MOVIES: What are you watching?

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Originally posted by bman:
And Monsoon Wedding is one of the few films I could watch over and over again....

Agreed - exactly and approximately.

I'm waiting impatiently for The Watchmen!

Juno on HBO. Very funny.

Batman Begins.

considering defiance today. the only other choice at my local that i haven't seen yet but feel i should is benjamin button. dunno why but i am just not too motivated on that one.

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dunno why but i am just not too motivated on that one

'cause at nearly 3 hours, you know that you'll need to pee before it finishes and you might miss something important. Better to watch it at home where you can pause and pee.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by KSC02:

What was your take on this movie, w+a?

Thumbs up.

As a purely unsolicited opinion K, I'm sure glad that I did not see any sort of preview prior to seeing this last year. I saw the preview a month later, and was floored with how much of the story's hook it gave away. Hate it when trailers do this. . .

True.

However, I was a little uneasy about the underlying subject matter of it all. Yep, life is unfair for his deported friend, how he was treated and then deported. How his mother dealt with it all and the relationship between the characters. So much was set up on a t-ball stand, ready to bat out a some real moral. Some answer. And then.... nothing... movie over.

O.Kayyyyy. Interesting movie. Just felt they really dropped the ball on this one. Took it to the 10 yard line and laid an egg.

Just me?

i'm not as old as board-o, i can go 3 hours(take that how you want...).

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Originally posted by bman:
'cause at nearly 3 hours, you know that you'll need to pee before it finishes and you might miss something important. Better to watch it at home where you can pause and pee.

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Originally posted by KSC02:


Yep, life is unfair for his deported friend, how he was treated and then deported.

Well, so much for those that have not seen the movie.

K, the movie was not about Tarek Khalil, not in the least. It was about Walter Vale, and him taking off his uniform that life had dressed him in so many years ago. The conformity of his life had left his soul devoid of all vigor, courage and resolve.

Tarek was simply the color purple that makes black, look blacker.

Monster's Ball.

Eyes Wide Shut.

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Originally posted by Mezzo Litro:
Bold Lies.

I'm not sure whether Dicaprio is just coming of age or he's being (recently) directed by some great men, i.e. Scorsese, Scott, Speilberg, but he's turing out to be a pretty good actor.

He's always had the talent - I mean look at his roles when he was a teenager - A Boy's Life, What's Eating Gilbert Grape -

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Eyes Wide Shut.

w+a, I'm curious what you thought of this?

already dead
and
things we lost in the fire

Manos: The Hands of Fate. No stars.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by KSC02:


Yep, life is unfair for his deported friend, how he was treated and then deported.

Well, so much for those that have not seen the movie.

True that.
My apologies.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by KSC02:
K, the movie was not about Tarek Khalil, not in the least. It was about Walter Vale, and him taking off his uniform that life had dressed him in so many years ago. The conformity of his life had left his soul devoid of all vigor, courage and resolve.

Tarek was simply the color purple that makes black, look blacker.

Fair statement indeed.

Bottle Shock.

Gigond, I just read the judgement of Paris. How do you think the movie compared to the book if you have read it?

Haven't read it.

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Originally posted by indybob:
Manos: The Hands of Fate. No stars.

This was only palatable when seen through the MST3K filter.

The Manchurian Candidate

Three Days of the Condor

Bottle Shock also

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Originally posted by duck833:
Bottle Shock also

I thought the trailer looked dreadful... was I wrong?

Not a bad movie, simplistic but if you like wine you will enjoy it. Best enjoyed with a nice bottle though.

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Three Days of the Condor

An absolutely brilliant movie...

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Originally posted by gigabit:

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Three Days of the Condor

An absolutely brilliant movie...

I just read an interview with Robert Redford in Art Works. This was a very important movie and time in his career, and a precursor to the Sundance Film Festival.

Half Past Autumn. The Life and Works of Gordon Parks.

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Originally posted by gigabit:

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Three Days of the Condor

An absolutely brilliant movie...

As was the book.

RocknRolla

Watched The Visitor last night. Very good.

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Originally posted by steve8:
Watched The Visitor last night. Very good.

Indeed.

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Originally posted by gigabit:

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Three Days of the Condor

An absolutely brilliant movie...

Agreed.

The Reader. Of the five nominated for Oscars this is the third I've seen and I'd place it third behind Slumdog and Milk. It's a good flick but the other two beat it by a mile in my book.

I think we're going to catch Button at 2PM today, just in time for us to get back home for PURPLE to see what everybody is wearing on the red carpet. I'll be out back slow smoking some ribs and smoking a cigar myself.

Doubt: ***
Hedwig and the Angry Inch: ***

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Originally posted by wineismylife:

I think we're going to catch Button at 2PM today, just in time for us to get back home for PURPLE to see what everybody is wearing on the red carpet. I'll be out back slow smoking some ribs and smoking a cigar myself.

Sounds like my day today, except for the ribs and cigar part.

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Originally posted by wineismylife:

I think we're going to catch Button at 2PM today, just in time for us to get back home for PURPLE to see what everybody is wearing on the red carpet. I'll be out back slow smoking some ribs and smoking a cigar myself.

Sounds like my day today, except for the ribs and cigar part.

But that sounds like the best part. Especially since we're getting 4-6 inches of snow today.

I finally got to see Bottle Shock. I loved the scenes in the restaurant and the wine shop of people asking for the Montelena Chard.

A customer saw Bottle Shock last year and wanted to know if we had any Stag's Leap from the Bottle Shock movie.

In the Heat of the Night

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Originally posted by wineismylife:

I think we're going to catch Button at 2PM today, just in time for us to get back home for PURPLE to see what everybody is wearing on the red carpet. I'll be out back slow smoking some ribs and smoking a cigar myself.

Sounds like my day today, except for the ribs and cigar part.

But that sounds like the best part. Especially since we're getting 4-6 inches of snow today.

Wow, too bad. It's supposed to be a high here today of 60F and currently bright and sunny with a handful of lovely white and fluffy clouds hanging in the sky.