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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
Front-Ranger:
Actually, sorry to say, I didn't. I really wanted to like it and wanted the director to be a new Bunuel. But the whole thing was so murky and dark I couldn't really see the details. My favorite character was a mandrake root.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on January 27, 2007, 04:16:17 pm ---Count me in as a member of the "not able to stand Renee Zellweger's face" club!
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She scrunches her face unbearably in this movie. I'm not sure why. Perhaps the real Miss Potter did the same and they hired Renee because she's already so good at it? ;)
--- Quote ---Anthony Lane's review of "Miss Potter" in the New Yorker is hilarious. He talks about how Ewan McGregor's character "is required to utter the line, 'We shall give them a bunny book to conjure with." :P Then he writes, "Only one man on earth can speak those words with a straight face, and that is Hugh Hefner." :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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:D :D He does say the line, and it's supposed to be funny for both the audience and the characters because in the plotline, Miss Potter has gone to some publishers to get her book published and they accept it, but then send their youngest brother (Ewan's character) to arrange the details. They're essentially fobbing off the 'bunny book' job as they derisively described it to get rid of their youngest brother who is trying to do something with his life. Ewan's character is quoting his brothers.
ednbarby:
I actually quite liked Pan's Labyrinth. My theater's print was not murky and dark at all. Yes, of course it was violent, but mercifully most of the violent acts were implied and not shown (or at least not fully).
I thought it was a beautiful parable, actually, of the importance of questioning authority at times when authority is clearly, terribly wrong.
I'm very glad I went to see it today.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: mvansand76 on January 27, 2007, 03:26:23 pm ---I am not sure if I should post this here, but has anybody seen Little Children?
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I saw it yesterday and loved it! I had to really suspend disbelief when it came to seeing Kate Winslet as plain though, lol! An excellent film with a constant underlying feeling of dread throughout.
Another favourite which I've mentioned in the Oscar Prediction thread, is Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. It was badly marketed and is very underrated, I can't wait for the DVD. Ben Whishaw was a revelation.
Pan's Labyrinth was a bit disappointing. I realize that it's billed as fairy tale for adults but I still found the "bad guys" too easy to hate. I too found the print way too dark.
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: oilgun on January 28, 2007, 03:46:03 pm ---I saw it yesterday and loved it! I had to really suspend disbelief when it came to seeing Kate Winslet as plain though, lol! An excellent film with a constant underlying feeling of dread throughout.
Another favourite which I've mentioned in the Oscar Prediction thread, is Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. It was badly marketed and is very underrated, I can't wait for the DVD. Ben Whishaw was a revelation.
Pan's Labyrinth was a bit disappointing. I realize that it's billed as fairy tale for adults but I still found the "bad guys" too easy to hate. I too found the print way too dark.
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Thank you Oilgun, I am gonna watch it on Tuesday! :)
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