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| knox |
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Joe-gord fans take note....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looper_(film)
...and Bruce Willis looks to be (12) monkeying around with time travel again.
In re "Much Ado..."
Quote: And it's Toronto, not Cannes or Venice.
Ouch. This is JMO but Toronto is almost always a better predictor of films I would actually want to see than either Cannes or Venice. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:29 am |
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knox wrote: Joe-gord fans take note....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looper_(film)
...and Bruce Willis looks to be (12) monkeying around with time travel again.
In re "Much Ado..."
Quote: And it's Toronto, not Cannes or Venice.
Ouch. This is JMO but Toronto is almost always a better predictor of films I would actually want to see than either Cannes or Venice.
Me too. |
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| grace |
| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:41 am |
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| No offense intended re Toronto. Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the Toronto FF was not juried and awards more "Favorite" type of awards than "Best Film" awards. So the fact that MAAN was well-liked at a non-juried fest might carry less weight than, say, its receiving the Palm d'Or. Personally, I prefer the less stuffy setups, but thought I was in the minority on that. Maybe not so much. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:14 am |
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| I much prefer Toronto in all its people's choicy, Hollywood springboard glory. For example, its 2007 pick was Eastern Promises, a film I really liked, while Cannes that year picked a Romanian film I didn't get excited about. In 2010 it was The King's Speech, while Cannes gave its gold palm to the disappointing Uncle Boonmee etc. I know this reveals me as one who prefers a bottle of Coors to a cognac. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 5:02 pm |
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Quote: Introducing his new film at a screening here on Saturday afternoon, the director Joss Whedon had this to say about the source material: “I’m really fond of this writer. I think he’s gonna be big.”
I like the idea of doing the bard in B/W. And shot in Whedon's living room.
And Grace: no offense taken. I understand the jury v. non-juried distinction. Sort of. I trust Canadians, for some reason. And fully expect Mr. Romney to say something incredibly rude and clueless about them at any moment. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 5:05 pm |
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bartist wrote: I much prefer Toronto in all its people's choicy, Hollywood springboard glory. For example, its 2007 pick was Eastern Promises, a film I really liked, while Cannes that year picked a Romanian film I didn't get excited about. In 2010 it was The King's Speech, while Cannes gave its gold palm to the disappointing Uncle Boonmee etc. I know this reveals me as one who prefers a bottle of Coors to a cognac.
That Romanian film was 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days and it's a great film. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:52 am |
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Syd wrote: bartist wrote: I much prefer Toronto in all its people's choicy, Hollywood springboard glory. For example, its 2007 pick was Eastern Promises, a film I really liked, while Cannes that year picked a Romanian film I didn't get excited about. In 2010 it was The King's Speech, while Cannes gave its gold palm to the disappointing Uncle Boonmee etc. I know this reveals me as one who prefers a bottle of Coors to a cognac.
That Romanian film was 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days and it's a great film.
One of the best of the last decade. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:18 am |
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4, 3, 2 was terrific.
But Uncle Boonmee was naff. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:36 am |
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billyweeds wrote: Syd wrote: bartist wrote: I much prefer Toronto in all its people's choicy, Hollywood springboard glory. For example, its 2007 pick was Eastern Promises, a film I really liked, while Cannes that year picked a Romanian film I didn't get excited about. In 2010 it was The King's Speech, while Cannes gave its gold palm to the disappointing Uncle Boonmee etc. I know this reveals me as one who prefers a bottle of Coors to a cognac.
That Romanian film was 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days and it's a great film.
One of the best of the last decade.
I respect that many fine people liked 4,3,2 and was only saying that Toronto picks often fit better with mine. While I'm not unaware that there are hideous men who would demand sex from a woman they are about to perform an abortion on, and suggest disposing of the fetus down a trash chute, it's an awareness I keep dialed down for the sake of my mental health. If I had connected more with the characters and the sordid situation, I too would probably have viewed it as a masterpiece. It's hard to explain why certain films don't work for a viewer.
Uncle Boonmee did break new ground in the area of ghost-administered dialysis, the consequences of sex with ghost-monkeys, and talking catfish... and I'm grateful for that. But, again, it's not what I go to the movies for. I'm more likely to search out in-depth monographs on ghost-monkey sex and ghost dialysis, with perhaps the occasional lunch or coffee with a ghost-monkey, if it can be arranged. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:15 am |
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| Boonmee seemed to require a preexisting knowledge of SE Asian folklore and religion. How did the wife's ghost seem translucent at the dinner table, but solidified later to perform dialysis? I'm sure this would be clearer to a Thai audience. Or why the son would, while walking in the forest, decide to fuck a dead monkey and thereby cross over to the astral plane. These are issues not usually explored at the Western dinner table. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:40 pm |
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Boonmee is too self-indulgent for my taste.
'4-3-2' is one of the best movies of the decade.
And A.O.Scott has gone raves over The Master.
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| Marc |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:36 pm |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:26 pm |
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| You know, Marc, you helped run Rod off with your constant attacks on him for just linking reviews he wrote for Marilyn's site rather than writing original stuff for us. I think about that every time you link a review from Dangerous Minds. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:44 pm |
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Quote: I think about that every time you link a review from Dangerous Minds.
Too bad for you. Sounds like you have a psychological problem.
I rarely link to my reviews on DM and I write a lot of film-related pieces on DM. I made an exception for The Master because of the hype. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:22 pm |
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Interesting review Marc. Although a few critics echoed your concerns, for the most part, The Master has been highly praised - A O scott gave it 100% (whatever that means) on Metacritc.
Much though I like to be told what to think, I'll guess I'll have to work it out for myself. |
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