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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on April 25, 2009, 11:53:33 pm ---What a great movie. Best dialogue and plot ever.
Lone Star (1996)
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I've seen this and remember liking it, but not much else. Maybe I'll put it in my queue. I love John Sayles. One of the few people who has managed to juggle a movie career and writing. Him and Nora Ephron and ...?
Meanwhile, I saw State of Play yesterday and liked it a lot. It's just a well done traditional thriller in the mode, as some critics have said, of the old 1970s thrillers. I always like Russell Crowe, as well as cast-against-type Jason Bateman and Jeff Daniels.
It's set against a backdrop of the collapse of the newspaper industry, and every time that was mentioned I teared up.
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 26, 2009, 10:51:34 am ---I've seen this and remember liking it, but not much else. Maybe I'll put it in my queue. I love John Sayles. One of the few people who has managed to juggle a movie career and writing. Him and Nora Ephron and ...?
Meanwhile, I saw State of Play yesterday and liked it a lot. It's just a well done traditional thriller in the mode, as some critics have said, of the old 1970s thrillers. I always like Russell Crowe, as well as cast-against-type Jason Bateman and Jeff Daniels.
It's set against a backdrop of the collapse of the newspaper industry, and every time that was mentioned I teared up.
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I'm curious which type Jason Bateman is cast against in this movie. The hapless straight man of Arrested Development? The manipulative schemer of The Ex?
Ellemeno:
Hey, I just went and looked at the IMDb page for State of Play. David Harbour is in it.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on April 26, 2009, 12:45:21 pm ---
I'm curious which type Jason Bateman is cast against in this movie. The hapless straight man of Arrested Development? The manipulative schemer of The Ex?
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The personable marketing professional of Hancock. This time he's an unpersonable marketing professional.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on April 25, 2009, 11:53:33 pm ---I had a satisfying experience last night. I and four other women have recently started a once a month movie and pizza night. Last night was our second time together, and I was theone who brought the movie. We watched one of my very favorites - Lone Star by John Sayles. I have tried to turn many people onto it, but you know, you can't make people watch a movie. But you can if it's your turn to choose the film for pizza and movie night! I'm happy to tell you that without exception the other four loved it. What a great movie. Best dialogue and plot ever.
Lone Star (1996)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0116905/
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I rented this a few years back. Very good. Very understated story, but interesting. Wonderful acting all the way around. And I was amused as a Texan that the town was sooooooooo small that they had to send to a larger town - San Marcos - for help. I've lived in San Marcos. It isn't much of a town either. :laugh:
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