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MOVIES: What are you watching?

The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by steve8:
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Originally posted by VinT:
Blue Jasmine

Enjoyed very much.


We saw this yesterday too. Didn't Woody Allen used to make comedies?


I guess you need to watch Stardust Memories for that question. At this point in this career I'd say at 20% of his movies aren't comedies. They are simply movies for adults.
robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by steve8:
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Originally posted by VinT:
Blue Jasmine

Enjoyed very much.


We saw this yesterday too. Didn't Woody Allen used to make comedies?


At this point in this career I'd say at 20% of his movies aren't comedies. They are simply movies for adults masochists and/or sadists .
steve8steve8Member
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
I guess you need to watch Stardust Memories for that question. At this point in this career I'd say at 20% of his movies aren't comedies. They are simply movies for adults.


I was being facetious Old Man. Big fan and I believe I have seen every movie he's made. While I wouldn't have wanted him to make Love & Death over and over again, I do miss his neurotic comedy a little.

Rob, I wondered when (and who) the Woody-haters would chime in. KSC02 probably isn't far behind you.
robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
There are enough of us to make me realize there isn't anything wrong with me. I did live a long time thinking what am I missing that I detest all of his work so so much?

I have had internal dialogues while watching some of his movies debating the merits of forks or spoons to gouge out my eyes. Sporks were the natural and clear winner.
robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
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Originally posted by Vino Bevo:
Flipping channels last night and wound up watching Master and Commander - not bad. Not sure why I never watched it before but enjoyed it.


I have quite a few friends that worked on that movie (many of the people huddled around the scene during the skull surgery are actual real sailors) and it's one of my few regrets that I didn't at the time go down to Mexico to work on it as well. They all had a blast sailing around for a few months.
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by Rothko:
I really enjoyed that movie (bought the DVD) and wished they had made more of them from the series.

I think it was very good, but unfortunately it didn't do the boxoffice to justify continuing. Perhaps it would have been better as a TV series like the very good, not great, Hornblower from England.
robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by Rothko:
I really enjoyed that movie (bought the DVD) and wished they had made more of them from the series.

I think it was very good, but unfortunately it didn't do the boxoffice to justify continuing. Perhaps it would have been better as a TV series like the very good, not great, Hornblower from England.


Russell Crowe was also horrendously difficult to deal with, did not like being there or doing the movie and there were multiple delays while his black eyes healed from the fights he regularly got into at the bar. I suppose the producers didn't fight hard for more...
mneeley490mneeley490Member
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by Rothko:
I really enjoyed that movie (bought the DVD) and wished they had made more of them from the series.

I think it was very good, but unfortunately it didn't do the boxoffice to justify continuing. Perhaps it would have been better as a TV series like the very good, not great, Hornblower from England.


Russell Crowe was also horrendously difficult to deal with, did not like being there or doing the movie and there were multiple delays while his black eyes healed from the fights he regularly got into at the bar. I suppose the producers didn't fight hard for more...

And that is different from every other movie he has done, how?
irwinirwinMember
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Originally posted by Juicy:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by Juicy:
The Butler


What did you think?


Really enjoyed it. Lots of great characters and what a time in history to be a "fly on the wall" from the Eisenhower to the Reagan Administrations. Difficult to cram three decades plus of history, the Civil Rights movement, interactions with various Presidents, and personal history into a two hour film. There are already some complaints of re-writing history if it is based on the life of Eugene Allen. Lots going on if you are a history buff.


Saw this tonight. Great acting by Forrest Whitaker--a sure Oscar nomineee, and probably a winner with this. A good story. I lived through all these decades and it was pretty emotional to watch, actually, as I knew some freedom riders and some guys who got killed in Vietnam.

The one criticism I have is that the guy who played Eisenhower didn't look like Eisenhower; the guy who played Nixon looked nothing like Nixon; the guy who played LBJ and the guy who played Kennedy looked very little like their characters. The guy who played Reagan looked a teeny bit like Reagan. I mean, this is Hollywood. Saturday Night Live characters look more real.
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