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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 10:54 PM
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What's the last film you've seen?
I just saw "The Visitor," definitely one of the best I've seen in awhile.

It's written and directed by Tom McCarthy, who also made "The Station Agent." Fans of "The Wire" might recognize him as reporter Scott Templeton in the final season.

"The Visitor" is a lot like "The Station Agent," a low-key, character-driven drama. Richard Jenkins (Nate Fisher, Sr. from "Six Feet Under") is the main character, but I don't want to give away any of the plot details. Just see this movie -- trust me.



So what have you guys seen?
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nomorenomore08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 10:56 PM
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1. Last one I watched, two nights ago, was "The Edge" (1997).
Pretty good lil' survival/action flick (complete with trained grizzly bear!), starring the great Anthony Hopkins and the not-so-great (but good in this one) Alec Baldwin, written by David Mamet.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 10:58 PM
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2. That's on my Netflix queue.
I've seen a few Mamet-related movies, but not this one.
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nomorenomore08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 11:00 PM
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3. I probably have as well, without knowing it. Screenwriting credits aren't something I normally check
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 11:02 PM
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4. He's done a lot of uncredited script work.
He contributed a lot of the dialogue for "Ronin," the De Niro action movie from about ten years ago.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 11:04 PM
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5. Return to Me
It had the X-Files dude in it and was a very romantic squishy movie.

:hi:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 11:05 PM
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6. Timecrimes
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=4020

Pretty good little time travel mindfuck.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:41 AM
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7. DVD: Iron Man, Theater: Quantum Of Solace
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:43 AM
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8. Alvin and the Chipmonks
Seriously.

Funny and cute.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:58 AM
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9. Roger Toupin, épicier variété (2003)


http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2003/121803/film3.html
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:01 AM
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10. Wall-E.
From DVD. Last time I went to the movies? Hmmm... Madagascar 2.

Kids and not wanting to impose on family who already look after my son in the week does limit the movie choices I get to see.

Mark.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:07 AM
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11. Twilight.
An obscure movie probably nobody ever heard of...
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:14 AM
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12. Quantum of Solace
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 03:53 AM
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18. This was mine as well.
Not as good as Casino Royale but a thoroughly enjoyable ride nonetheless.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 10:59 PM
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59. That was pretty much my review as well
Of course, everyone is going to compare it to CR but I understand that it holds up well to repeated viewings so I look forward to picking it up when it's available.

My favorite exchange:
Bond: (at a dirty, small motel in La Paz) What are we doing?
Fields: We're teachers on sabbatical. This fits our cover.
Bond: No, it doesn't. I'd rather stay at a morgue. Come on.
(they go to a nicer hotel)
Bond: (to the hotel receptionist) Hello. We're teachers on sabbatical and we've just won the lottery.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:29 PM
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61. Am I wrong or was the boat he was driving in that one scene named "Goldfinger"
I only caught a glimpse, not really sure. Makes me wonder if there weren't other things like that though. If so that will make it splendid for repeated viewing.

I think the ending tied up both movies quite nicely.

The part in that apartment. And the after.

That's about as non-specific spoiler-proof as I can get...but I trust you know what I mean. :hi:
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:43 PM
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62. There's one very obvious nod to Goldfinger
but that's probably the least guarded spoiler ever. Still, I won't describe it here but you know what I'm talking about.

Hmmm... I was thinking the boat chase was reminiscent of the one in FRWL.

The ending tied everything up. I especially liked what he dropped in the snow at the end. No sentimentality for this 007. At least, not any more.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 12:22 AM
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63. I really like Daniel Craig as Bond.
And I didn't think I would.

To tell you the truth, I watched Casino Royale on DVD about 2 days before seeing QofS. I did so because someone told me it was necessary or I would be lost.

I chose to see QofS because my hubby was planning to see a chick flick which I wanted no part of and QofS started about the same time.

Anyway. I fully confess.

