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Broken Face
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 Posted - 01/25/2006 : 11:29:43
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FANTASTIC FOUR
far from Fantastic, but as a nerd i am required to see these types of movies
THE MACHINIST
very enjoyable, but painful to watch with how thin Bale got to make this film
-Brian
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 01/25/2006 : 17:20:46
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I saw "The Passion of the Christ" on Sunday night. It was totally over-the-top. Even more than I expected it to be, and I expected it to be pretty over-the-top.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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tacolicker
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Posted - 01/26/2006 : 12:08:04
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
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Posted - 01/26/2006 : 12:16:51
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Really?! It does look interesting to me, I've seen a TV spot for it that has that Spielbeg-doing-gritty look about it. If he's made an unsentimental 'real-life' film, it could be good.
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Broken Face
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USA
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Posted - 01/26/2006 : 12:20:59
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MUNICH was quite good, i agree mr. licker
-Brian
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tacolicker
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Posted - 01/26/2006 : 12:21:31
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Originally posted by Carl
Really?! It does look interesting to me, I've seen a TV spot for it that has that Spielbeg-doing-gritty look about it. If he's made an unsentimental 'real-life' film, it could be good.
pas de dutchie!
I was just saying to my friends how I never see any films that blow me away anymore and then I go see this. I saw no previews and didn't even know who directed it. I was very impressed. it was very personal, gritty and ended up being pretty complex |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 01/26/2006 : 19:47:47
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Hi, taco!! Saw an Interesting comment on the film at timesonline.co.uk:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14931-1989669,00.html
The Times
January 21, 2006
Don't beat about the Bush, Steven
By Richard Morrison
It's not anti-Israeli bias that diminishes Spielberg's film Munich, it's the clunking subtext
Few things are sadder than a joke that needs explaining. So journalists these days rarely recall Sam Goldwyn’s witty advice to young film-makers — “If you want to send a message, call Western Union” — because you would have to start telling younger readers not only that Western Union delivered telegrams, but also what a telegram was.
Nevertheless, Goldwyn’s bon mot flashed through my mind when I read, with a sinking heart, Steven Spielberg’s comment about his new film, Munich: “For me, this movie is a prayer for peace.” If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the road to bad art is paved with clunking platitudes about world peace uttered by mega-rich showbiz types.
I have now seen Munich, which is released here on Friday. As with all Spielberg, it’s a punchy piece of storytelling. It recounts the Israeli secret service’s operation to hunt and summarily execute the Palestinians it deemed responsible for killing 11 Israelis at the 1972 Munich Olympics. It also depicts the subsequent moral scruples that supposedly tormented the main Israeli agent. I won’t pre-empt our film critic’s verdict by judging its worth as a movie. But I will say this: Goldwyn was right. Even Hollywood’s greatest modern master (aided by the writer Tony Kushner) comes across as a jejune fifth-form debater when his actors start spouting speeches about the Middle East that sound like tabloid newspaper editorials.
Oddly, the angle that has so agitated the right-wing American press — that the film suggests “moral equivalency” by showing Palestinian terrorists to be as “human” as the Israeli agents — doesn’t worry me. It’s true that the killers on both sides come across as friendly, thoughtful, family types, except when they are splattering each other’s brains over walls, of course — something that happens rather often, considering that this is a “prayer for peace”. But what was Spielberg supposed to do? Show one side as monsters and the other as paragons? It’s certainly bizarre to see the director of Schindler’s List accused of stirring up anti-Israel sentiments.
No, what irked me was the film’s unspoken subtext. Clearly, its message — that a state which combats terrorism with its own brand of indiscriminate violence only triggers more violence — is intended as a savage indictment of the Bush Government’s response to 9/11. Or is it just a coincidence that Spielberg ends a film about a massacre in 1970s Europe with a lingering shot of the World Trade Centre? But rather than directly attack what’s going on in his own country in his own era, which might make life uncomfortable for him, Spielberg dredges up something that happened 33 years ago on another continent. You could call that cunning, or you could call it cowardice.
Still, I am heartened by reports suggesting that Israeli Mossad chiefs are “furious” about the film’s inaccuracies after getting a private screening. If Spielberg could persuade more terrorists and counter-terrorists to spend their time reviewing movies, rather than killing, that would be a real contribution to world peace. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2006 : 10:30:02
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I recently star "Starshaped," a Blur concert/tour video from back when they were good. Oddly enough, they did not play the song "Star Shaped."
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 01/27/2006 : 11:10:04
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Wedding Crashers: as BLT has said before, it wasn't very good. A few funny moments (I like Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn), but it drags.
Why do comedies feel it's necessary to add a love story or redeem the guys in the end? You don't have any of that stuff in classic dumb comedies like Blazing Saddles or Dumb & Dumber. |
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tacolicker
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Posted - 01/27/2006 : 11:12:10
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Originally posted by Carl
Hi, taco!! Saw an Interesting comment on the film at timesonline.co.uk:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14931-1989669,00.html
The Times
January 21, 2006
Don't beat about the Bush, Steven
By Richard Morrison
It's not anti-Israeli bias that diminishes Spielberg's film Munich, it's the clunking subtext
meh, that's a sorry excuse for a film review. the writer obviously has something against the film, but never fully explains it. just cuts a few cheap shots. the film has drudged up quite a few of these. don't read too much into them. too much hype is going to color your experience. understandably the film is a bit controversial.
Tony Kushner one of the screenwriters defends the film against some of these cheap shots here http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-kushner22jan22,1,7307026.story
but you might just want to see it for yourself if your the slightest bit interested. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 01/27/2006 : 12:22:48
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Originally posted by tacolicker
you might just want to see it for yourself if your the slightest bit interested.
