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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: notBastet on November 07, 2007, 12:44:00 pm ---I was like "Hmnn... a Matt Damon movie I've never heard of..."
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You know, before this movie I was never a huge Matt Damon fan. I mean, I liked him all right, but ... and then somehow this movie, boring or not, made me appreciate him more. Now I'd be likely to see anything he's in (except maybe The Good Shepherd, which I fell asleep trying to watch).
oilgun:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on November 07, 2007, 03:05:39 pm ---You know, before this movie I was never a huge Matt Damon fan. I mean, I liked him all right, but ... and then somehow this movie, boring or not, made me appreciate him more. Now I'd be likely to see anything he's in (except maybe The Good Shepherd, which I fell asleep trying to watch).
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LOL! I fell asleep as well! That wasn't his best role. I became more of a fan of his after seeing The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Anyway, back to Gerry and Clancy's analysis! I read something similar somewhere and I think it makes a lot of sense, although that film can be interpreted in so many ways. I do like the idea of the internal struggle though. Gus van Sant dedicated the film to Ken Kesey, the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and apparently a lot of what happens in that book was inspired by acid trips. That kinda supports the theory I think.
BelAir:
The Wizard of Oz is on TBS tonight.
Does anyone know how the movie came to be a "holiday movie" - associated with its original release date, maybe?
Thanks.
Ellemeno:
Wow, I had no idea that this has been such an active thread. I just spent three hundred hours (give or take) catching up on it. I'll try to remember to keep up with it from now on.
Michael Clayton - I thought Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton were each terrrific in their roles. The Tilda Swinton role was especially interesting - she plays this awful, high-powered, tough, articulate legal counsel for the bad guy corporation, but we (the audience) are treated to her stumbling rehearsal of her phrasing while she gets dressed in the morning, her shaky lack of confidence in the office bathroom stall, it's cool.
Dan in Real Life - It's amazing how plain old likeable Steve Carell is in it, considering his likeability on "The Office" has more to do with pity at his patheticness. He looks completely different, rather than stocky and stiff, he looks lithe and loose. Very interesting. I've decided he is quite a good actor. Poor Dianne Wiest, it's fucked that she isn't carrying major movies as the star. But no, she's a middle-aged woman...
You all ought to come by and play the ABCs at the Movies game with Leslie and oilgun and me (and others). We're going through the years, backwards. We started at 2007, and are now doing the movies of 1959. The last 3 movies posted were, North by Northwest for N, Operation Petticoat for O, and Porgy and Bess for P. Anyone want to post a good Q movie from 1959...? We use IMDb as our source and arbiter. The people on this thread would love it! http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,13749.new.html#new
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: BelAir on November 10, 2007, 10:49:41 pm ---The Wizard of Oz is on TBS tonight.
Does anyone know how the movie came to be a "holiday movie" - associated with its original release date, maybe?
Thanks.
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It was released in August, 1939, so that didn't have anything to do with it!
Back in the dark ages (ie, my youth) they showed movies once a year on TV as a "special event" and we'd all gear up for that viewing. I remember that for years, The Wizard of Oz was shown in February, to coincide with the Washington Birthday holiday. Easter always had a Biblical epic, like King of Kings and Christmas...well there has always been a ton of Christmas programming. So maybe it came from that BelAir. Who knows?
BTW, welcome to Bettermost.
L
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