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Ellemeno:
I love this thread and I love all of you. From 'cavil' to 'remote-controlled helicopter' to, as I said, 'muddled,' I'm as happy as a clam reading all a youse.
Tilda Swinton was superb in Michael Clayton, where she played a bitch-cold corporate lawyer defending the environmental evil doers, but who secretly falls apart in bathroom stalls. Incredible.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on December 28, 2008, 02:47:01 pm ---Tilda Swinton was superb in Michael Clayton, where she played a bitch-cold corporate lawyer defending the environmental evil doers, but who secretly falls apart in bathroom stalls. Incredible.
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I loved Michael Clayton so much that every time I see the title in the video store or on "on demand" or sumpn', I wish I could see it again for the first time.
It's not one of those movies I could watch 22 times (there's only one of those one of thoses), but I really enjoyed it twice.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Sad....
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/12/26/2008-12-26_forrest_gump_eric_roth_screenwriter_sues.html
'Forrest Gump' (and 'Benjamin Button') screenwriter, Eric Roth,
sues over Madoff losses
BY SOO YOUN and OWEN MORITZ
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Saturday, December 27th 2008, 1:21 AM
The writer of a string of Hollywood hits - including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" - sued his investment manager Friday for losing a bundle in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
Screenwriter Eric Roth claims his "trusted investment manager," Stanley Chais, "simply handed off" his money to Madoff while collecting "enormous fees."
When he learned of his "heavy" losses last week: Roth exclaimed: "I'm the biggest sucker who ever walked the face of the Earth. The tragedy is the people who lost their life savings and their dreams."
Madoff is accused of running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme on charities, Yeshivas and high-rollers around the world, including New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon.
In papers filed in Los Angeles, Roth - also authored the screen versions of "Forrest Gump" and "The Horse Whisperer" - claims he suffered "massive losses" at the hands of Chais.
Roth, listing himself as the trustee for Vanessa Productions Ltd. profit-sharing plan, charged Chais "funneled to Madoff the billions of dollars in investment capital that he needed to perpetuate his confessed Ponzi scheme."
Roth charges Chais ignored "red flags" from other investors and hedge fund managers, investment advisers and banks that had refused to invest with Madoff's firm, BMIS.
After a long slump, Roth just hit it big again as writer of "Benjamin Button," in which the lead character ages backward - from old age to youth.
He was nominated this week for a Golden Globe.
Chais failed to conduct "reasonable due diligence" of Madoff's investment practices and the failure to diversify investments constituted "gross negligence and an egregious breach of fiduciary duties," the suit says.
Roth is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
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MaineWriter:
Hannah and I went and saw Benjamin Button and thought it was great. Happy, sad, an emotional roller-coaster. Good thing we had lots of napkins from the popcorn. Hannah got a little restless at the Russian interlude (Tilda Swinton part) but I think that was a little subtle for a 17 year old. She loved the rest of it though. I loved all of it.
I swear, at the latter part, they photoshopped the Thelma and Louise Brad Pitt into the movie. I haven't seen him looking that good or buff for years! LOL.
It is something to see two great movies in one weekend. I expect Slumdog Millionaire and Benjamin Button will both get best picture noms for the Oscars. Right now I am thinking I'd add Milk to the list, too. Sean Penn and Brad Pitt will also get Best Actor noms. And I think Cate Blanchett for best actress in this.
BUT HERE IS MY BIG QUIBBLE....
Did anyone else notice this? Daisy as a child had blue eyes (and Benjamin talked about them) and Daisy as an adult did, but the pre-teen/tween Daisy had brown eyes! Come on, people, we had the same damn problem in BBM! Don't they think people notice eye color (especially when characters talk about them!). Can't they use contacts or something?
Jeesh.
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MaineWriter:
Roger Ebert didn't like Benjamin Button and gave it only 2 1/2 stars. I found this final paragraph of his review interesting:
According to the oddsmakers at MovieCityNews, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is third among the top five favorites for best picture. It may very well win. It expends Oscar-worthy talents on an off-putting gimmick. I can't imagine many people wanting to see the movie twice. There was another film this year that isn't in the "top five," or listed among the front-runners at all, and it's a profound consideration of the process of living and aging. That's Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York." It will be viewed and valued decades from now. You mark my words.
(bolding mine).
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