Yeah, I would like to see it. Reviews do tend to colour your opinion, one way or the other!
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 01/27/2006 : 13:48:39
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I just watched Swingers. It's money, baby. Ah, it's fun, it made me root out my Sinatra LP.
Vegas!
I'm getting increasingly excited, a small army of us are going to watch Walk The Line next weekend, should be good.
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
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Posted - 01/27/2006 : 14:02:54
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A Cock and Bull Story. Pretty good, very confusing at the beginning but works out very well. I'm a big Cogan/Brydon fan (watched Directors Commentory again the other week, amazingly funny) so I got alot of laughs out of it, plus it was a great story within a story within a story!
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Broken Face
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USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2006 : 18:54:32
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LET AMERICA LAUGH (David Cross)
Funny, but you see that the guy really doesn't think too highly of his audience
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Overrated, but still pretty good
CAPOTE
Hoffman will, and should, win the Oscar
-Brian
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 01/28/2006 : 08:09:54
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Originally posted by Broken Face
LET AMERICA LAUGH (David Cross)
Funny, but you see that the guy really doesn't think too highly of his audience
I thought it was funny that this guy placed like #29 on the list of "Most Loathesome New Yorkers" while the guy who crashed that ferry in NY Harbor killing a number of people placed somewhere around #41. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 01/28/2006 : 12:55:31
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Who made that list?
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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cassandra is
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France
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 03:16:47
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Cecil B Demented. It had some good ideas though I found the main character too one-note, 90 minutes of him yelling in the same tone. It was the first John Waters film I´ve seen but I got the feeling it wasn´t near his best, although it was paced excellently.
About Spielberg, I don´t care for his manipulative style, especially the way he uses music.
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Assault on Precinct 13 - Terrible. As soon as I saw John Leguizamo I knew we were doomed.
that was what I watchd on Exmas day, ugh.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 06:21:56
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Just Friends. I don't care if it's a stupid Hollywood comedy, it cracked me up. Really. Whatever that actor's name is, hilarious.
 "If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
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Broken Face
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USA
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 07:14:40
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Just Friends. I don't care if it's a stupid Hollywood comedy, it cracked me up. Really. Whatever that actor's name is, hilarious.
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate."
I believe you are refering to Ryan Reynolds.
-Brian
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 07:58:13
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I watched Rabbit-Proof Fence on Saturday, that's a very beautiful film indeed.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 08:06:46
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Yeah, I saw a tiny bit of that at a friend's house. I think it's based on a true story, but I'm not sure.
pas de dutchie! |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2006 : 08:55:54
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THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR (1948)
Wonderful, weird little film about a 10-year-old war orphan who's hair turns green over night. The poor kid has to deal with the finger-pointing, fun-making, and ultimately suspicious attitudes of his local townsfolk. Dean Stockwell deftly, painfully, and cutely plays The Boy With Green Hair.
THE HOT SPOT (1990)
Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen crash and burn in this stupid pile of smouldering dreck. Shame on Dennis Hopper.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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tacolicker
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 09:52:00
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| confessions of a dangerous mind - liked it a lot. one of those films that runs the gamut, funny, thoughtful, silly, touching, intrigue, etc. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2006 : 10:54:28
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Yeah, that was pretty good. Sam Rockwell is such a cool customer.
pas de dutchie! |
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Broken Face
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USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2006 : 10:58:15
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ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
Very, very enjoyable. Good lowfi soundtrack
-Brian
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tacolicker
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 11:11:31
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))<>((
forever |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 11:18:20
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
THE HOT SPOT (1990)
Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen crash and burn in this stupid pile of smouldering dreck. Shame on Dennis Hopper.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
how dare you talk about THE HOT SPOT that way |
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starmekitten
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 11:19:32
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Originally posted by Broken Face
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
Very, very enjoyable. Good lowfi soundtrack
-Brian
I thought it was trite. |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 12:27:58
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Originally posted by floop
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
THE HOT SPOT (1990)
Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen crash and burn in this stupid pile of smouldering dreck. Shame on Dennis Hopper.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
how dare you talk about THE HOT SPOT that way
Sorry, Floop. I have been wanting to see it for years...I love Dennis Hopper, and Don Johnson is one cool mofo...so I find it on NetFlix, and am all excited. 15 minutes into it, I'm already on the floor in hysterics. Even Charles Martin Smith and Jack Nance couldn't save it. I just found it extremely, um...sucky.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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Brackish Girl
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Ireland
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 12:38:30
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| i just saw how to lose a guy in ten days. was justin peroff from broken social scene in it??? what is the world coming to? |
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tacolicker
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 12:40:15
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Originally posted by starmekitten
I watched me you and everyone we know tonight, it's quite sweet and quite amusing
huh! you don't say |
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starmekitten
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 13:02:39
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Emphasis on 'quite', it's hardly gushing praise.
Please tell me you didn't just flick back through all the pages of this to find that, thats odd.
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tacolicker
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 13:44:36
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and "trite" is not praise at all.
I wasn't looking for that. I just came a across it and found it... odd |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 14:19:24
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quote:
Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
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Originally posted by floop
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
THE HOT SPOT (1990)
Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen crash and burn in this stupid pile of smouldering dreck. Shame on Dennis Hopper.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
how dare you talk about THE HOT SPOT that way
Sorry, Floop. I have been wanting to see it for years...I love Dennis Hopper, and Don Johnson is one cool mofo...so I find it on NetFlix, and am all excited. 15 minutes into it, I'm already on the floor in hysterics. Even Charles Martin Smith and Jack Nance couldn't save it. I just found it extremely, um...sucky.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
yeah but.. um, Jennifer Connelly. |
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I just watched... (The Kay edit)
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