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Paddy C 
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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 Posted - 01/05/2007 : 08:30:37
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Ali
"Those aren't pillows."
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 08:42:59
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Stranger Than Fiction feels like a rather unsubtle compendium piece to Monty Pyhton's The Meaning of Life, which Howard goes to see at the cinema, and, as is the case with the latter flick, it's full of - mostly half-baked - ideas, and, rather frustratingly, just short of greatness.
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 08:44:25
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Originally posted by Paddy C
Not sure if there's already been a thread on this one, but went to see 'Stranger than Fiction' last night and thought it was one of the best new movies I've seen in a while.. curious to see what ye all thought about it?
Hi PaddyC
Please see my extended review
here!
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 09:04:34
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Hi PaddyC
Please see my extended review
here!
I agree with you BBabe, I think there was a pretty obvious plot hole in the movie, but it didnt take away from my enjoyment of the story..
How's about you check out my extended review here! (touch�!) |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 09:15:57
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Originally posted by Paddy C
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Hi PaddyC
Please see my extended review
here!
I agree with you BBabe, I think there was a pretty obvious plot hole in the movie, but it didnt take away from my enjoyment of the story..
How's about you check out my extended review here! (touch�!)
Hey PaddyC! I like your Mlog [movie blog]
re: Stranger Than Fiction, looks like we basically agree!
PS There's a film I'd really recommend that doesn't seem to have achieved wide distribution, probably because of its disturbing subject matter ... It's called Keane. With the range of films on your Mlog, I'd bet you give it house-room.
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 09:25:01
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Hey PaddyC! I like your Mlog [movie blog]
re: Stranger Than Fiction, looks like we basically agree!
PS There's a film I'd really recommend that doesn't seem to have achieved wide distribution, probably because of its disturbing subject matter ... It's called Keane. With the range of films on your Mlog, I'd bet you give it house-room.
Great, thanks for the recommendation. 'Keane' looks like pretty serious stuff, but I've been watching so many comedies lately, I might actually be in the mood for something like that, for a bit of a change! Will try and track it down over the coming days...
Incidentally, BBabe, what do you think about Ken Russell being in the big brother house!? I can't believe he's actually in there.. I flicked on the coverage last night and he was talking about 'The Devils', it was actually brilliant!! He was just relaxing with a cup of tea, and explaining the plot to a guy who had never seen it (some pop star I think) but he threw in a few casual throwaway comments at the end that were excellent. He seems like a decent bloke... |
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 09:30:49
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Originally posted by Paddy C
Incidentally, BBabe, what do you think about Ken Russell being in the big brother house!? I can't believe he's actually in there.. I flicked on the coverage last night and he was talking about 'The Devils', it was actually brilliant!! He was just relaxing with a cup of tea, and explaining the plot to a guy who had never seen it (some pop star I think) but he threw in a few casual throwaway comments at the end that were excellent. He seems like a decent bloke...
Yup, it's quite bizarre, isn't it? It's bizarre enough to have a 79-year-old in there. I think he'll be quite good. |
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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
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Posted - 01/09/2007 : 13:44:31
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Originally posted by Paddy C
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Hi PaddyC
Please see my extended review
here!
I agree with you BBabe, I think there was a pretty obvious plot hole in the movie, but it didnt take away from my enjoyment of the story..
How's about you check out my extended review here! (touch�!)
Yes yes yes, Stranger Than Fiction is better than all the other movies you mention in your review but it probably couldn't have been made if those others hadn't been so successful. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/09/2007 : 15:26:05
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Originally posted by Paddy C
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Incidentally, BBabe, what do you think about Ken Russell being in the big brother house!? I can't believe he's actually in there.. I flicked on the coverage last night and he was talking about 'The Devils', it was actually brilliant!! He was just relaxing with a cup of tea, and explaining the plot to a guy who had never seen it (some pop star I think) but he threw in a few casual throwaway comments at the end that were excellent. He seems like a decent bloke...
Sorry to be so late replying, PadC, just caught up with your question. Which is prob'ly academic now he's left!! Actually, since series 2 I haven't actually watched any Big Bro - just seemed to get more and more ridiculous.
Didn't even watch when my old pal Rula was on. I did once meet Ken Russell - who seemed to me like a very mischievous bearded elf. I admire him not just for his brave choices of films, but because he had the balls to challenge the system. Some of his stuff works better than others, but he's always interesting. What tempts someone like that to do trivia-tv? Well, money's a factor. And there's that other thing about how you continue on the road that branded you an enfant terrible when you were starting out. In another era, longevity was sustained by real talent, by an accumulation of achievement. It was a VERY different time. So what does someone like Russell do at the age of 70? His mind is still sharp, he still has things to say, but the industry always wants the next new thing. Some days you feel as though if you light a firecracker it will take some notice, give you another chance. Other days you just want to disappear in some quick-sand. I suppose he agreed to Big Brother on one of his firecracker days. Then, when he realized how very inane it really was, and that nothing he could say or do would make the faintest difference, and that he was seriously being asked to compete intellectually with Jade for crying out loud ... I suppose he thought the most graceful thing he could do was leave.
