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edina
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response 230 of 289:
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Dec 3 14:40 UTC 2002 |
Huh?
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russ
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response 231 of 289:
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Dec 4 01:14 UTC 2002 |
Re #230: At the end of the Harry Potter credits, I meant. (Sorry.
Context changed during delay between authorship and posting.)
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anderyn
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response 232 of 289:
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Dec 4 01:26 UTC 2002 |
Darn. I wanted to wait, but we were on teh end of a row and couldn't stay
against the crowd.
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janc
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response 233 of 289:
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Dec 4 02:03 UTC 2002 |
I rented "Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World". This is a movie based on
the book that inspired the book that inspired "Jurasic Park." In other
words, the original dinosaur-surviving-in-the-modern-world adventure.
This is a 2001 BBC production, originally broadcast in two parts, so it
makes a rather long movie. I came to it with low expectations, but
ended up enjoying it a lot. It's definately a PC-ified version of
Doyle's original book. Two characters were added. A woman joins the
expedition so that we don't have to spend a whole long movie with
nothing but guys to watch but she's remarkably capable and
self-sufficient and shocks everyone by wearing pants (with a rather
modern form-fitting cut too). A missionary (Peter Falk) shows up to add
a creationism vs. darwinism debate to the story line. He's a bit of a
villian, but then again, no, not really. The expedition is lead by
Professor Challenger, who is rather more mellow than Doyle's version. A
big game hunter, a skeptical fellow professor, and a reporter round out
the expedition. And there are, of course, dinosaurs, produced on a
slightly more modest budget than those in "Jurasic Park" but
nevertheless convincing. What really distinguishes this from "Jurasic
Park" is that the dinosaurs are not the focus of the film. The people
are - their adventures, their interactions, their development. There is
actually a plot here, some very able acting, some three dimensional
characters, some thinking about life and morality. The movie constantly
teeters on the edge of both PC-cliches and adventure story cliches, but
never quite falls into them. This isn't the greatest movie ever made,
but it's a good solid piece of light, intelligent entertainment.
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richard
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response 234 of 289:
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Dec 8 05:18 UTC 2002 |
"Analyze That"-- pretty good. the script wasn't anything spectacular, but
it is always fun watching Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal hamming it up.
Not as good as "Analyze This" but watchable
,
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mcnally
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response 235 of 289:
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Dec 8 05:25 UTC 2002 |
I cannot, to this day, recall what ever possessed me to see "Analyze This",
especially given my general dislike of both Billy Crystal and Robert de Niro,
but I find the idea that they've made a sequel that's worse than the original
very disturbing.
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jep
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response 236 of 289:
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Dec 8 06:42 UTC 2002 |
I went and saw "Die Another Day" this evening, and found it disjointed,
unbelievable, and disappointing overall. I wish I'd gone to see
something else.
I'll be watching a lot of movies this month. I'll be going to
see "Harry Potter", "Treasure Planet", and as soon as it comes
out, "The Two Towers". I expect all of these will be better than "Die
Another Day".
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jiffer
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response 237 of 289:
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Dec 9 02:54 UTC 2002 |
My parents recently purchased "Harry Potter", it was cute.
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scott
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response 238 of 289:
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Dec 9 03:02 UTC 2002 |
I borrowed "Castle Keep" from the library last week. One of those weird artsy
WWI films from the late 60's, mostly, very cool to watch. The bit about the
Volkswagon was the funniest part, and there are a fair number of rather
atmospheric parts as well. Worth seeing, anyway.
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jep
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response 239 of 289:
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Dec 9 11:25 UTC 2002 |
The 2nd Harry Potter movie was good, though it was kind of scary in
spots for 6 year old John. It was also kind of long for 6 year old
John; 2 hours, 45 minutes I think.
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edina
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response 240 of 289:
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Dec 9 15:39 UTC 2002 |
It was long for 31 year old Brooke too.
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goose
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response 241 of 289:
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Dec 9 15:46 UTC 2002 |
I saw "Standing In The Shadows of Motown" this weekend. Neat movie that
gives some long overdue props to The Funk Brothers, who were the musicians
on almost all the Motown hits. Ann Arbor's Encore Records makes a cameo
appearance. It left me wanting to know more about the early days of Motown.
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aruba
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response 242 of 289:
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Dec 14 07:18 UTC 2002 |
Went to see Star Trek: Nemesis tonght. Thumbs up from me - I was very
pleased with it.
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mcnally
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response 243 of 289:
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Dec 14 07:21 UTC 2002 |
Well, at least it's an even-numbered one.. :-)
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senna
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response 244 of 289:
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Dec 14 16:24 UTC 2002 |
I'm planning on seeing it sometime this weekend, but I've heard mixed reviews,
many of which are simply apathetic and consider this to be an unspectacular
"more of the same offering." I'm glad it's worth the trip.
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anderyn
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response 245 of 289:
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Dec 14 23:35 UTC 2002 |
It was fun. We went in a Big Group (eight of us altogether) and we all enjoyed
it. Theater (first matinee today at the AMC 20 Livonia) was three quarters
full.
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jazz
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response 246 of 289:
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Dec 15 17:04 UTC 2002 |
Thumbs down from six of the seven that went to see it. It wasn't badly
acted, it wasn't badly written, and it wasn't badly paced, but there was
nothing memorable whatsoever about it, and it never rose a shade beyond just
being acceptable.
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remmers
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response 247 of 289:
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Dec 15 17:34 UTC 2002 |
So 6 out of 7 find acceptability unacceptable?
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anderyn
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response 248 of 289:
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Dec 15 20:10 UTC 2002 |
In our group, two were underwhelmed, but had fun during the viewing. Two were
more impressed. Rhiannon liked it, and Bruce and I both thought it was fun.
I don't know I'd call it spectacular, but I would watch it again. Griffin
thought it was slightly too long. (I did think it was definitely the "Data
and Picard" show, however.)
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jep
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response 249 of 289:
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Dec 16 14:13 UTC 2002 |
I took my son and nieces to see "Treasure Planet" while visiting
Tennessee. We all liked it very much.
It was the only time in my life that the people I was with were the
only ones in the theater. We had a private showing. I guess the movie
isn't selling very well.
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remmers
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response 250 of 289:
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Dec 16 16:27 UTC 2002 |
That's happened to occasionally, when I've gone to a weekday matinee
showing of a movie that's been playing for a few weeks. A couple of
times I've been the *only* person in the theater.
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slynne
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response 251 of 289:
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Dec 16 16:37 UTC 2002 |
I often go to an early show (11a) on Fridays since I dont work on
Fridays. I like kind of offbeat movies so a lot of the time, I have the
theater all to myself. It is cool.
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mynxcat
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response 252 of 289:
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Dec 16 17:37 UTC 2002 |
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bhelliom
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response 253 of 289:
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Dec 16 17:52 UTC 2002 |
I did like that movie...I thought it would probably be decent, but I
was still pleasantly surprised.
Say Elizabeth on DVD over the weekend. The movie was even better than
I remembered. I'm thinking this one's a must-own.
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mynxcat
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response 254 of 289:
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Dec 16 18:11 UTC 2002 |
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