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Post by HollyH on Mar 9, 2013 13:43:45 GMT -5
Saw Django Unchained -- what a riot! Christoph Waltz alone is worth the price of admission.
Also saw Quartet. Great cast, a little talky, definitely for an audience 50-and-up. A pleasant way to spend an evening, nothing more.
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Post by Wakeup on Mar 9, 2013 14:23:47 GMT -5
Finally got a look at 'Black Swan' - creepy, intense - brilliantly made.
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Post by gary on Mar 9, 2013 17:00:31 GMT -5
Saw Django Unchained -- what a riot! Christoph Waltz alone is worth the price of admission. I've avoided this because I've read that the violence is hard to watch. Is there anything to this? Years ago, I avoided Pulp Fiction because I read that the hypodermic scene was hard to watch, and when I finally saw it, I thought, that's all they were talking about? (Yes, I'm squeamish.)
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Post by Wakeup on Mar 9, 2013 17:50:52 GMT -5
The thing is, there's a lot of shooting and blood flying, but it's so over-the-top in it's depiction that it comes off as not too realistic, from my point of view anyway. Kind of 'comic book.' I wouldn't let that stop you from seeing it. As a send-up of the spaghetti westerns it's a masterpiece.
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Post by HollyH on Mar 10, 2013 15:51:02 GMT -5
Cartoon violence, and you know it's coming. Nothing long-drawn-out and sadistic. That "Stuck In the Middle With You" scene with Michael Madsen in Reservoir Dogs is ten times worse.
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Post by gary on Mar 10, 2013 19:31:10 GMT -5
I absolutely hated that scene, and that's why it doesn't take much to make me avoid a Tarantino movie. I trust your "Nothing long-drawn-out and sadistic" more than some reviews I've read, which have implied the opposite. So maybe I'll go and have some fun.
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Post by complicatedlife on Mar 11, 2013 13:18:01 GMT -5
Every time I hear Stuck In The Middle With You, I think of that scene. Django Unchained is totally enjoyable unless hearing the N-Word (a lot) makes your ears bleed. One disappointment was Samuel Jackson doesn't utter M*therf*cker at all!
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Post by HollyH on Mar 11, 2013 15:28:03 GMT -5
Even their use of the N-word got to be cartoonishly funny....
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Post by uncleson on May 3, 2013 14:00:06 GMT -5
Sons Of The Desert - laurel and Hardy
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Post by Wakeup on May 3, 2013 17:01:19 GMT -5
'Tammy and the Bachelor' (1957) Debbie Reynolds = Tammy Leslie Nielsen = The Bachelor Sweet and sappy 50's hokum. Adapted from the book 'Tammy Out of Time' by Cid Ricketts Sumner. That the author's name contains 'Ricketts' might be a bit of a tip off. Nice theme song, though. Three Junior Mints
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Post by uncleson on May 4, 2013 11:50:38 GMT -5
Flying Deuces - Laurel and hardy
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Post by HollyH on May 14, 2013 19:50:49 GMT -5
I gave in and went to see that Great Gatsby movie with my daughter. We didn't manage to get to a 3-D showing but I can't imagine that the 3-D really added much. I didn't think it did the book much justice, and although it was stylish to look at, the story made zero sense. Gatsby seems like a sap, especially because there was no chemistry between him and Daisy. Leonardo DiCaprio looks like a young Orson Welles these days, which made it interesting. Tobey McGuire (whom I usually adore) gave a completely one-note performance.
I still think that book would make a brilliant film but nobody yet has come close to cracking that code.
Oh, and the soundtrack is boring. So what if he used hip-hop instead of period music? It had little value except as a shorthand for "vulgar partying going on."
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Post by gary on May 16, 2013 20:26:52 GMT -5
Sons Of The Desert - laurel and Hardy Now that's a movie! I'm making my way through a new box of Pierre Etaix DVDs. He was an L&H and silent comedy fan who made some movies in that tradition in France in the '60s. He was a triple threat like Chaplin and Jerry Lewis -- writer, director, and star -- but was forgotten for decades because his movies were tied up in some kind of legal hell. Nice that he's still around to enjoy his revival.
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Post by Smiley on May 16, 2013 22:09:16 GMT -5
Sorry to hear the great Gatsby was a waste of the tick HH. I had Wanted to see this myself but now will wait till it comes out on on-demand this summer. I'm really looking forward to the new Star Trek. I thought the prequel was so well done. And who can't like that they cast Simon Peggy as Scottie! Great casting hope it live up to the hype it's already received.
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Post by HollyH on Jul 15, 2013 21:16:58 GMT -5
Just saw via Netflix a little gem of a movie called Toast, adapted from a memoir by the English culinary writer Nigel Slater. I'd read the book so I was curious about the movie, especially since it stars the ever-lovely Freddie Highmore. Amazing production design, all these late 1950s interiors, and a great evocation of austerity Britain, people waiting on ration lines etc. and it's absolutely drenched in Dusty Springfield music. Helena Bonham-Carter gave her usual slatternly performance as Slater's wicked stepmother. A little schmaltzy but I'd definitely recommend.
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