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eeyore
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response 137 of 284:
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Jul 28 16:26 UTC 2001 |
America's Sweethearts was missing scenes from the commercials. Makes you
wonder if they'll add them to the video.
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senna
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response 138 of 284:
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Jul 28 16:42 UTC 2001 |
Numerous movies skip scenes from their trailers. I think this is either
deliberate, using extra footage to show parts of the movie without giving
anything away, or the result of putting trailers together before editing is
finished.
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tpryan
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response 139 of 284:
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Jul 28 17:00 UTC 2001 |
I think it's mostly the result of putting trailer together before
final edit is finished.
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danr
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response 140 of 284:
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Jul 28 18:14 UTC 2001 |
Silvia and I went to see Evolution at the Fox Village yesterday. It had
a little too much bathroom humor in it, but otherwise it was pretty
funny.
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ashke
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response 141 of 284:
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Jul 28 22:40 UTC 2001 |
I didn't like Gattica, I thought it was a BAD version of "Brave New World",
and didn't like the actors, nor the characters enough. I almost turned it
off, but morbid curiosity made me keep it on, HOPING it would get better.
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edina
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response 142 of 284:
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Jul 29 13:02 UTC 2001 |
Well - it had Jude Law. That's a good thing.
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slynne
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response 143 of 284:
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Jul 29 14:41 UTC 2001 |
America's Sweethearts was much better than I expected. I found myself
laughing out loud a few times and generally thought it a nice
entertaining movie. Nothing too deep, of course, but the perfect movie
for a hot july evening.
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ric
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response 144 of 284:
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Jul 29 16:16 UTC 2001 |
We saw America's Sweethearts yesterday, and really enjoyed it. The movie
theater was packed (several sold out Apes showings).
I maintain that John Cusack has never been in a bad movie.
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brighn
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response 145 of 284:
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Jul 29 17:19 UTC 2001 |
It makes some sense that trailers would have scenes that don't make the final
cut. The market research previews usually focus on a handful of scenes taht
the filmmakers are especially concerned about... putting those in the trailers
would also enable the market researchers to include them in the questionnaires
on the advertising: Did that scene make you more or less interested in seeing
the film? How about that clip? If a clip is universally blasted, the
corresponding scene can then beremoved from the movie.
I'm not sure how OFTEn my little theory accounts for the removal of such
scenes, but it makes sense to me. ;}
"High Fidelity" is on my list of movies that I haven't been able to finish.
I could never get into it, it seemed to have no idea what it wanted to be,
except John cusack whining. Needless to say, then, I disagree with Ric. ;}
Given that I can't stand Julia Roberts, and not even Hugh Grant was enough
to move me to another Julia Roberts dreck, I doubt I'll be seeing America's
Sweethearts either (either including Notting Hill, that is).
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remmers
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response 146 of 284:
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Jul 29 17:56 UTC 2001 |
Hm. "Notting Hill" and "High Fidelity" were two of my favorite movies
of 1999 and 2000, respectively.
<remmers makes a note to take brighn's future disrecommendations
as recommendations>
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orinoco
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response 147 of 284:
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Jul 29 19:52 UTC 2001 |
It was John Cusac whining, mostly. Some of us just think he whines well ;)
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scott
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response 148 of 284:
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Jul 29 20:14 UTC 2001 |
Saw "Planet of the Apes". Pretty good movie, although not without its issues.
But still, very cool to see how they portrayed the apes and such.
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brighn
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response 149 of 284:
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Jul 29 21:59 UTC 2001 |
#146> Probably a good strategy. ;}
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edina
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response 150 of 284:
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Jul 30 02:08 UTC 2001 |
Saw "Planet of the Apes" today - ok - Mark Wahlberg is proving that he can
really act - Tim Roth proved that he can overcome make-up and there are some
really hysterical things in the movie.
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ric
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response 151 of 284:
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Jul 30 12:57 UTC 2001 |
High Fidelity was probably one of Cusack's less interesting movies, but I
still thought it was pretty good... I liked that one where he was an air
traffic controller too... and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
From E-Online... here is a list of John Cusack movies I have seen...
America's Sweethearts (2001)
High Fidelity (2000)
Pushing Tin (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Anastasia (1997)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Say Anything... (1989)
Better Off Dead (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
And here is a list of John Cusack movies that I haven't seen...
Serendipity (2001)
The Jack Bull (1999)
This Is My Father (1999)
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
Chicago Cab (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Con Air (1997)
City Hall (1996)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
The Road to Wellville (1994)
Floundering (1994)
Map of the Human Heart (1993)
Money for Nothing (1993)
Roadside Prophets (1992)
Bob Roberts (1992)
Shadows and Fog (1992)
True Colors (1991)
The Grifters (1990)
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
Tapeheads (1989)
Eight Men Out (1988)
Elvis Stories (1988)
Hot Pursuit (1987)
One Crazy Summer (1986)
The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
The Sure Thing (1985)
Class (1983)
There's quite a stretch between 1989's "Say Anything" and 1997's "Midnight.."
that I haven't seen... recommendations are gladly accepted.
