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#221 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2010-January-22, 15:04

saw The Road today. I liked most of the movie but the Hollywood music irritated me. I guess without music it would have turned into Cast Away and with a little more music into I Am Legend. It had an impact on me but I didn't cry like almost all women in audience (and some men).
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Posted 2010-February-03, 21:43

helene_t, on Jan 20 2010, 11:41 PM, said:

Stuff.

Just saw Avatar on Imax today.

The 3D effects were awesome. The story was great. I have some quibbles here or there, but you're doing yourself a real disservice if you choose not to see this film, preferably in Imax. Greatest plot/story/acting of all time? Not by a long shot. Greatest entertainment quality of all time? Absolutely.

District 9 (or District 10 if you prefer) isn't in the same league.
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Posted 2010-February-03, 22:54

In The Loop is hilarious.
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Posted 2010-February-04, 10:52

Is it just me or does anyone else object to the term "Earthlings?" It seems to me that the term is intentionally derogatory, implying that natives of Earth are inferior to natives of other worlds.

Imagine if natives of England were called "Britlings." Or natives of Germany were called "Germlings."

I prefer the term "Earthers" which I have seen in some sci-fi works.

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Posted 2010-February-04, 10:58

Art lolol
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Posted 2010-February-04, 11:06

Terrans and Terrestrials are good too.
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Posted 2010-February-04, 11:06

jonottawa, on Jan 11 2010, 07:01 AM, said:

hrothgar, on Jan 3 2010, 08:13 PM, said:

Still convinced that "Better Off Dead" is one of the greatest accomplishments of modern cinema...

Note to self: Never trust hrothgar's movie recommendations again. Just rented this and wow it's awful. I think the title is based on how you'll begin to feel about halfway through it. I can't begin to guess what made you like this.

Sorry you didn't like this...

All I can say is that we were incredible $^(#&!ed up the first three times I saw this. Perhaps the buzz continues to this day. Still, how can you not love lines like

"It has raisins in it. You like raisins" or
"real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that"
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Posted 2010-February-04, 11:08

Now I kind of want to see Better Off Dead just to figure out who is the crazy one. At least when I refuse to see Avatar I've finally come to terms with the fact I'm just being stubborn. Although the way those creatures look really does creep me out.
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Posted 2010-February-04, 12:00

Good call. Birthers should be renamed Birthlings while we're at it.
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Posted 2010-February-06, 20:09

Tried to catch Avatar at the Imax but it's sold out even after so long. Watched a dvd, "The Wrestler" instead, simple and well told story. Really good title song at the end, I think the word is poignant.

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Posted 2010-February-08, 09:33

jonottawa, on Feb 4 2010, 01:00 PM, said:

Good call. Birthers should be renamed Birthlings while we're at it.

There is a much easier name for Birthers.

How about idiots?
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Posted 2010-February-16, 20:56

If you liked Mad Max, I'd estimate there's about a 99% chance you'll like The Book of Eli. If you didn't, there's probably a 5% chance you'll like it.
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Posted 2010-February-16, 22:02

Lobowolf, on Feb 16 2010, 09:56 PM, said:

If you liked Mad Max, I'd estimate there's about a 99% chance you'll like The Book of Eli.  If you didn't, there's probably a 5% chance you'll like it.

i liked book of Eli...mild thumps up but mad max i recall as a much better movie for its time.


Funny enough over last ten weeks....."its complicated" is easily my fav movie over that time period. Perhaps I have a bias towards romance comedy


fwiw

I just rented Taxi Driver....see it...it is a real classic and it holds up some 35 years later. Do you think the last, very last scenes are a dream sequence.......last thoughts in death?
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Posted 2010-February-22, 19:10

i watched Sunshine Cleaning and A Serious Man this weekend, both are fun movies. I especially recommend the latter.
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Posted 2010-February-22, 21:17

Saw shutter Island.........Many critics rave about it.....I give it a thumps up but I felt watching the movie I had seen this all before.

Strongly recommend you rent many of the director's older movies.



Wolfman was bad.

I thought sunshine cleaning and a serious man were ok...just ok.
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Posted 2010-February-23, 17:00

i actually was surprised to like inglorious bastards as much as i did, though i'm not sure why - i like most of his stuff... i found the hurt locker a little too depressing
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Posted 2010-February-24, 14:35

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Posted 2010-March-09, 16:11

Zombieland funniest movie I've seen in a while. :rolleyes:
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gwnn, on Mar 9 2010, 05:11 PM, said:

Zombieland funniest movie I've seen in a while. :rolleyes:

Zombieland is a great horror/comedy. Check out Slither, too.
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Posted 2010-March-09, 18:04

Will put those last 2 in the queue. Just saw Shaun of the Dead. Don't see it with your mum.
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