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edina
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response 43 of 225:
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Oct 21 20:44 UTC 2003 |
I loved "Gosford Park". If you need names for a few of those actors, they
would be Helen Mirren, Ryan Phillippe, Emily Watson, Stephen Fry, Michael
Gambon, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Bill Ballaban, Alan Bates and a myriad
of other great Brit actors.
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tod
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response 44 of 225:
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Oct 21 20:48 UTC 2003 |
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mynxcat
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response 45 of 225:
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Oct 21 21:03 UTC 2003 |
Intolerable Cruelty had a very rushed end, IMO
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remmers
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response 46 of 225:
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Oct 21 22:43 UTC 2003 |
"Intolerable Cruelty" is on my must-see-before-it-leaves-the-theaters
list. It's a Coen Brothers movie, after all.
Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" is a sombre tragedy, a beautifully
made film with superb acting from an ensemble all-star cast. Sean
Penn and Tim Robbins especially. The story gets its hooks into you
and never lets go. Highly recommended.
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wh
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response 47 of 225:
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Oct 22 03:39 UTC 2003 |
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wh
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response 48 of 225:
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Oct 22 03:46 UTC 2003 |
Saw The Legend of Suriyothai. It only plays one more night, Thursday,
at the Michigan Theater.
Went for the Thai scenery since I have worked with a few young Thai
people in the last few years. Most of the the movie was filmed indoors.
But good traditional Thai dress and in Thai with English subtitles.
A 16th century story. Court intrigue, assassination, and occasional
regicide. So much killing that toward the end I gave up and didn't much
care who died. An unsettled time in Siam's history with Burma
threatening invasion.
The last third of the movie was war. Muskets, steel, and archery. I am
not a good judge of war movies. I think the last one I liked was The
Longest Day (1962). The Burmese army was pictured as equivalent to the
evil Germans in English language war movies and as the evil Russians in
German war movies.
I liked the feminist strain, albeit it at the royal level only, woven
throughout despite the traditional patriarchal times.
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mary
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response 49 of 225:
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Oct 23 17:36 UTC 2003 |
Bubba Ho-Tep is opening tomorrow, at The State, in Ann Arbor. John
and I are planning to go to the 7:15 show and have dinner, before,
somewhere downtown. That's tomorrow evening.
If anyone would like to join us that would be fun. I'm thinking
either Seva or Cottage Inn Cafe or that no-frills middle eastern
place on William, Keebob Palace or something. Around 5:30? Anyone
interested?
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scott
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response 50 of 225:
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Oct 23 17:45 UTC 2003 |
Dammit, already doing stuff tomorrow.
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remmers
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response 51 of 225:
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Oct 25 12:09 UTC 2003 |
"Bubba Ho-Tep" did not disappoint. The story is beyond far-fetched
of course. Some very funny lines. Bruce Campbell really gets into
his role as an elderly Elvis Presley, living in obscurity in a rest
home in east Texas and wallowing in self-pity until... (See, the
guy who died back in 1977 was actually a Presley impersonator with
whom the real Elvis had switched roles.)
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mary
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response 52 of 225:
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Oct 25 12:45 UTC 2003 |
The first few lines spoken set the tone for all that follows. It's
probably one of the most outrageously funny setups I've seen.
Again, stay until the credits have finished. There is more.
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janc
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response 53 of 225:
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Oct 27 04:28 UTC 2003 |
"Price of Milk" - This is a New Zealand fairy tale romance set on an
isolated dairy farm. Lucinda and Rob are in love. Rob has 117 cows
and an agoraphobic dog. Lucinda has a collection of baby shoes and
inexplicable doubts. Does Rob really love her? How can she test his
love? By trading away all 117 cows to get back a blanket that was
stolen from her by a team of Maori golfers to keep their auntie warm,
of course. Now she just has to win him back again.
The film is full of lots of bits of delightful weirdness. The dog and
the bath on the hill and the upsidedown pickup trucks and the Hindi
wedding dress are worth the price of admission. Which is all great,
but the characters don't entirely make emotional sense, which kind of
makes the whole thing feel a bit pointless.
Apparantly the director/writer made up the film day by day as he was
filming it.
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mary
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response 54 of 225:
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Oct 27 11:26 UTC 2003 |
It's now in my queue. Thanks!
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aruba
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response 55 of 225:
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Oct 27 15:22 UTC 2003 |
We went to see another New Zealand film the other night, "Whale Rider",
which is now at the Village Theater. It was fabulous - best movie I've seen
all year.
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mcnally
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response 56 of 225:
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Oct 27 18:39 UTC 2003 |
I should've caught "Whale Rider" when it came through Ketchikan a
week or two ago. We've got pretty limited choice in new movies so
it's worth going when something decent comes to town.
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tod
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response 57 of 225:
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Oct 27 18:48 UTC 2003 |
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mcnally
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response 58 of 225:
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Oct 27 19:26 UTC 2003 |
Yeah.. I give the carvers in the carving shed out at Saxman major credit
for their patience with the tourists. I've stood and watched while groups
of tourists shuffle through, every five minutes asking the same alarmingly
stupid questions. It would drive me mad by the time the first bus got out
of the parking lot.
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tod
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response 59 of 225:
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Oct 27 20:08 UTC 2003 |
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mcnally
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response 60 of 225:
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Oct 27 23:38 UTC 2003 |
When they've got someone carving at the exhibition room in the Southeast
Alaska Discovery Center they take that approach (though they're a little
friendlier about it.) When you enter they hand you a FAQ list and ask
that you read it before asking the carvers any questions.
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iandude
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response 61 of 225:
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Oct 29 02:33 UTC 2003 |
i think the best movie i've ever seen was The Boondock Saints. I heard a new
one is coming out soon.
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aruba
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response 62 of 225:
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Oct 29 02:35 UTC 2003 |
I haven't heard of that one - what's it about?
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richard
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response 63 of 225:
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Oct 29 06:47 UTC 2003 |
"ELEPHANT"-- This is the powerful new movie by Gus Van Sant (director
of Good Will Hunting, Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho .etc) The
movie is essentially the film version of the Columbine tragedy. The
high school in Colorado where two alienated students showed up on
campus one and and shot up the school. The movie covers in detail the
two hours or so leading up to the events, and the events themselves.
Since you see all these innocent kids, and you know what is going to
happen, the tension builds and it is quite intense. Van Sant didn't
use trained actors, but unknown real high school kids to make the movie
as real as possible. This movie is intense, disturbing and real. So
real that I think I'd find it difficult to sit through twice. It won
the grand prize at Cannes and is a well made movie that will have you
thinking about it for some time. "Elephant" is highly recommended.
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bhelliom
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response 64 of 225:
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Oct 29 14:49 UTC 2003 |
resp:62 Is that in response to The Boondocks Saints sequel?
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krj
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response 65 of 225:
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Oct 29 20:20 UTC 2003 |
Ridley Scott's slightly revised version of ALIEN comes out this
weekend. I expect its theatrical run to be very short, as reissue
runs generally are.
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glenda
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response 66 of 225:
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Oct 29 20:32 UTC 2003 |
I somehow don't think that adding 50-60 minutes to the running time is
"slightly" revised. ;-) STeve and the kids are looking forward to it. I
am looking forward to the quiet, alone time them going to see it will give
me (provided they go together rather than at different times).
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edina
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response 67 of 225:
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Oct 29 21:26 UTC 2003 |
I'd insist on father/child parenting time.
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