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remmers
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response 137 of 225:
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Dec 7 15:13 UTC 2003 |
Re #135: I enjoyed "Bad Santa" too and agree that the kid's
performance is of best-supporting-actor calibre. Wouldn't be
surprised to see the Academy shun the film altogether though,
given the nature of material. Hollywood's come a long way
since the squeaky-clean 1950s, but I'm not sure it's come
*that* far.
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bru
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response 138 of 225:
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Dec 8 05:58 UTC 2003 |
The Last Samurai
I liked it, even though I didn't want to go because I am boycotting Tom
Cruise.
Very intelligently done. It takes you to a time and place outside your
experience. The star of this show to me is not Cruise, but rather Ken
Watanabe. His Portrayal of Katumoto was magnificent.
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mynxcat
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response 139 of 225:
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Dec 8 14:06 UTC 2003 |
Way to boycott Tom Cruise. Go for his movie and then give credit to
someone else :P
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other
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response 140 of 225:
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Dec 8 15:46 UTC 2003 |
I'm going to regret this, because it'll just look like I'm baiting
bru, but I really am curious as to why the boycott of Tom Cruise.
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mynxcat
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response 141 of 225:
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Dec 8 15:54 UTC 2003 |
Scientology is what I assumed it was.
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edina
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response 142 of 225:
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Dec 8 15:57 UTC 2003 |
I saw "Love Actually" too . . .I really really liked it and my only gripe is
that I wasn't with my boyfriend when I saw it. The scenes between Emma
Thompson and Alan Rickman were so amazingly done, and I loved the scenes with
Liam Neeson and his son. Incredibly cast, intelligently done. What was
implausible was forgiveable by the things that weren't implausible. And it
was incredibly nice to see Hugh Grant shaking his ass.
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mynxcat
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response 143 of 225:
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Dec 8 16:29 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, I liked Hugh Grant in that sequence, though his whole love angle
was totally implausible.
I like how they touched on all kinds of love, not just the "it all
turned out right, so all is well" type.
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jep
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response 144 of 225:
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Dec 8 16:42 UTC 2003 |
I saw most of "Pirates of the Carribean" on DVD last night. I got a
late start on it and will have to finish it tonight. I liked it pretty
well -- there were a lot of obvious coincidences and wild circumstances
so it felt to me like a comic book movie; I like comic book movies --
but will have to see the end to know if I really liked it.
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gull
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response 145 of 225:
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Dec 8 16:47 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, it's definately a comic book style comedy.
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bru
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response 146 of 225:
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Dec 8 20:30 UTC 2003 |
Tonm cruise mad a statement a while back that this country was not fit to
raise his children in, adn he would be sending them overseas to another
country for schooling.
If he cannot support our country, I do not need to support him. But my wife
twisted my arm.
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gull
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response 147 of 225:
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Dec 8 21:02 UTC 2003 |
Hmm. I dunno, right-wing types are always saying "if you don't like the
government's policies, leave." Now you're annoyed that someone's
actually doing that? ;>
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mynxcat
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response 148 of 225:
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Dec 8 21:05 UTC 2003 |
So you boycott Tom coz he speaks the truth?
I wouldn't say that this country is "not fit to raise children in",
but there are better countries out there, when it comes to raising
children.
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tod
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response 149 of 225:
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Dec 8 21:15 UTC 2003 |
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md
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response 150 of 225:
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Dec 8 23:32 UTC 2003 |
"Swimming Pool" (A-) -- A slightly pretentious French production with
a "Sixth Sense"-like twist at the end. It's worth seeing mainly for
the gorgeous French scenery and a gorgeous French actress named
Ludivine Sagnier.
(After traipsing around topless and humping any pair of pants that
walks by in this movie, Mlle Sagnier went on to play the role of -- I
kid you not -- Tinkerbell in the new live action remake of Peter Pan,
which opens in a couple of weeks. One of those twists of fate you just
have to smile and shrug at.)
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mary
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response 151 of 225:
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Dec 8 23:42 UTC 2003 |
I left that movie wondering what it means when you're
more turned on by the villa than the steamy sex.
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jmsaul
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response 152 of 225:
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Dec 9 01:23 UTC 2003 |
This webpage may provide some insight:
http://www.algonet.se/~giljotin/explan.html
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md
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response 153 of 225:
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Dec 9 03:14 UTC 2003 |
This one, courtesy of good old Altavista, might provide even more
insight:
http://jpg.adult.pornparks.com/totty_net/ludivines/ludivine_sagnier001.j
pg
Now I've got to go find "Drops of Water on the Boiling Rocks."
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md
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response 154 of 225:
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Dec 9 03:15 UTC 2003 |
[Sorry, that link probably won't work unless you add "pg" to the end.]
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bru
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response 155 of 225:
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Dec 9 04:42 UTC 2003 |
I also thought The Last Samurai might have been a better movie if it had been
shown from the point of view of Katumoto instead of from Cruises character.
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tod
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response 156 of 225:
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Dec 9 18:42 UTC 2003 |
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bru
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response 157 of 225:
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Dec 9 19:52 UTC 2003 |
The Japanese did indeed have guns early, but they caused so much devistation
among the Samurai class, that teh Shogun banned them. I mean, we can't have
the peasant class being able to kill samurai with such ease, and from beyond
sword reach, mind you.
Guns were outlawed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1588, for the general population.
They remained in the armory or relegated to shooting clubs.
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tod
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response 158 of 225:
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Dec 9 21:48 UTC 2003 |
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scott
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response 159 of 225:
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Dec 10 00:32 UTC 2003 |
I've heard that the Cruise movie has ninjas... how much more silly could you
get?
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richard
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response 160 of 225:
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Dec 11 20:26 UTC 2003 |
Cruise doesn't have custody of his kids, Kidman does. And she doesn't live
in australia now, she lives here in nyc, she and her kids share a
brownstone in Greenwich Village with Lenny Kravitz, her significant other.
Cruise and Kidman got divorced
because of religious reasons not geographic, he's a Scientologist and
she's a catholic and she wanted her kids raised catholic and he didn't.
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tod
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response 161 of 225:
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Dec 11 20:35 UTC 2003 |
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