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| Syd |
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| Of course, you'd be giving away something there, except it says on the poster that Emily co-wrote the script. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:03 pm |
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| Sometimes I just want to go to the movies and just relax and enjoy an erotic telekinetic lesbian psychological thriller. But "Thelma" is the only such film headed to theaters and it has subtitles, if you're not in Norway. And nothing distracts from an erotic telekinetic lesbian psych-thriller like having to read the dialog. I mean, really. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:03 pm |
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| Hey, I'm getting hard of hearing so I'd probably need closed captions anyway. And I haven't seen a good erotic telekinetic lesbian psychological thriller in forever. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:26 pm |
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| Well.......I agree with Billy about The Big Sick and Get Out being at the tip top of this years offerings. But I have to put The Florida Project right up there with them. You won't see a film like this most years. People living on the fringe of Disneyworld. Not living fantastic lives. Kids playing joyfully in spite of their parent's barely getting by in a seedy motel barely held together by Willam DeFoe. Brooklynn Prince is the six year old who lights up the screen. Remarkable! |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:40 pm |
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| I once spent a week in a hotel on the fringes of Disney World and never did go to Disney World. The hotel wasn't seedy, though, so I didn't make it into the movie. (I was in Orlando for a space conference and got to see Cape Canaveral, which I wanted to see more.) |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:24 pm |
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| I think you'd like the movie. Especially the kids. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 5:32 pm |
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Spouse read a lot of Dame Agatha growing up, so I was dragged to MotOE. Disappointment, so far as plot and performances, was pretty high for both of us - if Branagh is anyone's idea of Poirot, then they have never read Christie or seen better Poirots (e.g. Suchet). Lovely sets and photography, but ruined by silly mise-en-scene and gimmicky modifications. If I were to pick one word to describe this film, it would be: annoying.
That said, it's always a pleasure to see Michelle Pfeiffer. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 7:34 am |
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When I was around 13, I wanted to read but had no idea what to choose. So my mother dug out lots of her old books and recced the Agatha Christies. So I read dozens of Agatha Christie books, mostly Summer between 7th & 8th grade. Got me going on reading.
So I'll probably watch the new film, though the trailer was likely enough. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:16 am |
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That's about the age my spouse started on Christie, and went through about 60-plus of the novels. The first one was partly read to her in a hospital in Germany by her mom, where she was recovering from a car accident. She lived in England a couple years, as a pre-teen, and they had gone to the Continent to take a driving tour, which didn't go as well as expected. IIRC, this first Christie novel was The ABC Murders. No attempt to start alphabetically, just what mom could find that was in English in the gift shop.
The new movie falls far short of the star-studded Sidney Lumet version, which i wouldn't mind rewatching now.
In England, you could buy a copy of "And Then There Were None," under its unfortunate original title. I try to understand Ms. Christie in the context of her place and time, but that title still shocks me a little.
I think there's a movie about her mysterious 11 day disappearance, but haven't seen it. |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 1:23 pm |
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Her husband was an archaeologist,
She spent a good deal of time on digs in Syria and maybe parts of Iraq too.
I'm reading Kingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis. About a 30 year old white guy in Minnesota who discovers he has black ancestry. So he starts trying to get to know black folks in their section of town. I assume his life is about to go down the toilet as whites find out.
Anyway, the Kingsblood family has a black dog they've named Nigger, not realizing this might offend their young black maid/cook. That kind of threw me for a loop. The novel was written in 1947 and that is supposed to be a bit shocking I assume. But that's pretty harsh for casual racism. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:04 am |
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When I was working in the computer typesetting division of HBJ, my supervisor was a black woman who went to visit some white neighbors one evening; they had a bowl of mixed nuts on the table with the drinks, and the wife told Connie, "Try the niggertoes, they're very good"--then realized what she'd said and was embarrassed and apologetic. Connie thought it was funny, but uncomfortable all around. That's what a lot of people called Brazil nuts back then, but not in our house.
By the way, Connie had a brother who had become so frustrated with American racism that he moved to France, learned the language, went to the Sorbonne, and became a doctor. He visited her once at the office, and looked at my bulletin board, immediately identifying "Le Roi du Coeur." You can always impress me by recognizing Alan Bates. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 7:42 pm |
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| I had high expectations for Coco, which were met. What I wasn't expecting were the tears in my eyes at the climax. Very nicely made movie about a kid facing a choice between music and family on the Day of the Dead. It's a bit like Spirited Away in that he finds he has to learn his way through a fantasy world. The kid, by the way is named Miguel, not Coco. More would be telling. |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 2:13 am |
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This has been my best "movie week" this year with such satisfying movies as "Lady Bird", "The Florida Project" "Mudbound" and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri". It more than makes up for what seemed to be a lackluster year until recently, except for "Columbus" and "Get Out".
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:56 pm |
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Ghulam wrote: .
This has been my best "movie week" this year with such satisfying movies as "Love Bird", "The Florida Project" "Mudbound" and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri". It more than makes up for what seemed to be a lackluster year until recently, except for "Columbus" and "Get Out"..
Do you mean Lady Bird, the new Saoirse Ronan film, or Love Birds, the Israeli film? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 5:50 am |
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I found Lady Bird to be very disappointing in view of the absolutely over-the-moon rave reviews. It's a nice little film, not nearly as good as the very similar The Edge of Seventeen. Ronan is a good actress but not all that.
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (the lack of capital on the word "outside" is straight from the movie itself) is an extremely entertaining, very edgy film with striking performances. Martin McDonagh has written and directed a very complex role for Frances McDormand and she delivers an unrelentingly unnarcissistic performance as a driven woman whose side we remain on despite the fact that she's sometimes incredibly (in every sense of the word) infuriating. Her supporting cast is excellent, though I must admit I still prefer Sam Rockwell in nice-guy roles rather than the drunken racist cop he plays here.
I'm in the middle of watching Mudbound on Netflix. It's excellent so far. Both it and Three Billboards are joining Get Out, The Big Sick, and Downsizing as my 2017 favorites. Dunkirk is at the bottom of my list. Christopher Nolan is my least favorite living director. |
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