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brighn
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response 152 of 284:
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Jul 30 14:06 UTC 2001 |
Of those, the ones I've seen and my opinion on a five-point scale:
High Fidelity *
Pushing Tin ***
Being John Malkovich ****
Grosse Pointe Blank ****
Midnight in... ***** (I think Spacey deserved that Oscar more for this than
for American Beauty)
Better Off Dead ** (with some memorable parts, though: That's a damn shame,
folks throwin' out a perfectly good white boy)
The Jack Bull *** Interesting not-quite-a-Western. It drags in spots, and is
unusually dramatic for Cusack.
Con Air *** Cusack's role is smaller than in Pushing Tin, but the character's
similar. He plays some Federal bureaucrat; I believe he's the one trying to
keep them from just shooting the plane down and killing all the cons.
The Road to Wellville ***** Based on a book farce about Kellogg's sanitarium
in Battle Creek in the 1900s. Cusack is in top neurotic form.
Money for Nothing -- I'm not sure I've seen this, though it sounds familiar.
If I did, it was so standard taht I didn't even remember it.
The Player * (listed on IMDB) An insider's film. The Hollywood people loved
it, and it made no sense to me (or, apparently, to anyone outside of
Hollywood)
Shadows and Fog -- saw bits of it, but it didn't hold my interest; I wanted
to catch it from the beginning, but that never happened; Woody Allen does film
noir
The Grifters -- See comment under "Money for Nothing"
Stand by Me **** (listed on IMDB) -- IIRC, he's got a small part; IMDB lists
him as Danny Lachance. He's certainly not one of the four kids the movie's
mostly about, or the bully (that's Keifer Sutherland)
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edina
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response 153 of 284:
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Jul 30 14:24 UTC 2001 |
What is interesting about "The Jack Bull" is that Cusack's dad wrote it.
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ashke
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response 154 of 284:
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Jul 30 16:53 UTC 2001 |
I rather liked the Jack Bull. I'm a big fan of John Cusack. I think that
my favorite, or one of, is Say Anything. I just like that movie. I did like
High Fedlity, I would give it a 4-*. I didn't think it was so much him
running around whining, but rather a good look at him and his past failed
relationships and the realization of why things happened the way they did.
I think I agree with you, Brighn, about almost everything, other than High
Fedility, and I LOVE "Better off Dead". <smiles> The sequal, the one about
"summer" wasn't as good, but had some redeeming parts about the boat race.
(btw... In Stand by me, he played Wil Wheaton's character's deceased brother
in a flashback.)
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ric
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response 155 of 284:
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Jul 30 17:21 UTC 2001 |
I think the ones I'm going to check out are Con Air, The Road To Wellville,
and The Jack Bull.
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slynne
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response 156 of 284:
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Jul 30 17:29 UTC 2001 |
Did any of you folks who loved _Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil_
read the book? I mean, I loved the book and hated the movie and now
wonder if it was just because the book was do different. I liked parts
of the movie of course but mostly thought it wasnt so good.
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brighn
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response 157 of 284:
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Jul 30 17:30 UTC 2001 |
Out of those three, Wellville is the most original, and Con Air is the most
formulaic (action flick), fwiw.
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brighn
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response 158 of 284:
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Jul 30 17:36 UTC 2001 |
(#156 slipped in)
No, I personally didn't read the book. I think the only book/movie combo in
recent memory where I read the book AND saw the movie was "Fight Club," and
it was strange which elements of the book the moviemakers changed. Before
that, the last combo that comes to mind is A Room with a View, and that was
for a class when the movie first came out... I think that probably says more
about how few books I read than anything else. =P
(Hmmm... do movies based on Shakespeare count? The last
Shakespeare-cum-Hollywood that I saw was Tromeo and Juliet... which speaks
even MORE about my choices in entertainment.)
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edina
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response 159 of 284:
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Jul 30 17:40 UTC 2001 |
I can't remember if I watched the movie or read teh book first - I liked them
both and was impressed with the casting.
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tpryan
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response 160 of 284:
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Jul 30 22:39 UTC 2001 |
My sister had a comment much like this upon seeing "Midnight in ...
The cinemaphotographer fell in love with Savanaha, Georgia, the
director was entranced by Lady Cablis (she played herself). Of
course she checks spelling much more than I do. At the time of the
book and making of the film, she lived across the way at Hilton Head
Island, SC.
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ric
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response 161 of 284:
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Jul 30 23:54 UTC 2001 |
I did not read the book. I can think of very very few movies that I have both
seen the movie and read the book. In fact, since I primarily read
sci-fi/fantasy type novels, I can't think of *ANY* right now that I've seen,
other than the cartoon versions of The Hobbit and Return of the King.
When I go see Lord of the Rings Part 1 this Christmas, I hope to be able to
keep an open mind about differences between the book and the movie, because
I know there will probably be many.
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