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mcnally
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response 275 of 326:
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Jun 17 00:34 UTC 2000 |
I wanted to see more of the satanic hockey zombies, but otherwise thought
the movie was decent. Not great, but decent..
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kewy
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response 276 of 326:
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Jun 17 01:55 UTC 2000 |
It really pissed me off that Alanis was god.... ugh, she irks me.
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gelinas
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response 277 of 326:
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Jun 17 02:37 UTC 2000 |
Just watched "The Birds." This is a good weekend to watch AMC.
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janc
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response 278 of 326:
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Jun 17 03:49 UTC 2000 |
I thought the American Motor Company went broke or something.
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omni
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response 279 of 326:
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Jun 17 04:40 UTC 2000 |
American Motors went the way of Hudson, Packard and Stupidbaker.
(I feel it is my task in life to consistently diss those shitty
little cars from South Bend. They killed Packard.)
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other
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response 280 of 326:
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Jun 17 15:57 UTC 2000 |
i'd suggest adopting a new task lest you consign yourself to conversational
oblivion...
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bruin
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response 281 of 326:
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Jun 17 16:05 UTC 2000 |
Actually, American Motors was taken over by Chrysler, which has been
taken over by Daimler Benz.
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happyboy
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response 282 of 326:
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Jun 17 17:44 UTC 2000 |
which will be taken over by King Foods...
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goose
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response 283 of 326:
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Jun 18 05:36 UTC 2000 |
which will be bought my Time-Warner.
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other
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response 284 of 326:
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Jun 18 05:37 UTC 2000 |
which will be acquired by the new Seagram's/SBC Communications partnership
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mcnally
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response 285 of 326:
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Jun 18 06:58 UTC 2000 |
Saw tonight:
"Rules of Engagement" -- (C+) No surprises in this military coutroom
drama, except perhaps the performances phoned in by Tommy Lee Jones
and Samuel L. Jackson, both of whom can do better. I won't go off on
another implausibility rant, but I will say that sensible plotting is
a lot more important to a movie that's not going to have any car chases
and the writers would have done well to have considered that. I will
also admit that I'm looking forward to the time, not long from now,
when military dramas set in the present day will no longer be able to
feature characters who suffer from Vietnam flashbacks..
"Mission to Mars" -- (unratable) I may have thought that "Rules of
Engagement" didn't feature the two leads' best performances, but I
wouldn't have said, either, that they were their worst. There's nothing
stopping me from saying that about "Mission to Mars", though. Terrible
script, numbing performances, and a monstrously intrusive and annoying
sountrack are the substantial downsides here. Unintended humor is the
only upside, but things were so laughable that I nevertheless managed
to enjoy the movie at least enough not to be bitter about two hours of
my life that are now gone forever..
Has anyone seen "Chicken Run" yet?
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jmsaul
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response 286 of 326:
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Jun 18 14:45 UTC 2000 |
Nope, but I've seen the HBO special on the making of it. Worth seeing. They
show how they animate the characters.
Trays and trays of plasticine(?) chicken mouths in different positions.
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tpryan
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response 287 of 326:
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Jun 18 18:15 UTC 2000 |
I just read Dave Stein's review from the stilyagi mailing list.
He says it's a hoot!, worth seeing.
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omni
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response 288 of 326:
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Jun 19 05:39 UTC 2000 |
Saw 2 good flix tonight:
Rear Window- What else? 4 stars. Hitchcock didn't make dogs.
I never saw this one before and all I can say is OH MY GOD. The
movie is completely awesome, even for being made in the early 50's.
You know the story, so it is pointless to recap it here, but
the last half hour was so intense, I wouldn't have left the house
if it was on fire. I was on the edge of my seat, paralyzed with
fear that something really bad would happen to Jimmy Stewart.
Fortunatly, I had the presence of mind to record it from AMC.
Hitchcock, when you're speaking about movies, is God.
The cast was great: Jimmy Stewart, Thelma Ritter, and Grace Kelly,
not to mention Raymond Burr.
Then on TCM came:
Father of the Bride-4 stars
In my opinion, Spencer Tracy never made a bad film. He was
very funny as the Dad Who Paid For The Wedding. You had to start
feeling bad for the guy when all the bills begin rolling in, then
the bride decides she can't possibly get married, and from there
it only gets worse. Soon, it is time for the main event and...
