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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
delalluvia:
Saw A Good Year yesterday.
Lovely, picturesque move. It's a movie about love. Love between an uncle and his nephew, between a man and his career, a man and a country, a man and his memories, a man and his lifestyle and finally, less importantly, love between a man and a woman.
Ridley Scott keeps the tempo of the movie moving quickly considering the subject matter. Beautifully filmed, Russell Crowe at his most charming.
Front-Ranger:
Thanks for the review, I went to A Good Year yesterday. Russell Crowe was so charming that his early attempts at being an ass I couldn't believe in the film.
Also, della, could you give me more info on The Fountain? Is it really an adaptation of the novel The Time Traveler's Wife?
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 27, 2006, 06:27:13 pm ---Thanks for the review, I went to A Good Year yesterday. Russell Crowe was so charming that his early attempts at being an ass I couldn't believe in the film.
Also, della, could you give me more info on The Fountain? Is it really an adaptation of the novel The Time Traveler's Wife?
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Sorry being so late in response. I'm on vacation now and last week was a bear tying up loose ends.
No, The Fountain is defintely NOT an adaption of The Time Traveler's Wife. It is an original work.
delalluvia:
Went and saw The Holiday. Good romantic comedy fluff.
Practically got a headache from all the blinding whitened teeth showing during the scenes between Jude Law and Cameron Diaz when the Beautiful People are smiling at each other and flirting.
The Kate Winslet/Jack Black storyline is more believable, as much as can be expected in such a comedy about fabulously wealthy people who have love troubles in a world where everyone dresses in high end designer wear and lives in huge fabulous houses
Hollywood sure does like to make movies about itself though. :P
delalluvia:
Went and saw Apocalypto.
Amazingly it was a just a good action adventure. That simple.
You can indentify with the characters - on both sides - and really feel for them. There are plot holes but not anymore than any other movie. HIstorically there were problems, but you're pretty much following the story which could have been set in any ancient culture.
The violence is not as gory as I thought it would be. No different than some Conan the Barbarian type movie - much much less gory than a Quentin Tarantino movie.
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