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MOVIES: What are you watching?

T tbirdMember
i normally love tarantino. 2:43 is not normally a problem so that's not it either. liberal view? not a problem. plodding, definately. missed it mark almost every single time. the whole theater was quiet when i know he meant for us to be laughing.

while i am no critic, i read this this morning and agree with every point:

Peter Bradshaw at the Cannes film festival
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Originally posted by indybob:
Tbird. Was the problem for you the length? The liberal view of history? Tarantino's sometimes plodding style of directing dialogue? Or, just not a Tarantino fan?
L latour67Member
TBird

IMO, the Peter Bradshaw review (that you posted above) was right on target!

This may be #1 at the box office, and I'll bet many will give this movie an outstanding review, but the script seemed as if it was co-written by Tarantino and Mel Brooks! The opening scene was poignantly dramatic, and then the script began to meander inappropriately through comical scenes, drifting to the fantasy. Nothing sacred here, but if you can accept its crassness, it was mildly entertaining, but overlong!
W wine+artMember
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The Spanish Prisoner.


What did/do you think? I'm a Mamet fan and I think this is one that is often overlooked. Another overlooked movie of his, if you've never seen it, is State and Main -- unusually lighthearted for him, but one of my favorite movies of his.


Loved it as most other Mamet films. Cool
G gigabitMember
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Man on Wire

What was your impression of this?

K-

The movie was very interesting right from the start. Philippe's passion and determination carry the movie for quite a while. However, it began to drag a bit toward the middle, as it seemed that the story needed to be elongated in order to fill time.

I was amazed by the amount of footage he (Philippe) had from both his training and public appearances.

If you enjoy a good documentary, this is worth seeing.
K ksc02Member
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Man on Wire

What was your impression of this?

K-

The movie was very interesting right from the start. Philippe's passion and determination carry the movie for quite a while. However, it began to drag a bit toward the middle, as it seemed that the story needed to be elongated in order to fill time.

I saw this a few months back.
Like you, in the beginning I really got into it. Loved the display of passion and determination.
However, somewhere past the mid point of the movie, my initial perspective of his passion began to turn to egotistical, self-flattering, self-admiring, self-applauding, self-glorious, narcissistic, pretentious and vane.
I felt compelled to push him off the wire myself. Roll Eyes
G gigabitMember
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However, somewhere past the mid point of the movie, my initial perspective of his passion began to turn to egotistical, self-flattering, self-admiring, self-applauding, self-glorious, narcissistic, pretentious and vane.
I felt compelled to push him off the wire myself. Roll Eyes

Agreed! But what would you expect from a Frenchman? Wink
G gigabitMember
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Big Grin

Razz I always go with Mrs. Gigabit to see the Potter movies, several weeks after their release dates. We sat in the back of the theater, burned through two buckets of popcorn, peanut M&M's, and my resourceful wife even brought a couple of beers to enjoy with the snacks (God, I sure love her).

Overall, I enjoyed the movie, especially the dialogue. I laughed out loud a couple of times. However, in the words of Elvis Presley: "A little less conversation, a little more action please." Smile
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Big Grin

Razz I always go with Mrs. Gigabit to see the Potter movies, several weeks after their release dates. We sat in the back of the theater, burned through two buckets of popcorn, peanut M&M's, and my resourceful wife even brought a couple of beers to enjoy with the snacks (God, I sure love her).

Overall, I enjoyed the movie, especially the dialogue. I laughed out loud a couple of times. However, in the words of Elvis Presley: "A little less conversation, a little more action please." Smile


As a movie, I both loved and hated HBP. I thought it was terrific, and also thought it could have been so much better.

The FF (luck potion) scenes are priceless, though.
M mtvinoMember
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Originally posted by winetarelli:
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Originally posted by gigabit:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Big Grin

Razz I always go with Mrs. Gigabit to see the Potter movies, several weeks after their release dates. We sat in the back of the theater, burned through two buckets of popcorn, peanut M&M's, and my resourceful wife even brought a couple of beers to enjoy with the snacks (God, I sure love her).

Overall, I enjoyed the movie, especially the dialogue. I laughed out loud a couple of times. However, in the words of Elvis Presley: "A little less conversation, a little more action please." Smile


As a movie, I both loved and hated HBP. I thought it was terrific, and also thought it could have been so much better.

The FF (luck potion) scenes are priceless, though.


Was ready to anoint HBP as my favorite of the movies so far and then they left the funeral completely out of the movie, which IMO, is the most well written chapter from any of the books. That really tainted it for me, but I agree the movie was good and surprisingly funny. I also enjoyed the FF scenes and thought that Grint was hilarious when Ron had unwittingly ingested the love potion.
steve8steve8Member
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Originally posted by Board-O:
Insomnia. I can't stand Robin Williams as a comic actor but love him in his dramatic roles.


Are you kidding me? You mean films like Bicentennial Man, What Dreams May Come or Being Human? Blech. Pass. I'll take him in The Fisher King, Death to Smoochy or even Good Morning Vietnam anyday.
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
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Insomnia. I can't stand Robin Williams as a comic actor but love him in his dramatic roles.


Are you kidding me? You mean films like Bicentennial Man, What Dreams May Come or Being Human? Blech. Pass. I'll take him in The Fisher King, Death to Smoochy or even Good Morning Vietnam anyday.

I think Robin Williams is just very hit-or-miss. His blue standup can be quite funny. His PG humor is beyond stale. His voice work MADE Alladin, but he is still doing the same schitck more than a dozen years later and it degrades his terrific performance then. He was funny in Mrs. Doutfire, though the laughs were a bit forced. He was VERY good in The Birdcage where he played more or less te straight man (no pun intended) in a comedy -- of course, referencing a Mike Nichols movie may not be the best defense of Williams on account of the whole genius thing. But that seems to be Williams' MO. Brilliant in Good Will Hunting, but that was directed by Gus Van Sant. Insomnia was directed by Christopher Nolan. So, I think it has more to do with when Williams is in a movie that is aspiring to be really good and is directed by people who can keep him in check, he is good. He is quite bad in most of the 'typical' Robin Williams movies, though.
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