Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

Alex · 01-04-2010, 08:52 AM

Over the weekend I saw Avatar for a second time. Enjoyed it just as much as the first time. Lani and I both expected that this time we'd spend more time looking around the screen and then afterwards realized we were just as involved as the first time and didn't really do that.

Noticed a few things I'd missed the first time (such as, the so obvious in retrospect) fact that the avatars had five fingers/toes per limb whereas the Na'vi have four. Noticed some throwaway lines early in the movie that are more explanatory once you know what happens later in the movie.

Saw It's Complicated. It is a perfectly pleasant adult romantic comedy. It is always nice to see one not involving 23-year-olds, or 30-year-olds acting like 23-year-olds. Good performances from Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. Though a best actress nom for Meryl Streep (such as the Golden Globe) is really just a reflex habit as it isn't anything transcendent.

Saw The International, a Clive Owen/Naomi Watts suspense thriller from earlier in the year. It was fine, really reminded me in tone of Sidney Pollack's The Interpreter from a few years ago. One problem is that the last act is preceded by an out-of-scale gunfight. It would have been fine in a Bourne movie but the style of the movie as a whole didnt' really support such a spectacle.

Ghoulish Delight · 01-04-2010, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Saw It's Complicated. It is a perfectly pleasant adult romantic comedy. It is always nice to see one not involving 23-year-olds, or 30-year-olds acting like 23-year-olds. Good performances from Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. Though a best actress nom for Meryl Streep (such as the Golden Globe) is really just a reflex habit as it isn't anything transcendent.

I think we'll put this in the Netflix queue. The trailers have made it seem really appealing, glad to hear it lives up to that.

Andrew · 01-04-2010, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

The box set that I bought long ago that included 3 versions of Close Encounters of the Third Kind comes with a poster sized flow chart of what's in what version and what's been cut etc.

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

Yes, I found that chart amusing as well. I wanted to retitle it "Wow, We've Been Floundering With This Movie, Haven't We?" Still, I'm very glad to have all of that stuff.

I'd love to see that flowchart if it's online anywhere.

Gemini Cricket · 01-04-2010, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew

I'd love to see that flowchart if it's online anywhere.

Well, this is the closest thing I could find. Hard to read, tho.
lol

01-04-2010, 08:52 AM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Over the weekend I saw Avatar for a second time. Enjoyed it just as much as the first time. Lani and I both expected that this time we'd spend more time looking around the screen and then afterwards realized we were just as involved as the first time and didn't really do that. Noticed a few things I'd missed the first time (such as, the so obvious in retrospect) fact that the avatars had five fingers/toes per limb whereas the Na'vi have four. Noticed some throwaway lines early in the movie that are more explanatory once you know what happens later in the movie. Saw It's Complicated. It is a perfectly pleasant adult romantic comedy. It is always nice to see one not involving 23-year-olds, or 30-year-olds acting like 23-year-olds. Good performances from Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. Though a best actress nom for Meryl Streep (such as the Golden Globe) is really just a reflex habit as it isn't anything transcendent. Saw The International, a Clive Owen/Naomi Watts suspense thriller from earlier in the year. It was fine, really reminded me in tone of Sidney Pollack's The Interpreter from a few years ago. One problem is that the last act is preceded by an out-of-scale gunfight. It would have been fine in a Bourne movie but the style of the movie as a whole didnt' really support such a spectacle.
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