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richard
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Siskel & Ebert & Grex-- the Movie Review item
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Jan 11 23:48 UTC 1999 |
This is the movie review item, where we post reviews of movies we have
seen either in the theater, or rented, and have genera film discusion.
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richard
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Jan 12 00:06 UTC 1999 |
Okay, here's a terrific film recommendation to start things off:
AFFLICTION-- This is writer Russell Banks followup to the "Sweet
Hereafter" (if you saw that movie, it was a very very dark, character
study about the residents of a small town in Canada-- great film)
Anyway this stars Nick Nolte as a policeman in a small upstate New
Hampshire town. The dominant relationship in his life is with his
father who hates him. His daughter is afraid of him. His girlfriend
doesnt understand him. The film chronicles his slow, steady breakdown
over a period of weeks, as he becomes a prisoner of alcoholism and
paranoia. The movie starts with Nolte's character on the edge, and
shows him going straight over. Nolte is deservedly the favorite to win
the Best Actor Oscar this year, and James Coburn is simply haunting as
the brutal father who dominates his life and will certainly be up for
Best Supporting Actor.
"AFFLICTION" is a very intense, dark and disturbing film. Not one that
everyone will enjoy therefore, but it is a beautiful work and great
cinema. ***** (five stars-- highly recommended)
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katie
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response 2 of 165:
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Jan 12 03:39 UTC 1999 |
Patch Adams was a sorry film. Sappy.
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mcnally
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response 3 of 165:
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Jan 12 06:31 UTC 1999 |
please tell me that that didn't come as a surprise to anyone..
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omni
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response 4 of 165:
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Jan 12 10:06 UTC 1999 |
Robin Williams is either on or he's off. Obviously in Patch Adams he's off. It
looked good, but then again, so did Plan 9 ;)
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jep
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response 5 of 165:
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Jan 12 16:25 UTC 1999 |
We recently saw "Armageddon". It was sappy, unbelievable, and filled
with holes. The characters were cardboard cutouts. The plot was
nonexistent. We hated it. Really terrible. Miss it if there's any way
you can.
Then we saw "Lost in Space". It was sappy, unbelievable, and filled
with holes. It had unsympathetic characters. The plot zigzagged around
a lot. However, it was a likeable movie, really very well done. We
both liked it. We're even looking forward to the sequel.
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md
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response 6 of 165:
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Jan 12 18:04 UTC 1999 |
My daughter (age 12) has declared Patch Adams to be the best
movie she's seen since Titanic. "Better than Titanic," were her
exact words. My son (age14) spent the entire ride home reciting
funny bits from the movie, which he thought was hilarious. "He's
standing behind a skeleton while he's talking this cute girl and he
goes, 'I've got a boner. Wait, I *am* a boner.' HA HA HA HA!"
I think the movie has its audience.
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aruba
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Jan 12 18:13 UTC 1999 |
Re #5: I was at a lecture once by a computer guy who was asked what software
was going to be like in the future, and he said we can't really say, because
we don't know how to think right; after all, if you went back in time to the
50s and told a programmer how fast computers were going to be in the 90s, he'd
say, "Wow! Think of the matrices we could invert with one of those!"
All the way through Lost in Space, I was thinking that if you went back in
time to the 50s and told a TV producer how spectacular special effects would
be in the 90s, he'd say, "Wow! Think how cool we could make Lost in Space
then!"
I thought there must have been an incredible budget wasted on such a miserable
excuse for a plot.
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eieio
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Jan 12 19:00 UTC 1999 |
(Given that "Lost In Space" premiered in 1965, why would anyone in the 50s
know anything about it?)
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