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albaugh
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response 180 of 327:
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Jan 24 22:58 UTC 2003 |
Drift: I do not let my 9-year-old watch R rated movies, period. PG13 covers
a lot of things, such as Jurassic Park, Spider Man, etc. so I usually don't
see many problems there.
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janc
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response 181 of 327:
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Jan 26 05:00 UTC 2003 |
Maybe shouldn't review movies while feeling grumpy. But will anyway.
Rented "XXX". Was supposed to be a tougher, hipper James Bond, I guess.
But it's weird. Yeah, the hero's got tatoos and occasional bad manners,
but somehow he's basically got Shirley Temple's brain implanted. This guy
radiates niceness and wholesomeness. We're supposed to believe he's
a criminal? He goes around warning villians about cigarette smoking.
He's supposed to be cooler than Bond, but Bond had at least a plausible
cynicism. This is a cereal box cowboy pretending to be an antihero. Weird.
Also rented "Simone". The makers of "The Truman Show" pick up a similar
theme. This time, instead of a real person being inserted into a fake
world to make a TV show, we have a fake person being inserted into
the real world to make a movie. It was better the other way around.
This way it's a well worn cliche - Al Pacino is perpetrating a fraud, goes
to greater and greater lengths to preserve it, and ultimately ... well
you already know don't you? This plot has been done a hundred times,
and all this movie has to add are a few computer graphics. I guess I
was at least glad that they didn't actually allow the computer-generated
charater to magically sprout real intelligence, as computers so often
do in the movies.
Actually, the box says "From the Creator of 'The Truman Show'", but
closer inspection says the writer of Truman wrote and directed this,
but the director (the amazing Peter Weir) had nothing to do with Simone.
It could have used a real director.
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albaugh
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response 182 of 327:
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Jan 26 05:39 UTC 2003 |
Took the boys to see Kangaroo Jack tonight (80 minutes). They liked a lot
of the humor, and it had its moments, but overall I consider it poor quality.
Certainly not in the league of MiB, more on par with Scooby Doo.
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mynxcat
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response 183 of 327:
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Jan 26 15:30 UTC 2003 |
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slynne
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response 184 of 327:
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Jan 26 15:56 UTC 2003 |
I saw The Hours this weekend and really loved it. The acting was
amazing. I also didnt get how everything tied together until the very
end but I see that as a plus. I think I "got it" at the exact right
moment. It was perfect. I wasnt sure about some of the sexuality themes
in the movie. I have a feeling that if I had ever read any Virginia
Woolf or perhaps, _Mrs Dallaway_ in particular, I might have understood
why that stuff was included. I probably would have had a much richer
appreciation of the movie too. I think I'll read that book and then
watch this movie again.
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janc
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response 185 of 327:
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Jan 26 17:19 UTC 2003 |
I just noticed on the IMDB that Peter Weir is directing a movie based on the
first book of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. This is a justifiably
famous series of naval books set during the Napoleanic Wars. Aubrey is a
ships captain, Maturin a doctor/spy. O'Brian died 19 books into the series.
Cool to see someone like Weir picking up such a project. Apparantly due out
in November.
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jazz
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response 186 of 327:
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Jan 26 21:11 UTC 2003 |
Vin Diesel did a much better job as the anti-hero in an earlier film,
"Pitch Black", where he wavered between a hero and anti-hero quite a number
of times.
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scott
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response 187 of 327:
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Jan 26 21:41 UTC 2003 |
"XXX" wasn't really a serious movie, though. Funniest movie I saw all summer,
actually! :)
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mcnally
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response 188 of 327:
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Jan 27 00:03 UTC 2003 |
re #185: Hmmm.. Someone is working on a film of one of the later
O'Brian books but not starting the series from the first book
("Master and Commander".) Is that Weir, do you think, or are there
going to be two competing movie series based on the same series of books?
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janc
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response 189 of 327:
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Jan 27 04:15 UTC 2003 |
Interesting - and odd. IMDB lists the title as "Master and Commander: The
Far Side of the World". Other web sites list it as "The Far Side of the
World" to be released in June. "Master and Commander" is the title of the
first book in the series, "Far Side of the World" is the tenth. It looks like
they are treating "Master and Commander" and a title for the series as a
whole, and the movie is to be based on the tenth book. Though apparantly it's
been rearranged a bit so the villians won't be the Americans.
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mcnally
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response 190 of 327:
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Jan 27 09:01 UTC 2003 |
So which great naval power will they be fighting, the Iraqis or the
North Koreans?
I guess the latter if they're working on "The Far Side of the World."
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krj
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response 191 of 327:
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Feb 1 04:28 UTC 2003 |
The Madstone Theaters in Briarwood (Ann Arbor) is trying a revival
of repertory cinema. The February issue of CURRENT lists dates
for "The Philadelphia Story," "The Apartment," "Blood Simple"
and "Sling Blade," among other.
It'll be interesting to see if they can make this work in the
DVD era; the VCR finished off most of the repertory movie theaters
in the country
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slynne
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response 192 of 327:
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Feb 2 16:47 UTC 2003 |
I know I wouldnt mind checking out The Philadelphia Story on a big
screen.
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edina
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response 193 of 327:
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Feb 3 15:55 UTC 2003 |
Saw "The Hours". Brilliant, but very depressing.
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mynxcat
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response 194 of 327:
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Feb 3 16:00 UTC 2003 |
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edina
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response 195 of 327:
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Feb 3 16:08 UTC 2003 |
It was still depressing.
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mynxcat
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response 196 of 327:
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Feb 3 16:53 UTC 2003 |
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gelinas
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response 197 of 327:
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Feb 4 03:28 UTC 2003 |
We saw The Two Towers on Saturday, finally. (NB: I've been avoiding the
movie review items since the movie's release. If I repeat what others have
said, I'll find out when I catch up. ;)
Most of the departures I could forgive on ground of translation to a different
medium. I can't say that for: the loss/disappearance of Aragorn, the sudden
change of mind that took Treebeard to Isengard (and, with such a sudden
change, where did all the other ents come from?) and the trip to Osgiliath.
Frodo and Sam really should have gotten to Cirith Ungol.
Still, the scenery was beautiful.
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janc
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response 198 of 327:
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Feb 4 05:22 UTC 2003 |
Welcome to New Zealand.
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gizlnort
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response 199 of 327:
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Feb 7 21:46 UTC 2003 |
I highly recommend Chicago to all on the BBS, fantastic musical work, acting
in high degree, and overall a great performance.
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mynxcat
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response 200 of 327:
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Feb 7 22:08 UTC 2003 |
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clees
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response 201 of 327:
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Feb 10 09:13 UTC 2003 |
Saw Gangs of New York, last night.
So, can anybody fill me in this part of history?
Cause I wasn't aware that a thing like this had occured during the Civ
War
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mynxcat
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response 202 of 327:
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Feb 10 15:37 UTC 2003 |
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edina
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response 203 of 327:
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Feb 10 16:27 UTC 2003 |
I think because everyone can relate to the movie, in some way. And it's a
good movie for both men and women to see.
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mynxcat
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response 204 of 327:
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Feb 10 16:46 UTC 2003 |
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