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remmers
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response 38 of 225:
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Oct 21 15:50 UTC 2003 |
By the way, "Phantasm" is a good DVD rental at your friendly neighborhood
video store. Classic 1970s grade B horror/scifi movie. Shows what you
can do with almost no budget whatsoever if you've got an enthusiastic
cast and a crew with a little imagination. An early film from the
director of "Bubba Ho-Tep". The DVD release is digitally remastered,
looks and sounds great, and has some interesting deleted scenes and
a nice "making-of" documentary.
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edina
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response 39 of 225:
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Oct 21 16:35 UTC 2003 |
I saw "School of Rock" this weekend - fun fun movie - I laughed a lot and the
soundtrack was bitching. It was fun seeing Jack Black being the typical Jack
Black, but not swearing - and somehow managing to be sensitive without losing
his edge.
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bhelliom
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response 40 of 225:
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Oct 21 19:41 UTC 2003 |
Really? I'm kind of scared of Jack Black movies. :p
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slynne
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response 41 of 225:
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Oct 21 20:17 UTC 2003 |
I went and saw Intolerable Cruelty Friday afternoon. This movie was
really good which was nice. The previews made it look dumb but I was
able to talk a friend into seeing it because it is a Coen brothers
movie and he always likes those (as do I). I loved Fargo but also am a
big fan of Raising Arizona,The Hudsucker Prozy,The Big Labowski and O
Brother, Where Art Thou.
The Coen Brothers must be wonderful fun to work for because they often
have cast members return to do other movies for them. Intolerable
Cruelty is no exception, George Cloony from O Brother, Where Art Thou
and Billy Bob Thorton and Richard Jenkins from The Man Who Wasn't
There. Besides those three, this film has a wonderful cast.
Basically this is a romantic comedy done well. It's a genre that I
particularly like but even someone who isnt a fan of the genre the way
I am might like this movie. It is, however, very totally a Coen
brothers movie. I have found that even though I tend to really like
these movies, other absolutely hate them. Intolerable Cruelty seems
like it will be like this more than many of their other films. It is
more like The Big Labowski and Raising Arizona than it is like Fargo.
It is funny though. I laughed so hard, I had tears running down my
face. The timing of the lines makes them hilarious even if such timing
is a little unnatural. Well, that is what makes it so funny, I think.
But I know that sort of timing bothers other people.
Basically this is a story of a really excellent but somewhat sleazy
high priced California divorce attorney. He meets and falls in love
with a woman whose husband he is representing in their divorce. I wont
go into the rest of it because I dont want to spoil the movie but there
are some really priceless moments. If you like Coen Brothers films,
this is one to catch.
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tod
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response 42 of 225:
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Oct 21 20:41 UTC 2003 |
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edina
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response 43 of 225:
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Oct 21 20:44 UTC 2003 |
I loved "Gosford Park". If you need names for a few of those actors, they
would be Helen Mirren, Ryan Phillippe, Emily Watson, Stephen Fry, Michael
Gambon, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Bill Ballaban, Alan Bates and a myriad
of other great Brit actors.
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tod
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response 44 of 225:
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Oct 21 20:48 UTC 2003 |
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mynxcat
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response 45 of 225:
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Oct 21 21:03 UTC 2003 |
Intolerable Cruelty had a very rushed end, IMO
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remmers
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response 46 of 225:
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Oct 21 22:43 UTC 2003 |
"Intolerable Cruelty" is on my must-see-before-it-leaves-the-theaters
list. It's a Coen Brothers movie, after all.
Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" is a sombre tragedy, a beautifully
made film with superb acting from an ensemble all-star cast. Sean
Penn and Tim Robbins especially. The story gets its hooks into you
and never lets go. Highly recommended.
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wh
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response 47 of 225:
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Oct 22 03:39 UTC 2003 |
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wh
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response 48 of 225:
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Oct 22 03:46 UTC 2003 |
Saw The Legend of Suriyothai. It only plays one more night, Thursday,
at the Michigan Theater.
Went for the Thai scenery since I have worked with a few young Thai
people in the last few years. Most of the the movie was filmed indoors.
But good traditional Thai dress and in Thai with English subtitles.
A 16th century story. Court intrigue, assassination, and occasional
regicide. So much killing that toward the end I gave up and didn't much
care who died. An unsettled time in Siam's history with Burma
threatening invasion.
