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| bartist |
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| Help me to understand the appeal of The Hunger Games to someone past their teens. Let's say I'm a middle-aged guy who saw Battle Royale a decade ago and didn't think much of it. What would entice me to watch THG, which sounds like a slick American retread of BR...or its sequelae? Is being weary of dystopian movies an absolute barrier or could I work around that? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:06 pm |
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| I can scarcely describe the lack of interest I have in seeing The Hunger Games or any of its sequels. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 6:22 pm |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:31 pm |
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| Went to see The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. I've never read the books, and I didn't see the first movie, but I really enjoyed this and plan watch the first movie and maybe even read the books. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:29 am |
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billyweeds wrote: I can scarcely describe the lack of interest I have in seeing The Hunger Games or any of its sequels. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:32 am |
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| It's too early in the morning for paradox. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:43 am |
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bartist wrote: It's too early in the morning for paradox.
Is this a paradox?
"I can't even work up enough interest to post about how uninterested I am."
I think so. And it's never too early to ask, "Then, whiskeypriest, who posted that for you?" |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:56 am |
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bartist wrote: It's too early in the morning for paradox. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:19 am |
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Heh! I was recently struggling with a wifi tablet, and discovered that you can obtain a little stick that pokes the letters, and gets around the "fat thumbs" problem. I think the old-school PDA, like the Palm, had a similar poking stick. The disadvantage, of course, is that you then only have one hand involved in the typing process. (and you need a case that has a stick-holder)
I think there is a current film which addresses this problem. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:51 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: bartist wrote: It's too early in the morning for paradox.
Is this a paradox?
"I can't even work up enough interest to post about how uninterested I am."
I think so. And it's never too early to ask, "Then, whiskeypriest, who posted that for you?" |
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| Befade |
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Since it is usually miles and miles between me and a good movie I have to be choosy.
Kill Your Darlings was worth the drive. Recently I've read On the Road, Queer, and poems by Ginsberg that he wrote shortly before his death. Ginsberg has a view of his limited time left that is not only thoughtful but funny and the opposite of pompous.
Any movie about the Beat Generation is going to interest me now. This one featuring Daniel Radcliffe as Ginsberg throws light on the origin of this group of culture disrupting, yet successful writers. A man named Lucien Carr met Ginsberg at Columbia and introduced him to Burroughs, Kerouac, and Dean Morriarity. He was also at the center of the puzzling death of a gay friend of his. Carr went on to work as an editor for UPI, marry and father 3 children. He left behind his beat streak but kept in touch with all the men he brought together in the 40's.
Radciffe is able to show the sensitivity of Ginsberg.......dealing with his mentally ill mother and recognizing his own homosexuality. And the actor who played Carr is a stand out but you knew that if you saw him on In Treatment or Beyond the Pines......Dane DeHaan.
Next up.......home viewing of Howl. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:23 am |
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| It's been a long, long time since I was all jacked up about seeing an animated film, but Frozen sounds amazing. I also want to see Philomena, Delivery Man, and In a World... as well as (more obviously) Inside Llewyn Davis, American Hustle, and The Wolf of Wall Street--though for some strange reason I have the feeling that TWoWS is going to suck. (For starters, it's three fucking hours long.) |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 9:25 am |
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| Def want to see KYD, Philo., ILD, but am unsure what to make of mixed buzz about Oldboy. Always wary when it's a remake (Korean original, 2003), plus the long list of actors who turned down roles in it. Was the original any good? |
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bartist wrote: Def want to see KYD, Philo., ILD, but am unsure what to make of mixed buzz about Oldboy. Always wary when it's a remake (Korean original, 2003), plus the long list of actors who turned down roles in it. Was the original any good?
The original is...original. But good? Only if you have a strong tolerance for meaningless albeit ultra-stylish violence. Must say it held my interest for a pretty long time, but ultimately bailed because it was getting monotonous. |
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bartist wrote: Def want to see KYD, Philo., ILD, but am unsure what to make of mixed buzz about Oldboy. Always wary when it's a remake (Korean original, 2003), plus the long list of actors who turned down roles in it. Was the original any good?
Maybe you haven't heard the buzz on American Hustle. Generally I despise the whole concept of "buzz," but in this case it sounds deserved. Cannot wait to see it; directed by David O. Russell, whose work (with one huge exception) I love, starring Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, etc. Russell directed both Lawrence and Bale to Oscars and the story of AH is supposedly crackerjack. |
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