Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 427

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-22-2009, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Snowflake

I'm not happy

Trailer here

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

It kind of looks like a bone-headed remake of Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Anyway, how ghastly - plus that trailer is rife with all the cliche whooshes, quick edits and canned hyper-chorus music that makes me roll my eyes and decide not to attend SO MANY MOVIES! Are you trailer editors listening? I've been ranting about this for years now! Cut that shyt out!

I have to agree. I do not buy for a second that this is Holmes.

My cheese is sad because I love both Downey Jr. and Jude Law.

I absolutely loved The Wrestler. I grew up watching WWF so my standards were pretty high on that end. I was tickled at the terminology and the inside peek at how they pull it off (however inaccurate or fictionalized, I wouldn't know, but it's the closest we'll get.) I bet the reason they did not get ANY past wrestlers on board (and those guys are attention whores, making it extra surprising) was simply because they were honest about the faking. I also had a wake-up moment when he cut himself because I'd seen plenty of blood in the ring but always thought it was fake blood. Really realistic fake blood...but now I know what I was really watching and it's changed my perspective quite a bit.

Everything else was fantastic too, very realistic, and damn, Marisa Tomei is now the ultimate MILF. I hope I look half as good at her age.

Alex · 05-19-2009, 01:23 PM

It was definitely better than The Da Vinci code, but that is a low bar.

The ultimate conclusion was too obvious but didn't really matter. And, the justification given at the end for what was happening made no sense in that it did nothing to deal with that which was claimed as the cause.

But it had better energy and tempo than the first and it was a very nice replay (in locations) of our week in Rome last October. Hardly a location that we weren't standing in just months ago (though most of those locations were actually sets since no permission was given to film in church-owned facilities. Must be a daunting task for a set-building team to be told "Sistine Chapel, please."

Gemini Cricket · 05-19-2009, 02:00 PM

Born Yesterday - I was so curious about this movie for awhile and got to see it on TCM on Demand just recently. Loved it. I had heard people impersonate Holliday before but had never seen the real performance behind it. Good stuff.

Nobody's Fool - Liked Newman in this one. Such a cool, mellow movie.

Superbad - I can watch this one again and again. It's so much fun.

Krull - Liam Neeson's in it. I think this was one of his first films. I liked it as a kid, don't think I'd enjoy it now. I think the last time I saw it was on HBO in the 80's.

Half Nelson - Couldn't get through it. It was too dull, imho. Liked Gosling's acting in it but not enough to keep me tuned in...

Last night, I watched 3/4 of The Great Ziegfeld. It's a good film, but man it's loooong. Weird that Myrna Loy gets second billing she shows up 2hrs into the film. The spiral staircase scene is still one of my favorites of all-time.

innerSpaceman · 05-19-2009, 02:20 PM

I'm reminded how little attention I pay to movies I Netflix by taking Alex's advice to rent Tell No One. It's been sitting at home for weeks waiting for the time I can spare to uni-task watching a film with subtitles.

I may just have to return it unwatched and move on. I don't see that day coming any time soon.

Alex · 05-19-2009, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I may just have to return it unwatched and move on. I don't see that day coming any time soon.

I just checked of the discs I currently have from Netflix, the last was mailed to me more than 3 months ago. But in the meantime I've watched 22 movies via streaming (on my regular TV with the Roku).

Ghoulish Delight · 05-19-2009, 02:34 PM

We've now seen 4 of the movies nominated in the top Oscar categories, a coup in the Sloan household.

Most recently it was Slumdog and The Wrestler.

I guess I'm in the majority with Slumdog. A good watch, but I didn't find it amazing. Plus, the guy who played Maman looked too much like Michael Ian Black for me to take seriously.

I really like the Wrestler. I particularly liked that he was not portrayed as a complete asshole, or some incompetent jerkwad that couldn't handle a simple job. Just someone who though he was doing the right thing by committing to doing what he knows best, finding himself out of his element when that doesn't pay off for him. Rourke was very good, but not so amazing that I'd consider Penn's win an upset.

innerSpaceman · 05-21-2009, 11:09 PM

T4 is Awesome

That is all.

