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Re: “Wallet Weirdo”
Love story is better off boring. But more than brushing can be nice.
Re: “Swedish Suspense”
I don't know if we would all be happier living in France. I guess it depends on who exactly you mean by "we". If "we" means all US citizens, then things could get a bit crowded over there. Plus, by deserting our current territory, we would basically be leaving this land up for grabs between Canada and Mexico. That could result in some sort of conflict, perhaps of the war variety. I don't currently have the sources necessary to properly speculate as to who would win that war, but let's just say it would be Canada.
If, on the other paw, "we" means a certain group of Tucsonans (specifically those who regularly or semi-regularly use their sight-organs to read the film review section of this here periodical known colloquially as "The Tucson Weekly"), then I am still not sure whether or not it is a good idea for "us" (me) to move to France. I admit that I am prone to pine for a piece or a parcel of Camembert from time to time. But I am troubled by the possibility that the French countryside might wax a wee bit frigid during the months which, if viewed as part of a seasonal cycle (or circle), would be positioned opposite from those of the summer season. And I don't speak any French (though I occasionally hear some). So I don't know. Quit bothering me.
Re: “Swedish Suspense”
p.s. I think you would be happier living in France. Come to think of it, we all would be.
Re: “Swedish Suspense”
Frankly DiGiovanna, your frequent and arrogant remarks about Americans being such an unenlightened bunch of people have worn very thin. Perhaps it allows you to feel superior, but its boring me to death.
Re: “Inception”
James Cameron took us into the future and to stars for a breathtaking look at a world through the eyes of virtual reality, while director Christopher Nolan takes us into the human mind and a view of reality through our dreams. Philosophers from Plato to Descartes have tackled the question of reality and the dream world for a couple of thousand years. Christopher Nolan brings these questions and concepts of dreams and reality and drops it on our doorstep and then steps back and laughs. Like the Greek Myth of Theseus and Ariadne, sometimes the myths just don't make any sense, oh well. What Christopher Nolan does in Inception, is walk the fine line between madness and sanity, between greatness and confusion. The ultimate concept that permeates Inception is that one must trust. As the characters must trust each other when entering the dream world, the audience must trust that the world that Nolan creates on screen will not crumble before our eyes leaving us in limbo. Nolan is not above a prank or two. Read more: http://dld.bz/ndsn
Re: “Top Ten in Movies”
The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo is phenomenal.
Re: “Eric Who?”
Rose la vie, if men acknowledge that it is always others that die, then it is time that the politics came to the front. The message post men could send different postals.
Re: “Ahead of Its Time”
Seriously? A perfectionist? That is why the people were sprayed with bullets in the face and the "good guys" never got so much as a scratch while the bad guys were dead in one hit? There was no explanation of this. Even as a dream it made no sense from the explantion of people feeling it, thinking it, experiencing it as real...especially the ones who didn't yet know they were in a dream, yet if they would experience it as "real", certainly being sprayed with gunfire would have caused flesh penetration, death, etc.
There we so many logic flaws in it. For a guy who did the brilliant Memento, I was disappointed in Inception. Granted, it was better than many movies over the past few months, but a disappointment from what I expected. It copied a lot from Total Recall and The Matrix, wasted a lot of time on repeated scenes of the dead wife (we already got the message).
They did spend a lot of time explaining, which they really didn't need to. It was pretty easy to follow...unlike Memento which really made you think, was confusing, etc.
I did like the ending, mainly because people were debating did it mean he chose her reality or the real reality...it left questions there which is always fun, and I left with a totally different impression of the ending than the rest of my party.
Overall, it was a fairly good movie, but far from Nolan's best work and tons of flaws in it.
Re: “Abs vs. Eyebrows”
I love this review! Very accurate, said what all REAL critics think about this AWFUL movie in a comical way. I had to pause a few times cause I was laughing too much! :)
Re: “Monster Mishmash”
It was great!
The best spent ticket i have paid for in a long time!
Re: “A Woman Awakens”
Maybe it is a costal thing, but I just saw this film in San Francisco and was totally mesmerized. Tilda Swinton is able to convey ideas and emotion with less effort than any other actor around. You never see her "acting." The director has a mastery of pacing that kept me hanging on every moment. Her supporting cast was phenomenal. That the settings, music and yes, the food seemed to exist in a hightened reality did not seem to me to be pretentious, but more a stylistic choice to create a canvas upon which the action and human conflict had greater impact. Needless to say, I would recommend it.
