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danr
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response 69 of 241:
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Oct 12 16:35 UTC 1999 |
I was waiting to see "Eyes Wide Shut" at the Fox, but it was only there for a
week or two, and I missed it. Some movies come and go very quickly there.
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otaking
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response 70 of 241:
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Oct 12 17:07 UTC 1999 |
It's a shame. I thought it was very good. It would've been great, but I didn't
like Nicole Kidman's acting.
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bdh2
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response 71 of 241:
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Oct 13 04:51 UTC 1999 |
(re#60: The guy with the key to the box next to the ferry is *not* a
actor fave of Mahmet's from previous films. I do not believe for a
moment that the striking resemblance is an 'accident')
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polvo
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response 72 of 241:
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Oct 13 17:05 UTC 1999 |
Eyes Wide shut WAS great
Even if you didn't like Nicole Kidman, she's not in the movie a whole
hell of a lot. That movie is one of the most beautiful things I've
ever had the pleasure of seeing. The soundtrack, oh god the sountrack!
How creepy is that?! Easily Kubrick's best since "ClockWork Orange"
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otaking
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response 73 of 241:
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Oct 13 19:31 UTC 1999 |
Oh, I agree. If the movie focused on Nicole Kidman instead of Tom Cruise, I
would've hated the movie. He did an excellent performance. The movie was
absolutely mesmerizing. As for the soundtrack, I rushed out the next day to
buy it. Kubrick's choices for classical music were brilliant. The Chris Isaak
song was wonderful.
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flem
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response 74 of 241:
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Oct 14 02:24 UTC 1999 |
Aside: I attended a looong meeting at work today about operating room
software, and one of the examples that kept coming up of things that
should be documented was "Eyes taped shut". People kept saying that all
day, and every single time I did a doubletake. :)
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other
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response 75 of 241:
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Oct 14 19:59 UTC 1999 |
the doctor's eyes, or the nurses'?
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mary
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response 76 of 241:
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Oct 15 10:40 UTC 1999 |
One of the most common complications of a general anesthetic
is corneal abrasion. Taping is an easy way to prevent it.
Residents, on the other hand, frequently need to have their
eyes taped open.
"American Beauty" is a stunningly perfect film. Bravo to
the writer, director and the incredible ensemble cast.
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remmers
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response 77 of 241:
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Oct 15 17:01 UTC 1999 |
Yes. Kudos also to the State Theater (where we saw it) for upgrading
their projection and sound system so as to make seeing a film there
a pleasurable experience, at long last.
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aruba
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response 78 of 241:
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Oct 15 17:05 UTC 1999 |
Hey, that's good news.
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jazz
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response 79 of 241:
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Oct 15 22:09 UTC 1999 |
Hm. I did enjoy it, but I found it a bit moralizing in tone.
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mary
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response 80 of 241:
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Oct 15 23:23 UTC 1999 |
We are cheering on as a hero a man who is breaking some of
society's most cherished taboos. My kind of moralizing. ;-)
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scg
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response 81 of 241:
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Oct 16 00:59 UTC 1999 |
Did the State Theater do anything about its seats, or are they still horribly
cramped?
I've been in pain after the last few movies I saw there, so I haven't been
tempted to return.
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md
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response 82 of 241:
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Oct 16 01:39 UTC 1999 |
THE FIGHT CLUB (C) -- Another adolescent gay fantasy
from David Fincher involving rough trade with shaved
heads, and one pathetic female outsider. Think Alien^3.
Lots of muscles, sweat, adrogeny, faux-noir scenes.
It was on its way to turning into a fairly interesting
thriller when the writers apparently gave up and turned
it into a groaner. You literally groan and shake your
head, and if you stay it's just to see how it ends.
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md
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response 83 of 241:
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Oct 16 01:40 UTC 1999 |
["Androgyny" I think.]
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mcnally
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response 84 of 241:
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Oct 16 02:39 UTC 1999 |
re #81: Their seats are still pretty awful and the theaters still
have that vertigo-inducing "the geometry of this room is just not right"
thing going on, but hopefully they'll at least fix the seating sometime.
They seem to be improving things for the long haul, and since they never
fill the place (at least not when I'm there) it seems like they could
get away with a few fewer seats and more room per customer..
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shf
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response 85 of 241:
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Oct 16 22:48 UTC 1999 |
The state is basically the balcony with the lower floor partioned off into
some other business. I think the vertigo comes from one's knowing you are
in the balcony and yet the floor is right in fron tof you:)
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knocker
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response 86 of 241:
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Oct 17 04:38 UTC 1999 |
The Thomas Crown Affair
Chick flick. Rich selfish guy drives amoral woman insurance investigator to
distraction by leaving her unsure about his feelings for her while weaving an
intricate museum theft. Some pretty hot scenes with Rene Russo and Pierce
Brosnan, including a public dance in a dress that leaves nothing to the
imagination.
Otherwise, the plot was only marginally interesting and very implausible.
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richard
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response 87 of 241:
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Oct 18 15:09 UTC 1999 |
"AMERICAN BEAUTY"-- Really good movie about a seemingly ordinary suburban
couple Kevin Spacey and Annette Benning, going through mid-life crises and
coming to terms with their own functionality and dysfunctionality. Very
smiliar to another really good movie from two years ago, "The Ice Storm",
although more of a comedy. Salesman Spacey starts lusting after his
teenage daughter's new best friend and lapses into a midlife crisis trying
to relive his teen years. Wife Annette Benning also lapses into her own
crisis and starts finding her own ways to relieve her frustrations. At
the same time, we see their neighbors-- who, unlike them, really *are*
dysfunctional, and you can see the difference (the neighbors' relationship
is hopeless and beyond saving, whereas Spacey/Benning are not) Their
daughter takes up with the neighbor's son, a drug dealer who is
essentially the hero of the movie, as he is the only character who is
capable of seeing the beauty in life, and in fact is so awestruck by
life's beauty that he tries to film everything. This in spite of that he
has a horrid homelife and is regularly beaten by his neo-nazi father.
This is intended as a slice of suburban life, and shows how much we live
our lives in denial of what is really out there. At first I had a problem
with the ending of the film, which I wont give away except to say its
quite unsettling, but upon reflection I think it made sense. A really
well made film that deserves Best Picture nomination consideration.
AMERICAN BEAUTY-- **** (four stars)
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jazz
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response 88 of 241:
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Oct 18 15:52 UTC 1999 |
No, his father wasn't a Neo-Nazi.
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richard
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response 89 of 241:
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Oct 18 16:05 UTC 1999 |
#88..yeah he just had a display case full of weapons and a plate with a
swastika on the back of it. IMO he was a neo-nazi, but you dont know
for sure
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flem
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response 90 of 241:
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Oct 18 17:15 UTC 1999 |
I'd probably go so far as redneck, but not neo-nazi. But a great
flick, by all means.
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mary
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response 91 of 241:
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Oct 18 18:04 UTC 1999 |
He was a retired military officer. Our military. He was probably
an excellent officer. ;-)
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tpryan
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response 92 of 241:
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Oct 19 02:12 UTC 1999 |
<drift>
Would a retired military officer (USA) be likely to display a
captured Nazi flag?
</drift>
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mcnally
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response 93 of 241:
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Oct 19 04:42 UTC 1999 |
(when would a retired military officer who was the father of a teenage
son in a movie set in the present day have been in a position to have
captured a Nazi flag?)
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