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richard
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response 275 of 342:
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Feb 20 20:29 UTC 2006 |
Payne also wrote "About Schmidt", another terrific "dark comedy"
featuring Jack Nicholson in a "late life crisis"
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edina
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response 276 of 342:
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Feb 20 22:15 UTC 2006 |
He also directed them and is/was married to Sandra Oh, who is in "Sideways".
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remmers
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response 277 of 342:
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Feb 21 14:35 UTC 2006 |
Interesting insights in #270.
I recently acquired Federico Fellini's 1960 film "La Dolce Vita" on DVD.
Among the special features is an appreciative introduction to the film
delivered by (guess who!) Alexander Payne, who says that "La Dolce Vita"
was an important influence on his own work. I can see that. Like the
Fellini film, "Sideways" and especially "About Schmidt" are rather
episodic in structure, and both films describe a personal journey by a
flawed and somewhat lost and insecure protagonist.
(Quick, somebody change the subject before this item is taken over by
esoteric film buffs! ;-)
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nharmon
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response 278 of 342:
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Feb 21 14:49 UTC 2006 |
My wife and I watched "Garden State" over the weekend. We both enjoyed it.
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tod
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response 279 of 342:
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Feb 21 16:57 UTC 2006 |
re #277
Under the Tuscan Sun had some subtle references to that movie.
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edina
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response 280 of 342:
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Feb 21 18:36 UTC 2006 |
I *love* "Under the Tuscan Sun".
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jadecat
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response 281 of 342:
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Feb 21 19:03 UTC 2006 |
Watched "The Cell" over the weekend. The hubby said it was an art
director's movie... and he was right. The concept of entering another's
mind was interesting, the plot- eh, acting... well it wasn't horrible.
The visuals? Absolutely stunning! So for that I give it a B-.
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tod
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response 282 of 342:
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Feb 21 19:07 UTC 2006 |
I think it should've been named "Menopause with Vodka Marinara"
I didn't like the WASP broad digging into everyone's private business. Had
she been a loyal neighbor, she would have put the father of Chiara into the
loop. Instead, she meddled and lied. No, no..I didn't like that movie.
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tod
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response 283 of 342:
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Feb 21 19:08 UTC 2006 |
re #281 slipped
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mcnally
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response 284 of 342:
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Feb 21 20:13 UTC 2006 |
re #279:
> Under the Tuscan Sun had some subtle references to that movie.
"subtle references"? It's mentioned several times by name. One of
the characters re-enacts a scene from the earlier movie, for goodness'
sake. What part of that is "subtle"?
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tod
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response 285 of 342:
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Feb 21 20:20 UTC 2006 |
The subtleties(sp?) are the bored socialite and the "serious" writer/deep
thinker similarities in both films. The sad difference is that nobody dies
in the end of Tuscan Sun. I'd had preferred if they all went off a cliff in
Marcello's Porsche.
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albaugh
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response 286 of 342:
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Feb 21 20:48 UTC 2006 |
> Society would not accept the relationship of Romeo and Juliet
Uh, wrong: It was about what the Montagues and Capulets wouldn't accept,
not "society". West Side Story was about inter-racial/cultural,
BM is about intra-gender.
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tod
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response 287 of 342:
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Feb 21 20:52 UTC 2006 |
BM is about cornholing
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happyboy
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response 288 of 342:
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Feb 21 23:24 UTC 2006 |
ooh raw!
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richard
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response 289 of 342:
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Feb 22 15:41 UTC 2006 |
the Montagues and Capulets REPRESENTED society
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jadecat
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response 290 of 342:
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Feb 22 16:08 UTC 2006 |
No, they were two dueling families- had either married anyone else it
would have been perfectly fine.
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tod
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response 291 of 342:
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Feb 22 17:16 UTC 2006 |
re #289
Did benvolio represent Jesus?
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richard
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response 292 of 342:
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Feb 22 18:45 UTC 2006 |
re #290 I was talking about metaphorically
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jadecat
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response 293 of 342:
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Feb 22 18:50 UTC 2006 |
resp:292 I know you were- but it's not an apt metaphor.
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gull
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response 294 of 342:
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Feb 23 03:40 UTC 2006 |
I rented Peewee's Playhouse Season 1 from Netflix. My GOD this is a
trippy show. When I originally saw it as a nine-year-old kid I didn't
really appreciate that.
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krj
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response 295 of 342:
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Feb 26 04:53 UTC 2006 |
News flash via charcat in party: GRIZZLY MAN, my favorite film of
2005, is airing on the Discovery Channel. Remaining showings this
weekend are 8 & 11 pm USA Eastern Time on Sunday.
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/grizzlyman/grizzlyman.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/grizzlyman/about/about.html
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eprom
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response 296 of 342:
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Feb 26 11:40 UTC 2006 |
too bad they interupt the movie ever 5 minutes for a commercial
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krj
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response 297 of 342:
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Feb 26 18:20 UTC 2006 |
Well, get the DVD then, which contains 50 minutes on the making of
the movie soundtrack, by my long-time fave Richard Thompson.
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jep
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response 298 of 342:
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Feb 27 00:23 UTC 2006 |
I just got back from "Eight Below", the movie about abandoned dogs in
Antarctica. I thought it was amazingly badly made. There was not one
character who had the slightest shred of personality. Half of the movie
is devoted to the dogs themselves who were left behind, who did such
interesting things as chasing birds and whining at each other.
My wife has been waiting for this movie since last summer when she saw
an ad. I guess she liked it. (She wants to buy it when it comes out on
DVD.) The two 13 year olds (my stepson and his friend) said they liked
it "okay". My 10 year old stepdaughter didn't like it at all because it
wasn't realistic enough for her.
It wasn't realistic enough for me, either. Or well enough put together,
or interesting enough.
It's the first movie I've seen not starring Tommy Lee Jones which had
this little character development.
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jadecat
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response 299 of 342:
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Feb 27 14:11 UTC 2006 |
Last night the hubby and I were in the mood for a brainless shoot-em-up.
So the natural choice was the recently released to DVD- Doom. It was
precisely that, a brainless shoot-em-up. But it was fun. Far less
monster killing than I would have suspected, but eh, what can you do? ;)
The conflict between one of the male leads and the female lead wasn't
the stereotypical 'ex-lovers who hate each other- but must learn to get
along again' but rather twins who had a severe difference of opinion. So
that was a lot of fun. Plus- Karl Urban. :)
Watching the special feature about the training the actors went through-
Aussie (I think) former military training them so that they can at least
kinda look like special forces was funny. Hearing the differences in
accent among several of the actors just blew me away. Perhaps it's all
my America-centric viewpoint, but I'm used to Americans donning fake
accents and doing fairly well. Having non-Americans do the same always
takes me by surprise.
Overall- lots of gun fire, some screaming, monsters dying. Fun! :)
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