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Grex Agora41 Item 208: Movies
Entered by bdh3 on Sat May 25 09:04:23 UTC 2002:

5/24/02 _Enough_  - not enough worth the effort.
        _The Importance of Being Ernest_ - read the fucking book.
        _Insomnia_ - two actors, one insane and the other noted
                for chewing the sets.  Who is over the top?
                Not to miss this one, a definate do.  In the spirit
                of movies by directors freaked out by long days
                - and its in english as a bonus.
        _Spirit:The Stallion of the Cimarron_ - kid animi in the
                spirit of _Pocohantas_. If you are hitting on
                a divource' with kids do this and you'll get some.
                If your are MWK do this and you'll get some.
(What is a 'cimarron'?)

14 responses total.

#1 of 14 by md on Sat May 25 10:16:27 2002:

It's like a divource' only faster.

#2 of 14 by janc on Sat May 25 16:47:02 2002:

Well, the "The Importance of Being Ernest" isn't a book exactly.  It's a play.
Of course the script is available in book form, but it is meant to be
performed, not read.  I hear the movie doesn't have much to add to the play,
but if you want to send the prospective viewer back to the original, I think
"see the fucking play" would be the better choice.  Your local high school
will probably perform it next year if not this year.

#3 of 14 by tpryan on Sat May 25 16:52:31 2002:

        The Cimarron is a rather green valley/area in Oklahoma that
contains a river by the name.  The region is also called the Cimarron.
I felt rather comfortable being there once.  Probably because it was
the most Michigan looking part of Oklahoma.

#4 of 14 by rcurl on Sat May 25 17:16:15 2002:

I haven't seen a movie of The Importance of Being Ernest, but I would
think it would not work as well as the play. The play lends itself
to "hamming it up", which goes over better live.

#5 of 14 by richard on Sun May 26 04:37:12 2002:

see item #45 for movie reviews

#6 of 14 by bdh3 on Sun May 26 06:08:38 2002:

This is *My* movie review item - where *I* review the movies.
Got it?

#7 of 14 by slynne on Sun May 26 16:40:22 2002:

well. Colin Firth is in this new version of The Importance of Being 
Ernest so that is reason enough to see it.

#8 of 14 by other on Sun May 26 21:05:53 2002:

Have you considered that that may not be one of beady's criteria?  Have 
you?!

#9 of 14 by slynne on Sun May 26 21:21:07 2002:

/holds head in shame

no, I was only thinking of myself.

#10 of 14 by bdh3 on Mon May 27 07:43:36 2002:

Well, there yah go.

_Ocean's 11_ , Nice.  The film is actually very simple, no 
complicated 'con within a con'.  The tech with one singular
exception is understood by the screenwriters and thus well
portrayed.  It is an 'actors flik' with much attention to
dialog and costume and was probably a shitload of fun to
shoot as reflected in the adlibs that made it into the final
cut.  (My fave is Clooney walking out of prison gates in
tuxedo. Pitt says something like "I hope you were the groom".)
Some sendups to the original - Angie Dickenson has a cameo.
Andy Garcia is...

A wonderfully technically competent and well acted film
with nothing to say - no 'deep message' just good solid entertainment.  
Well worth the original admission and well worth the discount 
price for the VHS/DVD at yer local drug store, bodega, bootleg
outlet whatever.

#11 of 14 by oval on Mon May 27 14:54:11 2002:

seen the original?

#12 of 14 by remmers on Tue May 28 12:22:14 2002:

Presumably, since he spotted the sendups to it.

#13 of 14 by flem on Tue May 28 17:06:35 2002:

Based on the previews I've sat through, _Spirit: Stallion of the Whatever_
looks like a fantastic candidate for Worst Movie Ever.

#14 of 14 by aruba on Wed May 29 00:26:55 2002:

(You're not in the target audience, Greg.)

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