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bruin
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MOVIES - "Two Thumbs Up," or just one finger?
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Jun 23 12:08 UTC 1995 |
Continued discussion of Spring Agora Item #11 (Movie reviews)
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peacefrg
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response 1 of 197:
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Jun 25 18:24 UTC 1995 |
Has anybody seen Sex, Lies, And Videotape? Any good?
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kerouac
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response 2 of 197:
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Jun 25 20:22 UTC 1995 |
"Sex, lies and videotape" is a bizarre film but really very good. It
deals with perceptions and reality. Some wouldnt like it because the
central character (james spader) videotapes all of his sexual
encounters because I guess he cant believe he's in them. Good Movie.
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general
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response 3 of 197:
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Jul 1 02:12 UTC 1995 |
I'm going to see "Apollo 13" the first chance I get. Tom Hanks is slowly
becoming my favorite actor.
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sbj
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response 4 of 197:
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Jul 1 12:49 UTC 1995 |
I liked it.
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helmke
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response 5 of 197:
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Jul 1 13:20 UTC 1995 |
Saw "Die Hard [3]" last night. Pretty good plot, for a Die Hard film, with
no huge plot holes like II. Action was *great*, better than Batman, except
that the explosions were a bit too reminiscent of OK City...
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bjt
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response 6 of 197:
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Jul 1 13:23 UTC 1995 |
Apollo 13 was very well done. Quite intense. Can't imagine how
much more suspenseful it would have been not knowing the outcome.
Incidentally, the grandma is played by Ron Howard's mother and the
clergyman at Lovell's house is Rance, his father.
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general
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response 7 of 197:
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Jul 1 13:25 UTC 1995 |
Bet you didn't know that some of the airport scenes in Die Hard ll were taped
in my hometown.
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iggy
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response 8 of 197:
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Jul 1 14:55 UTC 1995 |
i'd watch anything with keanu reeves in it, just because he is cute.
even if it is a terrible movie....
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helmke
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response 9 of 197:
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Jul 1 20:34 UTC 1995 |
Re: #7: Yes, Alpena. I used to be a stagehand in Lansing, and know some of
the people who worked on the shoot.
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popcorn
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response 10 of 197:
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Jul 2 03:13 UTC 1995 |
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achilles
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response 11 of 197:
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Jul 2 17:29 UTC 1995 |
Riddle me this: What has four famous actors, three faboulus women and no plot?
Batman forever. Din't like it. I felt sorry for Tommy Lee Jones. He was one of
my favorite actors. He kicked ass in the Fugitive.
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kerouac
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Jul 2 20:18 UTC 1995 |
Question of the day: Who is the best looking "batwoman"?
1. Kim Basinger (Batman)
2. Michelle Pfieffer (Batman Returns)
3. Nicole Kidman (Batman Forever)
This is a toughy, and Bruce Wayne would do well to marry any of the
three, but I'd have to go with Basinger by slightly because she IS
from Georgia. Then again Nicole Kidman knows karate...hmmm
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general
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response 13 of 197:
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Jul 2 20:51 UTC 1995 |
Gonna have to go with #2.
Saw Apollo 13 yesterday night. All I thought it would be and then some. I was
amazed, Tom Hanks continues to pund out one great performance after another
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anne
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response 14 of 197:
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Jul 2 23:00 UTC 1995 |
re #8- I second that emotion!! :_
er :) ooppsss...
the best 'batwoman' has gotta be Selena Kyle, Catwoman. She's tough,
smart, and DOES NOT JUST STAND THERE AND SCREAM!!!!!!
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paradigm
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response 15 of 197:
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Jul 3 01:43 UTC 1995 |
OK "JUDGES" Anyone seen that SLY guy as the comic hero Judge Dread? WOW whatr
an awsome flick. Talk about excessive gunplay, it was great. True to much
of what makes that comic so cool. 2 thumbs up because "I AM THE LAW!"
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birdlady
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response 16 of 197:
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Jul 3 07:00 UTC 1995 |
I saw _Batman Forever_ tonight, and I really liked it. Nicole Kidman's
character didn't have much of a place in it though, except to provide
visual feasting. It was cheey in some places, but overall I thought it
was great. =) ^
cheesy
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goro
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response 17 of 197:
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Jul 3 15:52 UTC 1995 |
Batman is okay, Apollo 13 is pretty good, Dredd is fine, but everyone must
go see Friday. That is the funniest movie I have seen since Clerks. And no,
I'm not black!
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helmke
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response 18 of 197:
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Jul 3 16:06 UTC 1995 |
Ok, I finally found the obligatory gaping plot hole in the latest Die Hard
venture. What with these super high tech "binary component" bombs where the
contents of one tank has to be pumped into the other, why couldn't they just
separate the two tanks, either by clamping the lines or draining off one of
the tanks?
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gregc
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response 19 of 197:
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Jul 4 05:51 UTC 1995 |
Saw _Apollo 13_ tonight. A+. This was the best film about spaceflight I
have ever seen.
Two things you have to know: I grew up with the space program. I have followed
every aspect of it all my live and have been a very ardent supporter. I am
also very picky about technical detail in movies, both from a "Hey, that
such-and-such doesn't work that way", to "Hey, any normal human being in
that situation wouldn't act that way". The line most often heard when I
watch movies with other people is: "Greg, quit complaining, shut up and
watch the movie!" :-)
Given all that, I was *amazed* at the attention to detail, the historical
accurracy, the sets, the acting. The few things I did find to quible about
were trivial and not worth mentioning.
If you have had any interest in the space program, this is a *must* see.
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janc
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response 20 of 197:
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Jul 5 07:57 UTC 1995 |
Apollo 13 was very impressive. It ought to grab a lot of academy awards.
I was especially impressed by the way they handled the NASA techno-jargo.
They just throw it at you full-force, sneaking in just enough explanation
to let you get the gist. It's danged audacious film making to let the
actors spend half their time speaking veritable gibberish, but they pulled
it off. Ron Howard deserves best director for this.
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gregc
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response 21 of 197:
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Jul 5 10:22 UTC 1995 |
What was even more impressive, was that it was *accurate* techno-jargon
90+% of the time. It's one thing to just throw out alot of fancy sounding
jargon that doesn't make any sense, becuase you know that 95% of your
audience won't know it's nonsense, it's quite another to do the research
to get it all accurate.
After thinking about this movie for another day, I'd have to say that my
biggest complaint(and it's not very big), is that they over-dramaticized
several things. Almost everything they did on the ship really happened,
but it wasn't really quite as down-to-the-last-minute as they implied in
the movie. The sequence with the LiOH filters for instance, they procedure
they used was dead on accurate, but it wasn't a oh-my-ghod-we've-got-to-
rig-this-in-the-next-10-minutes-or-we'll-all-croak kind of emergency.
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janc
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response 22 of 197:
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Jul 5 15:07 UTC 1995 |
The screenwriters were evidentally concerned about maintaining interest in
a story where we all know the ending. The did a good job, but overdid it
a bit at points maybe.
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popcorn
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response 23 of 197:
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Jul 5 15:24 UTC 1995 |
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cyberpnk
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response 24 of 197:
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Jul 5 16:30 UTC 1995 |
Has anyone besides me seen the Power Rangers movie yet, and what do they
think?
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