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twenex
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response 51 of 278:
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Mar 30 17:55 UTC 2004 |
Heh. Interestingly, one of the (many) words for "son of a bitch" in Spanish
is "hijo de tu madre" - "son of your mother " ("but who is your father"?
implied)
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tpryan
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response 52 of 278:
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Apr 6 16:30 UTC 2004 |
I'm having some Banquet Lassagana for lunch.
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gregb
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response 53 of 278:
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Apr 7 16:13 UTC 2004 |
If it's anything like their chicken, you have my sympathies.
Watched Holloywood Homicide yesterday. Can't say I was impressed. The
pacing was, IMO, way off. The first hour everything moved very slow,
while the second things were constantly GO GO GO!
Norally, I like comedies with Harrison Ford, but this one really missed
the mark. The jokes and one-liners seemed contrived and forced--and
there wasn't much of them to begin with (which, in retrospect, was a
good thing). It seemed like this was a drama trying to be a comedy and
didn't know how.
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mcnally
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response 54 of 278:
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Apr 7 16:25 UTC 2004 |
re #53: "Hollywood Homicide" was terrible. Harrison Ford must've
owed somebody a really big favor..
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scott
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response 55 of 278:
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Apr 7 16:32 UTC 2004 |
Rented "Underworld" yesterday. It lives up to its reviews; lots of action,
a somewhat overburdened plot device, and forgettable acting.
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anderyn
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response 56 of 278:
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Apr 7 17:55 UTC 2004 |
I ejoyed "Hollywood Homicide" at the theater last year. It wasn't my favorite
movie, but it was fun enough for a matinee. I thought the best line was about
the donut, though the duelling cell phones during the interrogations were cute
too. (I may have a higher tolerance for the jokes since I rarely go to "funny"
movies and they may have been fresher for me in that respect.)
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tod
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response 57 of 278:
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Apr 7 19:21 UTC 2004 |
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edina
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response 58 of 278:
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Apr 7 19:31 UTC 2004 |
Yes, my little anal dwelling but monkey?
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tod
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response 59 of 278:
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Apr 7 19:32 UTC 2004 |
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twenex
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response 60 of 278:
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Apr 7 19:41 UTC 2004 |
I enjoyed Bruce Almighty. Haven't seen the film "Gandhi".
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tod
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response 61 of 278:
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Apr 7 19:48 UTC 2004 |
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novomit
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response 62 of 278:
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Apr 8 12:46 UTC 2004 |
Ben Kingsley = Overrated.
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gregb
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response 63 of 278:
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Apr 8 16:13 UTC 2004 |
Bruce Almighty was great. Picked up the DVD a few months ago. Ever
since Carry's been doing less wild comedies, like "Liar Liar," "The
Truman Show," etc., he's gained more respect in my book. My fav line
in BA is when God tells him he's dead...
Bruce: "Really?!"
God: "Naw, I'm just messing with'ya."
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twenex
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response 64 of 278:
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Apr 8 20:30 UTC 2004 |
<Bruce walks past a girl wearing a skirt and turns round and blows a huge wind
in her dirextion, blowing up said skirt and showing her panties>
"He saw it and it was GOOD!"
rotfl.
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krokus
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response 65 of 278:
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Apr 8 21:13 UTC 2004 |
Saw Hellboy over the weekend, didn't feel like I wasted my money. I
did like how they showed some different types of "heros" in use, and
they wern't these perfect beings, they have some serious eccentricites.
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richard
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response 66 of 278:
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Apr 9 04:05 UTC 2004 |
re #62-- "Ben Kingsley is overrated" You obviously don't know much about
acting. SIR Ben Kingsley was for many years, well before he did "Gandhi",
considered one of the great Shakespearean stage actors in the world. He
was one of the stars of the Royal Shakespeare Company for two decades.
When Kingsley did "Gandhi", he famously starved himself and subjected
himself to the same conditions that Gandhi endured when he did his fasts.
He also as I recall refused payment for acting in Gandhi, believing that
being of Indian descent, it would be wrong to play a role that important--
Gandhi being a holy figure there-- for material gain. Similarly when he
did "Schindler's List", Kingsley, as did Steven Spielberg and some of the
other cast-- donated his salary to help fund The Shoah Foundation.
Go see "House of Sand and Fog" sometime if you think Kingsley is
overrated. Or better yet, fly to England the next time Kingsley is on
stage playing the title role in "Othello" or as Ariel in "The Tempest"
That is if you can get tickets.
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other
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response 67 of 278:
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Apr 9 12:44 UTC 2004 |
I enjoyed his Feste in the film version of "Twelfth Night" but the
live performance of the role by the Globe Theatre company I saw was
better, a little.
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edina
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response 68 of 278:
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Apr 9 13:45 UTC 2004 |
Yeah, I too agree that Kingsley is amazing. I still think of him looking at
Neeson in Schindler's List saying "The list is life" and get chills.
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gregb
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response 69 of 278:
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Apr 10 17:53 UTC 2004 |
Last night I learned about a movie coming out on May 28 called "The Day
After Tomorrow," which looks interesting. It's about the environment
running rampant. What's kinda scary is that the production team based
much of what you see on projected weather patterns that are occuring now
around the world. Their Web site is www.thedayaftertomorrow.com.
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dbratman
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response 70 of 278:
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Apr 11 15:43 UTC 2004 |
I do not consider Ben Kingsley over-rated, but none of the arguments in
post 66 prove that he isn't.
Being Sir Ben doesn't mean he's a good actor. Donating his salary
doesn't mean he's a good actor. Even being a star doesn't mean he's a
good actor. Mind you, I do think he's a good actor, but none of those
things demonstrate it.
And being a good actor doesn't mean he isn't an over-rated actor. Mind
you, I don't think he is an over-rated actor, but one can be both good
and over-rated at the same time.
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twenex
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response 71 of 278:
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Apr 11 22:56 UTC 2004 |
Erm, yes they can.
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gregb
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response 72 of 278:
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Apr 14 15:19 UTC 2004 |
Seems to me whether an acter/actress is good/bad over/under-rated is
purely an individual perception. Same with most anything. That's why
I never listen to critics.
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gull
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response 73 of 278:
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Apr 15 16:53 UTC 2004 |
Re resp:63: Morgan Freeman as God was great casting. :>
I rented "Space Truckers", mostly out of curiousity, since it was on an
Internet list of underrated movies. It was okay, in a TV
movie-of-the-week sort of way. I disagree with the author of the list
who claimed it was "what The Fifth Element should have been." It wasn't
quite high-budget enough to be *good* good, and not quite fun enough to
be cheesy good. Dennis Hopper rescued it from forgettable awfulness,
but not by much.
I can't recommend renting this; watch it if it ever airs on basic cable.
It'd fit right in with TNT's "Movies for Guys Who Like Movies" lineup.
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realugly
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response 74 of 278:
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Apr 15 19:21 UTC 2004 |
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scott
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response 75 of 278:
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Apr 15 19:59 UTC 2004 |
Re 73: That's weird, I just rented "Space Truckers" last week. I think there
might have been a Simpsons or Futurama reference that was taken from that
movie, but aside from that it was nice to finally sate my curiosity about the
movie.
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