard some kind of quick explanation of why the absent Uncle Claud apparently never got a paycheck for keeping the station's clocks going. Hugo's a smart little thief, actually. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:31 pm |
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Am now more anxious than ever to see Hugo, after the eloquent cases made by both its fans and non-fans here. It's now opened at the nearby triplex in Los Feliz, with Melancholia playing as well. If the Scorsese! clockworks don't do it for me, why, I'll just go next door and annihilate my depression by default.
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gromit wrote: If you told me that you thought you were a horse for an hour after the credits rolled, and your wife rode you home, I might consider seeing it ...
To hell with War Horse.
I want to see that on film, like, yesterday.
billyweeds wrote: inla--J. Edgar may not be a horrible movie, but when it's bad it's horrible enough for my purposes. Hammer's (and Watts's) makeup alone qualifies it for a Razzie of some sort.
(whispers) Psst: I was trying to be charitable. It is a pretty banal film, save for Leo. Yes, Naomi ends the film looking like a faded IBM copier print of Sally Kellerman's grandmother, and Armie, who needs to fire his agent, resembles late-reel Charles Foster Kane, as played by a poorly peeled coconut. Very scary. |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:37 pm |
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carrobin wrote: All in all, a wonderful, beautiful movie of movies. I'd like to see it again.
Great write up on Hugo. I saw it on Thanksgiving night but only in 2D. Will have to go experience it in 3D.
I called it a love letter to the history of early film making. The surprise performance for me was Sasha Baron Cohen. Such a well done job.
The whole movie was excellent and flowed very well. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:43 pm |
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inlareviewer wrote:
billyweeds wrote: inla--J. Edgar may not be a horrible movie, but when it's bad it's horrible enough for my purposes. Hammer's (and Watts's) makeup alone qualifies it for a Razzie of some sort.
Don't know whether you noted my previous description of Hammer/Colson looking like Jon Voight in Anaconda after the snake ate him. Check it out. And anyone who can make a woman as gorgeous as Naomi Watts look that frumpy deserves an award of some kind, and I say...Razzie! |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:58 pm |
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We Bought A Zoo is the return to greatness that Cameron Crowe appeared to be lost in 2005's Elizabethtown. Most that know me know that I am a huge Cameron Crowe fan, with Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire being two of my favorite movies of all time.
WBAZ returns to the great screenwriting of both of those above movies. There are parts to the movie that echo some scenes from JM, but that's only some on the surface similarities. There's a catch phrase, but it's not the over the top 'Show Me The Money' type. More of the gentle and integrated story reminder (not posting any spoilers until more people see this movie when it goes wide on 12/23).
Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson work very well on screen and their chemistry melds together as distant people that become close.
I never the read the book from where this story is based on (the author's name Benjamin Mee - is used by Matt Damon's character), but one doesn't need to to enjoy this story. There are some slow parts of the movie, but Damon and co-star Thomas Haden Church's humorous abilities bring it right back, without losing any of the story telling.
As I started this out, I am biased because I'm a fan, but as a fan, I'm also able to know when one of his few films he's made isn't firing on all pistons. WBAZ hits it on all levels for me. |
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| I liked the movie Elizabethtown. And I passed by that town every time I drive to and from Atlanta. Always tempted to turn off and have a look at it but I'm too concerned with making time and never do. |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:26 pm |
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| Seeing We Bought a Zoo tonight, and must say Chilly's review has made it more tantalizing. |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:49 pm |
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marantzo wrote: I liked the movie Elizabethtown. And I passed by that town every time I drive to and from Atlanta. Always tempted to turn off and have a look at it but I'm too concerned with making time and never do.
I tried to like it, but it was very scattered. It was missing the flow that leaves you with a sense of story completion that his other films do. It tried to tie up all of the lose ends, but for me, I got lost.
I've seen Elizabethtown 4 times so far and while the scenery and camera work is good, the story didn't work as well as it should have. |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:26 pm |
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Quote: ...and Armie, who needs to fire his agent, resembles late-reel Charles Foster Kane, as played by a poorly peeled coconut...
I went and observed Jon Voight's post-peristalsis makeup at Youtube, and then peeled a coconut (with me, the "poorly" is a given), in order to fully compare and appreciate the similes tendered to date. It's really too close to call, at this point.
Chilly, I am usually not overwhelmed by ScarJo, but I'm starting to believe that Damon has a knack for bringing out the best in his female leads. Will check it out. As for Hugo, I sorta had Joe V's reaction, but so much fuss is being made that now I'm curious and might let the first-run anaconda swallow me and then marinate in its historical and three-dimensional juices. |
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