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New/Rented movies: Here comes the movie to change all movies

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Handyman said:
I saw The Lovely Bones tonight...I really really enjoyed it. Stanley Tucci was fantastic, Marky Mark was surprisingly good, the main character was outstanding and Peter Jackson showed again why I think he might just be one of the best in the business right now. I don't know how much more I can recommend a movie.
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Did you read the book? If you haven't, you should, it's also really good. I have yet to see the movie though, may go this week.
 
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No I havent but my friend who I went with did and she thought the movie was great too :) I might have to pick it up one of these days.
 
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Slap Shot said:
À bout de souffle (Breathless)

1960 film from Jean-Luc Godard about a two-bit thief on the lam after killing a cop, and the girl that falls in love with him but won't fully submit because she suspects (and later confirms) he's not an honest man. Regarding the film itself, I had a hard time caring about either of the main characters, however from the standpoint of the making of the film I was quite fascinated. Godard was considered a revolutionary, and an originator of the, "all style, no substance" genre that influenced the likes of Tarantino. There's some quirky editing, a dependence on background music to convey a mood and some very witty scenes of dialogue between Michel and Patricia. Glad I rented this one.
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Good movie, but definitely in the top ten most pretentious films of all time. (Goddard has at least 3 of those slots.)

Personally I find the girl very compelling and believable. The boy is a git.
 
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We watched "Closer" this weekend. Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman ... a great deal of dark humor, duplicity and eroticism. Well made, and an interesting look at relationships and honesty.
 
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ScottM said:
We watched "Closer" this weekend. Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman ... a great deal of dark humor, duplicity and eroticism. Well made, and an interesting look at relationships and honesty.
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Cool, a Mike Nichols film.

Thanks for pointing that one out to me. I hadn't looked at Mike Nichols on IMDB yet.

He also directed "The Graduate" (everyone knows that one, although I hate the ending) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" which is on my all time list.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
He also directed "The Graduate" (everyone knows that one, although I hate the ending)
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You're insane. The final 10 seconds or so is one of the best endings in movie history. You can see their next twenty years in one look.

WAOVG is one of the best adaptations of a play to film, up there with "The Lion in Winter" and "The Sound of Music."
 
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Avatar still raked in $34 million this week in it's SIXTH week of being out.:eek:

Titanic...you've had a good run but you're going down:cool:

The IMax showings are really boosting this movie and putting it over the top.

They are still selling out from what my friend told me who works at the Albany IMax theatre.
 
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Kepler said:
You're insane. The final 10 seconds or so is one of the best endings in movie history. You can see their next twenty years in one look.

WAOVG is one of the best adaptations of a play to film, up there with "The Lion in Winter" and "The Sound of Music."
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It probably is from a "film makers" perspective, and many folks I'm sure love it. I however hated it and accept that as my personal opinion. Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the film though, it's a must see.

Hitchcock had a couple of great play adaptions as well. Dial "M" for Murder and Rope are both excellent (although Rope has some weird aspects with the way it was filmed using very long takes which was a new thing for the day).
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
It probably is from a "film makers" perspective, and many folks I'm sure love it. I however hated it and accept that as my personal opinion. Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the film though, it's a must see.

Hitchcock had a couple of great play adaptions as well. Dial "M" for Murder and Rope are both excellent (although Rope has some weird aspects with the way it was filmed using very long takes which was a new thing for the day).
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Rope's very talky. I like that, personally (you can't get any talkier than "Virginia Wolf," except maybe "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," but it probably loses a modern audience. The long takes and funny angles were supposed to keep the audience disoriented and uncomfortable. They work great on the big screen, but it loses as much as hockey when it's moved onto TV.
 
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Anyone else really looking forward to Shutter Island?

I think it looks great.
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Avatar still raked in $34 million this week in it's SIXTH week of being out.:eek:

Titanic...you've had a good run but you're going down:cool:

The IMax showings are really boosting this movie and putting it over the top.

They are still selling out from what my friend told me who works at the Albany IMax theatre.
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I was at a sold out showing this weekend in Ann Arbor.
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Anyone else really looking forward to Shutter Island?

I think it looks great.
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I was about a year ago when I first saw the trailers they are still showing now ;)

I thought Closer was boring and stupid...it didnt help that Horseface was in it :p

The more people that keep seeing Avatar, the more who will get Post Avatar Depression and let Darwin take affect :D
 
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Handyman said:
I was about a year ago when I first saw the trailers they are still showing now ;)
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I still wanna see it. It looks *ed up, in a non-slasher non-cheap pay-off sorta way.
 
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I will see it, but my excitement died about 6 months ago.
 
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Handyman said:
I was about a year ago when I first saw the trailers they are still showing now ;)
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Word. It's become a joke in our local theater -- as soon as the trailer comes on (as it inevitably does, no matter what the movie genre is), a third of the audience starts laughing.
 
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Gonna try to check out Avatar in IMax this morning (11:30), hoping there will be a few seats left :eek:
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Avatar still raked in $34 million this week in it's SIXTH week of being out.:eek:

Titanic...you've had a good run but you're going down:cool:

The IMax showings are really boosting this movie and putting it over the top.

They are still selling out from what my friend told me who works at the Albany IMax theatre.
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This article makes a point I've always been confused about. One ticket now may cost 2-3 times as much as a ticket in the past, so why do we measure by the money made rather than number of tickets sold? :confused: Is it the studios trying to make new movies in theaters seem more appealing because they're "more successful" than older movies or is the movie industry just stupid?
 
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crazypotatoes said:
Is it the studios trying to make new movies in theaters seem more appealing because they're "more successful" than older movies
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How could you be so cynical about people whose only crime is wanting to bring us joy? :eek:
 
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Checked out Daybreakers last night, pretty standard vampire stuff, but I thought it had some nice touches, and an appropriate level of ultra violence when it was required. Certainly worth a rental.
 
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