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[matt] 
"Cinemattic."
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 Posted - 01/29/2012 : 20:01:26
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VV
In regards to that Kevin spoiler, I didn't know that before I went to see it.
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/29/2012 : 21:10:58
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Larry 
"Larry's time / sat merrily"
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Posted - 01/29/2012 : 21:53:10
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viewted -- as often happens, lemmy and demonic were my favorites. |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/29/2012 : 22:34:32
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Originally posted by Larry
viewted -- as often happens, lemmy and demonic were my favorites.
Thanks. Larry. I particularly liked your Tailor of Panama review. |
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w22dheartlivie 
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 01/29/2012 : 23:27:33
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Originally posted by [matt]
VV
In regards to that Kevin spoiler, I didn't know that before I went to see it.
But you have seen it, so it wasn't spoiled for you. How odd, every one chiming in here HAS seen it and knows, or at least knows the book. What a surprise for me when I went to our page and learned all that for the first time. And yeah, I didn't include the how, OR the why, though I do know how, I don't have a clue as to the why, or what is covered about the rest of the family. |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 01/30/2012 : 00:08:05
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No, I agree with ChocolateLady that it's made quite clear right from the start of the film what Kevin has done without going into specifics until the end. I knew anyway going in given that the book was such a massive best-seller and unless you had absolutely no contact with it you'd be hard pressed not to hear it described as a Columbine style story - well, I did anyway.
This seems to me to be much the same as other recent film adaptations where they intentionally side step a major plot point reveal from late in the novel given that most people interesting in going to see the film will probably have had some contact or at least enough interest to know what it's about - e.g. "Never Let Me Go" gives away the whole plot in the opening shot which takes half the book of well sustained mystery to reveal; "Notes on a Scandal" completely does away with the concept of the unreliable narrator (mistakenly in my opinion). |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 01/30/2012 : 00:22:45
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Also.... V&V!
Fave of the round is [matt]'s "Mirror Mirror" review- always the way when you struggle for ages to come up with something and then someone else delivers the goods - simple, excellent.
Thanks as always Larry - your impeccable taste is noted. 
'Zooks - yeah, it's not that bad... 
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 01/30/2012 : 01:43:41
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Originally posted by demonic
No, I agree with ChocolateLady that it's made quite clear right from the start of the film what Kevin has done without going into specifics until the end. I knew anyway going in given that the book was such a massive best-seller and unless you had absolutely no contact with it you'd be hard pressed not to hear it described as a Columbine style story - well, I did anyway.
This seems to me to be much the same as other recent film adaptations where they intentionally side step a major plot point reveal from late in the novel given that most people interesting in going to see the film will probably have had some contact or at least enough interest to know what it's about - e.g. "Never Let Me Go" gives away the whole plot in the opening shot which takes half the book of well sustained mystery to reveal; "Notes on a Scandal" completely does away with the concept of the unreliable narrator (mistakenly in my opinion).
Ta, demonic. I even squashed a review I was considering that referenced Columbine, mostly because of the giveaway and the many films that are completely based on it. Appreciate your input. |
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clay 
"Viewer discretion is revised."
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Posted - 01/30/2012 : 01:45:10
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/30/2012 : 03:40:59
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/30/2012 : 06:52:28
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[matt]
"Cinemattic."
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Posted - 01/30/2012 : 12:28:36
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Originally posted by demonic
Fave of the round is [matt]'s "Mirror Mirror" review- always the way when you struggle for ages to come up with something and then someone else delivers the goods - simple, excellent.
Thanks for the kind words. Always nice to get praise from an esteemed reviewer such as yourself.
As for Kevin, I seem to have been quite lucky in avoiding any references at all to the ending. I wasn't having a go at you, wildheartlivie, just putting in my two cents.
The same happened when I saw The Island on DVD – I hadn't really heard anything about it so I didn't know that Ewan McGregor et al. are all clones. It was therefore really unexpected and made a good twist. It was only afterwards that I read the box and found they'd included that fact in the synopsis! What a waste.
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/30/2012 : 17:22:30
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Originally posted by wildheartlivie
And yeah, I didn't include the how, OR the why, though I do know how, I don't have a clue as to the why, or what is covered about the rest of the family.
After posting my query, I was wondering about it and realised that I didn't really remember when the thing you mentioned was revealed (as I read it many years ago) and that it also indeed didn't matter in comparison to other plot points. |
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Seán's FYCTH #787
