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| billyweeds |
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marantzo wrote: No kidding Billy. I guess it makes a difference if you know if the film title is referring to the land they left or the land that they went to.
I never saw the movie; I just always assumed the focus was more on why they left Sweden than why they came here. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:38 pm |
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marantzo wrote: Rod I feel similarly about Alien vs Predator, though I found the underground search etc. impossible to follow location-wise and the acting was horrid, especially the female lead.
Indeed. And like in too many of these things, the best actors - Ewen Bremner and Lance Henriksen - got their pay cheques early. I'd think Henriksen would be fed up with getting torn up by whosits from outer space by now.
Quote: In honour of Cannery Row/Sweet Thursday I suggest that the next time your at the pub, order a beer milkshake.
Lovely touch, but, yuck! |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:40 pm |
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marantzo wrote: .....The Emigrants was directed by Jan Troell.... |
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| censored-03 |
| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:30 pm |
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marantzo if you go back and read my post it was written and posted just a couple of minutes after your post correcting Yambu as was mine ..thus marantzo is (already) on the caper. It's just that you beat me to the punch in old spy movie jargon. (caper= a plan, plot, deed) Some friends and I used to say it so much that sometimes I assume everyone knows what the hell I'm talking about when I mention the phrase on the caper. Nothing meant by it.
I do remember The Emigrants vaguely for the terrible sea-sick scenes. Revolting. |
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| Marilyn |
| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:10 pm |
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I found Tully to be somewhat disappointing. The melodramatic turn it took just didn't resonate with me.
We watched three enjoyable films today in the following order: Titanic (1953), Dr. Dolittle (the original), and Local Hero. From worst to best, but they all were good and worth watching. Titanic's young-love story featuring Robert Wagner was an obvious inspiration for the DiCaprio/Winslet hook-up in the more recent one. Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb, as an estranged couple, were effective, and the final sinking heartbreaking. It was fun to see and hear Anthony Newley in Dolittle. It has been a long time since I heard his odd singing voice; he was a handsome fellow. And everything about Local Hero is a delight, perhaps most especially the Howard-Hughes-tinged oil tycoon played by Burt Lancaster. A lovely day. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:18 pm |
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censored yeah I remember that expression. I got a little mixed up because I wrote a few posts and didn't know what you were refering to.
Marilyn, Local Hero was a delight. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:39 pm |
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Marilyn wrote: We watched three enjoyable films today in the following order: Titanic (1953)...the final sinking heartbreaking.
You're kidding me, right? Holy shit, what a loada cornball. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:37 pm |
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censored-03 wrote: marantzo if you go back and read my post it was written and posted just a couple of minutes after your post correcting Yambu as was mine ..thus marantzo is (already) on the caper. It's just that you beat me to the punch in old spy movie jargon. (caper= a plan, plot, deed)...... |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 2:28 am |
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| Well fuck me with a feather, I loved FINDING NEVERLAND. Cried like a baby. |
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| merlot |
| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 2:32 am |
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I cried, too.....but was oddly irritated that I did.
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 2:43 am |
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Quote: I cried, too.....but was oddly irritated that I did.
yes, the film is manipulative and shallow. But,it still did a number on me. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 3:13 am |
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One of Johnny Depp's greater performances, if you ask me. (and I know that you didn't)
I can see how it would work well as a Home Viewing Toodles, too. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 3:47 am |
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| Local Hero is one of my all time favourites. A gentle, affectionate film redolent of the Ealing comedies with an added moment of genius: the bittersweet ending - is that all there is? |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:48 am |
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| Glad you liked Finding Neverland Marc. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:16 am |
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Marc wrote: Well fuck me with a feather, I loved FINDING NEVERLAND. Cried like a baby.
Probably because of Kate Winslet! |
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