I won't spoil the ending.
An excellent cast: Elizabeth Taylor and Russ Tamblyn, as well as
Spencer Tracy.
Can't wait to see "Father's Little Dividend" which is the sequel.
Another very funny wedding movie was "Betsy's Wedding" which borrowed
a bit from FOTB.
I'm getting to like old movies. :)
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lelande
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response 289 of 326:
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Jun 19 07:37 UTC 2000 |
hot damn . . .
got 'crumb' and 'rope' and a documentary on dietrich bonhoeffer on tape.
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edina
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response 290 of 326:
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Jun 19 14:09 UTC 2000 |
Re Dogma: Joey Lauren Adams was supposed to be in the movie, but becasue the
movies was financed heavier, Kevin Smith lost some control - she was supposed
to play Linda Fiorentino's part.
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jep
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response 291 of 326:
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Jun 19 14:54 UTC 2000 |
I finally saw "Gone with the Wind" yesterday. I'd never watched it
all the way through. I also finished the book yesterday.
As my wife said, the movie was over-acted. There was no subtlety; if
you were supposed to think "Scarlett is self-absorbed", the movie
banged you on the head several times and shouted at you "Self
absorbed!!!" As anyone could tell you, it was very long. It was
probably the most faithful reproduction of a book I've ever seen in a
movie. Many things were left out of the movie, but almost nothing was
added or changed. I thought it was a great movie. I don't know how it
could have been improved in any way.
I guess there's no point in saying much. If you're interested, you've
seen this movie 100 times. If you don't know about it, it's because you
want it that way.
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remmers
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response 292 of 326:
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Jun 19 17:16 UTC 2000 |
Re Dogma: Some of the financing could have been spent on a good
script doctor, in my opinion. A promising start and a few clever
bits, but the thing became insufferably talky after a while and
went on much too long.
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mcnally
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response 293 of 326:
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Jun 19 19:30 UTC 2000 |
That's probably a fair criticism..
re #288: Actually, Hitchcock made a number of films which are
mediocre at best.. They're just generally swept under the rug
whenever his films are discussed..
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jerryr
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response 294 of 326:
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Jun 19 19:57 UTC 2000 |
re: gwtw - my gawd what an overblown, over acted cornball flick. every actor
in it chews the scenary. from "superman" on the steps of tara to rhett butler
who cares more about how he stands visa vis the camera than how he "acts."
far more entertaining is the pbs documentary "the making of gwtw."
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iggy
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response 295 of 326:
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Jun 19 21:33 UTC 2000 |
<i'm a sucker. i liked the book and movie>
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slynne
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response 296 of 326:
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Jun 19 21:39 UTC 2000 |
me too, iggy, me too
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otaking
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response 297 of 326:
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Jun 19 22:03 UTC 2000 |
GWTW is great, but not something I'd want to watch repeatedly.
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lelande
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response 298 of 326:
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Jun 19 22:24 UTC 2000 |
the 39 steps still kick ass.
can't swallow dogma, or any other kevin smith movies -- the problem, for the
most part, is the color. kevin smith can't keep his colors under control. his
flics (except clerks, course, cuz it's black & white, which he obviously has
better control over) come off like sloppily thrown together crayon drawings.
he has no respect for shade, no respect for shadows and darkness, he has no
evident interest in blank space -- just busy busy busy color color color, no
symmetry, no decent portraiture, no motherlovin feng shui.
i watched 'mallrats' 7 times because jason lee is a doggone funny boy. but
the movie was still an acrylic array of crap.
is it because smith grew up so close to comics that he can't direct anything
but contrived spunk? every time i go into a comic store these days i have to
put up with his cartoons everywhere. he wrote daredevil for a while, and a
really good story at that, with really long, slow, sometimes pathetically dull
dialogue.
i wish he'd stick to movies rather than contribute to the quickening decline
in the quality of comic books.
i bet tim burton thinks he's an asshole, and signed him up to write the
superman script just so burton could reject it. tim burton isn't the greatest
director in the world, but, christ, at least he knows how to deal with
something as basic as COLOR.
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mcnally
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response 299 of 326:
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Jun 20 01:02 UTC 2000 |
(by making everything a murky grey and claiming it's "artistically moody"?)
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