Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel - Page 58

Strangler Lewis · 07-25-2010, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

We just saw Despicable Me. Cute.

Seeing it in a theater with 20 million screaming kids? Not so cute.

Having now seen the movie, I know why the kids were screaming.

SzczerbiakManiac · 07-12-2010, 10:16 AM

That was a curious transition....

Alex · 07-12-2010, 10:26 AM

Saw Cyrus yesterday. I put it in the category of "great acting in support of a movie that has no particular reason to exist."

In a way it reminds me of the play Tony and Tina's Wedding. I feel that play perfectly captures the experience of attending the wedding of people you barely know and being assigned seating with people you don't know at all and who aren't interesting in meeting you.

So it accomplished that beautifully. I just can't understand why anybody would want to accomplish that.

Same with Cyrus. It is a well performed situation drama that stays squarely within the scope of reality and avoids any excess at all. And at the end I was stuck with a feeling of "yeah...I don't care."

Gemini Cricket · 07-12-2010, 04:01 PM

I had no idea there was a movie adaptation of "Tony & Tina's Wedding". Interesting. Manoa Valley Theatre is doing that one for their end of the season show. Hmmm....

Alex · 07-12-2010, 04:28 PM

Sorry, didn't mean there was a movie version of the play. I was just using the play as an example of something that realistically puts you in the middle of something that you can't understand wanting to be in the middle of.

Gemini Cricket · 07-12-2010, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Sorry, didn't mean there was a movie version of the play. I was just using the play as an example of something that realistically puts you in the middle of something that you can't understand wanting to be in the middle of.

My bad. I didn't read your post right. I did some research and found it on imdb. Apparently, it's really awful.

Alex · 07-13-2010, 03:02 PM

Has anybody done any Salt and Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory mashups? Because I really have spend most of the marketing onslaught thinking to myself it would be good if the answer to "Who is Salt?" is "Veruca Salt, all growed up."

She even looks just like Angelina Jolie:

(pic related, it's Anjelina Jolie dressed up in a "Growed Up Veruca Salt" outfit)

3894 · 07-14-2010, 10:22 AM

"Bride Wars" with Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson is a lot funnier than you'd think.

Alex · 07-18-2010, 08:21 PM

Saw two quality movies this weekend.

Inception - It starts slow and I'll be able to understand why some people really won't like it, but it worked for me. Perhaps the most successful filming of a Philip K. Dick novel to date except that it isn't based on a Philip K. Dick novel. It hangs together rather well with complex levels and doesn't feel the need to explain every little detail (though it does need to set things up with is why it started slow). Good performances but not particularly deep characters.

Winter Bones - The other end of the Hollywood magic spectrum. A small movie with great performances. A mob movie in the Ozarks. I strongly recommend you go out and see this one because it is one of those small distribution movies you'll otherwise forget to ever watch otherwise.

MouseWife · 07-18-2010, 10:03 PM

Loved Inception. It did start a bit slow, but, yes, it did set the groundwork.

Oooo, down the road it will be nice to discuss this movie. No spoilers now, though.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Saw Cyrus yesterday. I put it in the category of "great acting in support of a movie that has no particular reason to exist." In a way it reminds me of the play Tony and Tina's Wedding. I feel that play perfectly captures the experience of attending the wedding of people you barely know and being assigned seating with people you don't know at all and who aren't interesting in meeting you. So it accomplished that beautifully. I just can't understand why anybody would want to accomplish that. Same with Cyrus. It is a well performed situation drama that stays squarely within the scope of reality and avoids any excess at all. And at the end I was stuck with a feeling of "yeah...I don't care."
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07-12-2010, 04:01 PM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I had no idea there was a movie adaptation of "Tony & Tina's Wedding". Interesting. Manoa Valley Theatre is doing that one for their end of the season show. Hmmm....
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07-12-2010, 04:28 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Sorry, didn't mean there was a movie version of the play. I was just using the play as an example of something that realistically puts you in the middle of something that you can't understand wanting to be in the middle of.
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07-13-2010, 03:02 PM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Has anybody done any Salt and Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory mashups? Because I really have spend most of the marketing onslaught thinking to myself it would be good if the answer to "Who is Salt?" is "Veruca Salt, all growed up." She even looks just like Angelina Jolie: (pic related, it's Anjelina Jolie dressed up in a "Growed Up Veruca Salt" outfit)
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3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	"Bride Wars" with Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson is a lot funnier than you'd think. __________________ "I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder." - Flynn Rider, "Tangled"
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07-18-2010, 08:21 PM	#9
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Saw two quality movies this weekend. Inception - It starts slow and I'll be able to understand why some people really won't like it, but it worked for me. Perhaps the most successful filming of a Philip K. Dick novel to date except that it isn't based on a Philip K. Dick novel. It hangs together rather well with complex levels and doesn't feel the need to explain every little detail (though it does need to set things up with is why it started slow). Good performances but not particularly deep characters. Winter Bones - The other end of the Hollywood magic spectrum. A small movie with great performances. A mob movie in the Ozarks. I strongly recommend you go out and see this one because it is one of those small distribution movies you'll otherwise forget to ever watch otherwise.
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07-18-2010, 10:03 PM	#10
MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	Loved Inception. It did start a bit slow, but, yes, it did set the groundwork. Oooo, down the road it will be nice to discuss this movie. No spoilers now, though. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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