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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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 Posted - 12/19/2005 : 03:15:51
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I watched It's A Wonderful Life on Saturday, for the first time. They all brung him the money and the stuff and it was all so happy, there may have been a little tear...
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 06:10:58
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Originally posted by kathryn
I don't believe I will bother watching King Kong given the way some of your here are going on about it.
I got some heaven in my head
What would you know? You didn't like 9 Songs!
I am going to see it on Wednesday.
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 08:08:59
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Gerry.
Unfortunately an extremely dull film I thought. It does feature some of the most amazing cinematography and I loved the opening shot but after a while the lack of dialogue just becomes tedious.
Two guys get lost in a semi-desert. One snivels a lot, the alpha male guy eventually (out of mercy!?) strangles him not knowing they're a few hundred metres from being saved.
The story borrows heavily from a investigative journalism novel I read a few years ago, Journal Of The Dead. The book tried to understand the characters though. Seems like Gus Van Sant doesn't care to understand much, like in Elephant he's just ellegantly shooting the "action"
Anyone here saw this and maybe liked it?
wilhelm
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 10:08:04
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| Minnie and Moskowitz, another Cassavetes film. This was actually very good, it was funny to see that dipshit elderly agent guy from "Stuck on You" was once a serious actor. He plays a parking lot attendant named Seymour. Gena Rowlands is some kind of lonely heart who's got shitty taste in men. Till the two of them meet, they fall in love, etc. Not your typical sacharrine love story though. I'd recommend it. I didn't know Gena Rowlands was such a fucking babe either! |
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Broken Face
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USA
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 12:00:03
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a shitty BIG CHILL rip off, minus the motown. a waste of my 90 minutes.
-Brian
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 13:04:37
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I watched It's A Wonderful Life on Saturday, for the first time. They all brung him the money and the stuff and it was all so happy, there may have been a little tear...
But did Clarence get his wings?
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 05:45:01
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Crash - Didn't like it much
Broken Flowers - One of the better films of the year.
wilhelm
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 07:23:49
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I saw King Arthur last night. Clive Owen is such a bad actor. Possibly the worst ever. Despite King Arthur himself sucking, I still managed to enjoy this film. It was fun, nothing more.
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 07:29:29
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Clive Owen is such a bad actor.
You must be kidding, right ? |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 07:50:39
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Have you seen King Arthur?
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 07:54:01
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 07:55:51
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Actually he wasn't too bad in Sin City, I forgot about that.
I seem to remember being irritated by him in Closer but perhaps that was his character. Anyway, he could have been an Oscar winner for every other film he has done, he still undid it all with King Arthur.
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 08:12:37
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Originally posted by offerw
Crash - Didn't like it much
Broken Flowers - One of the better films of the year.
wilhelm
you don't make lies like you used to
I must agree. BROKEN FLOWERS was a great film...Bill Murray is so fascinating you can just sit and watch him think for hours and not become bored.
Never saw CRASH, but I love the David Cronenberg film CRASH (1997).
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 15:32:20
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
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Originally posted by offerw
Crash - Didn't like it much
Broken Flowers - One of the better films of the year.
wilhelm
you don't make lies like you used to
but I love the David Cronenberg film CRASH (1997).
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
Isn't that the one where car crashes are an aphrodisiac for the main character? I believe when that movie came out Ted Turner called it "The biggest piece of crap ever committed to film."
I like Cronenberg movies though, I think eXistenz is the most recent I've seen by him. It was very good. |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 16:28:19
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Originally posted by HeywoodJablome
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
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Originally posted by offerw
Crash - Didn't like it much
Broken Flowers - One of the better films of the year.
wilhelm
you don't make lies like you used to
but I love the David Cronenberg film CRASH (1997).
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
Isn't that the one where car crashes are an aphrodisiac for the main character? I believe when that movie came out Ted Turner called it "The biggest piece of crap ever committed to film."
I like Cronenberg movies though, I think eXistenz is the most recent I've seen by him. It was very good.
You are correct, sir. However, what people don't know is that Turner never even saw the film. It was his secretary (who Mr. Turner would send out on movie-watching assignments) who told Turner it was awful. Turner poorly based his public statement on his secretaries taste. He later publicly apologized.
I have a love/hate relationship with Cronenberg films. I've seen them all multiple times and even own a few. I have yet to see A History of Violence. Cronenberg has such a wrong idea of character motivations, even within the strange circumstances that are warping them, that just completely fascinate and alternately annoy me. He even manages to wreck (with incredible beauty and subtleness) characters in his screenplays that are from other sources.