The last third of the movie was war. Muskets, steel, and archery. I am
not a good judge of war movies. I think the last one I liked was The
Longest Day (1962). The Burmese army was pictured as equivalent to the
evil Germans in English language war movies and as the evil Russians in
German war movies.
I liked the feminist strain, albeit it at the royal level only, woven
throughout despite the traditional patriarchal times.
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mary
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response 49 of 225:
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Oct 23 17:36 UTC 2003 |
Bubba Ho-Tep is opening tomorrow, at The State, in Ann Arbor. John
and I are planning to go to the 7:15 show and have dinner, before,
somewhere downtown. That's tomorrow evening.
If anyone would like to join us that would be fun. I'm thinking
either Seva or Cottage Inn Cafe or that no-frills middle eastern
place on William, Keebob Palace or something. Around 5:30? Anyone
interested?
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scott
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response 50 of 225:
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Oct 23 17:45 UTC 2003 |
Dammit, already doing stuff tomorrow.
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remmers
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response 51 of 225:
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Oct 25 12:09 UTC 2003 |
"Bubba Ho-Tep" did not disappoint. The story is beyond far-fetched
of course. Some very funny lines. Bruce Campbell really gets into
his role as an elderly Elvis Presley, living in obscurity in a rest
home in east Texas and wallowing in self-pity until... (See, the
guy who died back in 1977 was actually a Presley impersonator with
whom the real Elvis had switched roles.)
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mary
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response 52 of 225:
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Oct 25 12:45 UTC 2003 |
The first few lines spoken set the tone for all that follows. It's
probably one of the most outrageously funny setups I've seen.
Again, stay until the credits have finished. There is more.
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janc
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response 53 of 225:
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Oct 27 04:28 UTC 2003 |
"Price of Milk" - This is a New Zealand fairy tale romance set on an
isolated dairy farm. Lucinda and Rob are in love. Rob has 117 cows
and an agoraphobic dog. Lucinda has a collection of baby shoes and
inexplicable doubts. Does Rob really love her? How can she test his
love? By trading away all 117 cows to get back a blanket that was
stolen from her by a team of Maori golfers to keep their auntie warm,
of course. Now she just has to win him back again.
The film is full of lots of bits of delightful weirdness. The dog and
the bath on the hill and the upsidedown pickup trucks and the Hindi
wedding dress are worth the price of admission. Which is all great,
but the characters don't entirely make emotional sense, which kind of
makes the whole thing feel a bit pointless.
Apparantly the director/writer made up the film day by day as he was
filming it.
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mary
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response 54 of 225:
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Oct 27 11:26 UTC 2003 |
It's now in my queue. Thanks!
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aruba
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response 55 of 225:
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Oct 27 15:22 UTC 2003 |
We went to see another New Zealand film the other night, "Whale Rider",
which is now at the Village Theater. It was fabulous - best movie I've seen
all year.
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mcnally
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response 56 of 225:
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Oct 27 18:39 UTC 2003 |
I should've caught "Whale Rider" when it came through Ketchikan a
week or two ago. We've got pretty limited choice in new movies so
it's worth going when something decent comes to town.
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tod
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response 57 of 225:
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Oct 27 18:48 UTC 2003 |
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mcnally
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response 58 of 225:
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Oct 27 19:26 UTC 2003 |
Yeah.. I give the carvers in the carving shed out at Saxman major credit
for their patience with the tourists. I've stood and watched while groups
of tourists shuffle through, every five minutes asking the same alarmingly
stupid questions. It would drive me mad by the time the first bus got out
of the parking lot.
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tod
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response 59 of 225:
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Oct 27 20:08 UTC 2003 |
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mcnally
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response 60 of 225:
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Oct 27 23:38 UTC 2003 |
When they've got someone carving at the exhibition room in the Southeast
Alaska Discovery Center they take that approach (though they're a little
friendlier about it.) When you enter they hand you a FAQ list and ask
that you read it before asking the carvers any questions.
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iandude
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response 61 of 225:
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Oct 29 02:33 UTC 2003 |
i think the best movie i've ever seen was The Boondock Saints. I heard a new
one is coming out soon.
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aruba
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response 62 of 225:
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Oct 29 02:35 UTC 2003 |
I haven't heard of that one - what's it about?
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