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Spacey and Benning, in particular deliver boffo performances. |
i thought they kept the boffo movies behind that little curtain in the video shop. |
My mother saw this movie...said it was "interesting" and "makes you think" but wasn't something she particularly enjoyed. She also said she didn't know if I would like it or not, and she knows I love Kevin Spacey, so this doesn't strike me as being a good sign. Care to elaborate a little more, Jim? |
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Isn't Crispin Glover in a band? |
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I would expect Flea probably rented a lot of muppet movies and disney flicks cuz he's a parent. |
When I was a little kid, there was a waiter in a 50's diner that looked just like him, and my mother dared me to walk up to him and exclaim: "You're George McFly!" and I did and my momma bought me a Barbie doll. I guess having that doll was my density. |
And Kevin Spacey has a cute butt. Waffles, maybe he was just doing research for a "film" role, by renting those vids. |
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cute butt,but I liked his character so much,that I was very disturbed at the ending,kind of shocked. |
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The whole thing was done really tastefully though, so ya never know. |
holy fuck a moley. hard to believe this is a hollywood film and not an independent film. it's pure philosophy. no tricks. one of the best movies i've ever seen. i hope my mother saw this one. benning's role really reminded me of her in many ways. i don't know, man. it all comes down to fear and numbness. gotta keep yourself in check and make sure you're still feeling something every day and that you're not afraid of your own life. heavy shit.... a good reminder. |
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so, tell me, since i have so much to say: do you have to enter your name for each message or is there a login-type feature? how do you mark messages that you've already read? |
no mentally |
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. . . What else can I say? Besides I had no idea it was that damn good? This movie was nigh-FLAWLESS. Now I can't go to bed. I have decided to try and cut a lot of BS out my life, whether it originates with me or with someone else. |
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the ending could've been far less obvious if that character was an ultra-conservative priest struggling with personal demons rather than the highly agressive stereotypical military-type. i kind of knew the general was gonna end up being the killer as soon as he noticed his son talking to spacey in the driveway. g.i.joe was all set up to have some kind of moral imperative to kill anything that exposed his sexuality. if he were some kind of religious figure, the pool of possible perpetrators would've been a little more even. but maybe that's just me. anyway. even if the rest of the movie was all ass (which it definitely wasn't), it'd all be worth it just to see the characterization of that smart, sincere, pot-dealing kid who was so overwhelmed by all the beauty in the world. |
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At my library, we got a book in on how the chicken movie was made. There was so much attention paid to every little detail of the clay figures...every feather on the chickens, every texture of the humans' clothing. Really neat stuff. And you know that any movie by the Wallace and Gromit guys has to be adorable. |
Anyone seen Creature Comforts? |
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He was saying that the term "independent film" had been hijacked and homogenised into a Hollywood marketing term. In other words, Hollywood uses "independent" to convince shallow cinema goers to think they are getting a "unique" film experience they can discuss in dark coffee shops with pseudo intellectual friends. Watch for the rash of blockbuster independent movies in a cinema near you. |
Next stop: "Happiness" |
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