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tsty
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response 12 of 225:
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Oct 11 03:22 UTC 2003 |
with a director llike tarentino and a name like 'kill bill' i would
expect over-saturated blood-n-gore.
city drains overflowing, etc.
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richard
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response 13 of 225:
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Oct 11 04:19 UTC 2003 |
MYSTIC RIVER-- This is the terrific new film by Clint Eastwood. The
story is about three boyhood friends in, who are forever linked by a
tragic event in their childhood, and who reach middle age and find
themselves again linked by another tragic event. The events are linked
like bookends to a part of their lives. The three friends are played
by Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon. Penn's character has grown
up to be a mob connected ex-con, Bacon's character has grown up to be a
cop, and Robbins' character has grown up to be a regular working class
guy.
I won't give away what happens, but suffice to say this is a movie
about friendship and loyalties, not just among the friends but among
their wives and the people around them. The questions become how well
do they really know each other, and has what happened in the past ever
really gone away?
This is a wonderfully directed movie by Eastwood, both suspensful and
moving, and has some great acting. Sean Penn and Tim Robbins do IMO
the best work of their careers and deserve oscar nominations, as does
Marcia Gay Harden (who plays Robbins wife and who was also great in the
movie "Pollack"), and Eastwood for directing. This is like a suspense
thriller but it is really less a "whodunit" then a psychological drama,
exploring the minds and motivations of people who were once close
friends and think they know each other, but come to realize maybe they
don't, and end up wondering if they really can escape the past. This
is one of Eastwood's best movies.
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pvn
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response 14 of 225:
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Oct 11 09:10 UTC 2003 |
_Out of Time_ A derivative work of a remake of a '40s film (something
about a clock comes to mind) done in the style of an E. Leonard novel it
is both wonderful eye candy as well as damn fine acting. Denzel plays a
somewhat gelded maybe bad cop - a step up from _Training Days_. Some
mexican chica plays a mexican chica con grande huevos - if we haven't
seen her before I predict we will see more in the future. Denzel
exhibits his strange proclivity (by hollywood standards) once again of
performing love scenes either entirely off camera or at least fully
clothed (compared to another person of color by the last name something
like the frito bandito). An excellent do especially if you can view it
in a theatre full of people of color - screen talkers.
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aruba
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response 15 of 225:
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Oct 12 13:22 UTC 2003 |
We went to see "Lost in Translation" last night. It was certainly well done
and interesting. It's about two people who are lost, certainly. Who don't
know what to do. I think maybe the point is, everyone wants to know what to
do, but the signals we get from the outside world amount to something we
only vaguely understand. Sometimes we try to imitate other people, because
that's the easiest thing to do. But most of the time we don't have a clue.
Dunno. I'm still thinking about it. What did other people think?
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slynne
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response 16 of 225:
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Oct 12 14:16 UTC 2003 |
Lost in Translation - I really liked it. I thought it was very well
filmed in that every scene was visually stunning. Yeah, the main
characters were lost and that was a little sad but, in a way, they
seemed to find themselves. The person I went with wondered if maybe the
daughter of a famous Hollywood directer got left for a week in a Tokyo
hotel and the story came out of that.
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gull
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response 17 of 225:
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Oct 13 01:14 UTC 2003 |
I liked it a lot. Bill Murray was surprisingly good. It also makes
Tokyo look really pretty.
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other
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response 18 of 225:
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Oct 13 01:49 UTC 2003 |
Tokyo is very visually stunning, in different ways in different areas.
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edina
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response 19 of 225:
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Oct 13 14:15 UTC 2003 |
Rentals this weekend:
"Formula 51" I rented it because I love Robert Carlyle. Now I wish Robert
Carlyle would make better movies. Seeing Samuel L. Jackson in a kilt is
rather cool, as is the scene where he beats the shit out of some English punks
with a driver.
"Bullitproof Monk" Loved it! But then, I'm a sucker for Seann William Scott
and Chow Yun Fat. Loved the fight scenes, am totally into the hong kong wire
effect, laughed a lot.
"The Italian Job" This just reinforces the fact that in a perfect world, I
would have unlimited access to Jason Statham in whatever capacity I wished.
Fun fun movie, nice to see Edward NOrton as a bad guy, laughed over Mos Def
and Seth Green and drooled over Jason Statham. And the urge to buy a Mini
Cooper and have the engine enhanced and the frame work reinforced is very
strong.
