MOVIES: What are you watching?

Rome, Open City

Anna Magnani was extraordinary.

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Jealous?

Nope...I have found that 40 - 55 are the best years, and without debate.

Not that I have a ton of experience, but I definitely feel I enjoy life more as each day passes. I'd agree with the phrase 'life begins at 40.'

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Really? I am convinced that my years in college were the best years of my life.

I read an article a while back that for many people, happiness is like the letter "U". People are happy at a young age, then become less happy, bottoming out at around 40-50, and then progessively becoming happier again as they enter the retirement years.

Recently caught The Rum Diary in my hotel room in Vegas...better than I expected. And boy is that blonde a looker.

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Recently caught The Rum Diary in my hotel room in Vegas...better than I expected. And boy is that blonde a looker.

Amber Heard, a nice girl from Austin TX. FWIW, she pitches & catches.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by AZwineRyan:
Recently caught The Rum Diary in my hotel room in Vegas...better than I expected. And boy is that blonde a looker.

Amber Heard, a nice girl from Austin TX. FWIW, she pitches & catches.

She plays for the Longhorns Woman's Softball Team?

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Originally posted by mneeley490:

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A friend wants to go see the new Ghost Rider movie when it comes out, but I never saw the first one because it looked pretty weak. Anyone seen it? Good? Mindless fun? Not even that?

Not bad. Eva Mendes is some nice eye candy. And any chance to see Sam Elliot as a cowboy again is great.

You were right - the best parts were Eva and Sam, the rest was pretty hokey...

More importantly, after seeing all the posts about Girl With the Dragon Tatoo I watched the Swedish version and gotta say "Wow!". Haven't read any of the books nor have I seen the U.S. remake, however I will now.

In Time

meh

Moneyball. Definitely entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out why anyone would think this was a top movie of the year.

Vertigo

Il mio viaggio Italia

Drive

Not bad, but some of the violence was a little gratuitous.

The Debt

I enjoyed it but didn't love it.

Dangerous Method
Interesting historical movie about Freud, Jung and their philosophies and a specific patient.
Not for kids.
B+

Rango - quite entertaining for an animated flick

Sanctum - ok. They got what was coming to them.
The American - ok.
HBO sports documentary: Namath - interesting.

Limitless
Polytechnique

The latter is much better than the former.

In the Cut

Interesting, but ultimately not very good. Certainly the darkest movie in which I've seen Meg Ryan. And she does reprise her famous scene from "When Harry Met Sally" -- though this time much more ummm graphically.

Notorious

50/50. Excellent movie.

The Wedding Singer.

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Meg Ryan

She is hard to look at after all the plastic surgery.

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Originally posted by GlennK:

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Meg Ryan

She is hard to look at after all the plastic surgery.

Glenn,

I agree; however, I think this was prior to all her work being done as it was released in 2003. She looked pretty good. Sad to see how she looks now as well as some other Hollywood people. With all that money they can't find a good plastic surgeon?

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Originally posted by GlennK:

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Meg Ryan

She is hard to look at after all the plastic surgery.

I think she's always been a hrrible actress, but if you want to want to see plastic surgery gone awry, check out Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Burnett. They look like clowns with their mouths stretched from ear to ear.

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In the Cut

And she does reprise her famous scene from "When Harry Met Sally" -- though this time much more ummm graphically.

Lol.

Fair Game

Not bad, and Naomi Watts is always easy on the eyes.

Winter's Bone

Really enjoyed this movie and how they used the location and local actors.

Everything Must Go. Terrible.

Beginners. Enjoyable. Even the Mr. liked it.

Invention of Lying

Ehhhh. When I saw the commercials for this upon release I thought it was a great premise. Unfortunately, I think those commercials also contained most of the funny parts of the movie.

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Winter's Bone

Really enjoyed this movie and how they used the location and local actors.

Great flick. Check out some of Woodrell's books. His clip with Anthony Bourdain on No Reservations is also pretty neat.

Dinner for Schmucks. Had to stop watching halfway through, that's how bad it was. I can't think of the last time I stopped watching a movie midway through it.

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Originally posted by kingofcool:

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Originally posted by eyesintime:
Winter's Bone

Really enjoyed this movie and how they used the location and local actors.

Great flick. Check out some of Woodrell's books. His clip with Anthony Bourdain on No Reservations is also pretty neat.

King,

Funny you should mention that. I fall into the "movie is usually no where near as good as the book" camp, so I thought if the film was this good I should check out the book/author.

Super 8. I really liked it.

Taking my son to the Adventures of Tintin movie.

The Quite Man.

A brilliant movie.

127 Hours

Yikes.

Taxi Driver

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Taxi Driver

the French movie or the American traditional?

Drive

Out of Sight - Excellent!