Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 286

Gemini Cricket · 02-21-2008, 05:03 PM

Lots of mumbling, struggling actors here and there tryin' to maintain some sort of accent... It ain't my ears, mister. (GC spits some tobacco juice into a nearby spittoon.) The tv's as loud as can be, I reckon.

Ponine · 02-21-2008, 05:44 PM

I'm watching 3:10 tonight... I'll let you know what I think.

innerSpaceman · 02-21-2008, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

It ain't my ears, mister. (GC spits some tobacco juice into a nearby spittoon.) The tv's as loud as can be, I reckon.

I'm havin' a parcel o' troubles myself with that crazy western Lonesome Dove. Damn those hollywood cowboy types and their hifalutin' accent huntin'

(Cowboys ain't usually my thing anyway ... but how can I resist Robert Duval and Tommy Lee Jones hamming it up? Halfway thru and likin' it so far.)

Gemini Cricket · 02-21-2008, 05:54 PM

3:10 to Yuma is too distracting to watch. I want all of these cowboys to bed me and while I think of that, I can't concentrate on the story. Oh and have I mentioned that I'm going to marry Alan Tudyk?

Lonesome Dove is wonderful.

Sohrshah · 02-21-2008, 07:21 PM

I really enjoyed 3:10 to Yuma. I've been watching Christian Bale since "Empire of the Sun", and Russel Crowe is... well, Russel Crowe. It was also fun to spot the guy who plays Wash on "Firefly" behind some really...interesting....facial hair.

Chernie - I also use the subtitles when I watch films at home, but then again, I really am kind of deaf.

Gemini Cricket · 02-21-2008, 07:23 PM

I found it interesting to spot Angel, too from the 3rd X-Men movie. I thought he was pretty grody looking.

Gemini Cricket · 02-21-2008, 11:51 PM

I just finished Flags of Our Fathers.
I hadn't seen it before.
I have mixed feelings on it. I sorta liked it, I sorta didn't.
There were some strong performances in it, but the story as a whole seemed disjointed to me. I think it should have been told in a linear manner. Maybe it would have made more sense. But the jumping back and forth was confusing to me.
And, for the record, I didn't hate Ryan Phillipe in this one. He was alright and like iSm was saying to me earlier tonight, he was one of the few likable characters in this film.
The whole "who was in the picture and who wasn't" was also confusing to me. Too much info crammed in in a manner that seemed not well thought out.
I think Letters from Iwo Jima was a far superior film. It also feels like both were directed by two different people, which it wasn't.
Since both were shot close together and by the same director, it would have been nice to see a bit of overlapping between the two films. But there wasn't much except the suicides in the tunnels.
I give it a 2 and a half star rating. I'd give Iwo Jima 4 stars.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 02-22-2008, 01:49 AM

Porn with French subtitles makes it more ligitimate.

innerSpaceman · 02-22-2008, 08:38 AM

For the record (and not to be disagreeable with the esteemed Mr. Cricket or anything), I found Fags of Our Fathers completely comprehensible, and I LOVED the non-linear storytelling (as I tend to in all films that employ it to good effect, which I believe this one did).

It's inevitable, but a shame, that it must be compared with its "companion" piece, Letters From Iwo Jima ... but I found the Flags themes of propaganda and the nature of heroism, the oddities of created reality and the consequences of inner moral conflict far more compelling than the rather straightforward war drama of Letters.

They were both excellent films. Letters was an intense battle pic, infused with sadness and grief for a "side" we'd been taught to view as "enemy." Flags, on the other hand, played with time and space and reality in a surprisingly interesting way (imo). As I said when the pics first came out, Flags ultimately fell a bit short of far loftier cinematic goals than those of Letters ... but I give it higher marks for the braver effort.

And Ryan Phillipe comes off pretty well in it ... a rare achievement in itself.

scaeagles · 02-22-2008, 08:59 AM

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I found Fags of Our Fathers completely comprehensible

Why do I find this typo so amusing?

02-21-2008, 05:03 PM	#1
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Lots of mumbling, struggling actors here and there tryin' to maintain some sort of accent... It ain't my ears, mister. (GC spits some tobacco juice into a nearby spittoon.) The tv's as loud as can be, I reckon.
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02-21-2008, 05:44 PM	#2
Ponine Virgin Ears Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,075	I'm watching 3:10 tonight... I'll let you know what I think. __________________ There's something strange, There's something wrong. I see a change - It's like when love dies.
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02-21-2008, 05:54 PM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	3:10 to Yuma is too distracting to watch. I want all of these cowboys to bed me and while I think of that, I can't concentrate on the story. Oh and have I mentioned that I'm going to marry Alan Tudyk? Lonesome Dove is wonderful.
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02-21-2008, 07:21 PM	#5
Sohrshah Purveyor of Fine Blue People Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 358	I really enjoyed 3:10 to Yuma. I've been watching Christian Bale since "Empire of the Sun", and Russel Crowe is... well, Russel Crowe. It was also fun to spot the guy who plays Wash on "Firefly" behind some really...interesting....facial hair. Chernie - I also use the subtitles when I watch films at home, but then again, I really am kind of deaf.
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02-21-2008, 07:23 PM	#6
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I found it interesting to spot Angel, too from the 3rd X-Men movie. I thought he was pretty grody looking.
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02-21-2008, 11:51 PM	#7
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I just finished Flags of Our Fathers. I hadn't seen it before. I have mixed feelings on it. I sorta liked it, I sorta didn't. There were some strong performances in it, but the story as a whole seemed disjointed to me. I think it should have been told in a linear manner. Maybe it would have made more sense. But the jumping back and forth was confusing to me. And, for the record, I didn't hate Ryan Phillipe in this one. He was alright and like iSm was saying to me earlier tonight, he was one of the few likable characters in this film. The whole "who was in the picture and who wasn't" was also confusing to me. Too much info crammed in in a manner that seemed not well thought out. I think Letters from Iwo Jima was a far superior film. It also feels like both were directed by two different people, which it wasn't. Since both were shot close together and by the same director, it would have been nice to see a bit of overlapping between the two films. But there wasn't much except the suicides in the tunnels. I give it a 2 and a half star rating. I'd give Iwo Jima 4 stars.
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02-22-2008, 01:49 AM	#8
Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	Porn with French subtitles makes it more ligitimate.
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02-22-2008, 08:38 AM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	For the record (and not to be disagreeable with the esteemed Mr. Cricket or anything), I found Fags of Our Fathers completely comprehensible, and I LOVED the non-linear storytelling (as I tend to in all films that employ it to good effect, which I believe this one did). It's inevitable, but a shame, that it must be compared with its "companion" piece, Letters From Iwo Jima ... but I found the Flags themes of propaganda and the nature of heroism, the oddities of created reality and the consequences of inner moral conflict far more compelling than the rather straightforward war drama of Letters. They were both excellent films. Letters was an intense battle pic, infused with sadness and grief for a "side" we'd been taught to view as "enemy." Flags, on the other hand, played with time and space and reality in a surprisingly interesting way (imo). As I said when the pics first came out, Flags ultimately fell a bit short of far loftier cinematic goals than those of Letters ... but I give it higher marks for the braver effort. And Ryan Phillipe comes off pretty well in it ... a rare achievement in itself.
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