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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 28, 2008, 09:41:19 pm ---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.
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Well said. I'll go along with this, seeing as Miley Cyrus has been signed up to write her 'autobiography' and her latest CD has songs about the pain of love and loss.
This was right before her 16th birthday. ::)
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on December 28, 2008, 03:32:13 am ---I would not say the film itself is flawless. There were points at which I could cavil, and there were omissions. But I thought the movie was brilliant. What a love letter to the City of New Orleans itself. And the mood, the pacing--amazingly beautiful. Have you ever seen a movie with this length--and you had wished it had been a half-hour, even an hour longer??
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I followed your edict to "Go. Now." And I enjoyed it immensely! I'm wondering (no spoilers here I hope) whether one of your cavils was the practice of using the diary to move the story forward. Every time the screen switched to Julia Ormond, I was tempted to step out of the theater for a minute or two! I also loved Tilda Swinton!! How dare they call her "plain"!!
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2008, 10:02:01 pm ---I'm wondering (no spoilers here I hope) whether one of your cavils was the practice of using the diary to move the story forward. Every time the screen switched to Julia Ormond, I was tempted to step out of the theater for a minute or two!
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Exactly. The "framing" seemed necessary, yet--not. Might not have been J. Ormond's fault--maybe the editing or the writing. Also--we know what was really going on in the hospitals in New Orleans during Katrina--yet in this film, it seemed like a heavy rain storm. Major cavil! But I love this film.
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2008, 10:02:01 pm ---I also loved Tilda Swinton!! How dare they call her "plain"!!
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Tilda Swinton is not plain--she is a Space Alien! (But a gorgeous Space Alien...)
Just joking. She is plain gorgeous. The Russian episode is one of my favorite parts.
Ellemeno:
I love this thread.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
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