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| dlhavard |
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And even with your great estimation of Costner's star power, can you really believe him desirable enough to lay three generations of women in one immediate family?
I saw it a different way. Costner's character was extremely passive. The women chased him not him them. The grandmother was merely using him to prove she was still "young". The mother/daughter went after him because she was conflicted about the man she eventually married (and probably to get even with the mother). And finally, Aniston's character (also conflicted about her life/boyfriend/sister's wedding) went after him because she was actually looking for her mother. Weird huh!
Still, it was an interesting, mildly amusing film for a cold January. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:02 am |
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mo_flixx wrote: jeremy wrote: Maybe, though they are all at least four years older than Jennifer Aniston.
But this actor was supposed to be someone who could have FATHERED Jennifer Aniston's character.
Are you mathematically-challenged or do you just have a very strange sense of humor?
Well at 51, I suppose Costner could just have been responsible.
And yes I do have a wierd sense of humour, but no, in this instance I was not exercising it, nor, it would seem, the other parts of my brain. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 12:00 pm |
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My remaindered "Showgirls" VIP edition (shot glasses, deck of cards, etc.) arrived yesterday. It's still in its cellophane wrapper. I notice a Blockbuster sticker in the upper rt. hand corner.
Does anyone know if this means that my copy of "Showgirls" has been edited (that is, censored)? I've heard that Blockbuster (as well as Walmart, etc.) edits their videos.
I would feel very cheated if it had. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:16 pm |
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[quote="jeremy"]
Well at 51, I suppose Costner could just have been responsible.
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As I said earlier, Costner's character was supposed to be 55. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:48 pm |
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I was reading an NYT article about Michael Jackson's money (and what happened to it), and saw this:
Quote: MR. JACKSON indulged in other pricey vanity projects, including what one adviser believes to be the most expensive — a 35-minute film called "Ghosts" that he co-wrote with the novelist Stephen King and shot in 1997 with Stan Winston, a special-effects whiz that cost well above $15 million.
Has anybody heard about this? Was it any good? |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:48 pm |
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| Nope, never heard about it. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 7:07 pm |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:25 am |
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Silents (and one sound movie) at Grapevine:
Grapevine wrote: > Seven new DVD-R releases from Grapevine for May
> 2006...
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> SNOOKY THE CHIMP (1920-21) - 3 rare comedies
> featuring Snooky. Never before available anywhere.
> HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER (1924) Henry Hull, Jane Thomas.
> Never before available.
> THE SCARLET CAR (1917) Lon Chaney, Franklyn Farnum,
> Edith Johnson and Sam De Grasse. Rare early Lon
> Chaney.
> D. W. GRIFFITH DIRECTOR - Volume #3 - 10 Griffith
> directed short subjects from 1909
> MOULIN ROUGE (1929) Directed by E. A. Dupont -
> presented with the original music track.
> HOTEL IMPERIAL (1927) Pola Negri, James Hall, and
> George Siegmann. One of the few American films
> directed by Mauritz Stiller to have survived.
> MYSTERY MOUNTAIN (1934) Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie,
> and Syd Saylor. The complete 12 chapter serial on
> two disc.
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> And one special offer disc...
> SIREN OF THE SEA (1911) Annette Kellerman. An early
> primitive featuring the famous Olympic swimmer.
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> All at special introductory prices..
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> More information and where you can place your order
> can be found at...
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> http://www.grapevinevideo.com/New_Releases.htm
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> NOTE: We are in the process of changing to a new
> secure ordering system. You can now place orders
> through Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover
> and PayPal. You can also print your order for Fax or
> mail in. Institutions can also order via purchase
> order. So far this has only been implemented on the
> new release page. The rest of the site uses PayPal
> only. Also when paying with PayPal you may be double
> billed for shipping. These extra charges will be
> refunded.
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> Please be patient as we going through these changes.
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I'd like to see the Lon Chaney. And there's a silent Moulin Rouge!
Offer ends 1 June. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:33 am |
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Interesting list, Lady W.
Have you seen HOTEL IMPERIAL? That's the one I'd like to see. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:48 am |
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These are all new to me except for THE SCARLET CAR (and I haven't seen that). Didn't Maurice Stiller do THE WHITE HELL OF PALU-PITZU (or whatever the title is)?
I'd like to place an order, but work keeps interrupting (grrr!). |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 12:00 pm |
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lady wakasa wrote: These are all new to me except for THE SCARLET CAR (and I haven't seen that). Didn't Maurice Stiller do THE WHITE HELL OF PALU-PITZU (or whatever the title is)?
I'd like to place an order, but work keeps interrupting (grrr!).
He's known for directing "Gosta Berlings Saga" with Garbo. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 12:53 pm |
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mo_flixx wrote: lady wakasa wrote: These are all new to me except for THE SCARLET CAR (and I haven't seen that). Didn't Maurice Stiller do THE WHITE HELL OF PALU-PITZU (or whatever the title is)?
I'd like to place an order, but work keeps interrupting (grrr!).
He's known for directing "Gosta Berlings Saga" with Garbo.
DUH!!! And that release has been advertised all over the place, which is why I knew I'd seen his name recently. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 9:41 am |
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| I found out last night that Frank Capra's silent film THE MATINEE IDOL is available at Deep Discount DVD for $5.98. But it turns out there are a number of Frank Capra films over there in the < $10 category: MEET JOHN DOE, POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES, BROADYWAY BILL, even some things associated with Capra but not done by him. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:37 am |
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| At last got around to seeing Fight Club. I did not enjoy it at all. Well directed and acted, but in spite of its supposed antiviolence posture, it is a commercial exploitation of extreme violence. Its message is hollow and its story line is pure hokum. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:55 am |
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Sorry you feel like that, Ghulam.
I really enjoyed the movie (and the book), and feel there were a lot of other things going on in that movie, about self-identity and perceptions of reality. |
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