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09-08-2010, 08:53 PM | #5701 |
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It'll be impressive if they pull it off. I love the original, but I'm not the type to dismiss the remake without seeing it first.
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09-17-2010, 10:38 AM | #5702 |
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I'm going to enjoy taking a hammer to my malfunctioning router.
I blame it for forcing me to watch The Book of Eli, which is obvious, video game-esque, and about 1/10 the movie The Road was. |
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09-20-2010, 09:17 PM | #5703 |
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Watched George Washington, David Gordon Green's first film, for the first time. Damn, damn good. Very nearly great. An unnecessary 3rd act contrivance and a voiceover narrative that begins sort of poetic and abstract and somewhere along the way becomes too on-the-nose and tells the audience things they can glean on their own takes the film down a small notch.
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09-20-2010, 10:10 PM | #5704 | |
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09-21-2010, 10:31 AM | #5705 |
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Saw Never Let Me Go. Not terrible. Not exactly what I'd hoped it would be. I'd love to hear from someone who hasn't read the book.
Carey Mulligan kills it. Again. She's a force. Hands down the best young actress working today. |
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09-24-2010, 12:08 AM | #5706 |
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Easily one of the better books I have read. Seems like the plot would adapt well to film but would be difficult to capture the subtle storytelling and empathy that made the book work so perfectly.
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09-24-2010, 12:15 AM | #5707 |
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MOMENTO is probably the best movie I've seen this year.
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09-24-2010, 12:23 AM | #5708 |
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09-24-2010, 07:26 AM | #5709 |
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Not to be a spelling nazi but do you mean "Memento" with Guy Pearce as the short term memory problem main actor?
If yes, that's a killer movie. Haven't been watching much but I'll get back into the Netflix groove once the weather gets cold. |
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09-24-2010, 08:39 AM | #5710 |
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That's exactly right. The movie is beautiful and lovely in it's own way. There are so many things right about it, but a lot of missing pieces. I'd love to hear what someone who has never read the book thinks of the film.
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09-24-2010, 10:21 AM | #5711 |
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Yeah that's it. Thought it was awesome.
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09-24-2010, 10:45 AM | #5712 |
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I watched a BBC production of a Shelock Holmes mystery starring Rupert Everett as Holmes. He makes a great Sherlock Holmes, I think. Better than Jeremy Brett.
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09-25-2010, 10:12 PM | #5713 |
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The Professional (alternatively Leon) is on Hulu. If you have not seen this phenomenal movie, do so now.
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09-25-2010, 10:16 PM | #5714 |
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Theatre wise, I saw Flipped and The Town recently.
Flipped was really, really good until the last 15 minutes when Reiner, as always, shot himself in the face. He completely lost track of some characters leaving their stories in limbo and half told. And the main story had an anti-climactic and cheesy ending. In fact, I'm wondering if they consulted with Michael Bay for the last shot, as we get very, very close to a BayMoment (TM). The Town was really good. Ben is a director. He should stick with that. The car chases were superbly shot, edited, and polished. Best chase scenes since Bourne series and perhaps even better. On my radar: The Social Network Let Me In Never Let Me Go It's Kind of a Funny Story
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