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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on December 28, 2008, 08:38:36 pm ---Hmmm, wonder why the 50's showed a more adult attitude than our current version.
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My opinion? Because in many ways -- setting aside racism, sexism, homophobia, gray-flannel-suitism -- the '50s was a more adult era.
These days, we worship the young, whether children or young adults. Older people strive to appear more youthful, in appearance, behavior and cultural tastes. 21-year-olds are huge stars, full of wisdom and insight; 40-year-olds are washed up geezers, hopelessly clueless. The movies reflect these attitudes.
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on December 28, 2008, 08:05:58 pm ---
Well, some people know how to make the most of being bystanders at a fireworks show.
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What a great screencap! Practically frameable.
MaineWriter:
So, I have been thinking about it and I think I can come up with my top five movies of the year. My purely subjective list, based only movies I have seen in the theater. I realize my list is minuscule compared to Oilgun but hey, it's my list:
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Milk
3. Australia
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. The Dark Knight
Some notes: I realize the Australia pick is controversial. But I actually saw that twice in the theater (yes, I liked it that much) and I am not sure I'll go see BB again. So Australia nudged it out.
I saw a number of 2007 movies in 2008 which I really liked, including:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
I'm Not There
In Bruges
All of them were excellent but I am uncomfortable adding them to my top five list. My 2007 but seen in 2008 list is presented in the order that I would rank them.
Other movies that I saw in the theater but didn't make the cut are: Deception, 21, Made of Honor, Mamma Mia!, and The Express.
Are others willing to share?
L
serious crayons:
Leslie, of your 2008 list I've seen only Nos. 1 and 5, but I enjoyed both of those. As for 2007, I saw only In Bruges, but I loved that and, like Michael Clayton, wish I could watch it for the first time again. Four Months is in my Blockbuster queue, and I'm looking forward to it.
Let me go think if I saw anything else I'd put in my own top 5 or 10 list.
I will probably see all or most of the others on your list. I'm also looking forward to JCVD (thanks, oilgun!), The Wrestler, A Christmas Tale ... what else?
Slightly OT: Don't you sometimes wish you could search one particular person's posts in a single thread? In this case, I'd like to search my own posts, to jog my memory about what else I saw this year.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 28, 2008, 10:42:18 pm ---I will probably see all or most of the others on your list. I'm also looking forward to JCVD (thanks, oilgun!), The Wrestler, A Christmas Tale ... what else?
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Oh! Doubt, Valkyre, and I've decided that if pressed I'll even see Marley and Me.
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oilgun:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 28, 2008, 10:42:18 pm ---Leslie, of your 2008 list I've seen only Nos. 1 and 5, but I enjoyed both of those. As for 2007, I saw only In Bruges, but I loved that and, like Michael Clayton, wish I could watch it for the first time again. Four Months is in my Blockbuster queue, and I'm looking forward to it.
Let me go think if I saw anything else I'd put in my own top 5 or 10 list.
I will probably see all or most of the others on your list. I'm also looking forward to JCVD (thanks, oilgun!), The Wrestler, A Christmas Tale ... what else?
Slightly OT: Don't you sometimes wish you could search one particular person's posts in a single thread? In this case, I'd like to search my own posts, to jog my memory about what else I saw this year.
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I was just thinking that :laugh: as I was searching for my movie list that Leslie referred to. Couldn't find it... :(
Over xmas i watched, for the first time, KUNG FU PANDA which I found to be just ok, and LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD which was ridiculously OTT but fun as all hell.
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