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Jan 2, 2017 13:55:42 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 13:55:42 GMT -5
La La Land needs to be seen in a theater. Cinemascope and all. There is still a place for a big screen.
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Jan 2, 2017 13:56:10 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 13:56:10 GMT -5
Manchester by the Sea is very good, too.
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Jan 2, 2017 18:08:18 GMT -5
Post by azvb on Jan 2, 2017 18:08:18 GMT -5
La La Land is superb. azvbGoing later this week with a girlfriend. My husband refuses to see movie musicals after that Into The Woods debacle. We are seeing "Lion" tonight. My daughter says I'll bawl through the whole thing.
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Jan 3, 2017 14:18:50 GMT -5
Post by azvb on Jan 3, 2017 14:18:50 GMT -5
@ruffda, "Lion" was sold out, so we saw "La La Land". LOVED it, and even my husband enjoyed it. Who knew Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were so multi-talented? Loved the throwback to old movies and all the LA locations.
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Jan 3, 2017 15:34:00 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 15:34:00 GMT -5
I want to see it again. Gosling was a Mouseketeer wasn't he? I liked the music a lot too.
The two have great chemistry. Liked them in Crazy, Stupid, Love too.
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Jan 3, 2017 17:39:44 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Jan 3, 2017 17:39:44 GMT -5
I liked Ryan Gosling in The Believer -- and he was incredible in it. In every other film, he was just a pale caricature of himself. Kinda bleh. He was okay in The Place Beyond the Pines, but most likely because the film was great not because he was great. I don't like Emma Stone in films but I like her in TV interviews (Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel) and Internet stuff. But not in film.
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Jan 14, 2017 23:22:45 GMT -5
Post by azvb on Jan 14, 2017 23:22:45 GMT -5
If you haven't seen "Lion", you must. One of the best movies I've EVER seen.
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Jan 22, 2017 20:43:00 GMT -5
Post by Northern lights on Jan 22, 2017 20:43:00 GMT -5
Go see the movie SPLIT, it's good. Not a single car chase or special effect. That alone is reason to go. It has a story, a murky well acted story.
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Jan 22, 2017 20:54:17 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2017 20:54:17 GMT -5
I was surprised at how much I liked Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
I finally saw Moana. I thought the story was pretty thin, but it was well-drawn and voiced. The music didn't do much for me. Kubo and the Two Strings has my vote for best animated movie of the year.
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Jan 23, 2017 17:45:43 GMT -5
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Post by vup on Jan 23, 2017 17:45:43 GMT -5
Saw La La Land, and the very next day saw it again. There's something about this movie. Mia's audition at the end brought me to tears. I've been listening to the music non-stop for the past few days.
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Jan 23, 2017 17:49:36 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Jan 23, 2017 17:49:36 GMT -5
I re-watched 12 Monkeys (1995), starring Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, and Madeleine Stowe. I guess it says a lot that I remembered Willis and Pitt but not Stowe. I remember when the film first came out in 1996 that it had mixed reviews. I think critics thought the plot was confusing and somewhat slow at times but they loved Brad Pitt's acting. I didn't think the plot was confusing at all but it did drag on a bit and had some unnecessary scenes and the pacing was hit-and-miss. Parts seemed dated while others were brilliantly conceived. That's basically your typical Terry Gilliam film -- at times brilliant and other times, stupid and excessive and dated. See, e.g., Brazil.
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Jan 23, 2017 17:58:14 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2017 17:58:14 GMT -5
Madeleine Stowe just another perfect example of how Hollywood chews up and spits out actresses.
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Jan 25, 2017 15:19:14 GMT -5
Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jan 25, 2017 15:19:14 GMT -5
La La Land is superb. azvbGoing later this week with a girlfriend. My husband refuses to see movie musicals after that Into The Woods debacle. We are seeing "Lion" tonight. My daughter says I'll bawl through the whole thing. i wanted to see this mainly b/c i was a big fan of chazelle's whiplash. i think the movie started off strong, but i became less interested towards the end. i don't know. maybe it was over-hyped. for me, it was good, not great. gosling's character was more interesting than stone's ... 14 oscar noms? eh, i don't know about that ...
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jan 25, 2017 15:23:14 GMT -5
A movie I would recommend is ARRIVALJust saw it today. Great movie. Really well edited, written, produced, directed, etc. Has a lot to do with communication and language, and not so much with aliens. This term will help to understand the movie: Sapir-Whorf hypothesis - the idea that the language you speak determines how you perceive the world. Although, you won't have a problem piecing it all together by the end. You may have to see it twice to really appreciate how well it was made (at least, you'll want to watch the beginning again). not the typical hollywood-alien-invasion movie ... and i really enjoyed it.
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Jan 28, 2017 0:05:23 GMT -5
Post by azvb on Jan 28, 2017 0:05:23 GMT -5
Hidden Figures is excellent. Really good. Hard to believe black people were treated that way. I mean, I was around during it all, but lived in an all white Phoenix neighborhood. Pretty sheltered, I guess.
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