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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: oilgun on December 11, 2007, 10:24:55 am ---That's strange, The Lives of Others is from last year, isn't it?
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According to IMDb, it is a 2006 film, yes. Maybe it has to do with when it went into limited release in the US (2007)? I really don't know, I am just speculating.
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oilgun:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on December 11, 2007, 11:08:26 am ---According to IMDb, it is a 2006 film, yes. Maybe it has to do with when it went into limited release in the US (2007)? I really don't know, I am just speculating.
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I know it was in the running for the foreign language film Oscar and it may even have won.
EDIT: Yep, it did win: http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/?pn=detail&nominee=TheLivesOfOthersForeignLanguageNominee
oilgun:
I just finished watching The Bourne Ultimatum. I stupidly missed it at the cinema. All I can say is Wow!
I wish Jason Bourne was my boyfriend! :-*
Meryl:
--- Quote from: oilgun on December 11, 2007, 10:08:49 pm ---I just finished watching The Bourne Ultimatum. I stupidly missed it at the cinema. All I can say is Wow!
I wish Jason Bourne was my boyfriend! :-*
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I know what you mean, oilgun. I think all three of those Bourne movies are great entertainment, and Matt Damon does a spot-on job as a no-nonsense, dangerous agent. 8)
I saw "Starting Out in the Evening" this afternoon and thought it was quite good. It's a quiet movie, but the characters draw you in. You watch them go through some life-changing stuff, but it all happens without big blow-ups or contrived plot devices. Frank Langella is terrific as an aging author who's lost his writing chops. Lauren Ambrose is a grad student who idolizes him and has a dream of bringing his works back into popularity. Lili Taylor is his daughter, who is going through her own midlife crisis. It was absorbing to watch them coming to terms with some hard truths about themselves, and coming out on the other side the better for it. I liked also that it was filmed in New York, which made it feel very familiar and real. I recommend it.
I also saw "The Golden Compass" last week and enjoyed it. The best thing about it is the stunning art direction. Everything looks beautiful, and they did a marvelous job creating the daemons and the polar bears. Humans in this universe wear part of their spirit on the outside, in the form of an animal who is actually a part of them. While they're children, the animal can morph into various forms, but when they reach puberty, the daemon "settles" into one particular animal. The story, based on the first book of a trilogy by Philip Pullman, is rather complex, so I'm interested in knowing if those who haven't read the books will be able to follow what's going on. I thought the performances were good, but the director was so busy getting the characters to explain the plot that there was little chance to become emotionally involved with them. The exception to this was the polar bear Iorek, voiced by Ian McKellen.
I hope it picks up at the box office, because I'd like to see them make at least one sequel to finish the story. However, the other two books are much darker, and IMO potentially confusing and alienating to an audience. I mean, they actually end up making war on Heaven (Pullman models much of it on "Paradise Lost"). It's much less approachable than "Lord of the Rings," and Chris Weitz, if he directs the sequel(s), needs to make us care about the characters much more than he has in this first movie.
oilgun:
While I'm still in my Bourne-again mode, I think it's time for a gay action hero! The closest we have is Private Eye Donald Strachey, played by Chad Allen, in the movies Third Man Out, Shock to the System and the upcoming Icy Blues. Chad does a great job but the series is more like a gay version of the Nick & Nora Charles films.
I want an edgy action hero! I even know who to cast: Robert Gant!
"Who, me?" Yes, Robert, you would be perfect!
And what a coincidence, here he is with Chad Allen:
Doesn't Chad look like Quentin Tarantino's cuter little brother :laugh:
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