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coyote
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response 70 of 290:
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Jul 14 04:48 UTC 1998 |
Subtitled? Dubbed?
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jep
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response 71 of 290:
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Jul 14 15:03 UTC 1998 |
I saw the movie "Anaconda" on video over the weekend. It featured flat,
indistinguishable characters, a plot with little direction and less
interest, and expensive looking but unrealistic graphics. I don't
watch a lot of movies -- this may have been the worst I've ever seen.
My 7 year old said after the movie that anacondas are constrictors, not
pit vipers, and that the mouth of the snake looked more like that of a
pit viper. He mistakes cynicism for sophistication at times, but I have
no reason to doubt his analysis.
He and I saw "Godzilla" again at the local $2 theater. I still liked
it. Especially compared to "Anaconda". I explained to my kid that the
female lead deserved to be allowed to outgrow her past, but after
leaving the guy without talking to him, then stealing his top-secret
tape and exploiting her relationship to advance her career, she did not
deserve any affection or respect from him. As I told him "I wouldn't
have her on toast". He just liked the giant lizard. He said it walked
like a komodo dragon while it was underground.
My wife and I watched "Volcano" on Sunday evening on video tape. I
thought this could have been a lot more spectacular of a movie. Not a
lot happened that I find myself now, 2 days later, caring about or
remembering very much. It was much too tense for a 7 year old, with a
few pretty ugly scenes of burned-up people, so I'm glad we watched it
before the kids did.
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remmers
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response 72 of 290:
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Jul 14 15:26 UTC 1998 |
(Disaster movies seem to be in fashion at the Perry household... ;-)
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jep
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response 73 of 290:
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Jul 14 16:06 UTC 1998 |
Monster movies. 7 year olds like monster movies. We've had a couple of
older Godzilla movies, and King Kong is at the house right now, too.
Last night we started watching "Gremlins" -- I haven't seen it, so I
don't know if it qualifies. "Volcano" was a departure from the summer
theme.
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maeve
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response 74 of 290:
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Jul 14 20:10 UTC 1998 |
back to Gone With the Wind...after reading the book (twice I think), I"m going
to have to be uncharacteristic and say that the power struggle was what
Scarlett liked about Rhett...she always wanted what she couldn't have..<shrug>
some people like that sort of thing..
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omni
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response 75 of 290:
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Jul 15 04:09 UTC 1998 |
Volcano- Saw it on HBO a while back. Not impressed. One star.
The Mouse that Roared- If you havn't seen it, see it. It should be
on Bravo for the next couple of weeks. Absolutly a classic.
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mooncat
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response 76 of 290:
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Jul 15 15:25 UTC 1998 |
I kinda liked Volcano when I saw it in the theater, but I don't
think that I would want to see it again.
I really thought that Mousehunt was a very cute movie. :) Although,
Catzilla looked a little too much like my kitten would look (if
Sasha were mangy and a little bigger)
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md
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response 77 of 290:
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Jul 15 21:03 UTC 1998 |
ARMAGEDDON (B+) -- Better than Deep Impact, and a lot better than
some of the reviews made it sound. The two bad guys from FARGO (A)
are in it. Steve Buscemi plays a raunchy genius, and the other
guy plays a short-tempered Russian, and they get all the good lines.
"Time to embrace the horror, fellas." "American components, Russian
components -- all made in Taiwan."
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senna
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response 78 of 290:
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Jul 16 08:47 UTC 1998 |
Predator: Interesting story, not too shabbily executed. It's helped
immensely by the lack of dialogue, particularly late in the film. 2 1/2
stars.
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krj
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response 79 of 290:
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Jul 17 18:24 UTC 1998 |
back in resp:70 , coyote asked if the Toshiro Mifune series at Lorch
Hall would be subtitled or dubbed. I am assuming subtitled, just because
I have never heard of these films being presented dubbed. As the
sponsor of the series is the Center for Japanese Studies, I would
guess they would want the original Japanese dialogue. But this is only
a guess.
TITANIC opens today at the Fox Village, according to the A2 News, so
perhaps I will finally get a chance to see it this week.
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other
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response 80 of 290:
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Jul 17 18:24 UTC 1998 |
cool!
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eieio
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response 81 of 290:
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Jul 17 18:39 UTC 1998 |
Tonight, quarter to midnight, Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted is at the
Michigan. It features "The Spirit of Christmas", on the big screen!
And I have one thing to say to anyone who spent way too much time watching
the RealVideo version and now feels compelled to recite the lines along
with the film: "YOU DIE! YOU GO TO HELL AND YOU DIE!"
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beeswing
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response 82 of 290:
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Jul 17 20:44 UTC 1998 |
uh, if you're referring to the oft-mentioned quote on South Park, it's:
"No! You go to hell! You go to hell and you die!"
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ivynymph
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response 83 of 290:
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Jul 17 21:05 UTC 1998 |
<ivy looks incredibly confused, having *no* idea who SPike and Mike are or
what other is talking about....>
<ivy decides to never see Titanic, given that it'll be gone by the time she's
near>
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other
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response 84 of 290:
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Jul 17 21:57 UTC 1998 |
I was reacting to the announcement that titanic is playing at the $1.50
theatre.
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ivynymph
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response 85 of 290:
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Jul 17 22:17 UTC 1998 |
(I meant the spike and mike show....<smirk>)
I'm annoyed that Titanic took forever to get to Fox and now it's there while
I'm not. grrrrr.
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senna
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response 86 of 290:
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Jul 17 22:19 UTC 1998 |
Really? I'm seeing it tomorrow.
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anderyn
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response 87 of 290:
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Jul 17 22:58 UTC 1998 |
Gooing to see Mark of Zorro tomorrow. Chick flick -- mostly girls in the
group.
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senna
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response 88 of 290:
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Jul 18 20:38 UTC 1998 |
Mask of Zorro was tolerable, but had a lot of foolish points. The fencing
choreography was occasionally entertaining and occasionally just derivitive,
as were many of the plot points (felt like watching the star wars trilogy in
1840's california). Antonia Banderas did a good job, particularly as his mild
mannered rich guy alter ego. I found him sort of wanting as Zorro, but that's
because he isn't Cary Elwes.
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remmers
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response 89 of 290:
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Jul 19 01:43 UTC 1998 |
<remmers notes that the Star Wars trilogy was derivative>
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coyote
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response 90 of 290:
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Jul 19 04:07 UTC 1998 |
Re #79:
Ok, thanks. Just wanted to make sure there was *some* form of English
available there. :) I'll try to make it to at least one of those. Do you
know what the other films are for the rest of the series, or where I could
find a list? (The Observer, maybe?)
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krj
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response 91 of 290:
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Jul 19 04:51 UTC 1998 |
The July "Current" has a one-page feature on the entire Toshiro Mifune
series; the individual films, all on Fridays, should be listed in the
Observer. I know that "Yojimbo" is somewhere in the schedule for
August.
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coyote
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response 92 of 290:
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Jul 19 05:08 UTC 1998 |
Ah, ok, thanks!
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senna
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response 93 of 290:
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Jul 19 05:44 UTC 1998 |
Not nearly this derivative, John. And a lot better. Besides, George
practically rewrote most of the old archetypes with the thing.
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tpryan
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response 94 of 290:
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Jul 19 06:11 UTC 1998 |
Let us know how the qulaity of the film print of Titanic is.
I trust even less very used movie stock at the dollar fifty movies.
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