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| Syd |
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| I like The Artist quite a bit, and pretty much agree with inla. I'm not sure about winning Best Picture, but it certainly deserves the nomination and most of its other Oscar nominations. I really liked Bérénice Bejo and I was glad to see her get a nomination. And Uggie definitely deserved winning the Palm Dog Award at Cannes. The last scene is a delight. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:24 pm |
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Of course, Marc........forget the Oscars remember what was really good.
Two of my favorites last year were: Terri and Tabloid. Anyone heard of them? And the actor in the movie about Sadam Hussein's son. (memory flaws). |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:46 pm |
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| Terri was wonderful, a truly forgotten film that I'm very glad I saw. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:47 am |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:37 pm |
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Sean Penn has so little sense of humor he probably wouldn't consider Duck Soup or Some Like It Hot comedies. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:39 pm |
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I hope he knows Ridgemont High was a comedy.
But yeah, the contrast here was strange. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:32 pm |
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| I think Penn is a real humanitarian, and a pretty good director, but I have never been dazzled by his acting skills. I'd see it for Frances McDormand and the possibly weird chemistry she would have with Penn. I have no idea what that means. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:25 am |
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http://www.colesmithey.com/reviews/2012/01/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-.html
Don't know if this reviewer's website tagline is accurate, but I can say he doesn't pull his punches.
He likes The Woman in Black....I want to like it, for the not-very-good reason that I haven't seen any good horror in eons and yet remain an optimist. |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:14 am |
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| The Grey is just grim. It's unbearable. Well made, well acted, well photographed, but just one icky eaten-by-wolves death after another with next to no catharsis. Hard-going non-entertainment. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:54 am |
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| Billy, I have seen previews of Grey and have read about it. That is why I never intended to see it for the exact reasons that you wrote about. Plus, I don't like to watch movies that are full of snow and cold. Living in Winnipeg has something to do with that. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:18 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: The Grey is just grim. It's unbearable. Well made, well acted, well photographed, but just one icky eaten-by-wolves death after another with next to no catharsis...
Except for the wolves. One hopes. Big meal and all.
Lincoln has the dubious honor of getting the most snowfall out of the monster storm that swept the northern plains. A golfing and rollerblading weird non-winter and then, wham, a foot or more of snow. |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:27 pm |
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I'll be skipping The Grey for sure.
Haywire sounds like Soderbergh makes a Bourne style film with a female MMA fighter as the lead.
Make that another pass.
I'm watching Godard's Film Socialisme 2010. Polemical and not very linear. One odd interesting aspect is that the first 45 minutes were filmed on the Costa Concordia cruise ship now half submerged off the rocky coast of Italy. Another (intentional) oddity -- the "Navajo" subtitles which boil things down primarily to short strings of nouns. Godard took a translation of the dialogue and cut out all the words he didn't like or want. So it's like a keyword approach to subtitles. Provocative, but after 15 minutes of that, I switched on the full English subs.
The beginning part captures various snippets of dialogue from a shipload of people. Cruise ship as metaphor for the rich decadent Western world at drift. I'm less sure what to make of the family who runs a gas station and garage, and likes arguing politics and semantics, but isn't thrilled with journalists (or Germans). |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:04 pm |
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Rumor has it the MMA chick is great with the kicks and punches, but can't act her way out of a paper bag. Yeah, pass.
Concordia sinking adds a weird Bunuelian subtext to the Godard film. As for "navajo" subtitles, me no like. |
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bartist wrote: billyweeds wrote: The Grey is just grim. It's unbearable. Well made, well acted, well photographed, but just one icky eaten-by-wolves death after another with next to no catharsis...
Except for the wolves. One hopes. Big meal and all.
Lincoln has the dubious honor of getting the most snowfall out of the monster storm that swept the northern plains. A golfing and rollerblading weird non-winter and then, wham, a foot or more of snow.
Meanwhile, Norman hasn't had a flake of snow all winter. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:25 pm |
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Finally saw "The Descendants" today. Wonderful film, and I think Clooney has a lock on Oscar.
So now I can look around and try to catch "The Separation" and "The Artist" and other movies that will get away if I don't hurry.
I too saw a trailer for "The Grey" a few weeks ago and knew it wasn't for me. I don't patronize anti-wolf flicks. |
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