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MOVIES: What are you watching?

wineismylifewineismylifeMember
Angels & Demons

I found it entertaining. A nice little diversion.

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Originally posted by KSC02:
Angels & Demons

Much better than D-C. Starts out a bit different than the book (not bad) and then falls in line pretty closely. If you enjoyed the book, you should appreciate this as well.

Worth seeing, IMO. D & I both enjoyed it.

Tonight: Star Trek on IMAX


Don't know about that one K-. I went out and finally bought the book when I decided to go ahead and see the movie. Read about a 1/3 of it before going to see the movie today. It seemed to me that is was more of a loose adapation of the first 1/3 of the book. Lots of changed scenes, some people having conversations that different people had during the book, etc... fwiw.
K ksc02Member
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Originally posted by wineismylife:
Don't know about that one K-...It seemed to me that is was more of a loose adapation of the first 1/3 of the book. Lots of changed scenes, some people having conversations that different people had during the book, etc... fwiw.

Someone else recently mentioned that there were more differeces as well.

If you'd have read the book a few years ago, with the rest of world and gone by memory now, you might not be so d*mn picky. Smile

That said, even with the differences, the movie storyline works....IMHO of course...

Did you like the movie, Joe?
wineismylifewineismylifeMember
quote:
Originally posted by KSC02:
quote:
Originally posted by wineismylife:
Don't know about that one K-...It seemed to me that is was more of a loose adapation of the first 1/3 of the book. Lots of changed scenes, some people having conversations that different people had during the book, etc... fwiw.

Someone else recently mentioned that there were more differeces as well.

If you'd have read the book a few years ago, with the rest of world and gone by memory now, you might not be so d*mn picky. Smile

That said, even with the differences, the movie storyline works....IMHO of course...

Did you like the movie, Joe?


Yeah, I basically liked the movie. I thought the ending was a little bit of a stretch but other than that it seemed to roll along fairly well. Wish it was about 20 minutes shorter.
mneeley490mneeley490Member
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Originally posted by Neil K.:
Watched Slumdog Millionaire with our daughters (13 & 16 y.o.). We all were quite taken by it.

Neil

We loved it as well.
There have been reports in the papers that some of the child actors have had their slum housing bulldozed in the last few weeks by the Indian gov't. Apparently the money they earned was put in trust accounts until after they turn 18, to keep greedy relatives from it. But until then, I guess they're as poor as ever. So sad. Frown
mneeley490mneeley490Member
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Originally posted by wineismylife:
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Originally posted by KSC02:
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Originally posted by wineismylife:
Don't know about that one K-...It seemed to me that is was more of a loose adapation of the first 1/3 of the book. Lots of changed scenes, some people having conversations that different people had during the book, etc... fwiw.

Someone else recently mentioned that there were more differeces as well.

If you'd have read the book a few years ago, with the rest of world and gone by memory now, you might not be so d*mn picky. Smile

That said, even with the differences, the movie storyline works....IMHO of course...

Did you like the movie, Joe?


Yeah, I basically liked the movie. I thought the ending was a little bit of a stretch but other than that it seemed to roll along fairly well. Wish it was about 20 minutes shorter.

I read the Davinci Code long before I saw the movie. Each had pros and cons. At the time I remember thinking the author had a great idea, but he really isn't a very good writer, technically. He needed a better editor.
glennkglennkMember
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Originally posted by mneeley490:
There have been reports in the papers that some of the child actors have had their slum housing bulldozed in the last few weeks by the Indian gov't. Apparently the money they earned was put in trust accounts until after they turn 18, to keep greedy relatives from it. But until then, I guess they're as poor as ever. So sad. Frown
Hey, at least they had it good for a short time. It’s the other billion kids that I feel bad for….
indybobindybobMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by indybob:
Spanish Prisoner: ***


Your first time to view?

I'm a fan of the movie, and a longtime fan of Mamet.


Yes, my first time. K has seen it before, and recommended it to me. I wavered on giving it an extra 1/2 star. Very good film. Have seen about a half dozen of his others. Intelligent, thoughtful director.
J jcocktostenMember
MLV and I saw Angels & Demons - a very rare trip to the theatre for us as we usually watch movies at home now but we had free passes. Much much better than Da Vinci Code - good but not great movie - good summer flick though. As we leave for Italy next week, that did not hurt.

Loved seeing the Chef guy from Father of the Bride as the Vatican Security guy who fetched Tom Hanks.
glennkglennkMember
Could not sleep the other night so I started watching Edison on TV. Easily the worst movie I have seen in a long time. Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey must have been paid serious bank to make this turd. Why would you have a hottie like Roselyn Sanchez in a movie and only show her for 30 sec’s? Justin Timberlake was not good and should leave the bad acting to his better half. You know the movie is bad when LL Cool J gives the best performance. I would almost rather watch the Rachel Ray show (almost Wink).
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by GlennK:
Could not sleep the other night so I started watching Edison on TV. Easily the worst movie I have seen in a long time. Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey must have been paid serious bank to make this turd. Why would you have a hottie like Roselyn Sanchez in a movie and only show her for 30 sec’s? Justin Timberlake was not good and should leave the bad acting to his better half. You know the movie is bad when LL Cool J gives the best performance. I would almost rather watch the Rachel Ray show (almost Wink).


GlennK, I'm confused.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Razz
D dannyk8232Member
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Originally posted by mneeley490:
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Originally posted by dannyk8232:
Taken. Pretty mediocre.


I thought so as well. However, as a father of a 19 year old girl, who is getting more independant all the time, it still disturbs me.


I hear ya.

This movie seemed like a blend between Hostel and a Bourne movie...not very original IMO. Just rather unlikely one guy is going to do that much damage.
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