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scott
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The 2002 Fall movie item
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Sep 25 01:31 UTC 2002 |
Fall movies! Anything worth the $8, 4 commercials, and 5 previews?
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scott
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response 1 of 289:
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Sep 25 01:33 UTC 2002 |
Saw the restored Metropolis at the Michigan this evening. Pretty cool, like
having seen poorly dubbed and edited Japanese anime on TV and then finally
getting to the original. Not all the footage was available, which actually
serves to keep the movie from being excessively long (text screens describe
missing footage).
It was always a movie you could figure out (contrary to the restoration hype)
but the restored version is a much better movie.
Having the original orchestral score is wonderful.
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richard
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response 2 of 289:
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Sep 25 01:41 UTC 2002 |
APOLLO 13: The Imax Experience
Went uptown to the IMAX theater to see this over the weekend. Director
Ron Howard has taken his wonderful Apollo 13 movie and remastered it frame
by frame (which is a time consuming process) in the IMAX format. It is
something to see a full length movie with special effects blown up into an
IMAX version. The sound and the picture were just awesome. When the
rocket blasted off, and you are watching it on the gigantic IMAX movie
screen (eight stories high), you almost felt like the building itself was
shaking. Even if you have seen Apollo 13 before, it is well worth seeing
again in IMAX format.
(later this year, Star Wars: Episode II is being re-released in IMAX,
which ought to be something as well. Lucas shot that film simultaneously
in IMAX, so no remastering will need to be done)
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tpryan
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response 3 of 289:
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Sep 25 12:09 UTC 2002 |
I watched the Moulin Rouge DVD this past weekend. Made me
think I have been in training all my life to see this movie. Not
only did I recognize some of the songs, I recognized just about all
the songs (okay, found out they did sneek in an original or two).
I do feel that I could of found more music for them if they wanted.
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mynxcat
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response 4 of 289:
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Sep 25 13:21 UTC 2002 |
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bhelliom
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response 5 of 289:
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Sep 25 14:35 UTC 2002 |
How come resp:4 fails to surprise me?
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tpryan
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response 6 of 289:
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Sep 25 17:35 UTC 2002 |
re 4: Yes.
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jazz
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response 7 of 289:
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Sep 25 19:58 UTC 2002 |
One thing I'll say about Moulin Rouge - I still can't really figure
out whether I liked it or not - it's impossible to sleep through. Unless you
were on a coke jag at the time and crashing hard.
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gull
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response 8 of 289:
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Sep 25 20:00 UTC 2002 |
Re #2: Cool. I'll have to see it if the Henry Ford Museum's IMAX theater
shows it.
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senna
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response 9 of 289:
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Sep 25 23:45 UTC 2002 |
I should check that out, too. I've seen Apollo 113 in some of the best
exterior scenes possible.
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mcnally
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response 10 of 289:
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Sep 25 23:58 UTC 2002 |
113? These sequels are getting out of hand!
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spankie
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response 11 of 289:
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Sep 26 06:59 UTC 2002 |
i recommend 'the audition'. i think it's japanese. sit through it if you can
stomach it.
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bhelliom
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response 12 of 289:
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Sep 26 13:14 UTC 2002 |
resp:11 - Have you seen 'Tampopo' or 'The Taxing Woman'? Both are
pretty good, especially the latter.
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senna
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response 13 of 289:
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Sep 26 21:49 UTC 2002 |
#10: Don't blame Ronnie for the sequel, blame NASA :)
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jaklumen
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response 14 of 289:
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Sep 27 10:21 UTC 2002 |
resp:2 My understanding, from the sources I've read, is that EpII
comes out both to DVD and IMAX in November.
I'm trucking my butt over to Spokane as fast as I can when that
happens. Riverside Park and Star Wars, here I come!
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richard
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Sep 28 05:17 UTC 2002 |
MOONLIGHT MILE-- This is a movie about grieving. Dustin Hoffman and
Susan Sarandon play an average couple in a small town who had an only
child, a college-age daughter, who was killed in a senseless, meaningless
shooting in a bar (this all happens before the movie begins so it is not
giving away anything) Their daughter was engaged to be married, and the
movie details the weeks and months following her death, and how the
parents and the young man who was her fiancee deal with their loss. This
young man did not marry Hoffman and Sarandon's daughter, so never became
officially part of their family. But the daughter was the glue that kept
this couple together, so they in their grief cling on to him as something
of a "replacement" for their lost child. And he lets them, because he is
dealing with his own grief and needs to be close to her parents, the only
ones who can truly share his loss. What happens to the relationship
between someone and their in-laws, when the link in that relationship goes
away? This is a pretty moving, emotional movie. Has some script issues
but featurs strong performances from Hoffman, Sarandon, and Jake
Gyllenhaal as the young widowed fiancee. It is directed by Brad
Silberling, who directed "Election", a wonderful movie from a couple years
back.
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danr
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response 16 of 289:
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Sep 28 18:52 UTC 2002 |
BANGER SISTERS. This movie has a great premise and two great actresses.
Too bad they didn't hire any good writers. It's so boring, I almost
fell asleep watching it.
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ric
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response 17 of 289:
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Sep 29 12:49 UTC 2002 |
Saw "Sweet Home Alabama" last night. It was tolerable. Adrienne liked it
more than I did (of course). Personally, I don't think she deserved the guy
she ended up with.
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mynxcat
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response 18 of 289:
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Sep 29 13:04 UTC 2002 |
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ric
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response 19 of 289:
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Sep 29 13:06 UTC 2002 |
re 18 - was it classy the way she treated him? What about the way she treated
his (and her) friends? Or the way she treated her parents?
She was a selfish snob.
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lynne
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Sep 29 21:38 UTC 2002 |
<haven't seen it...but from previews would have to agree with ric>
Saw MIB II last night. Wonderful fun, for a two-hour $3 break from lab at
the campus movie program.
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mynxcat
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Sep 30 14:16 UTC 2002 |
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edina
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response 22 of 289:
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Sep 30 14:18 UTC 2002 |
You know, some of us havent' seen the movie and might want to. Can you plese
cork it for a few weeks?
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mynxcat
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response 23 of 289:
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Sep 30 14:23 UTC 2002 |
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omni
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response 24 of 289:
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Oct 2 13:58 UTC 2002 |
I dont do first run movies anymore. Wait. I did see Simone. It stunk.
On a brighter note, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Time Bandits are
now on DVD, as is Wallace and Gromit.
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