Cronenberg is a smidgen more disturbing, yet not as intelligent as David Lynch.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 12/22/2005 : 11:29:09
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I thought you meant the more recent Crash film. I didn't think Cronenberg's Crash was as bad as some people thought. I thought the bleak ending was kind of interesting. A History Of Violence is okay, I wasn't that impressed with it. But it's interesting.
Both Cronenberg and Lynch are mavericks, but Lynch is so unique and otherworldly.
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/22/2005 : 17:10:09
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/22/2005 : 20:46:06
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| Romania can pass as Orange County? Do they ship in all the rice rockets and Arco Stations? |
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
2792 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2005 : 21:10:35
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2005 : 04:30:04
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KONG
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/23/2005 : 22:26:56
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 12/24/2005 : 00:49:51
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Originally posted by HeywoodJablome
Thanks floop, should be better than Salton Sea I hope.
any film he comes out with will undoubtedly be 95% more interesting than most other films coming out. i can't wait to see it.
i still lament the fact that MULHOLLAND DRIVE never got a chance to be the tv series it was intended to be. i like the film, don't get me wrong. but that had so much potential for another epic Lynch series...
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2005 : 08:04:29
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Yeah, good movie. The scene where he spits out the cupuccino was strangely hilarious. Had such a weird tone to it. He's an expert at giving the most ordinary scene a very dark underlying tinge. That fucking corral scene with the cowboy. And who can argue the quality of a film with a cameo by Mr. Achy Breaky Cyrus?
As I recall, none of the networks wanted it for a series which seems odd being that Twin Peaks is/was so popular. |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
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Posted - 12/25/2005 : 10:42:02
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Pt. 1 of the Three Colors trilogy - fantastic
-Brian
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 12/27/2005 : 07:31:07
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MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
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Superabounder
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/27/2005 : 08:16:53
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Oh man, but what about Ziyi Zhang? I was looking forward to seeing it just for her.
That's on my list, as well as Munich & Kong.
I tend to think of human beings as huge rubbery test tubes, too, with chemical reactions seething inside |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/27/2005 : 08:52:05
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Brian, is that the French series? I remember seeing "White" years ago, but all I can remember about it was some guy having his identity erased.
I saw "Miller's Crossing" on Sunday night. I've liked most of the Coen Brothers films I've seen, but didn't care much for this one.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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Broken Face
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USA
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Posted - 12/27/2005 : 10:13:27
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Yes, it is the French series Nathan. I am looking forward to seeing WHITE and RED quite a bit.
I'm surprised you didn't like MILLER'S CROSSING. I bet its because of that mannish woman - i forget her name.
-Brian
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2005 : 11:59:09
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Nah, I just didn't think the dialogue was really up to snuff for the Coens. It probably didn't help that I kept nodding off during the movie, though.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/27/2005 : 14:18:56
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Smile, the Brian Wilson film. I should mention that I've never been a huge Beach Boys fan, but so many champion this guy as a legend that I wanted to check it out. Maybe he was the aural mastermind that many say he was but for these performances they just kind of propped him up behind a piano (that as far as I can tell he never touched) flanked by two computer monitors to hand feed him the lyrics. The music sounded okay I guess but it seemed liked this one guy in particular with a crazy hair do did most of the work and the B man just showed up when everything was ready to go.
I will say that even though I didn't care much for it at least he got out there and tried to realize the record a lot of people obviously were waiting a long time to hear. And the makers of one of my favorite records (Mr. Bungle's California) have alluded that their record is pretty much a Beach Boy rip off although a bit more schizophrenic. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 12/27/2005 : 22:49:38
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Originally posted by Superabounder
Oh man, but what about Ziyi Zhang? I was looking forward to seeing it just for her.
That's on my list, as well as Munich & Kong.
I tend to think of human beings as huge rubbery test tubes, too, with chemical reactions seething inside
unfortunately not even Ziyi Zhang could help this film.
at least we have the internet
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2005 : 22:57:09
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The 40 year old Virgin, funny stuff. I thought Steve Carrell wasn't so funny in Anchorman but he was really good in this. And the old Arabian guy he worked with was fucking classic.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/28/2005 : 12:36:16
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Is there some new meaning to the word "random" that I'm not aware of?
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/28/2005 : 12:57:13
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Maybe you're thinking of the movie "ransom" with Mel Gibson. He was very aware that his son was kidnapped. "Gimme back my son!!"
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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