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#61 User is offline   Lobowolf 

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Posted 2008-August-27, 16:38

luke warm, on Aug 27 2008, 05:11 PM, said:

well i finally saw no country for old men, and i thought it was great... my only problem was the ending, if there's some hidden meaning there maybe on of you can reveal it to me... now i have there will be tears to watch, but based on reviews here i should enjoy it

No Country for Old Men was worth the price of admission just for the scene where Josh Brolin was trying to pack and get his wife out of Dodge, and she kept barraging him with questions including how long she'll have to be gone for, until he finally gets exasperated and says, "At what point would you quit looking for YOUR two million dollars?"

Will have to check out Tell No One. Love Harlan Coben.
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Posted 2008-August-27, 20:07

Luke, are you referring to the dream Sheriff Bell talks about at the end?

Maybe it was his way of saying he understood after all why his father had become a lawman and why he'd become one too.

I love that dream.
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Posted 2008-August-28, 04:19

no, i just thought the ending left everything hanging... maybe i'm being picky (or maybe there'll be a sequel)
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Posted 2008-August-28, 23:29

Hmmm, can tell I am a party of one here. I like fun, entertaining movies. I liked Knocked Up. The one movie that I will stop and watch anytime that it is on is Dave. I like anything made in the 30's. And I like anything that has my son's animations or is written or directed by my nephew.
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Posted 2008-August-29, 06:11

If it makes me laugh, I like it.
If it makes me wonder, I like it.
If it makes me understand, I like it.
In that order. :o
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Posted 2008-August-29, 07:09

JoAnneM, on Aug 29 2008, 12:29 AM, said:

Hmmm, can tell I am a party of one here. I like fun, entertaining movies. I liked Knocked Up. The one movie that I will stop and watch anytime that it is on is Dave. I like anything made in the 30's. And I like anything that has my son's animations or is written or directed by my nephew.

I love movies from the thirties also. I watch the Thin Man movies all the time. Just watched The Great Ziegfield last night. Best Picture 1936.
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Posted 2008-August-29, 07:12

mike777, on Aug 29 2008, 05:09 AM, said:

JoAnneM, on Aug 29 2008, 12:29 AM, said:

Hmmm, can tell I am a party of one here.  I like fun, entertaining movies.  I liked Knocked Up.  The one movie that I will stop and watch anytime that it is on is Dave.  I like anything made in the 30's.  And I like anything that has my son's animations or is written or directed by my nephew.

I love movies from the thirties also. I watch the Thin Man movies all the time. Just watched The Great Ziegfield last night. Best Picture 1936.

I just got to see the original on a plane (it was one of those with a personal tv where you get to pick what's showing on it). I very much enjoyed it.
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Posted 2008-September-12, 19:53

Jlall, on Jul 12 2008, 06:52 PM, said:

A little late on this one, but agree with Noble's reccomendation for There Will Be Blood. Easily the best movie I've seen recently (and not-so-recently).

well i watched it tonight, and there were some brilliant performances... i usually don't care for depressing tales, but this was a great movie
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Posted 2008-September-13, 11:00

I loved Knocked Up. I actuallky slipped forward out of my chair laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes at one point.
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Posted 2008-September-13, 11:06

waubrey, on Sep 13 2008, 09:00 AM, said:

I loved Knocked Up. I actuallky slipped forward out of my chair laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes at one point.

Yeah we watched Knocked Up for the 5th time or so last night. One of those movies that you laugh in every scene.

I want to see Pineapple Express really bad, but will probably wait for it to be on cable next year.
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Posted 2008-September-13, 11:43

pclayton, on Sep 13 2008, 12:06 PM, said:

waubrey, on Sep 13 2008, 09:00 AM, said:

I loved Knocked Up. I actuallky slipped forward out of my chair laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes at one point.

Yeah we watched Knocked Up for the 5th time or so last night. One of those movies that you laugh in every scene.

I want to see Pineapple Express really bad, but will probably wait for it to be on cable next year.

I liked Knocked Up, but prefer 40 Year Old Virgin. Tropic Thunder is funny for the not-easily-offended.
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Posted 2008-September-15, 13:10

Any of you seen Kabluey? I thought it was a nice movie, although obviously it never aspired to be a classic.
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Posted 2008-September-15, 13:16

Saw Burn After Reading yesterday afternoon

It was so-so (and this is from someone who loves the Coen brothers). What's really sad is that this could have been great.

The core idea was lovely and the casting was brilliant.
Sadly, the execution was sporadic at best
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Posted 2008-September-15, 16:13

i hate to hear that, richard... it sure looks like a great movie and the cast has some great actors
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Posted 2008-September-16, 02:28

My girlfriend and I watched Disaster Movie last Sunday. The name is quite apt. What a pile of rubbish.

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Posted 2008-November-12, 10:27

Let The Right One In

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"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?" from "Stand By Me" -- quoted in John Anderson's review of "Let The Right One In"

How do you make a credible, memorable film about a 12-year old boy, a 12-year old girl (a vampire) and an amazing friendship that evolves amid alternating scenes of throat slitting gruesomeness and heart warming tenderness?

Not sure even Chuck Norris could pull this off. Somehow, Tomas Alfredson & Co. manage to, imo.

Filmed in Swedish. With subtitles. Some scenes are violent, bloody and disturbing.
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Posted 2009-January-15, 20:46

When you get the chance you must rent Man on Wire.

If you have not yet seen Slumdog....see it.
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Posted 2009-January-15, 20:47

y66, on Nov 12 2008, 11:27 AM, said:

Let The Right One In

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"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?" from "Stand By Me" -- quoted in John Anderson's review of "Let The Right One In"

How do you make a credible, memorable film about a 12-year old boy, a 12-year old girl (a vampire) and an amazing friendship that evolves amid alternating scenes of throat slitting gruesomeness and heart warming tenderness?

Not sure even Chuck Norris could pull this off. Somehow, Tomas Alfredson & Co. manage to, imo.

Filmed in Swedish. With subtitles. Some scenes are violent, bloody and disturbing.

thanks for the heads up have this on my list...it has yet to make it to my local town.
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Posted 2009-January-16, 09:19

hrothgar, on Sep 15 2008, 02:16 PM, said:

Saw Burn After Reading yesterday afternoon

It was so-so (and this is from someone who loves the Coen brothers). What's really sad is that this could have been great.

The core idea was lovely and the casting was brilliant.
Sadly, the execution was sporadic at best

yes it was not what i was expecting from the brothers, ....but was was really weird was how all of these people in the move were actually the same.
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Posted 2009-January-16, 14:01

y66, on Nov 12 2008, 11:27 AM, said:

Let The Right One In

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"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?" from "Stand By Me" -- quoted in John Anderson's review of "Let The Right One In"

How do you make a credible, memorable film about a 12-year old boy, a 12-year old girl (a vampire) and an amazing friendship that evolves amid alternating scenes of throat slitting gruesomeness and heart warming tenderness?

Not sure even Chuck Norris could pull this off. Somehow, Tomas Alfredson & Co. manage to, imo.

Filmed in Swedish. With subtitles. Some scenes are violent, bloody and disturbing.

I too really liked the film, but thought the vampire's gender (if there's any such thing) was ambiguous. As I recall, there were pointed references to the ambiguity in the dialog ("Would you still like me if I weren't a girl" or something like that) and in the screenplay as well...
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