Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 245

Gn2Dlnd · 10-05-2007, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Haven't seen Elah but of the other two I'd vote for Yuma unless you are strongly averse to westerns or immensely interested in Viggo Mortensen's junk.

junk junk junk junk!!

wendybeth · 10-06-2007, 12:19 AM

I am very interested in Viggo's junk as well.

Prudence · 10-06-2007, 01:12 AM

I am not interested in Viggo's junk at all. Nope.

And I definitely will not be thinking about it later, when I go to bed.

Alex · 10-06-2007, 05:44 AM

Well, keep in mind that said junk is presented in an entirely unerotic context, at least for me. Your mileage may vary.

BarTopDancer · 10-12-2007, 10:49 AM

I finally saw Open Water.

It was good, although I wanted to drown the woman through out most of the movie. Perhaps it was due to it being on USA, but it wasn't nearly as bloody/violent as the reviews implied.

The gutting at the end of the movie really bothered me, but it was more for the graphic nature then the content. Sharks swim really far. Who's to say that the fishermen caught the shark in the general area.

Snowflake · 10-12-2007, 10:58 AM

Why do I think I'd be better served to see Cate Blanchett do Bob Dylan when that opens than I will be with Elizabeth II, the return of the queen? She looks like a floating island, not queen of one!

innerSpaceman · 10-12-2007, 11:24 AM

Even reading all the scathing reviews of Elizabeth II, I'm really tempted to see it this weekend.

SzczerbiakManiac · 10-12-2007, 12:21 PM

Tuesday night I saw the best movie of the decade: The Game Plan.

Now some of you may wonder why someone of my age would enjoy a treacly Disney "family" picture so much. But if you look closely at the scene in the restaurant/club, you will see an incredibly beautiful basketball player—one I'm especially fond of—hanging out and enjoying the party.

I can't wait for the DVD!

Alex · 10-12-2007, 11:53 AM

Saw Across the Universe.

Now, I'm definitely not in the intended audience. About 25% of the songs I wouldn't have known were Beatles songs if not for knowing that they were all Beatles songs.

Taken simply as a movie it really isn't all that good. The story is very simple and surprisingly linear. It felt about an hour too long and several times the songs felt crammed in (particularly in the beginning).

So, as a movie it isn't good. But I found myself watching it not as a movie but as a type of artists portfolio where the flaws of one item don't necessarily reflect on the merits of the others. A cinematic gallery exhibit, if you will. When in a gallery I may very well pass up the first 20 pieces saying "ho hum" "nice try but no" "insipid" etc., but if the 21st is a piece where I just want to sit and look at it for a couple hours then the whole thing is a success.

And the very disjointedness of the thing allows for that. I'd say about half the pieces did absolutely nothing for me. They were flat, literal, and/or simply boring. Most of the others had some element that kept them entertaining. But three or four were absolutely magnificent in staging or audacity. T.V. Carpio's "I Want Hold Your Hand" as she ditches small town Ohio. Max's induction. The 1-2 punch of "I am the Walrus" and whatever the next mostly spoken piece was after that with Eddie Izzard ("The Benefit of Mr. Kite"?). Definitely when Taymor was willing to go the surreal and psychodelic it worked better than when she was playing it straight.

Those made it worth it and so I don't care that as a movie it really isn't very good. That is the strength of the genres of action movies, musicals, and porn. They can be 90% suck (excuse the pun in relation to porn) and redeemed by the 10% great.

And I don't know if this will annoy Steph, but when Bono first appeared on screen, for about a second and a half I thought it was Robin Williams.

Stan4dSteph · 10-12-2007, 01:10 PM

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And I don't know if this will annoy Steph, but when Bono first appeared on screen, for about a second and a half I thought it was Robin Williams.

Argh! Hehe. I'll harass you about it in a couple of weeks...

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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	I finally saw Open Water. It was good, although I wanted to drown the woman through out most of the movie. Perhaps it was due to it being on USA, but it wasn't nearly as bloody/violent as the reviews implied. The gutting at the end of the movie really bothered me, but it was more for the graphic nature then the content. Sharks swim really far. Who's to say that the fishermen caught the shark in the general area. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Why do I think I'd be better served to see Cate Blanchett do Bob Dylan when that opens than I will be with Elizabeth II, the return of the queen? She looks like a floating island, not queen of one! __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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10-12-2007, 12:21 PM	#8
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Tuesday night I saw the best movie of the decade: The Game Plan. Now some of you may wonder why someone of my age would enjoy a treacly Disney "family" picture so much. But if you look closely at the scene in the restaurant/club, you will see an incredibly beautiful basketball player—one I'm especially fond of—hanging out and enjoying the party. I can't wait for the DVD! __________________
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10-12-2007, 11:53 AM	#9
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Saw Across the Universe. Now, I'm definitely not in the intended audience. About 25% of the songs I wouldn't have known were Beatles songs if not for knowing that they were all Beatles songs. Taken simply as a movie it really isn't all that good. The story is very simple and surprisingly linear. It felt about an hour too long and several times the songs felt crammed in (particularly in the beginning). So, as a movie it isn't good. But I found myself watching it not as a movie but as a type of artists portfolio where the flaws of one item don't necessarily reflect on the merits of the others. A cinematic gallery exhibit, if you will. When in a gallery I may very well pass up the first 20 pieces saying "ho hum" "nice try but no" "insipid" etc., but if the 21st is a piece where I just want to sit and look at it for a couple hours then the whole thing is a success. And the very disjointedness of the thing allows for that. I'd say about half the pieces did absolutely nothing for me. They were flat, literal, and/or simply boring. Most of the others had some element that kept them entertaining. But three or four were absolutely magnificent in staging or audacity. T.V. Carpio's "I Want Hold Your Hand" as she ditches small town Ohio. Max's induction. The 1-2 punch of "I am the Walrus" and whatever the next mostly spoken piece was after that with Eddie Izzard ("The Benefit of Mr. Kite"?). Definitely when Taymor was willing to go the surreal and psychodelic it worked better than when she was playing it straight. Those made it worth it and so I don't care that as a movie it really isn't very good. That is the strength of the genres of action movies, musicals, and porn. They can be 90% suck (excuse the pun in relation to porn) and redeemed by the 10% great. And I don't know if this will annoy Steph, but when Bono first appeared on screen, for about a second and a half I thought it was Robin Williams.
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