My prejudice against him was completely unfounded.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 12:33 AM
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64. That's funny
A woman told me that after watching CR she finally understood why Bond is the way he is towards women. The dehumanizing aspect of the business described by Fleming was finally brought to the big screen.

I never had any reservations about Craig after watching Layer Cake but I was concerned about the project in general when I heard that they were taking Bond in a new direction. Turned out my concerns were unfounded.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:41 AM
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13. National Lampoons Xmas Vacation....
No Eddie, I couldn't be more surprised, if I woke up tomorrow with my face stapled to the carpet....
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:55 AM
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14. "Fight Club" last night.
The last movie I saw in the theater was The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:59 PM
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34. how was the X-files movie? Worth seeing?


we are re-watching all the original episodes from the series... they are still wonderfully done. Put all that CSI crap to shame.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:18 PM
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60. It's basically an extended monster of the week episode.
It's good if you're a fan of the show.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 09:04 AM
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65. yeah, I'd say we were - probably see it on DVD at some point...
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:57 AM
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15. Let The Right One In.
Creepy swedish vampire movie. Was pretty good.
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travelingtypist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 03:50 AM
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16. Hackers
From back in 1995, one of the first for Angelina Jolie. Kind of cute for
what it is.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 09:54 AM
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21. Fucking BRILLIANT is what it is!
I LOVE HACKERS. Seriously, I've seen it about 50 times. It's got everything, and by everything, of course, I mean Fisher Stevens on a skateboard.

HACK THE PLANET!!!!
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travelingtypist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:11 PM
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25. Yeah, It'll be one of those ones I watch over and over...
...especially when Crash and Burn meet and realize who the other is.
And my favorite character is Cereal Killer.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 03:53 AM
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17. I honestly don't recall.
Been a long time since I've been to the movie theater.
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 09:33 AM
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19. On DVD, "Finding Nemo." Before that, on PPV,
"Leatherheads." (Waste.)

Last movie in the theatre: "Breach." (Seriously.)
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 09:54 AM
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20. "Breach" was excellent.
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 10:15 AM
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22. Absolutely. n/t
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 10:16 AM
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23. Milk
which was really good and fascinating to watch.
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:06 PM
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24. Slumdog Millionaire
Very good movie. I highly recommend it.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:25 PM
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27. I'd see it here in NYC, but tickets are $12 a pop.
Guess I'll wait for the DVD.
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 03:46 PM
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39. Move to Jersey
:evilgrin:
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:22 PM
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26. "Great Escape (1963)"
My soon-to-be 11-year-old son loves this movie.

We watched it only last evening...
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:28 PM
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28. "Hanger Banger"
it was online.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:32 PM
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29. Saturday night double feature - DVD
Dark Knight
The Happening (was it written by a pretentious junior high schooler?)

Coming this Saturday, via Netflix:
Days of Heaven
The Girl on the Bridge
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:36 PM
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30. I just got Dark Knight on Netflix.
I'm one of the three people who didn't see it when it came out, but I've heard great things about it.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 03:50 PM
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41. OK, who's the third?
I always wait for the DVD, since theater goers drove me away nearly nine years ago.

Dark Knight is a good flick. They cleverly inserted the cuddly ewoks and Jar-Jar Binks, which was soooo cute.

*NO, I was just funnin' with you on that last bit.:P
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:39 PM
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31. New Indiana Jones flick. nt
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:57 PM
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32. Iron Man on DVD last night

While my wife and son were asleep.

