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response 218 of 323:
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Nov 17 03:10 UTC 2000 |
Never once saw a good Immelman in a spaceflight combat sequence...
Confucious say: Easy to poke hole in thin plot.
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mooncat
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response 219 of 323:
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Nov 17 14:08 UTC 2000 |
Saw Center Stage last night (well, the end of it).
Fairly standard story (girl dancer is good, but misses something,
learns to put more 'heart' into her dancing and dance what she feels
and astounds all), but it was still fun to watch.
The dance scenes were amazing, and for the women- lots of good looking
men to admire, and yeah, nice looking women for the men to admire.
<grins>
All in all a pretty decent movie, even if there are a few stereotypical
characters (okay, most of them in one way or another.). I was amused
to watch the scene with four girls crowded around a door watching
the 'Boys Class' and oogling a new good looking guy and the looks of
joy on their faces when two (who knew the kid) said that he was
straight.
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richard
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response 220 of 323:
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Nov 18 07:19 UTC 2000 |
"HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS"-- Ive always loved Dr. Seuss, a direct
link to when I was little (green eggs and ham! green eggs and ham! I do
not LIKE Green Eggs and Ham...Sam I am!) so I really looked forward to
this movie version of the classic Seuss story. Jim Carrey makes a great
Grinch, he really cuts loose in the part. And the makeup is incredible.
They have to add a lot to stretch this into a movie (after all it was a
short children's book, and a half hour tv special). So they go into the
Grinch's lifestory and show him as a boy, teased and mocked by the
Whoville kids because, well, he's all green and furry. And they go into
why he hates christmas and kids. And plots finally to "steal" christmas
from the town of Whoville. Until of course he meets little Cindy Lou Who
who actually likes him. And then, just as he gets to the top of the
mountain, he hears the Whoville people singing and his heart increases
multiple times in size and...well you know the story. Ron Howard
directs, and while this isnt a great film or anything, its a wonderful
story and its hilarious watching Carrey steal every scene as the Grinch
Anthony Hopkins narrates. (3 stars out of 4)
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ric
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response 221 of 323:
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Nov 18 13:35 UTC 2000 |
Adrienne and I watched "Six-Stringed Samurai" last night on DVD.
Oh my god. This is quite possibly the most bizarre movie I have ever seen.
I wish I had been stoned, because I'm pretty sure the people who wrote the
screenplay were stoned while they were working on it.
It was entertaining in it's bizarre-ness, though. Basically, the storyline
is such:
The bomb dropped in 1957, and the russians took over the free world. The last
bastion of freedom is "Lost Vegas", where rock-n-roll, and therefore Elvis
is King. But it's now 40 years later, and Elvis has just died, and Lost Vegas
needs a new King of Rock-n-Roll. So the six-stringed samarai is making his
away across the country trying to get to Vegas to become the King. On the
way, those trying to stop him include gangs of evil bowlers, a russian band
called "The Red Elvises", the russian army, and even Death himself.
If you like surf-rock (Dick Dale, etc..), and don't mind a little wierdness
in your movies, check this one out.
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ashke
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response 222 of 323:
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Nov 18 15:49 UTC 2000 |
I saw the Grinch with my mother last night, and ***LOVED*** every minute of
it. Jim Carrey was wonderful, and it was snowing when we came out. I give
it 4 out of 4. They did a good job adding to the story and you don't even
mind the additions in Seuss rhyme to the story to help it along in the new
parts. Actually, I liked the part where the Grinch cries out that he even
hates christmas because it makes him rhyme. Very very very good.
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bru
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response 223 of 323:
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Nov 19 05:34 UTC 2000 |
Okay, I haven't seen this movie yet, but my son did. He came homne and said
there was a lot of sexual jokes, and a lot of photos of the little girls ass
and a lot of people grabbing each others butts.
Now what has that got to do with the Grinch.
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bdh3
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response 224 of 323:
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Nov 19 07:14 UTC 2000 |
Nothing, butt it has a lot to do with hollywood.
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ashke
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response 225 of 323:
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Nov 19 14:56 UTC 2000 |
I beg your pardon? There were NO sexual jokes. No one showed their ass, with
the exception of the Grinch with a piece of mistletoe over it, and no little
girl's asses.
Perhaps you should see it and figure it out. It was good enough for a 3 yr
old to see.
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ric
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response 226 of 323:
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Nov 19 15:35 UTC 2000 |
I saw "This is Spinal Tap" for the first time last night. I am amused.
