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Re: What is the last movie you saw?
« Reply #450 on Dec 22, 2011, 4:13pm »		[Quote]
It does seem very Woody Allen-esque.

Just out of curiosity, Kerouac, about how many movies do you see in the theaters a year? You're always on top of what's new!
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« Reply #451 on Dec 27, 2011, 10:17pm »		[Quote]
I see about 100 movies a year on the big screen.
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« Reply #452 on Dec 27, 2011, 10:19pm »		[Quote]

Oct 12, 2011, 7:24pm, kerouac2 wrote:
On days when I can see two movies the same day, I generally choose movies that are as totally different as possible.

So I started the day with The Artist, which is just as good as all of the critics have said. Since it will be released in the U.S. at the end of November and the Weinsteins have already decided that it is going to be the movie they will push for the Oscars, it will be interesting to see if they have any success. Last year the movie they promoted for the Oscars was The King's Speech.

It's impossible to know at the moment if a silent black and white movie has any chance at all with the general public. It is pretty sure to do well in France (French movie starring a very popular actor). However, it should please the film industry, which is who votes for the Oscars, because it was filmed in Hollywood and all of the supporting roles are American. And any movie about the film industry gets bonus points with the film industry -- duh! :P



Frankly, I thought it was fantastic.



I am very pleased to see that The Artist is being received by viewers and critics just as well as I had hoped.
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« Reply #453 on Dec 31, 2011, 3:12am »		[Quote]

Dec 27, 2011, 10:17pm, kerouac2 wrote:
I see about 100 movies a year on the big screen.


:o That's gotta run into some money.
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« Reply #454 on Dec 31, 2011, 5:46am »		[Quote]
We saw Tinker Tailor etc the other night, thought it was very well done, if difficult to follow for the first roughly 5/6ths. A wickipedia prep would've helped.
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Re: What is the last movie you saw?
« Reply #455 on Dec 31, 2011, 5:51am »		[Quote]
Why I don't get into spy movies.

Maybe it's just me. Once I asked my husband what I thought was a reasonable question about some plot element in a spy movie. He said he was positive that I had been in the room the whole time the movie was on, but apparently not.
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Re: What is the last movie you saw?
« Reply #456 on Dec 31, 2011, 6:06am »		[Quote]

Dec 31, 2011, 3:12am, nycgirl7664 wrote:

Dec 27, 2011, 10:17pm, kerouac2 wrote:
I see about 100 movies a year on the big screen.


:o That's gotta run into some money.


No, in France we can get unlimited passes for about 20€ a month -- you see as many movies as you want in just about any cinema in the entire country. Actually, I just learned that my pass is also valid for Belgium.
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« Reply #457 on Dec 31, 2011, 10:45am »		[Quote]
I haven't seen Tinker, Tailor (I read the book years ago so I know the ending), but I assume it's made to be confusing since the whole point of the film is to unmask the mole and nobody knows who he is. It wouldn't work if the audience knew who the mole is and watched the film thinking, "come on, Smiley, it's so obvious!".
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Re: What is the last movie you saw?
« Reply #458 on Jan 13, 2012, 4:29am »		[Quote]
We loved The Artist a couple of weeks ago.

Do you think we were supposed to conclude that

[spoiler=spoiler]he wouldn't have made it in talkies because of his French accent?[/spoiler]
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« Reply #459 on Jan 16, 2012, 3:16pm »		[Quote]
Saw TheDescendents last night. It was entertaining and well put together, but not something I'd urge everyone to run and see. A bit on the soapy side maybe?

It requires the viewer to view marital infidelity as something huge. I just don't, despite never having fit fooling around into my own busy schedule. I did tell my husband that if boyfriends started coming out of the woodwork on my demise that he should go ahead and forgive them.

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« Reply #460 on Jan 16, 2012, 4:08pm »		[Quote]
I saw the new Girl With the Dragon Tattoo after renting the Swedish one. I liked both portrayals of Lisbeth Salander very much. The first one was fierce, whereas the second one's toughness was leavened with vulnerability. She wasn't better or worse, just different. I liked Daniel Craig's Blomqvist better, the first guy was boring.
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« Reply #461 on Jan 16, 2012, 5:42pm »		[Quote]
I went to the "Big Scream" with a friend and her baby, to watch "The Artist". Very very nice! loved it! and so did the baby! And my friend too! She said it was the film she had been most looking forward to viewing in months.

The "Big Scream" is a special showing of a film for parents with babies. The light isn't as dim as usual and if baby cries a little bit, nobody cares.
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« Reply #462 on Jan 16, 2012, 5:51pm »		[Quote]
I went to see The Darkest Hour yesterday, not because I have any interest in 3D alien invasion movies, but because I wanted to see modern Moscow, and it was totally satisfactory in that department. I was rather dismayed to watch Emile Hirsch's career beginning to go down the drain by doing this kind of stuff, but he was clearly so much better than any of the other actors that he almost saved the movie. Oh, but the other actors were so appallingly bad that I doubt whether they could even be cast in a Final Destination movie (which on second thought is probably where they came from).
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Re: What is the last movie you saw?
« Reply #463 on Jan 16, 2012, 6:41pm »		[Quote]
I saw Tamara Drewe a 2010 comedy film directed by Stephen Frears, shot in and around a Dorset village and loosely based on Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd. This was a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours.

