Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 34

Stan4dSteph · 06-07-2006, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by tracilicious

We watched A History of Violence last night. Most of the acting sucked, with the exception of Viggo Mortensen (sweet sweet Viggo...mmmmm) and Maria Bello. I really liked the themes of the movie though. The good and bad in all of us. Can a person really change? How much can we forgive of our loved ones? etc. It could have been phenomenal if it were done better.

Did you watch the extras? I found them very interesting.

Alex · 06-07-2006, 11:08 AM

Watched My Dinner with Andre over several sessions yesterday. Several sessions because I kept falling asleep and having to go back.

Can't really say that I enjoyed it. The only film of this type (essentially just characters talking philosophy) that I have enjoyed is Mindwalk. And yet I keep sitting through them. I think it is because I want to be part of the conversation not a spectator to the conversation. Also, Andre is a hippie wacko.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-07-2006, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I think it is because I want to be part of the conversation not a spectator to the conversation.

I think one of the reasons I enjoyed Waking Life so much is that the three of us watching it actually paused it in the middle and had a half hour long conversation of our own before continuing. So even though I didn't agree with everything the movie said, I appreciated it for touching off a great conversation.

tracilicious · 06-07-2006, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Did you watch the extras? I found them very interesting.

I didn't, but I will now. Thanks for the tip.

Not Afraid · 06-07-2006, 10:36 AM

We didn't watch anything last night. Chris got me the desired chocolate mal but he got this super-sized one that I felt compelled to drink almost all of it. Then, I didn't feel so good.

Not Afraid · 06-07-2006, 11:14 AM

I really liked "Andre" when I first saw it years ago. I was enthralled by the conversation and wished that my own friends would converse in this manner. Since that time, I've gotten a little bored with the "watching people talk" flms. I find that I DO have more interesting conversations with my friends than what's going on in these films. Both Mind Walk and Waking Life both left me rather unfulfilled and I wonder if Andre would be the same for me if I saw it again now.

Alex · 06-07-2006, 11:24 AM

That was one problem I had, it really isn't a conversation until the last 30 minutes or so. Until then it is just Andre talking while Wally Shawn says "really" and "what happened then" and nervously chuckles. Until then it was a monologue of a hippie's wet dream of adventure travel.

Once Wallace Shawn worked up the gumption to participate I had no problem staying awake but that first 1:15 to 1:30 was where I kept zonking out.

I haven't seen Mindwalk in a decade and the first time I saw it was in a social setting and Fritjof Capra was there to talk about it afterwards (even at the ripe age of 17 I recognized him as a pseudo-intellectual twerp, but the discussion was interesting).

mousepod · 06-07-2006, 01:18 PM

I liked Andy Kaufman's "My Breakfast With Blassie". I was never a pro-wrestling fan, but I enjoyed it anyway. And it was funnier than "Andre".

Gemini Cricket · 06-07-2006, 01:40 PM

The big problem I had with 'Waking Life' was the animation. It made me nauseous. I left halfway through it to puke. (No joke.) I thought the movie itself was just okay. I found it to be pretentious.

mousepod · 06-07-2006, 01:57 PM

Back to Kill Bill for a second:

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Nearly two years after the final installment hit theaters, director Quentin Tarantino is finally going back to kill more Bill. Digital Spy reports that QT will release a merged version of both Kill Bill films to cinemas. "I want to cut the whole movie together like one big epic with an intermission in the middle like a 60s film," explained the effusive director. "It'll be coming out in theatres. I've been holding off because I've been working on it for so long that I just wanted a year off from Kill Bill and then I'll do the big supplementary DVD package." Work on the extended cut, tentatively known as Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, is set to begin shortly with a theatrical release through The Weinstein Company in late 2006.

06-07-2006, 11:08 AM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Watched My Dinner with Andre over several sessions yesterday. Several sessions because I kept falling asleep and having to go back. Can't really say that I enjoyed it. The only film of this type (essentially just characters talking philosophy) that I have enjoyed is Mindwalk. And yet I keep sitting through them. I think it is because I want to be part of the conversation not a spectator to the conversation. Also, Andre is a hippie wacko.
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06-07-2006, 10:36 AM	#5
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	We didn't watch anything last night. Chris got me the desired chocolate mal but he got this super-sized one that I felt compelled to drink almost all of it. Then, I didn't feel so good.
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06-07-2006, 11:14 AM	#6
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I really liked "Andre" when I first saw it years ago. I was enthralled by the conversation and wished that my own friends would converse in this manner. Since that time, I've gotten a little bored with the "watching people talk" flms. I find that I DO have more interesting conversations with my friends than what's going on in these films. Both Mind Walk and Waking Life both left me rather unfulfilled and I wonder if Andre would be the same for me if I saw it again now.
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06-07-2006, 11:24 AM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	That was one problem I had, it really isn't a conversation until the last 30 minutes or so. Until then it is just Andre talking while Wally Shawn says "really" and "what happened then" and nervously chuckles. Until then it was a monologue of a hippie's wet dream of adventure travel. Once Wallace Shawn worked up the gumption to participate I had no problem staying awake but that first 1:15 to 1:30 was where I kept zonking out. I haven't seen Mindwalk in a decade and the first time I saw it was in a social setting and Fritjof Capra was there to talk about it afterwards (even at the ripe age of 17 I recognized him as a pseudo-intellectual twerp, but the discussion was interesting).
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06-07-2006, 01:18 PM	#8
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I liked Andy Kaufman's "My Breakfast With Blassie". I was never a pro-wrestling fan, but I enjoyed it anyway. And it was funnier than "Andre". __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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06-07-2006, 01:40 PM	#9
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	The big problem I had with 'Waking Life' was the animation. It made me nauseous. I left halfway through it to puke. (No joke.) I thought the movie itself was just okay. I found it to be pretentious.
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