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chelsea
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***<<< AT THE MOVIES >>>***
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Sep 28 22:42 UTC 1993 |
Have you been to the movie theater lately or rented any tapes?
This is the item where we rate 'em. Jump on in and tell us
what you liked or didn't like about the film.
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chelsea
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response 1 of 78:
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Sep 28 22:53 UTC 1993 |
I haven't seen anything lately or I'd start things out. On
my list of things to do though is to see Age of Innocence.
Anyone catch it yet?
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aa8ij
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response 2 of 78:
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Sep 28 22:59 UTC 1993 |
I saw "The Wrong Man" with Vera Miles and Henry Fonda the other night.
Excellent true story of mistaken identity of a man who looked like someone
who robbed an insurance office. What I found the most intruiging was the
police procedures of the pre-miranda era. Kinda makes you glad to live
in the post-Miranda era.
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aa8ij
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response 3 of 78:
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Sep 28 23:00 UTC 1993 |
forgot to mention two things:
4 stars
and it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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popcorn
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response 4 of 78:
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Sep 29 03:11 UTC 1993 |
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bdh
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response 5 of 78:
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Sep 29 03:35 UTC 1993 |
Looked at Miami Vice does "Last of the Mohicans" for the fifth time.
Noticed that beyond the great photography (as usual) and the neat
scenes was an underlying racist theme that persists from the original
James Fenimore Cooper novel. You know what I'm talking about?
You *know* what I'm talking about? Let me tell you what I'm talking
about.
Daniel Day Lewis is the *white* *adopted* son of Chink-donoyournamewhatever.
(Played by (buy) Russel Means of the AIM fame - aka FBI - Wounded KNee-II -
aka it doesn't get any better than the first time). His *natural* son just
can't find a *red* babe good enough and falls for the *white* chick younger
sister of the *adopted* *white* brother's love interest. Oh, yeaaahhhh.
Muc Wah, (obviously a Vietnamese name and refers to the Burt Lancaster
movie that was released under a different name other that the original
novel _Incident at Muc Wah_) just so happens is an adopted and released
memeber of a tribe other than the Hurons (obviously a reference to the
Ann Arbor High School football team).
Anyway, Chink-whatever's natural son just can't get enough of that white
chick and fights the NVA terrorist over her and dies. SHe on the other
hand unable to put up with chink-dick after red-shlong jumps off a cliff.
Russell (I still don't know how Russ Cage managed this) Means saves the day
and they all hike off after having a touching and meaningless scene on
a mountaintop.
I give it about a 2.
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wh
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response 6 of 78:
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Sep 29 14:59 UTC 1993 |
Rented "Groundhog Day" last night. Great fun if you like
Bill Murray. No great meaning, just a lot of fun. The premise
is that a certain day recurs over and over and how the main
character takes advantage of it. The consequences were only
somewhat predictable.
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vidar
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response 7 of 78:
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Sep 30 01:43 UTC 1993 |
I went to showcase to see the sneak preview of "Cool Runnings" that was showing
with "Undercover Blues." The only thing missing from "Cool Runnings" was
Chappin and McBean's "Jamacain Bobsled Team" song. I missed all those cracks
about Ganja. "Undercover Blues" was hillarious.
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craig
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response 8 of 78:
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Sep 30 10:22 UTC 1993 |
Kalifornia was a great movie.
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pegasus
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response 9 of 78:
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Oct 1 01:06 UTC 1993 |
Saw Striking Distance with Bruce Willis. It's good, not a Diehard, but still
good. I'd give it a B+.
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craig
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response 10 of 78:
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Oct 1 01:36 UTC 1993 |
Kalifornia was a great movie.
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remmers
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response 11 of 78:
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Oct 1 14:43 UTC 1993 |
(Improves with every viewing, eh Craig? :-)
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freedog
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response 12 of 78:
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Oct 1 15:43 UTC 1993 |
(craig has ulterior motives where Kalifornia is concerned.....)
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vidar
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response 13 of 78:
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Oct 1 18:13 UTC 1993 |
Oh, so we GRADE movies now?!
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skeez
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response 14 of 78:
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Oct 1 22:05 UTC 1993 |
Re #7 I gotta see Cool Runnings.....Looks so funny.
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mju
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response 15 of 78:
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Oct 2 02:05 UTC 1993 |
Saw "Hot Shots! Part Deux" tonight. Pretty funny, if you like humor
of the "Naked Gun"/"Police Squad" flavor. Just don't expect a
serious plot... B+.
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vidar
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response 16 of 78:
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Oct 2 12:54 UTC 1993 |
It is, Sky. It is.
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hawkeye
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response 17 of 78:
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Oct 4 16:43 UTC 1993 |
Saw "True Romance" finally. A solid "B". Fun, interesting and *great*
dialogue, but parts were too reminiscent of "Reservior Dogs" to be
as original as that was.
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pegasus
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response 18 of 78:
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Oct 6 04:52 UTC 1993 |
Saw UnderCover Blues with Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner! Every funny!
It's Nick and Nora Charles with a baby instead of a dog. Death is
very funny as comic relief. I give it an A on the zany scale, and a B on
the normal scale.
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aa8ij
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response 19 of 78:
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Oct 7 00:39 UTC 1993 |
Some of the last Thin man movies had both baby and dog.
Saw Samsom and Delilah on the tube the other nite.
I gave it 3.5 stars while Lenny Maltin gave it 3. However Hedy Lamarr is/was
a fox to the nth degree. I'd also like to comment that Angela (murder she
wrote) was also in it. Victor Mature played a good role as well.
That woman (delilah) was pure evil. Samson should have given her a wide berth!
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gregc
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response 20 of 78:
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Oct 7 03:05 UTC 1993 |
yeah, but then there wouldn't have been much point to the movie eh?
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hawkeye
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response 21 of 78:
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Oct 7 14:37 UTC 1993 |
RE: 19 That's *Headly*!
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aa8ij
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response 22 of 78:
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Oct 7 17:42 UTC 1993 |
re 20: this is true. I guess the point to the story of Samson and Delilah
was a lesson to man as how NOT to behave with conniving women. Unless I
am missing some bigger lesson from that story.
re 21: heh.
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danr
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response 23 of 78:
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Oct 8 19:33 UTC 1993 |
My wife and I went to see "The Firm" last week. It was a reasonably
good film, although my wife said that it did not really follow the
book, especially at the end.
I'd give it a B-.
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vidar
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response 24 of 78:
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Oct 8 20:45 UTC 1993 |
Except for the beating up of the Quaker Oats Man, I agree. On the point of
the old fogy it gets an A.
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