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quote: Originally posted by tabuno:
[snip]There's just something odd about taking a year and cutting in half. [snip] It's really awkward. [snip]....I'm old so I guess I can't really talk about movies distributed in a six month period.
That's cool. I totally understand. I guess I did that 'cause I just don't remember all the movies I've seen in the first part of the year (without doing a bit of research), so to prevent myself from missing a great movie, I just wanted to list recent stuff. I could have retitled the thread... but many of the other threads are just way too long. My thinking is that a thread should always be fresh. After a month or so, it should be killed and then restarted... |
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| Posts: 4 | Location: Studio City, CA | Registered: 30 September 2007 | |
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Originally posted by tabuno:
[snip]There's just something odd about taking a year and cutting in half. [snip] It's really awkward. [snip]....I'm old so I guess I can't really talk about movies distributed in a six month period.
That's cool. I totally understand. I guess I did that 'cause I just don't remember all the movies I've seen in the first part of the year (without doing a bit of research), so to prevent myself from missing a great movie, I just wanted to list recent stuff. I could have retitled the thread... but many of the other threads are just way too long. My thinking is that a thread should always be fresh. After a month or so, it should be killed and then restarted...
I like your integrity regarding comparing movies. Good for you! |
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| Posts: 955 | Location: Utah, United States | Registered: 22 July 2005 | |
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I guess.....? 1. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2. Margot at the Wedding 3. No Country for Old Men 4. My Kid Could Paint That 5. Michael Clayton or Gone Baby Gone
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| Posts: 860 | Location: Boston, MA | Registered: 14 May 2004 | |
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quote: 1. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2. Margot at the Wedding
3. No Country for Old Men
I just saw "Before the Devil knows your dead" last night, and while I liked it, I didn't think it compared to "No Country for Old Men". Just my opinion, though. I also thought the first hour of No Country... was about the most exciting movie I had ever seen. |
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| Posts: 888 | Location: santa barbara | Registered: 02 November 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by besttasteinmusicever: quote: 1. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2. Margot at the Wedding
3. No Country for Old Men
I just saw "Before the Devil knows your dead" last night, and while I liked it, I didn't think it compared to "No Country for Old Men". Just my opinion, though. I also thought the first hour of No Country... was about the most exciting movie I had ever seen.
I liked both films very much, but I definitely preferred the Lumet picture. As a feat of acting and storytelling, it left me shaken, shocked, and eager to see it again IMMEDIATELY. I'll admit the acting ensembles in both pictures are very strong, but Before the Devil's actors almost seemed to be as if they were acting on a theatrical stage -- and that sense of immediacy, spontaneity, and realism left me floored (it doesn't help that No Country seems to occur in an entirely different world). Additionally, I found moments of No Country for Old Men to be quite pretentious (my threshold for knowingly witty dialogue is EXTREMELY low), but as a whole, I still very much enjoyed it and would recommend it.
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| Posts: 860 | Location: Boston, MA | Registered: 14 May 2004 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Platypus Quest:
I found moments of No Country for Old Men to be quite pretentious (my threshold for knowingly witty dialogue is EXTREMELY low), but as a whole, I still very much enjoyed it and would recommend it.
Does this mean you don't like dialogue by Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges, the Kings of Wit?
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| Posts: 12874 | Location: Behind the Orange Curtain | Registered: 14 May 2004 | |
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quote: Originally posted by mark f: quote: Originally posted by Platypus Quest:
I found moments of No Country for Old Men to be quite pretentious (my threshold for knowingly witty dialogue is EXTREMELY low), but as a whole, I still very much enjoyed it and would recommend it.
Does this mean you don't like dialogue by Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges, the Kings of Wit?
Wait, wait -- are you being serious, Mark?! Nothing in Sullivan's Travels or Sunset Boulevard feels calculated or scripted in the way that some of the Coens' dialogue does in No Country!
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| Posts: 860 | Location: Boston, MA | Registered: 14 May 2004 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Platypus Quest:
Wait, wait -- are you being serious, Mark?! Nothing in Sullivan's Travels or Sunset Boulevard feels calculated or scripted in the way that some of the Coens' dialogue does in No Country!
The Coens really took most of it wholesale from McCarthy's novel. I was surprised when, upon killing the man whose car he steals, the Coens opted to take out Chigurh's post-killing explanation "I didn't want to get blood on the car." |
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