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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Lynne on November 28, 2008, 08:54:33 pm ---I saw two movies yesterday - Quantum of Solace and Twilight.
I should have stayed home and watched Supernatural videos.
Quantum was OK, I guess. Daniel Craig is eye candy, and it was fun to look for Randall in David Harbour's character; he was weasel-ly. And I like Giancarlo Giavanni. Shame, that.
Twilight, however, was near unwatchable. I don't see how I managed to sit there to the end. I figured it would be teenage romance and I'm thinking - fun! Boy, was I wrong. The diaglog was painful, excruciating...both in content and delivery.
Every...single.....word.......had.........to............be............dragged............out.............of...........them
................with.......................sufficient............................................................angst.......................
befitting.........................................the...........................................................tragedy
.............................................................of............................................................................their
...............................................................love......................................................................
They both need killing. (And that's hyperbole for anyone thinking I'm not being sensitive enough!) 8)
On the positive side, there was a Coming Soon poster for Milk!
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I felt similarly about TWILIGHT the book, unreadable! (And no sex! ;))
Lynne:
--- Quote from: oilgun on November 28, 2008, 08:57:59 pm --- :laugh:
I felt similarly about TWILIGHT the book, unreadable! (And no sex! ;))
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Thank the goddess. If those two had had sex, I would have had to leave the theatre!
I think 10 Things is the perfect teen movie.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on November 25, 2008, 04:08:18 pm ---I do think that's one you need to watch when you're very much awake and alert. The dialogue is so literate and layered, you'll easily miss a lot if you're the least bit sleepy.
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You are so right, Barb! Thank you.
I still had Quiz Show from my Blockbuster online account, so I watched it again tonight, including of course the part I'd slept through before. And I'm SO glad I did! Some observations:
1) My memory was that it was about an interesting episode in 1950s television history. Watching it tonight, I realized it's much more about class and ethnicity in the 1950s. I love movies that explore '50s class and ethnicity, because the dynamics are partly forgotten now. For example, one of my favorite scenes:
HERB STEMPLE (John Turturro) to government investigator DICK GOODWIN (Rob Morrow): Here, have some rugula, it's a Jewish delicacy, you don't know what you're missing.
GOODWIN: I'm very familiar with rugula, thanks.
(STEMPLE and his wife exchange glances.)
STEMPLE: How'd a guy like you get into Harvard?
2) I want to include this movie on one of my many hypothetical writing projects, about class in movies.
3) Rob Morrow! I would have gone to the grave not remembering Rob Morrow as being good in anything since Northern Exposure. But he was fantastic in QS. (Makes me want to rewatch a season or two of NE. Why isn't that show on 24 hours a day, like That '70s Show?) I wonder why he's not doing much now.
5) And of course Ralph Fiennes was really good, too. I kept thinking of the first time I saw him, in Schindler's List, and marveling at his versatility.
Meryl:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 30, 2008, 03:33:37 am ---3) Rob Morrow! I would have gone to the grave not remembering Rob Morrow as being good in anything since Northern Exposure. But he was fantastic in QS. (Makes me want to rewatch a season or two of NE. Why isn't that show on 24 hours a day, like That '70s Show?) I wonder why he's not doing much now.
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When I was in Alaska last month, I was constantly reminded of "Northern Exposure" and wondered the same thing. Where are the reruns? There were a lot of them a few years ago. Time for a revival of that great series. Good writing and great, quirky characters, many of whom I swear I saw in the flesh in Alaska. :)
Rob Morrow, aside from doing a few movies, has been in a TV series for the last few years, "NUMB3RS," on Friday nights. It's a decent crime drama about an FBI agent who solves crimes with the help of his brother, who is a math genius. I didn't stick with it, but it's been on for three years, so it has a following.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Meryl on November 30, 2008, 02:08:02 pm ---Rob Morrow, aside from doing a few movies, has been in a TV series for the last few years, "NUMB3RS," on Friday nights. It's a decent crime drama about an FBI agent who solves crimes with the help of his brother, who is a math genius. I didn't stick with it, but it's been on for three years, so it has a following.
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Oh, that's good. He had a very small role in as a doctor The Bucket List -- it could have been played by anyone, actually -- so I assumed he was washed up. Glad to hear he's not.
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