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Re: The Watchmen Movie Thread
« Reply #90 on: April 08, 2009, 03:05:02 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on April 07, 2009, 11:40:49 pm
Re:  Midnight Cowboy, that movie is FUCKED UP. How did that win best picture? I can't imagine an America where that happened.

I'm sure you meant to say "Midnight Cowboy is one of the greatest movies ever made."  I am certain of this.
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Re: The Watchmen Movie Thread
« Reply #91 on: April 08, 2009, 03:26:04 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on April 07, 2009, 11:40:49 pm
Also: Midnight Cowboy, that movie is FUCKED UP. How did that win best picture? I can't imagine an america where that happened.

I'm certainly intrigued. But netflix doesn't have it. Is it even on DVD?
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Re: The Watchmen Movie Thread
« Reply #92 on: April 08, 2009, 04:14:47 am »
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I'm sure you meant to say "Midnight Cowboy is one of the greatest movies ever made."  I am certain of this.

oh, yeah. I'm not saying that it wasn't really good. I saw that it was about NYC in the late 60s, read the description, and thought it would be... freakily gritty.
You know, gritty like Taxi Driver.
Not like... flashbacks to anal gang-rape.
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Re: The Watchmen Movie Thread
« Reply #93 on: April 08, 2009, 04:32:22 am »
I... I thought it was about a cowboy. Now I'm just scared.
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Re: The Watchmen Movie Thread
« Reply #94 on: April 08, 2009, 05:01:30 am »
Oh, wow. I've heard of this movie before but never understood why it was so revered because it sounded like Dan said, Taxi Driver with Dustin Hoffman and rinestones. Might have to check it out now.
On a related note did anyone see Mysterious Skin a few years ago? That was so great and not at all what I expected it to be.
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Re: The Watchmen Movie Thread
« Reply #95 on: April 08, 2009, 05:03:31 am »
At the deli/pizza-shop/convenience-store/video-store in Little Falls, Midnight Cowboy was filed under Westerns.

I can't explain where I grew up much more than that.
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Re: The Watchmen Movie Thread
« Reply #96 on: April 08, 2009, 12:32:24 pm »
They were just ahead of their time. "Brokeback Mountain" made that ok.
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Re: The Watchmen Movie Thread
« Reply #97 on: February 05, 2010, 01:00:40 pm »
Now it seems they'll make sequels & prequels & spin offs & reboots & retcons out of the original series. [apathetic quip]
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