Fun superhero flick.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:57 PM
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33. Secret Life of Bees - much better than I expected
and fairly true to the book. Even Queen Latifah was good. Alicia Keys, not so much.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:05 PM
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35. Just watched WALL•E again
and listened to the soundtrack this morning.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:33 PM
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36. Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky."
That's another character study, another of Leigh's films about ordinary people. Sally Hawkins is excellent, and so are Alexis Zegerman and Eddie Marsan.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:36 PM
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37. the station agent is one of my favorite movies
i'll definitely put that into my queue

the last movie i saw was the new x-files movie. it was so boring and so sucky
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:38 PM
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38. I would say this is even better than The Station Agent.
And TSA was a great movie itself. :hi:
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 04:03 PM
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44. now i am curious because i liked the station agent.
and I liked "the wire" just as much as you,btw. Omar was one of my favorite gay characters of all time and I usually don't have characters that are my favorite just because they are gay.but I digress..
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 04:26 PM
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47. Omar was my favorite character, though Bubbles was a close second.
Edited on Thu Dec-18-08 04:27 PM by Starbucks Anarchist
But yeah, if you liked "The Station Agent," you'll like "The Visitor," too.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 05:15 PM
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48. I liked the androgynous girl who looked like a boy also. I can't
remember her name. she scared the crap outta me. she was cold. bubbles was interesting , I agree. i couldn't stand that white guy he hung out with in the beginning though.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 05:41 PM
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52. Felicia "Snoop" Pearson.
Let's just say she didn't have to do much research. :rofl:

Have you seen all five seasons yet?
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 07:21 PM
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56. yes i watched every episode. i totally loved that show.
lots.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 03:50 PM
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40. "And now Ladies and Gentlemen"
Pretty odd movie
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 04:00 PM
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42. damn, yet another dupe, delete.
Edited on Thu Dec-18-08 04:01 PM by jonnyblitz
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 04:00 PM
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43. crap, this is embarrassing but I will admit to it. I am almost
finished watching "the fluffer" as I type this. it's a lame gay movie. the last movie i saw in the theater was "the boy in the striped pajamas" which was quite good but terribly sad. :(
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 04:25 PM
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46. Wasn't Deborah Harry in that?
I think I've heard of it.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 05:20 PM
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50. i saw her name in the credits but i can't recall seeing her yet but
Edited on Thu Dec-18-08 05:20 PM by jonnyblitz
then i have had it on pause for awhile now and haven't finished watching it (sidetracked). it's terrible (to me) but a typical vapid american gay movie about the gay porn industry with actual porn characters in it (Ron Jeremy did a cameo so far even).
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 07:39 PM
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58. deborah just showed up in the movie!
she runs the strip club where the "gay for pay"porn star's girlfriend works.
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 04:09 PM
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45. I'd never seen Stargate the movie
and recently caught it on TV, alsong with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Willie Wonka remake. Both were ok. For me ok means acceptable. Some people insist on ranking movies as though there is some sort of objective grading system. There isn't. One persons pleasure is anothers pain (at the movies! :))
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 05:19 PM
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49. Bad Education
I saw it for the first time the other day. I was a bit disappointed but overall it was pretty good. I love Gael Garcia Bernal!
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Mike 03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 05:21 PM
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51. Last movie I saw in a theater was "Quantum of Solace," and the last film I
watched was "Attack of the Clones," on DVD, just because I was in the mood to watch the Star Wars prequels.

Before that, I watched Bergman's "Cries and Whispers," which is the only of the three I have really great things to say about. Bergman's film was probably released in the early 70s. I saw it in film school, but didn't 'get it'.

It's an amazing work of art.
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peacefreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 07:06 PM
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53. Virgin Suicides (meh)
Mamma Mia--great chick flick--sorry, can't help it
Dogville--Our Town on Meth
Wow, that's a pretty schizzy list!
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Mike 03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 07:08 PM
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55. I LOVE Virgin Suicides. I wrote a thirty page paper on just the first thirty minutes
of that movie.

It IS depressing.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 07:07 PM
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54. On cable last night: Hot Fuzz
It started out alright but got really weird at the end.
It had the same two guys from Shaun of the Dead but that was a much better movie.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 07:26 PM
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57. The Dark Knight and Kung-fu Panda. I picked up "Traitor" to watch either tonight
or tomorrow.

movies i want to see are Milk and Slumdog Millionaire and i'm also writing down The Visitor.
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