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| bartist |
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| "First Date Do's and Dont's," by Travis Bickle. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 5:25 pm |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 10:19 pm |
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| yambu |
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| Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack ('73) is is my all-time favorite romantic pop tune. |
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| Joe Vitus |
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| Really enjoyed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel without feeling any particular need to recommend it. It goes on a bit long, and Maggie Smith unfortunately turns a saccharine corner near the end that does not work (and it's not the character's change that's the problem, unfortunately; Smith just doesn't play it right). Yet I found it funny and touching, with a kind of uplift I don't mind succumbing to. |
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 8:43 am |
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| The trailer, which may or may not mislead, made it look too consciously aimed at an elder demogaphic. Out here, if you pitch a film that way, everyone at the matinee showing has white hair. |
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| I saw the "Marigold Hotel" trailer as well--with my Indian friend--and it looked like fun. And this morning I heard on the news that it was doing much better than expected in a limited run (which will soon be broadened), apparently due to the fact that there are so few other films that older people want to see. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 2:47 pm |
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| The balancing of the story of the elderly people with that of Dev Patel (who runs the hotel) is interesting, and probably calculated to bring in some younger people. But it's frustrating to me that only older people would be interested in the movie's characters, which is in fact sort of the subtext of the movie to begin with. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 12:11 am |
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I hate to say this........but where's this prejudice against older people coming from? Aren't there enough movies already for younger people?
How many are for older people anyway? Geez, show some respect for the seniors among us.
I saw Marigold a week ago at the only theatre in AZ that showed it. I swear everyone with a white hair or a wrinkle in a 100 mile radius of Phoenix was there. Shows every hour.......all sold out. Applause at the end......and even Oscar buzz.
This film is a phenom. (I didn't think it was a great film but I enjoyed it......the dialogue was too hackneyed for me.) This week it's showing everywhere. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 2:21 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Really enjoyed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel without feeling any particular need to recommend it. It goes on a bit long, and Maggie Smith unfortunately turns a saccharine corner near the end that does not work (and it's not the character's change that's the problem, unfortunately; Smith just doesn't play it right). Yet I found it funny and touching, with a kind of uplift I don't mind succumbing to.
It was not on my "To see" list, but I have now added it in pencil, not in ink. |
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 2:46 am |
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My general impression is that as the Boomers age we are getting more films about older people and more roles for older actors.
The Paperboy -- Lee Daniels follow-up to Precious -- is getting good early reviews for Nicole Kidman. A reporter and his brother investigate a murder conviction and engage with the underbelly of New Orleans, or somesuch.
I didn't know that Daniels was a gay black man, raising a relatives two children he's adopted. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 12:38 pm |
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Befade wrote: I hate to say this........but where's this prejudice against older people coming from? Aren't there enough movies already for younger people?
How many are for older people anyway? Geez, show some respect for the seniors among us.
Not sure where this is directed. My comment was that it's sad that younger people in Nebraska feel that such movies have nothing to offer them, so that the ONLY attendees are elderly. It feels unnatural to enter a theater, being 50-ish, and be younger than everyone else by two decades. If a story is good, then why should a younger (or somewhat younger) audience shy away from it? |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 7:11 pm |
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| Funny thing, but when I go to a Guy Maddin movie (rarely go to a night movie) the audience is filled with the elderly. I'm no kid myself but they are an older bunch than I. I think a lot of them might be relatives of him or friends with his family. Anyway they have good taste and it does seem like the much younger crowd has very limited taste. |
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 9:07 pm |
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Quote: It feels unnatural to enter a theater, being 50-ish, and be younger than everyone else by two decades.
Bart...........that is a funny statement. In other words you need people younger than yourself to help you feel comfortable in a theatre. (Or the threat of close proximity to 70 and 80 year olds cannot be underestimated.)
I know some seniors who went to The Hunger Games to see what the young folks are thinking about. Are there any young folks out there who are curious about what the old folks are thinking? |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 10:25 pm |
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I'm pretty sure he was kidding, Betsy.  |
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