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Re: Some movies I just saw
« Reply #225 on: August 16, 2011, 06:57:26 pm »
I love Arrested Development.  Fun little side note:  when I worked for Mastercard, it was for a store Mastercard of the Loblaw Grocery Chain and one the upper management on the financial end was a relative of the founder.  The guy's name is Bob Loblaw.  There were a couple other guys from the Loblaw family involved as well so his name really never stood out to me.  I stopped working there before ever having seen Arrested Development, but for whatever reason when I did start watching the show, I just figured the name was one of those "regular joe" type names until my husband pointed out the joke.  
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Re: Some movies I just saw
« Reply #226 on: August 16, 2011, 07:21:33 pm »
Sometimes I just compulsively say Bob Loblaw.
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« Reply #227 on: August 16, 2011, 07:35:12 pm »
I know.  It's a beautiful bit of rhythm and sound really.  Also fascinating: Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias .  Also, I like the sound of the word onomatopoeia.
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« Reply #228 on: August 16, 2011, 07:44:18 pm »
Quote from: side_show on August 16, 2011, 07:35:12 pm
I like the sound of the word onomatopoeia.

I like the song
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Re: Some movies I just saw
« Reply #229 on: September 03, 2011, 04:45:32 pm »
I just saw Sucker Punch, by Zach Snyder, the guy who did 300. A bit self-indulgent, but I thought there were fun parts to watch. Too much violence toward women dressed in a fake empowerment costume, though.
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« Reply #230 on: September 03, 2011, 05:08:15 pm »
Quote from: Nabubrush on September 03, 2011, 04:45:32 pm
I just saw Sucker Punch, by Zach Snyder, the guy who did 300. A bit self-indulgent, but I thought there were fun parts to watch. Too much violence toward women dressed in a fake empowerment costume, though.

as soon as a saw the previews i wrote it off as nerd JO material.

i just tried to watch "Lost Highway".  i got  3/4 done and that was enough for me.  it was too disjointed.  i mean, i like film noir, but that shit tripped my gag-reflex in about half an hour.  i didnt care about the characters.  2/5 stars

maybe im just too dumg to get the subtleties of david lynch.
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Re: Some movies I just saw
« Reply #231 on: October 26, 2011, 12:06:35 pm »
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red state-kevin smith tried to make a horror movie and ended up with a snarky mess
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« Reply #232 on: November 03, 2011, 03:55:13 am »
Quote from: greenkoolayd on September 03, 2011, 05:08:15 pm
as soon as a saw the previews i wrote it off as nerd JO material.

i just tried to watch "Lost Highway".  i got  3/4 done and that was enough for me.  it was too disjointed.  i mean, i like film noir, but that shit tripped my gag-reflex in about half an hour.  i didnt care about the characters.  2/5 stars

maybe im just too dumg to get the subtleties of david lynch.

I love David Lynch possibly more than any other filmmaker but a lot of his stuff isn't exactly subtle. I think people try to hard to scratch the surface for a deeper meaning that just isn't there. It's been a while since I've seen it but I think I'd put Lost Highway in that category, along with my favorite of his, Mulholland Dr. Whether you like it has nothing to do with intelligence.
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Re: Some movies I just saw
« Reply #233 on: November 03, 2011, 04:01:25 am »
Quote from: miles on November 03, 2011, 03:55:13 am
I love David Lynch possibly more than any other filmmaker but a lot of his stuff isn't exactly subtle. I think people try to hard to scratch the surface for a deeper meaning that just isn't there.

I always thought there was a certain subtlety to this bit.
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« Reply #234 on: November 07, 2011, 03:03:01 am »
Just saw Attack the Block. Best movie I have seen in years. Also perfectly proves the Wombat Principle that there is no reason for a movie to last more than an hour and a half.
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Re: Some movies I just saw
« Reply #235 on: November 07, 2011, 03:31:35 am »
Really liked Charlie Wilson's War.
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Re: Some movies I just saw
« Reply #236 on: November 07, 2011, 03:59:35 am »
That is a good movie. I saw Lawrence of Arabia for the first time last week, said to a friend at the time it would be cool (though massive) to do a double screening with Syriana as a kind of book ends of a particular era in the Arab world sort of deal.
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Re: Some movies I just saw
« Reply #237 on: November 07, 2011, 04:00:34 am »
frost/nixon was much better than expected.
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« Reply #238 on: November 07, 2011, 05:02:50 am »
Quote from: Doc on November 07, 2011, 03:59:35 am
I saw Lawrence of Arabia for the first time last week

They screened this at the MFA a couple of years ago.  it is Epic on the big screen.
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« Reply #239 on: November 07, 2011, 05:17:38 am »
I can imagine. I had to split it over two nights because by the time the first half finished we were too drunk and silly to continue.
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