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tpryan
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response 227 of 323:
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Nov 19 16:10 UTC 2000 |
And the good news is that "All You Need is Cash" / "The Rutles"
is coming out on DVD soon. Without The Rutles, there would be no
Spinal Tap.
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bru
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response 228 of 323:
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Nov 19 16:48 UTC 2000 |
Okay, This is Bruce's son. When the grinch burped, farted ect. They made
sexual innuendos alot near the end, and remember when the old ppl first found
the grinch? At the whoobalation? They were getting drunk adn feeling each
others booties. Also, when the little girl was climbing the steps, and in two
more direct instances, they zoomed in on that adorable little girls ass. Me
and the mother i went with thought that was totally disgusting.
Okay, this is me again. So is this true or not?
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senna
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response 229 of 323:
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Nov 19 17:38 UTC 2000 |
The Red Elvises? I saw them at TOP over the summer. They were a lot of fun.
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ric
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response 230 of 323:
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Nov 19 20:29 UTC 2000 |
re 228 "Me and the mother I went with.."?
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gull
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response 231 of 323:
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Nov 19 22:11 UTC 2000 |
Re #226: "These ones go up to eleven!"
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jiffer
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response 232 of 323:
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Nov 20 04:05 UTC 2000 |
I have yet to see the movie yet, but maybe you are putting too much into this?
I mean, it is easy to do, but that may be just your interpretation, not
several million other people. And if it is, please do not talk to the stupid
people about this.
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bru
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response 233 of 323:
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Nov 20 14:53 UTC 2000 |
I have a problem imagining Ron Howard makeing such a nmovie, I also have a
hard time imagining jim carey in anything but such a movie.
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goose
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response 234 of 323:
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Nov 20 16:23 UTC 2000 |
Ron Howard knows a cash cow when he sees it. for the life of me I can't
figure out how they made a 90 minute movie out of a 30 minute cartoon.
This is anohter movie in a long line of remakes that prove hollywood has few
original ideas.
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jazz
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response 235 of 323:
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Nov 20 16:25 UTC 2000 |
I have an even harder time imagining Ted Guisel's estate approving such
a rendition of "The Grinch", though I haven't seen the movie, so I will have
to withhold comment on the assgrabbery therein.
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tpryan
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response 236 of 323:
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Nov 20 17:02 UTC 2000 |
It was a 22 minute carton. Commercials removed.
It takes about 12 minutes to read the book to someone.
I got the Fantasia DVD box set yesterday. Watched Fantasia 2000
and enjoyed seeing it again. Then spent at least another 4 hours watching
supplemental material for Fantasia 2000. Fantasia 1940 is next to view.
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jep
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response 237 of 323:
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Nov 20 17:46 UTC 2000 |
I saw the Grinch movie yesterday. I didn't like it as much as the other
respondents; it focused a lot on the Grinch's personality, which was
pretty negative. That was probably 75% of the movie.
There were a couple of "butt" lines (the Grinch holding mistletoe over
his behind) which I'd prefer not to have in a movie that I took my 4
year old to. There were some close-ups of cleavage of the Grinch's love
interest. There was no explicit sexual content, and little to no
profanity.
The cartoon is a classic. The movie is not a classic. It was okay, but
I'd rather have watched the cartoon.
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brighn
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response 238 of 323:
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Nov 20 23:10 UTC 2000 |
I haven't seen the Grinch, but after Ebert & Roeper's review, I probably
won't, at least not until the dollar shows. They roundly panned it.
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scott
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response 239 of 323:
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Nov 21 00:41 UTC 2000 |
Rented "Tromeo & Juliet", the first Troma film I'd seen.
I'll probably rent some more of these, but only after the damage heals. ;)
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ric
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response 240 of 323:
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Nov 21 00:56 UTC 2000 |
re 238 - you actually care what "critics" think of a movie?
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mcnally
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response 241 of 323:
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Nov 21 01:30 UTC 2000 |
#240 was directed at someone else, but I'll field it: their "thumbs up/
thumbs down" opinion? No, I can make up my own mind.. But generally a
review has other information in it, less subjective and more factual, and
that may help me judge the likelihood that I'll enjoy the movie. Too,
when you've read enough reviews by a given reviewer you can usually form
a reliable general idea of what sorts of criticism from that reviewer you
are likely to agree with and what you can disregard..
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bru
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response 242 of 323:
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Nov 21 13:13 UTC 2000 |
Finally rented and got to see the movie "The Patriot" yesterday. Except for
my daughter who had seen the movie in the theater sitting there and going This
next scene is so gross... we all seemed to enjoy it. Anderyn didn't watch
it.
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