Re: “A Woman Awakens”
I just saw this movie in Manhattan. It is possibly the worst movie I have seen in a long time. It was pretentious clap trap. Don't waste your money seeing it.
Re: “Best Worst Movie”
Michael Paul Stephanson and George Hardy turned a miserable defeat into a success with this documentary about Troll 2. I laughed through most of the move and thought how well Stephanson's direction, editing and pacing were well done. The director was smart to focus on Hardy and not on himself, as actor/dentist George Hardy is the best loved character in the cast and the film. Also of notable mention was Stephanson's Skype interview that The Loft displayed on the big screen. When the Loft Cinema's Program Director Jeff Yanc turned the laptop's camera towards the audience, and Michael's face lit up with happiness. I found the Best Worst Movie extremely funny, and I found myself smitten with the documentary.
Re: “Splice”
My review of Splice, a Review of a Modern Day Prometheus
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5…
Re: “Top Ten in Movies”
Highly recommend everyone watch Mary and Max.
Re: “The Moping Undead”
Ill bet any amount of money that every comment on here talking trashon the movie and saying it sucks was probably written by the same guy who wrote this article. Seriously, the author of this article says the movie is boring and there are no lively moments? And that for the uninitiated people who have never read the books will experience hair loss or whatever else he said - this guy is a moron in every sense of the word. Up until the first twilight movie came into theaters I had never heard of the twilight series books, not once ever. I had heard about the movie but never saw previews and didnt know anything about it. My girlfriend hadnt read the books either but saw a couple previews on tv (remember i had never heard of the books and had never seen any previews) After my girlfriend saw the previews on tv she basically had to drag me there. So once we got to the theater i decided to just suck it up and watch the movie since i knew it would make my gf happy. You wanna know what happens next? My eyes were glued on the theater screen - right when it got over i begged my girlfriend to stay and watch the next showtime just to see what we catch the 2nd time around that we missed the first - on our way home i immediately stopped by barnes and noble bookstore and bought all 4 twilight books. Immediately once i got home I sat down on my bed and basically read the whole rest of the day and night only stopping for some snacks , cigarettes, and using the bathroom. Within the time period from the first twilight movie coming into theaters to when the second one came into theaters i probably read all 4 books 20 different times and saw the movie probably 10 times, and the same went for new moon (and for new moon i waited in line for like 10 hours to have good seats) Just because i gave the movie a chance with not knowing anything at all about it - it got me hooked, obsessed. so seriously dont sit there and try and say that uninitiated people who only go off the movie will get hair loss, because that is nothing close to the truth in every sense of the world. you say this movie sucks and that rob and kristen cant act? well maybe you should do some research and see how much money all 4 books have taken in and how much money twilight and new moon have taken in - also do some research on how many fans (all ages) are addicted to twilight. there is a reason movies make a ton of money, thats because there good. so honestly you should delete this article if possible because all its doing is making you sound retarded. the twilight sage is AMAZING in every sense of the world.
p.s. your probably just talking crap on the twilight saga because your some 20 - 30 - 40 year old, etc. (or however old you are) small weak little boy whos trying to convince his readers that hes a macho bad boy, because in your eyes any guy that likes the twilight saga this much must be gay and all i have to say is that yes there probably are some gay guys obsessed with twilight but also i would bet any amount of money that more than 75% of the guys age 18 and older that are obsessed with twilight are 100% straight. so what if twilight is a vampire love story? guys like it because its extremely good and fun to watch and read, not because there gay, because its extremely good.
thanks buddy for reading this, cant wait to hear back what you have to say back to this comment
Re: “Abs vs. Eyebrows”
Your review is AWESOME, i'd rather read your review all ove again for the next 130 minutes then to watch twilight again, totally agree with that Taylor Lautner is sweeeet!!
Re: “Abs vs. Eyebrows”
I saw this movie and it was hillarious. Not intentionally of course. And personally I would have been happier if Bella and Edward had taken this moive (and the next few) off and the whole movie (and the movies to come) were about the fabulousness of Taylor Lautner's abs.
Re: “Ode to Mediocrity”
"With such an odd subject at her disposal"??? WHAT is so "odd" about the great Townes Van Zandt? Maybe to some surface-level prole who doesn't understand (or is frightened by) real, great art, maybe Townes and his work might be "odd" or inaccessible, but I have a hard time digesting anything in this review.
By the way: you're the one who is wrong; Townes was the greatest songwriter ever!
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Re: “Call Me Fishmeal”
mew!