Miscellaneous Movie Musings

innerSpaceman · 02-25-2007, 11:11 PM

I, on the other hand, am more interested in eventually netflixing it now that I learn it's a weepie.

Alex · 02-26-2007, 12:25 PM

On a trip to Fry's on Saturday, Flags of Our Fathers and Babel DVDs were prominently displayed so on an impulse I bought both to round out my pre-Oscars nominee watching. I can't remember the last time I spent more than $10 for a single-disc DVD but both were $19.99. I'll do my best to avoid such impulse in the future.

Babel was very much a disappointment. There really aren't specific things that I can point to (other than the stupid Gael Garcia Bernal/Adriana Barraza) that came up short but it was too long, too self-important, and ultimately boring.

Flags of Our Fathers is indeed, as iSm says, a very worthy effort. It isn't so much a war movie as a post-war movie and as such my complaint it that it is overly padded by actual war stuff. Also the 20-minute epiliogue is just too much and very kludgy. I still prefer Letters from Iwo Jima but it is a slim thing and taken as a unit the two movies are an impressive endeavor by Eastwood.

Mousey Girl · 02-26-2007, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I, on the other hand, am more interested in eventually netflixing it now that I learn it's a weepie.

It was beyond weeping.I was sitting there sobbing through the last 20-30 mins. Even today when I was telling people at work aobut it, I was still tearing up.

Strangler Lewis · 02-26-2007, 04:27 PM

I just read the Movie Mom review of Bridge to Terabitha, and I'm already crying.

Oh, wait, that's the Norbit review.

Seriously, though, it's kind of fun sitting in a theatre full of snuffling viewers. Joy Luck Club and Unstrung Heroes come immediately to mind.

Alex · 02-26-2007, 05:00 PM

The Notebook had the loudest sobbing I've ever personally experienced. And me not crying finally proved to Lani that my lachrymal glands are completely broken.

wendybeth · 02-26-2007, 05:51 PM

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It was beyond weeping.I was sitting there sobbing through the last 20-30 mins. Even today when I was telling people at work aobut it, I was still tearing up.

I appreciate the heads up on this one- I do not like seeing sad movies at the theater. The last one I saw was Finding Neverland, and while I didn't break down crying I did leave the theater a bit depressed. I save sad movies for home viewing- I don't want to sit in the middle of a theater fighting off tears and getting buttery popcorn salt in my eyes.

02-25-2007, 11:11 PM	#1
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02-26-2007, 12:25 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	On a trip to Fry's on Saturday, Flags of Our Fathers and Babel DVDs were prominently displayed so on an impulse I bought both to round out my pre-Oscars nominee watching. I can't remember the last time I spent more than $10 for a single-disc DVD but both were $19.99. I'll do my best to avoid such impulse in the future. Babel was very much a disappointment. There really aren't specific things that I can point to (other than the stupid Gael Garcia Bernal/Adriana Barraza) that came up short but it was too long, too self-important, and ultimately boring. Flags of Our Fathers is indeed, as iSm says, a very worthy effort. It isn't so much a war movie as a post-war movie and as such my complaint it that it is overly padded by actual war stuff. Also the 20-minute epiliogue is just too much and very kludgy. I still prefer Letters from Iwo Jima but it is a slim thing and taken as a unit the two movies are an impressive endeavor by Eastwood.
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02-26-2007, 05:00 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The Notebook had the loudest sobbing I've ever personally experienced. And me not crying finally proved to Lani that my lachrymal glands are completely broken.
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