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bdh3
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May 25 09:04 UTC 2002 |
5/24/02 _Enough_ - not enough worth the effort.
_The Importance of Being Ernest_ - read the fucking book.
_Insomnia_ - two actors, one insane and the other noted
for chewing the sets. Who is over the top?
Not to miss this one, a definate do. In the spirit
of movies by directors freaked out by long days
- and its in english as a bonus.
_Spirit:The Stallion of the Cimarron_ - kid animi in the
spirit of _Pocohantas_. If you are hitting on
a divource' with kids do this and you'll get some.
If your are MWK do this and you'll get some.
(What is a 'cimarron'?)
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md
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response 1 of 14:
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May 25 10:16 UTC 2002 |
It's like a divource' only faster.
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janc
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response 2 of 14:
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May 25 16:47 UTC 2002 |
Well, the "The Importance of Being Ernest" isn't a book exactly. It's a play.
Of course the script is available in book form, but it is meant to be
performed, not read. I hear the movie doesn't have much to add to the play,
but if you want to send the prospective viewer back to the original, I think
"see the fucking play" would be the better choice. Your local high school
will probably perform it next year if not this year.
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tpryan
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response 3 of 14:
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May 25 16:52 UTC 2002 |
The Cimarron is a rather green valley/area in Oklahoma that
contains a river by the name. The region is also called the Cimarron.
I felt rather comfortable being there once. Probably because it was
the most Michigan looking part of Oklahoma.
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rcurl
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response 4 of 14:
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May 25 17:16 UTC 2002 |
I haven't seen a movie of The Importance of Being Ernest, but I would
think it would not work as well as the play. The play lends itself
to "hamming it up", which goes over better live.
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richard
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response 5 of 14:
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May 26 04:37 UTC 2002 |
see item #45 for movie reviews
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bdh3
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response 6 of 14:
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May 26 06:08 UTC 2002 |
This is *My* movie review item - where *I* review the movies.
Got it?
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slynne
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response 7 of 14:
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May 26 16:40 UTC 2002 |
well. Colin Firth is in this new version of The Importance of Being
Ernest so that is reason enough to see it.
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other
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response 8 of 14:
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May 26 21:05 UTC 2002 |
Have you considered that that may not be one of beady's criteria? Have
you?!
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slynne
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response 9 of 14:
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May 26 21:21 UTC 2002 |
/holds head in shame
no, I was only thinking of myself.
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bdh3
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response 10 of 14:
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May 27 07:43 UTC 2002 |
Well, there yah go.
_Ocean's 11_ , Nice. The film is actually very simple, no
complicated 'con within a con'. The tech with one singular
exception is understood by the screenwriters and thus well
portrayed. It is an 'actors flik' with much attention to
dialog and costume and was probably a shitload of fun to
shoot as reflected in the adlibs that made it into the final
cut. (My fave is Clooney walking out of prison gates in
tuxedo. Pitt says something like "I hope you were the groom".)
Some sendups to the original - Angie Dickenson has a cameo.
Andy Garcia is...
A wonderfully technically competent and well acted film
with nothing to say - no 'deep message' just good solid entertainment.
Well worth the original admission and well worth the discount
price for the VHS/DVD at yer local drug store, bodega, bootleg
outlet whatever.
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oval
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response 11 of 14:
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May 27 14:54 UTC 2002 |
seen the original?
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remmers
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response 12 of 14:
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May 28 12:22 UTC 2002 |
Presumably, since he spotted the sendups to it.
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flem
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response 13 of 14:
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May 28 17:06 UTC 2002 |
Based on the previews I've sat through, _Spirit: Stallion of the Whatever_
looks like a fantastic candidate for Worst Movie Ever.
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aruba
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response 14 of 14:
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May 29 00:26 UTC 2002 |
(You're not in the target audience, Greg.)
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