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Chris' Movie Questions: My MYSTIC RIVER Review
JennyC:
--- Quote from: vkm91941 on July 08, 2006, 09:54:29 pm ---I agree with Barb, mostly, Ralph Fiennes is excellent as this throughly unlikable character. Juliet Binoche is wonderful and the part of the story which centers around her character is very good. I thought it an overly long, visually stunning, but unsympathetic film. In other words not my favorite Picasso.
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"unsympathetic"... interesting Vicky. I actually felt the opposite. The movie really haunted me for a while because of my sympathy for the love and lost of the characters. But a good friend of me sort of felt the same way - unsympathetic. To her, it was the infidelity that she can not sympathize.
Anyway you have all mentioned Ralph Fienness and Juliet Binoche's performance. I just want to add that I think Kristin Scott Thomas also gave a terrific performance. I am not sure if I have seen her movie before The English Patient, but both my husband and I started to follow her other movies because of her performance in this movie. I think my husband had a thing for her. ;D
ednbarby:
I can understand that, Jenny. She's so beautiful in a kind of exotic way. She's like a female matinee idol in it.
slayers_creek_oth:
Ok so I watched Ghost...pretty good! Kinda bummed that I missed it all these years...
Wasn't real impressed with Patrick Swayze but I never have been...and although Demi had quite a bit of screen time she didn't have a whole lot of dialogue...she did pretty good with the material given...
Now Whoopi however warrants her own paragraph...she made the whole show IMO. She's a crack up! Wouldn't have been the same without her. When she tells Sam that she'll tell Molly about the danger in her own way...the 'Molly...you're in a whole lotta danger girl' line....still got me rolling. Definitely deserved that Oscar...
The story was pretty good...and soft in some parts. The last line when Sam tells Molly thta he loves her and she says 'ditto'....timeless!
All in all I give it a 7...
Thanks everyone....
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: cHrIs_sLaYeRs on July 09, 2006, 09:54:39 pm ---Ok so I watched Ghost...pretty good! Kinda bummed that I missed it all these years...
Wasn't real impressed with Patrick Swayze but I never have been...and although Demi had quite a bit of screen time she didn't have a whole lot of dialogue...she did pretty good with the material given...
Now Whoopi however warrants her own paragraph...she made the whole show IMO. She's a crack up! Wouldn't have been the same without her. When she tells Sam that she'll tell Molly about the danger in her own way...the 'Molly...you're in a whole lotta danger girl' line....still got me rolling. Definitely deserved that Oscar...
The story was pretty good...and soft in some parts. The last line when Sam tells Molly thta he loves her and she says 'ditto'....timeless!
All in all I give it a 7...
Thanks everyone....
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I'm glad you enjoyed "Ghost" Chris.
I missed your question about "Out of Africa" though.
I loved that movie. Although I am a HUGE Meryl Streep fan.... and I love anything she is in. :)
slayers_creek_oth:
--- Quote from: David925 on July 09, 2006, 10:36:11 pm ---I missed your question about "Out of Africa" though.
I loved that movie. Although I am a HUGE Meryl Streep fan.... and I love anything she is in. :)
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I couldn't sit through it...not my kinda movie I guess.
But I also love Meryl Streep...
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