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MOVIES: What are you watching?

W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:

I think Brit Marling is just one smart woman. None of her movies are perfect, but they're all unique and have many clever elements.


I saw her interviewed on one of those airplane network channels while flying somewhere.

She is VERY bright and clever, and well educated to boot. I find smart to be very very sexy. Cool

I think I have only watched one of her films.
T tanglenetMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by tanglenet:The reference was for people who had seen the film and I did not think it was a spoiler. Especially as it happened at the beginning of the film.

The ending was at the beginning? Confused

And why would you assume that your film comments are only read by people who'd seen the movie?


I'm flattered that you think people would remember my comments when they see a film. I was 100% sure no one cared or remembered. But I don't understand your compulsion to tell people how the film ended. I only mentioned a scene, you are the one that mentioned it's relation to the whole and where it happens in the film. Roll Eyes
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by tanglenet:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by tanglenet:The reference was for people who had seen the film and I did not think it was a spoiler. Especially as it happened at the beginning of the film.

The ending was at the beginning? Confused

And why would you assume that your film comments are only read by people who'd seen the movie?


I'm flattered that you think people would remember my comments when they see a film. I was 100% sure no one cared or remembered. But I don't understand your compulsion to tell people how the film ended. I only mentioned a scene, you are the one that mentioned it's relation to the whole and where it happens in the film. Roll Eyes


One, I put spoiler alert when posting and two ***SPOILER ALERT*** where do you think a scene in a lake would take place in a movie that all takes place in outer space? If I'd read your comment before seeing the movie (yeah, I'd remember it) I would know ***BIG SPOILER ALERT*** that she must at least make it safely out of the sky down to the earth. No?

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Especially as it happened at the beginning of the film.


Oh, this was your attempt to cover up your gaff?
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T tanglenetMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by tanglenet:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by tanglenet:The reference was for people who had seen the film and I did not think it was a spoiler. Especially as it happened at the beginning of the film.

The ending was at the beginning? Confused

And why would you assume that your film comments are only read by people who'd seen the movie?


I'm flattered that you think people would remember my comments when they see a film. I was 100% sure no one cared or remembered. But I don't understand your compulsion to tell people how the film ended. I only mentioned a scene, you are the one that mentioned it's relation to the whole and where it happens in the film. Roll Eyes


One, I put spoiler alert when posting and two ***SPOILER ALERT*** where do you think a scene in a lake would take place in a movie that all takes place in outer space? If I'd read your comment before seeing the movie (yeah, I'd remember it) I would know ***BIG SPOILER ALERT*** that she must at least make it safely out of the sky down to the earth. No?

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Especially as it happened at the beginning of the film.


Oh, this was your attempt to cover up your gaff?


No I did it on purpose so that if anyone WAS reading YOUR posts and HADN'T seen the film, wouldn't know how it ended. But leave it to you to tell everyone how it ends. Confused
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by tanglenet:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by tanglenet:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by tanglenet:The reference was for people who had seen the film and I did not think it was a spoiler. Especially as it happened at the beginning of the film.

The ending was at the beginning? Confused

And why would you assume that your film comments are only read by people who'd seen the movie?


I'm flattered that you think people would remember my comments when they see a film. I was 100% sure no one cared or remembered. But I don't understand your compulsion to tell people how the film ended. I only mentioned a scene, you are the one that mentioned it's relation to the whole and where it happens in the film. Roll Eyes


One, I put spoiler alert when posting and two ***SPOILER ALERT*** where do you think a scene in a lake would take place in a movie that all takes place in outer space? If I'd read your comment before seeing the movie (yeah, I'd remember it) I would know ***BIG SPOILER ALERT*** that she must at least make it safely out of the sky down to the earth. No?

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Especially as it happened at the beginning of the film.


Oh, this was your attempt to cover up your gaff?


No I did it on purpose so that if anyone WAS reading YOUR posts and HADN'T seen the film, wouldn't know how it ended. But leave it to you to tell everyone how it ends. Confused

Oy.

In my circles when a sentence is proceeded with ***SPOILER ALERT*** we stop reading the comments if we haven't seen the movie or read the book.

And again it wouldn't matter--after most of the movie had played you'd be waiting for the scene you mentioned.
T tanglenetMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by tanglenet:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by tanglenet:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by tanglenet:The reference was for people who had seen the film and I did not think it was a spoiler. Especially as it happened at the beginning of the film.

The ending was at the beginning? Confused

And why would you assume that your film comments are only read by people who'd seen the movie?


I'm flattered that you think people would remember my comments when they see a film. I was 100% sure no one cared or remembered. But I don't understand your compulsion to tell people how the film ended. I only mentioned a scene, you are the one that mentioned it's relation to the whole and where it happens in the film. Roll Eyes


One, I put spoiler alert when posting and two ***SPOILER ALERT*** where do you think a scene in a lake would take place in a movie that all takes place in outer space? If I'd read your comment before seeing the movie (yeah, I'd remember it) I would know ***BIG SPOILER ALERT*** that she must at least make it safely out of the sky down to the earth. No?

