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| gromit |
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Well, talking to your phone would be really cool the first 2 days or so and then you'd probably hate that voice and the whole concept.
But I see people on the subway watching movies on their phones, so there's a whole market full of technophilic idiots. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:54 pm |
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bartist wrote: OK, but what sort of woman lives in a house with big old windows but has to ask her Iphone if it's raining? |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:19 pm |
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| Moved a Clint Eastwood post to the Lob-bee. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:44 pm |
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| I thought he excelled with Million Dollar Baby and Letters from Iwo Jima. Changeling had an inherent structural problem with a second plot being abruptly introduced half-way through, but that's how it was in real life as well. I liked Unforgiven without loving it. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:54 pm |
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| Alan Bates was offered the role of English Bob in "Unforgiven," and when I saw the movie I was glad he didn't take it. I liked the movie but I'd have had a problem with that fight scene. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:59 pm |
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| I'd forgotten how awful Changeling was and how artificial Jolie was in it. I had also forgotten how wonderful Streep was in the very good The Bridges of Madison County. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:30 am |
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Marc wrote: Maybe what keeps people from spending more time here is there is less talk about film than there used to be. Very few new films get discussed. Gromit, Billy, Syd and I seem to be the ones that mostly see current releases.
Unfortunately I've been slacking on the Current Film front.
Last year I saw about 3/4 as many new films as I usually do.
This year my 2012 list is real meager so far:
1. Margaret
2. The Turin Horse (Bela Tarr)
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3. Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki
4. The Deep Blue Sea
5. Kinyarawnda
6. Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Quote: I have found that when I do mention a new film, let's say Klown , it's generally met with silence. So, I don't bother posting reviews here anymore. It seems pointless.
Even a Ghulam style one or two sentence comment/review is useful as it puts films into play. You have to hear about them somewhere. That's why I mentioned Kinyarwanda, even though I'm not sure anyone here will ever get to it.
Quote: I just saw Cosmopolis, a film by a major cinematic artist, David Cronenberg.... Beasts Of The Southern Wild,
Well, I'm limited by what the pirates churn out.
Which is mostly blockbusters and hits first.
And actually pirated Dvd's are taking a hit from illegal downloading, so the selection is down.
And others here are limited by where they live.
Beasts and Cosmo on my radar.
The new PTA film The Master is just out.
Looks intriguing -- PS Hoffman as an L Ron Hubbard-type wacko, Joaquin Phoenix as his alcoholic friend.
Others on my 2012 To See list:
Moonrise Kingdom
NO (Pablo Larraín)
The Paperboy
The Hunt (Vinterberg, Denmark)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Post Tenebras Lux Reygadas
Compliance (Craig Zobel, 2012)
I nearly picked up Trout Fishing in Yemen, but form the chick flick cover to the back descrip, it just seemed rather mediocre. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:37 am |
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Aki Kaurismaki's Le Havre is a deadpan French comedy with a very light touch. A local shoeshine guy employs his meager network to hide and assist a teenage African illegal immigrant. The police inspector is played in a rather broad cartoonish style, dressed in black trenchcoat and hat. There's a lot of deadpan looks in or beyond the camera.
It's a pleasant enough film, and those blank faces sometimes achieve a certain power or dignity. It is set in Le Havre, has some local atmosphere and a fun performance by Little Bob and his band, an actual French Le Havre rocker. But it's a rather slight film, more or less an homage to light old French films such as the Fanny trilogy -- and indeed one of the characters is named Arletty. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:12 am |
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Back when I worked with the film class, I saw a movie every week, sometimes two or three. Big new moves, independent movies, foreign movies, even (occasionally, in the 70s) stylish porn movies. Now I see a theater-release movie maybe every three or four months. It's depressing, but there seem to be so many other demands on my time (I have to finish a freelance job this weekend, before returning to my in-house freelance job Tuesday) and when I do have time, there's always a reason to procrastinate--something good on TV, usually.
I have four free passes to AMC Theaters that I got on Groupon six months ago. Haven't used any of them. Argh. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:38 pm |
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| I've seen 16 2012 releases so far, 15 in theaters, one (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) on DVD. There were also a few Oscar nominees I saw in January. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:54 pm |
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Quote: I nearly picked up Trout Fishing in Yemen, but form the chick flick cover to the back descrip, it just seemed rather mediocre.
That's the Richard Brautigan version of "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen." I passed on both of them.
The Reed College film you mentioned is in, gasp, a Redbox here, and am renting it today. (Blue as Jazz) |
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| Marc |
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The Thin Red Line sucked (not that I haven't mention that a few dozen times), and after seeing that clunker I never went to see a Malick movie again. There are a few directors that I had a lot of problems with when I saw their first few efforts but I thought they had talent so I still went to their movies and happily they directed some very good to excellent one's. Needless to say, I never thought Malick had an ounce of talent, which would have been okay if TTRL was in the least entertaining instead of being a very long self-indulgent pile of deadly boring, constantly repeated puerile philosophy. Caviezel was perfect for the role because he's empty-headed anyway. Type casting. I guess you have to give Malick credit for that.  |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:02 pm |
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Quote: I never thought Malick had an ounce of talent
Hyperbowl strikes again.
I saw Premium Rush today and had a blast. I loved looking at New York City and spotting all the familiar locations. Memories everywhere. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:32 pm |
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Marc wrote:
I saw Premium Rush today and had a blast. I loved looking at New York City and spotting all the familiar locations. Memories everywhere.
Can't wait to see this. |
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