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  1. 12-05-2007, 02:25 PM #1
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    Smile Movies!

    We're heading into the holiday movie season and I gotta say, it's encouraging for the first time in awhile.

    "Juno" opens today which I can't wait to see...
    http://www.foxsearchlight.com/juno/

    I saw "No Country For Old Men" FINALLY this weekend. Wow. I know there was a thread on here about that awhile back ut my search-ability is highly impaired.

    Also, hoping to see Lumet's latest "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" this weekend, too:
    http://www.bam.org/film/firstrun.aspx?id=1037


    What else is interesting to you? Have you seen anything you'd recommend?
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    Saw No Country For Old Men last night... Spectacular movie.. These dudes really got the art of storytelling down. I need to see it again

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    "No Country For Old Men" was just spectacular on every level. They (The Coens) are only getting better with age.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hypnotango View Post
    "No Country For Old Men" was just spectacular on every level. They (The Coens) are only getting better with age.
    We got such a kick out of hearing people talking about how rediculous the ending was, and how stupid the movie is. People are really addicted to the regular Hollywood formula... The way the last 1/4 of the movie went was brilliant. They didn't give a fuck out of making a big deal over what went down with that vietnam vet dude and ending the movie with that down note. Their point was so much bigger than that
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    you need to watch this movie ....



    great movie and great performances ... thumbs up for me
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    Yes, that is the complaint I have heard most from people, the ending. What I think is being lost on folks is that the point of the movie (to me anyway) is the journey. It's uncomfortable and horrible and you can never shake the feeling of dread that death is lurking around every corner. People also took issue with the Llewelyn's death.

    Alas, if it had been tidy and packaged up the movie would have had a completely different feeling. This certainly wasn't a pleasant film to watch although there were some examples of stellar and darkly comedic dialogue. I loved it.
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    you need to edit your post.. you're giving the ending away.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Armen View Post
    Saw No Country For Old Men last night... Spectacular movie.. These dudes really got the art of storytelling down. I need to see it again
    Should have been half the length. 6/10

    Juno looks exactly the same as EVERY other American indie film. I can't even tell them apart in my memory any more.

    I'm looking forward to the new Woody Allen... and even that will most likely suck.

    The next movie that will actually be good is My Blueberry Nights in Feb.
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    I saw August Rush last week - peopel will dislike it because it's so unrealistic, but if you take it for what I think it was intended to be (a music fairytale) it was pretty good ... the plus to seeing it on the big screen was the sound quality for a movie so built on 'sound'

    I am looking forward to seeing:

    PS I Love You (harry connick jr - hubba hubba ) - DEC 21

    The Kite Runner (great book, interested in how good the movie will be) - DEC 14

    Charlie Wilson's War - DEC 21

    Margot at the Wedding (followup to Squid and the Whale)

    La Vie En Rose (about Edith Piaf)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moksha View Post
    Should have been half the length. 6/10

    Juno looks exactly the same as EVERY other American indie film. I can't even tell them apart in my memory any more.

    I'm looking forward to the new Woody Allen... and even that will most likely suck.

    The next movie that will actually be good is My Blueberry Nights in Feb.
    What was the last good one? I want to experience something so magnificent that it passed the Moksha test.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Armen View Post
    What was the last good one? I want to experience something so magnificent that it passed the Moksha test.
    keep in mind Orion is the dumbfuck who called RAGING BULL a "shit movie"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Armen View Post
    What was the last good one? I want to experience something so magnificent that it passed the Moksha test.
    Hmmm... that's a tough question.

    I quite liked 2046. How long ago was that?

    I think the last thing I saw in the theater that I really enjoyed was The King of Kong.

    What else has been good over the last few years...

    The Edukators
    Children of Men
    This Film is Not Yet Rated
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    The Prestige
    Match Point
    The Corporation

    And, I did enjoy Borat...

    Maybe Pan's Labrynth. I'm still trying to make my mind up about that one...
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    Quote Originally Posted by D J 1 3 8 View Post
    keep in mind Orion is the dumbfuck who called RAGING BULL a "shit movie"
    It really is absolute crap. I dare you to go back and watch it if you haven't seen it in a few years.
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    I loved Pan's myself.. Thanks .. netflixed some of the ones u listed
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    wasn't feeling the end of no country. i get it, but i feel they didn't set it up correctly and made a lot of people expect something different which ended up being very unsatisfying...

    the last movie i really enjoyed was the darjeeling limited...
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    I am so excited to see classic story telling in film. There are many movies that I will see this season:

    The Golden Compass
    This Christmas
    The Great Debaters
    Charlie Wilson's War

    There are others but I can't think of them right now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alanda Marquette from DiscoLadyLand View Post
    The Golden Compass
    My girlfriend is demanding that I take her to this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Armen View Post
    What was the last good one? I want to experience something so magnificent that it passed the Moksha test.
    You can. With an open mind and not having a point to make, or stick up your ass anything is possible ;)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moksha View Post
    It really is absolute crap. I dare you to go back and watch it if you haven't seen it in a few years.
    I've seen it within the last year.
    It's a certified classic.
    You're on your own with this one.

    I think "The Lives of Others" was the best film of last year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by D J 1 3 8 View Post

    I think "The Lives of Others" was the best film of last year.
    just saw that recently.. really loved that one too.

    hypno.. not sure what you meant.. that movie did have points to make
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    anyone see Juno yet? I was thinking of going to see it between my day job and night job today. ???

    also, the ads for The Debaters has me interested ... i only started hearing about it a few days ago though, i wonder why so late in the advertising for a movie set to debut on christmas
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    Juno? I don't want to see it.. because.. i don't understand why abortion wasn't the option #1.
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    oops, i meant The Great Debaters

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    [quote=Moksha;579108]Should have been half the length. 6/10

    Juno looks exactly the same as EVERY other American indie film. I can't even tell them apart in my memory any more.[quote]

    I so agree with that. There is a formula to most of these indie films. They call themselves anti-Hollywood yet they abide by the formula more than most Hollywood movies.

    I saw Enchanted yesterday. Not a stimulating film by any means but it was an enjoyable way to spend the afternoon and is probably more thought provoking than Juno.

    One film I want to see is Persopolis, opening on Christmas Day. That looks interesting.
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    i still want to see Juno. i love the indy film feel even if it's formulaic.

    my top to see films are as of now:

    Juno
    Kite Runner
    The Great Debaters
    Charlie Wilson's War
    Persepolis
    No Country for Old Men
    The Savages
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