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Kd5000:
I saw THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL yesterday. It's about what you expect nowadays of remakes. Better special effects, characters and plot not as developed. I'd give it a C. The American Film Institute released the year's 10 best movies. The only ones I've seen so far were Wall-E and The Dark Knight. The other ones have not been released in my area.
LOS ANGELES — The Batman epic "The Dark Knight," the political biopic "Milk" and the gritty drama "The Wrestler" were among critical favorites that landed on the American Film Institute's list of the year's 10 best movies.
Also on AFI's list, released Sunday, were the animated "Wall-E," Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino," the superhero blockbuster "Iron Man," the indie dramas "Frozen River" and "Wendy and Lucy," the adapted play "Frost/Nixon," and the Brad Pitt epic "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Unlike other film honors, the institute does not rank films or pick one as the year's best. The filmmakers behind the top 10 choices will be honored at a luncheon Jan. 9.
Many of the films on the list picked up Golden Globe nominations last week and are expected to compete for Academy Awards. Oscar nominations are to be announced Jan. 22.
Among Globe best-drama nominees were "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," David Fincher's drama about a man who ages backward, starring Pitt and Cate Blanchett; and Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon," based on the Peter Morgan play about the famous TV interview of Richard Nixon by David Frost, starring Frank Langella and Michael Sheen.
The AFI also released a top 10 list of TV shows for 2008, featuring "Breaking Bad," "In Treatment," "John Adams," "Life," "Lost," "Mad Men," "The Office," "Recount," "The Shield" and "The Wire."
The top 10 lists were chosen by two 13-member panels, one each for movies and television. Members included writer Mark Harris, filmmaker Robert Towne, and critics Leonard Maltin, Elvis Mitchell and Richard Schickel.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/afis-top-10-films-of-2008_n_150997.html
HerrKaiser:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 12, 2008, 10:44:30 am ---Well, they aren't exactly "charges." They're not public accusations, just our private assumptions based on things we've heard and/or observed -- including his own odd public behavior at times, such as his Oprah appearance. And they're not negative assumptions, as the word "charges" implies, except in the sense that it would be sad if he had to go through life not feeling free to be himself. I think most of us on a Brokeback Mountain website can relate to the pathos in that.
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;D ;D ;D The way the thread was referring to him was accusatory! "gay uniform fetish..."? The verbiage sounded like "charges" to me.
And, for a group who is ever so critical of anyone having "private assumptions based on things we've heard and/or observed" without factual documentation is more than a bit disengenuous, n'est pas? ;)
Ellemeno:
No takers for Synecdoche, hunh? Roger Ebert loved it.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on December 16, 2008, 05:58:43 am ---No takers for Synecdoche, hunh? Roger Ebert loved it.
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I don't think it's even playing around here. I am off to see Milk tomorrow, however.
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oilgun:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on December 16, 2008, 05:58:43 am ---No takers for Synecdoche, hunh? Roger Ebert loved it.
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Because the reviews that I read were not very good, I've decided to wait for the DVD. I'll check out what Ebert has to say, though, it might change my mind.
I thought I was mispronouncing the title, yes it's a new word for me, but I just checked and it turns out that I'm using the British pronunciation: Sin-eck-dock. The American is: sin-eck-dock-ee.
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