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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
oilgun:
So, what should I go and watch tomorrow? ZOMBIELAND or CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY. It's a tough one.
southendmd:
--- Quote from: oilgun on October 09, 2009, 08:20:22 pm ---So, what should I go and watch tomorrow? ZOMBIELAND or CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY. It's a tough one.
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I haven't yet seen either, but I say, go for Michael Moore! He's more voracious than any zombie.
delalluvia:
Where the Wild Things Are
6/10
Great acting, production values, but plot lacks a point. Movie is 1.5 hours long but feels like a solid 2 hours.
delalluvia:
Men who stare at goats
6.5 out of 10
Silly and enjoyable (I certainly didn't mind staring at my man Ewan McGregor for two hours ;D ) some minor political points made, but the story just meandered and didn't know quite what it wanted to be - a political allegory told through the character study of one man, a black comedy on the absurdities governments go through in wartime, a tale of the dichotomy between Dark and Light forces and how they reflect on the individual and on the whole, etc., etc.,
The movie didn't ever come to a climax because it didn't know what it was trying to say.
serious crayons:
I'm glad you resurrected "Resurrecting the Movies thread," Del, because I've seen a bunch of movies on DVD lately and have been meaning to post here about them.
Taking of Pelham 123 -- Pretty typical thriller, mildly entertaining but nothing to write home about. It made me want to see the one from the '70s, which is supposed to be more interesting.
Adventureland -- I really liked this. I had heard it wasn't a typical teen comedy, and it wasn't -- it's much more intelligent and subtle.
The Lookout -- Excellent! A bit like Memento, one of my favorite movies ever, in that it helps you understand how brain damage would make one vulnerable to being messed with by others. Beautifully filmed, and not nearly as bleak as I'd feared it would be. In fact, there's one really funny line. JGL's performance is very good.
The Proposal -- Typical rom-com, but cute and actually funny at times. I used to be pretty meh about Ryan Reynolds, but I liked him in this (and in Adventureland, above). And I always like Sandra Bullock, even though her movies are almost always bad.
Out of Sight -- Just saw it last night and liked it a lot. George Clooney is charming as always, and Jennifer Lopez makes you wish she'd have stayed like this instead of turning into JLo. Good chemistry between them. Somehow I didn't realize until the end that Steven Soderbergh had directed, which makes sense.
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