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« Reply #464 on Jan 16, 2012, 6:46pm »		[Quote]
My husband took me on a date night and after dinner we went to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie. I quite enjoyed it, much of the dialog I had difficulty with, however, visually it was remarkable for me. :)
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Jan 16, 2012, 6:41pm, spindrift wrote:
I saw Tamara Drewe a 2010 comedy film directed by Stephen Frears, shot in and around a Dorset village and loosely based on Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd. This was a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours.



I thought that Tamara Drewe was delightful and rather weird (English :D ).
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« Reply #466 on Jan 17, 2012, 2:51am »		[Quote]
Is that the one with Robert Downey Jr., Mich? I liked that movie & I didn't like it, but I agree that visually it was wonderful.

I remember a good while back there was mention of Tamara Drewe, & I think even a youtube trailer. But I had no idea it was based on Far from the Madding Crowd!

NYCGirl -- thanks for your comments on GWTDT. I huffily announced that I would never go see the Hollywood version. However, back in the 70s I also huffily announced that I'd stop driving if gas got to a dollar a gallon. ::) :-[
After reading what you had to say, I'm now quite curious about the new GWTDT.
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« Reply #467 on Jan 17, 2012, 3:44pm »		[Quote]
Yes, the new release with Robert Downey Jr. Bixa. Sometimes I believe I benefit from not understanding the dialog because I then concentrate on the visual and in this film it was extraordinary!
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« Reply #468 on Jan 17, 2012, 6:15pm »		[Quote]
I remember enjoying the visuals from the last episode. I saw it in London during a snowstorm while my colleagues were wondering where I had disappeared for the evening during a seminar. I had seen enough of them!

The new one comes out here tomorrow, and I will certainly go to see it as well.
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« Reply #469 on Jan 18, 2012, 12:55am »		[Quote]
After you see it Kerouac I hope to read what your thoughts were. I found it beautiful because the landscapes, to me, were integral to how I interpreted the film.
Cheers!
Mich

P.S. In Canada they are considering offering alcoholic beverages in the theater.

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« Reply #470 on Jan 18, 2012, 9:39am »		[Quote]
my favourite small cinema chain - specialising in non-mainstream films, although you can catch quality mainstream there as well, benefits from a comfy licensed bar and you can take your glass inside the room, - but they give you a plastic recipient if it is not to drink at the bar itself.
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« Reply #471 on Jan 18, 2012, 3:46pm »		[Quote]

Jan 18, 2012, 9:39am, auntieannie wrote:
a plastic recipient
Annie, that's called a "go cup" where I'm from. ;D
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« Reply #472 on Jan 18, 2012, 3:55pm »		[Quote]
No alcohol in French cinemas.

I haven't yet bought this week's Pariscope to plan my weekend.
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« Reply #473 on Jan 18, 2012, 4:13pm »		[Quote]
Auntieannie have you encountered louder more boisterous people in the theater? Has it annoyed you or ruined your night out at the movie? That is what I am concerned about. There always seem to be people that take it too far and in a bar/pub alright, but when I am trying to watch a film? I just do not know what to think about this. :-/
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« Reply #474 on Jan 18, 2012, 5:06pm »		[Quote]
You can buy wine and beer in several of the artier (artyer? more arty?) movie theaters around here, and there's a full bar in Moolah Theater Lounge. This is one of our favorite places to see a movie, with a balcony and a big old fashioned screen.

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Since we tend to go to artier more artsy films, the rowdy crowd hasn't been a factor.

PS There's a bowling alley in the basement.
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« Reply #475 on Jan 18, 2012, 5:10pm »		[Quote]
Still hoping for opinions on my The Artist spoiler question above. That's been my favorite of the new crop. For my husband, Midnight in Paris is neck and neck.
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« Reply #476 on Jan 18, 2012, 5:12pm »		[Quote]
Okay, never mind. I looked for an opinion on wickipedia, and caught a glimpse of a corroborating impression before I got the page saying Wickip is going black for a day.
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« Reply #477 on Jan 18, 2012, 5:17pm »		[Quote]

Jan 18, 2012, 5:06pm, lola wrote:
You can buy wine and beer in several of the artier (artyer? more arty?) movie theaters around here, and there's a full bar in Moolah Theater Lounge. This is one of our favorite places to see a movie, with a balcony and a big old fashioned screen.

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Since we tend to go to artier more artsy films, the rowdy crowd hasn't been a factor.

PS There's a bowling alley in the basement.


That looks Art Deco'ish from a distance.

Great name too - moolah is slang for money.
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« Reply #478 on Jan 18, 2012, 5:57pm »		[Quote]
Mich, my experience is the same as lola. Artsy fartsy films all the way for me so no rowdy crowds. and I don't think the ushers would allow a drunk person in the theatre itself. People don't go to that bar to get drunk.
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Just wondering: is the ticket price the same?
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