You did ask!  
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/10/2007 : 09:55:25
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
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Originally posted by Paddy C
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Hi PaddyC
Please see my extended review
here!
I agree with you BBabe, I think there was a pretty obvious plot hole in the movie, but it didnt take away from my enjoyment of the story..
How's about you check out my extended review here! (touch�!)
Yes yes yes, Stranger Than Fiction is better than all the other movies you mention in your review but it probably couldn't have been made if those others hadn't been so successful.
I almost totally agree with you Bean, the only exception being 'punch-drunk love', which tanked, and probably explains much of sandler's 'safety zone' career choices since... |
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/10/2007 : 10:03:23
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
In another era, longevity was sustained by real talent, by an accumulation of achievement.
You did ask!
Yep, times have changed... there's still room for the properly creative talents to shine through, but attention spans are definitely shortening. Big Brother has an awful lot to answer for.
I saw a show listed on E4 the other day: 'Top Ten most outrageous Big Brother moments'. It was an hour long. Is that it, right there, the actual lowest point that TV can go!?  |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/10/2007 : 10:10:46
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Originally posted by Paddy C
I saw a show listed on E4 the other day: 'Top Ten most outrageous Big Brother moments'. It was an hour long. Is that it, right there, the actual lowest point that TV can go!?
You call that low? Any day you can see a whole pile of even sorryier stuff than that on the E! channel. In fact, I sometimes think that E! might just be one of the lowest points that TV can go. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/10/2007 : 11:20:04
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
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Originally posted by Paddy C
I saw a show listed on E4 the other day: 'Top Ten most outrageous Big Brother moments'. It was an hour long. Is that it, right there, the actual lowest point that TV can go!?
You call that low? Any day you can see a whole pile of even sorryier stuff than that on the E! channel. In fact, I sometimes think that E! might just be one of the lowest points that TV can go.
Maybe they're all on E ... and their brains are well fried! 
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/10/2007 : 11:46:30
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
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Originally posted by Paddy C
I saw a show listed on E4 the other day: 'Top Ten most outrageous Big Brother moments'. It was an hour long. Is that it, right there, the actual lowest point that TV can go!?
You call that low? Any day you can see a whole pile of even sorryier stuff than that on the E! channel. In fact, I sometimes think that E! might just be one of the lowest points that TV can go.
Maybe they're all on E ... and their brains are well fried!
Maybe that's it, the C4 and E4 execs are all mashed! (and definitely the E! channel, I mean, how blatant can you get!?) That could explain why all those 'Top 100 Top 100 Shows' shows are aired every week, it's the ultimate comfort TV.. familiar.. bite-sized.. requiring the attention span of a gnat! (And E4 shows music all day now...) Hmmm... |
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 01/10/2007 : 13:51:11
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Originally posted by Paddy C
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
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Originally posted by Paddy C
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Hi PaddyC
Please see my extended review
here!
I agree with you BBabe, I think there was a pretty obvious plot hole in the movie, but it didnt take away from my enjoyment of the story..
How's about you check out my extended review here! (touch�!)
Yes yes yes, Stranger Than Fiction is better than all the other movies you mention in your review but it probably couldn't have been made if those others hadn't been so successful.
I almost totally agree with you Bean, the only exception being 'punch-drunk love', which tanked, and probably explains much of sandler's 'safety zone' career choices since...
I had not really counted that in my sweeping statement of earlier and was just thinking of Eternal Sunshine, and the poorer Adaptation. Stranger Than fiction has got the deconstruction of the post modern narrative structure as near perfect to date. And it's very similiar in theme to a little short I am trying to get made that i nearly wept after seeing it!! |
Edited by - Beanmimo on 01/10/2007 13:51:45 |
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/10/2007 : 14:13:49
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
I had not really counted that in my sweeping statement of earlier and was just thinking of Eternal Sunshine, and the poorer Adaptation. Stranger Than fiction has got the deconstruction of the post modern narrative structure as near perfect to date. And it's very similiar in theme to a little short I am trying to get made that i nearly wept after seeing it!!
Sorry Bean, didn't mean to be a picky git! 'Punch-Drunk Love' is one i really liked though, always wondered why more people didn't see it..
That's cool about the short, sounds like you're setting the bar high for yourself with such themes like the deconstruction of narrative, but that's good to hear! Let us know how the production goes... |
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