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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
MaineWriter:
Apparently it is now out on DVD so here is your chance to watch it and tell us what you think.
I am interested in Smart People. It is at 50% on rottentomatoes and the reviewers who like it are reviewers I like: A.O. Scott from the New York Times, the guy from the Wall Street Journal, etc. Hannah and I might go see it for our Friday afternoon movie.
L
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on April 16, 2008, 08:43:43 am ---I am interested in Smart People. It is at 50% on rottentomatoes and the reviewers who like it are reviewers I like: A.O. Scott from the New York Times, the guy from the Wall Street Journal, etc. Hannah and I might go see it for our Friday afternoon movie.
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Dana Stevens of Slate, another critic I like, also wrote a decent review of Smart People.
http://www.slate.com/id/2188756/
And here's a review by Chris Hewitt of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, another reviewer I like (who isn't normally on rt).
http://www.twincities.com/movies/ci_8876267?nclick_check=1
Hewitt pretty closely describes my reactions to the film when he says, "I liked "Smart People" for a while, then I didn't like it, then I kinda hated it, then I liked it again. It's a semi-infuriating movie, and yet, I think I'd recommend it." Or, "It's an occasionally amusing film, and Quaid's worth the price of admission, but I left "Smart People" with this thought: It feels like a movie that would like to tell five stories but has room enough for only one."
I didn't absolutely love it and probably wouldn't see it again, yet I was glad I saw it. I'll be eager to hear what you think, Leslie.
Oh, and look out for Christine Lahti, an accomplished actress who weirdly plays, as Hewitt says, basically an extra.
The other movie I saw last weekend that I also didn't absolutely love but found enjoyable was Leatherheads. It has gotten very mediocre reviews, and though I can see what they're getting at, I think they're being too harsh. I thought it was fun, and my son liked it a lot.
What's really weird is that I enjoyed two movies in a row featuring actresses I normally can't stand: Renee Zellwegger and Sarah Jessica Parker!
Kd5000:
Has anyone seen GOYA'S GHOST. I rented it yesterday. Well I have been renting alot of movies as there is not much playing at the theater. I don't understand why the critics were so hard on this film. It's directed by the same guy who did AMADEUS and produced THE ENGLISH PATIENT (didn't like that film thought).
It's not a biopic film about Goya but what he sees going on around him. The Spanish Inquisition lauches a new wave of hysteria followed by the arrival Napoleon who gets rid of the Inquisition but starts his own reign of terror. I thought it was a well done film. It's one of the better historic dramas I've seen in some time. My only gripe might be the lenght. Javier Bardem and Stellan Skarsgård give excellent performances. I thought Randy Quaid was an odd choice to be the King of Spain. It's certainly a better film then the last two historic dramas I've seen, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL and ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE.
delalluvia:
Went and saw Leatherheads.
I give it a 6.5 out of 10
Some scenes went on a little too long and overall the movie was a little too slow, the pacing off, and the Roaring 20's not quite recreated, someone needs to feed Renee Z. and give her a movie where she doesn't have to grin until her face looks like a squashed lemon.
MaineWriter:
I think this has come up on this thread before, but last night I watched Dogtown and Z-Boys which was the documentary that inspired The Lords of Dogtown. I enjoyed it very much. It was fun to see the real people and real footage of skateboarding and surfing and so on. They explained alot of things which made LOD make more sense to me. I'd recommend both.
L
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