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Especially as it happened at the beginning of the film.


Oh, this was your attempt to cover up your gaff?


No I did it on purpose so that if anyone WAS reading YOUR posts and HADN'T seen the film, wouldn't know how it ended. But leave it to you to tell everyone how it ends. Confused

Oy.

In my circles when a sentence is proceeded with ***SPOILER ALERT*** we stop reading the comments if we haven't seen the movie or read the book.

And again it wouldn't matter--after most of the movie had played you'd be waiting for the scene you mentioned.


Let's go back to drinking and watching movies Smile
T tanglenetMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by tanglenet:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Fellini Satyricon


I haven't seen that in years. How did it hold up?


Well, I thought.


I remember a horizontal tracking shot that seemed to go on forever, of faces, mostly grotesque, at a feast or something. That always stuck with me.

Old Man - have you been married 40+ years? Congrats! We just celebrated our 21st last night.

And we watched: Rumba - same writers / directors / actors (a couple) that put together Fairy. More Chaplinesque, with funny bits but an overall a feeling sadness. Fairy was a more uplifting and better crafted film.
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by tanglenet:Old Man - have you been married 40+ years? Congrats! We just celebrated our 21st last night.

No, I didn't get married until I was 37. So as Fawlty would say--So we've been manacled together as man and wife for barely longer than you--22 years. I then became a father at 47, so we have a 15 year old daughter. And as old General Sternwood says to Bogart in The Big Sleep, "Any man who becomes a father at my age gets exactly what he deserves."

Congrats on your anni--hope you drank good wine and ate something good.
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:

So as Fawlty would say--


Don't mention the war!

I think I got away with it.


You'll have to forgive him. He is from Barcelona.


I won't stop:

There is too much butter on... those...trays.

No, no Mister Fawlty--uno, does, tress.
T tanglenetMember
A Late Quartet - complex and bittersweet. Overall, I thought this was an excellent film. I ran into a neighbor this AM who is a pianist and chamber musician and we briefly discussed. She said that the dynamics of the 1st and 2nd violin were spot on and the story was well researched. I told her my only qualms with the film was the story line of the daughter, which she agreed, she had never heard of that happening before, but also said that it was possible.

The Oranges - another film marketed as a comedy that isn't and leaves a bad taste or you feel like taking a bath afterwards. In the vein of Blame it on Rio with similar plot: best friend sleeps with best friend's (young adult) child and the fallout on the families involved. Yuck. Who green lights this stuff?
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
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The Oranges - another film marketed as a comedy that isn't and leaves a bad taste or you feel like taking a bath afterwards. In the vein of Blame it on Rio with similar plot: best friend sleeps with best friend's (young adult) child and the fallout on the families involved. Yuck. Who green lights this stuff?


I saw this movie a few weeks ago. I wasn't at 'yuck'. More like 'yawn but irritable'. This movie could have been a serious, dramatic (if at times light hearted) romance between a 50-something man and a 24 year old young woman, addressing the problems that such an age gap creates in their otherwise healthy, loving relationship; including addressing how this effects their relationships with their own families as well as one-another's families. (Maybe even address his relationship with his estranged wife.)... Or, it could have been a serious movie about about two good people who attempt to engage in a destructive relationship -- partially due to age difference, perhaps -- and the heartache, not only to them, but to their respective families that it creates... Or it could have been a sex movie... Or one or both of the main characters could have been intentionally unlikeable, or even bad... Or they could have tried to make it into a slapstick, intentionally offensive, hammy, hard 'R' rated raunchy comedy.

That isn't what happened. At every turn the movie pussies out of making any decision that might offend anyone and instead, the movie managed to be one of the crappier, more disingenuous, more unappealing movies I have seen in a while.

And the acting. I cannot believe such good actors (Hugh Laurie, Oliver Platt, Catherine Keener, Allison Janney) signed on to this. For them, it was a paycheck, I guess. And you could totally tell that they knew they were in a bad movie the entire time. "Phoning it in" doesn't come close to giving their performances the (in)justice they deserve. The girl, on the other hand (Leighton Meester) you could tell was really trying (unsuccessfully) and may not have known she was in a crap movie. Which I think may have made it even worse.

The premise of the movie is quite raw, and they could have gone a ton of different directions with the raw premise to make a good and interesting movie. Attempting to turn the raw premise innocuous and inoffensive to all, however, created one of the lamest, least interesting, movies I've recently seen.
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A adam10Member
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Originally posted by tanglenet:
The Oranges - another film marketed as a comedy that isn't and leaves a bad taste or you feel like taking a bath afterwards. In the vein of Blame it on Rio with similar plot: best friend sleeps with best friend's (young adult) child and the fallout on the families involved. Yuck. Who green lights this stuff?


Blame It On Rio was great! Cool
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