Alex · 05-22-2009, 08:25 AM

I haven't seen The Wrestler yet but if you found the behind-the-scenes aspect interesting I really recommend checking out Beyond the Mat, a 1999 documentary that kind of covers the same ground.

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-22-2009, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I haven't seen The Wrestler yet but if you found the behind-the-scenes aspect interesting I really recommend checking out Beyond the Mat, a 1999 documentary that kind of covers the same ground.

Thanks, added to my queue.

I've seen a movie, nay, an Oscar nominated film, that you haven't seen?

Alex · 05-22-2009, 08:57 AM

Apparently. The Wrestler was poorly timed for me so I didn't see it in theaters and then I'd crammed in so much "heavy" viewing that I was kind of worn out.

I did move the DVD to the top of my queue but it has now been several months since I last watched a DVD instead of streaming. Plus I've already seen Marisa Tomei's breasts once this year (she's a stripper I assume she's naked at some point, could be wrong) so I don't want to overdo it.

05-19-2009, 01:23 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It was definitely better than The Da Vinci code, but that is a low bar. The ultimate conclusion was too obvious but didn't really matter. And, the justification given at the end for what was happening made no sense in that it did nothing to deal with that which was claimed as the cause. But it had better energy and tempo than the first and it was a very nice replay (in locations) of our week in Rome last October. Hardly a location that we weren't standing in just months ago (though most of those locations were actually sets since no permission was given to film in church-owned facilities. Must be a daunting task for a set-building team to be told "Sistine Chapel, please."
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05-19-2009, 02:00 PM	#3
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Born Yesterday - I was so curious about this movie for awhile and got to see it on TCM on Demand just recently. Loved it. I had heard people impersonate Holliday before but had never seen the real performance behind it. Good stuff. Nobody's Fool - Liked Newman in this one. Such a cool, mellow movie. Superbad - I can watch this one again and again. It's so much fun. Krull - Liam Neeson's in it. I think this was one of his first films. I liked it as a kid, don't think I'd enjoy it now. I think the last time I saw it was on HBO in the 80's. Half Nelson - Couldn't get through it. It was too dull, imho. Liked Gosling's acting in it but not enough to keep me tuned in... Last night, I watched 3/4 of The Great Ziegfeld. It's a good film, but man it's loooong. Weird that Myrna Loy gets second billing she shows up 2hrs into the film. The spiral staircase scene is still one of my favorites of all-time.
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05-19-2009, 02:20 PM	#4
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I'm reminded how little attention I pay to movies I Netflix by taking Alex's advice to rent Tell No One. It's been sitting at home for weeks waiting for the time I can spare to uni-task watching a film with subtitles. I may just have to return it unwatched and move on. I don't see that day coming any time soon.
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05-19-2009, 02:34 PM	#6
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	We've now seen 4 of the movies nominated in the top Oscar categories, a coup in the Sloan household. Most recently it was Slumdog and The Wrestler. I guess I'm in the majority with Slumdog. A good watch, but I didn't find it amazing. Plus, the guy who played Maman looked too much like Michael Ian Black for me to take seriously. I really like the Wrestler. I particularly liked that he was not portrayed as a complete asshole, or some incompetent jerkwad that couldn't handle a simple job. Just someone who though he was doing the right thing by committing to doing what he knows best, finding himself out of his element when that doesn't pay off for him. Rourke was very good, but not so amazing that I'd consider Penn's win an upset. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-21-2009, 11:09 PM	#7
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	T4 is Awesome That is all.
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05-22-2009, 08:25 AM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I haven't seen The Wrestler yet but if you found the behind-the-scenes aspect interesting I really recommend checking out Beyond the Mat, a 1999 documentary that kind of covers the same ground.
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05-22-2009, 08:57 AM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Apparently. The Wrestler was poorly timed for me so I didn't see it in theaters and then I'd crammed in so much "heavy" viewing that I was kind of worn out. I did move the DVD to the top of my queue but it has now been several months since I last watched a DVD instead of streaming. Plus I've already seen Marisa Tomei's breasts once this year (she's a stripper I assume she's naked at some point, could be wrong) so I don't want to overdo it.
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