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maggieNZ
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 Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:19 am Post subject:
Gah Spoilers! MUST SEE Inception!
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:47 am Post subject:
| Loki wrote: | Yeah Nolan did a good job of making each of the different "layers" distinct visually, and explaining things throughout the movie slowly. Great writing and directing. Could have been horrible in another person's hands.
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This is something a lot of people have pointed out.
To be honest, I didn't even think of that while watching it, so it didn't bother me at the time. Maybe a rewatch won't be so kind.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:47 am Post subject:
Match Point
Excellent.
Minor criticism: The Setting. I don't think Woody Allen gets Britain at all - specifically the class difference between old and new money. And he seems to think it's still 1928.
Hancock
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:20 pm Post subject:
Inception was great. It wasn't nearly as complex as I thought it was going to be. For the most part it explained itself and was fairly straight forward. I think this helps itself, because the subject matter already makes one think, and you can't have the audience too confused. I don't know if I will watch it again in theaters, but I will definitely own it and re watch it several times to pick up on some things I may have missed.
As far as the ending goes...
| maggieNZ wrote: | Match Point
Excellent.
Minor criticism: The Setting. I don't think Woody Allen gets Britain at all - specifically the class difference between old and new money. And he seems to think it's still 1928.
Hancock
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I too thought Match Point was rather good. It's actually due for a re watch since it's been so long since the one time I saw it.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:54 pm Post subject:
I didn't like Match Point, but that's because Scarlett Johansson is a hobag and makes me sick. 
I'd actually like to watch it again, though I thought she was a fifth wheel there. I liked the other actors a great deal.
I have no idea about the class system in Britain so I didn't notice anything off about it.
I have to see Inception again. I loved it.
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:38 am Post subject:
| jenniferofthejungle wrote: | | I didn't like Match Point, but that's because Scarlett Johansson is a hobag and makes me sick. |
Yeah Scarlett is sexy when she's not trying to act, which is probably why Allen uses her as his latest muse. But when you put her on camera and ask her to be sexy, she is so freaking boring.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:21 pm Post subject:
Death Sentence was just terrible. One of the worst films I've seen this year.
James Wan is just, really, not very good.
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject:
| megladon8 wrote: | Death Sentence was just terrible. One of the worst films I've seen this year.
James Wan is just, really, not very good. |
I remember watching this while on the computer so I didn't think it was that awful.  I guess I was wrong.
I saw The Wolfman remake yesterday. I'm on the "meh" side of the fence on this movie. No, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be (every glimpse of a trailer or leaked photo made me think this was going to be awful), but it doesn't have much to offer either.
I hate thinking movies are just okay, but that's the strongest word I could come up with---it's okay.
There was nothing in this movie that engaged me, and nothing that drew me in or touched me at all. One of the things that made the original such a favorite was the tragedy of the entire situation, and the heartbreaking resolution. This film had none of that. It was like looking at a painting you don't particularly for, even though it's obviously crafted by a capable painter.
Also, as mean as it sounds Del Toro looked like he should have been in a remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame instead. His hair and face came straight out of Quasimodo.
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:32 pm Post subject:
Kiss of the Spiderwoman.
It is teh awesomeness.
Michael Moore Hates America
Hits and misses.
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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:48 am Post subject:
| maggieNZ wrote: | Kiss of the Spiderwoman.
It is teh awesomeness.
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Never even heard of the second one, but is the first the William Hurt movie? I almost rented that once.
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