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mynxcat
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response 20 of 225:
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Oct 13 16:41 UTC 2003 |
Watched Murder by Numbers yesterday. It wasn't spectacular, but it did keep
our attention. And unlike Mulholland Drive, it explained everything. Just the
way I like a suspense movie.
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dah
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response 21 of 225:
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Oct 13 17:12 UTC 2003 |
What about Donnie Darko?
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mcnally
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response 22 of 225:
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Oct 13 18:36 UTC 2003 |
I gave up on "Murder by Numbers" after about 30 minutes. It had little
or nothing in common with the way *I* like a suspense movie.
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richard
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response 23 of 225:
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Oct 14 00:47 UTC 2003 |
DVD recommendation..."The Adventures of Indiana Jones"-- got this over the
weekend, it is a box set containing the three Indiana Jones movies (Raiders
of the Ark, Temple of Doom, the Last Crusade), and a fourth disk with like
three hours of extras. The movies have been digitally re-mastered with
surround sound, and look and sound great, with the added documentary and
commentary by steven spielberg, george lucas and harrison ford. These movies
took their sweet time coming out on DVD. When I first got a DVD player,
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" was one of the movies I most wanted to have on
DVD. These are always going to be fun movies to have on hand on a rainy
day.
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mynxcat
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response 24 of 225:
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Oct 14 17:03 UTC 2003 |
Well, you do know who committed the murder and why. Most of the movie
was about how the detective unravels the truth.
Now for good murder mysteries, any Agatha Christie, but especially the
ones featuring Hercule Poirot, is unbeatable
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remmers
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response 25 of 225:
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Oct 14 17:05 UTC 2003 |
Hm. "Murder by Numbers" (haven't seen) sounds like a typical "Columbo"
episode.
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pvn
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response 26 of 225:
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Oct 19 07:12 UTC 2003 |
You should do it. _Murder by Numbers_ is a Sondra Bullock flick and she
doesn't do trash.
re#22: Why did you give up on it? I'm really curious?
re#24: Ditto on the Hercule Piorot. The modern version of _Murder on
the Orient Express_ is exceptional. The scene with the scotsman and the
customs official is priceless. That bit is actually the genesis of a
little known A2 funny story. The scotsman's name was used and published
as the name of the marketing director of an A2 software firm (I am the
culprit behind that of course). And the firm used to take great delight
in directing such obvious sales or marketing calls to various employees
including female. There was a board with the nominated marketing
director for each day of the week near the coffee machine. Anyways, the
calls for that person suddenly stopped although it took a while for us
to realise it. Years later I happened to meet a person from A2 with the
same unusual last name and mentioned the story only to find out that
such a person not only actually existed in A2 but that my story probably
explained the huge number of elaborate floral arraingements that showed
up at his funeral from companies that the family had no idea who or what
they were or what the relationship was.
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remmers
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response 27 of 225:
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Oct 20 04:21 UTC 2003 |
Hm. The few Sandra Bullock movies I've seen struck me as a bit trashy.
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furs
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response 28 of 225:
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Oct 20 13:22 UTC 2003 |
Went to see Bubba Ho-tep this weekend. Pretty funny, quirky, strange,
and what we've come to expect from Bruce Campbell. He actually came
out after the movie for a Q & A which was pretty cool.
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scott
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response 29 of 225:
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Oct 20 15:32 UTC 2003 |
I want to see that movie. I think it's only playing in Royal Oak locally,
though.
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mynxcat
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response 30 of 225:
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Oct 20 16:55 UTC 2003 |
Saw the Italian Job last night. Predictable, but enjoyable
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remmers
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response 31 of 225:
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Oct 21 03:25 UTC 2003 |
If Bubba Ho-Tep is playing anywhere near Ann Arbor, I'm there!
Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley, Ossie Davis as a nutcase who thinks
he's John F. Kennedy, an ancient Egyptian demon on the loose, all
from the director of "Phantasm". I've been eagerly awaiting this
one for quite a while.
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scott
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response 32 of 225:
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Oct 21 13:14 UTC 2003 |
A Grexpedition might be in order....
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bhelliom
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response 33 of 225:
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Oct 21 13:20 UTC 2003 |
I'd be up for that!
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mary
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response 34 of 225:
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Oct 21 14:59 UTC 2003 |
Yes!
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tod
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response 35 of 225:
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Oct 21 15:33 UTC 2003 |
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remmers
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response 36 of 225:
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Oct 21 15:42 UTC 2003 |
I'd be game for a Bubba Ho-Tep Grexpedition as well.
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