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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 07/13/2007 : 17:05:08
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
The Insider
I don't get this, but surely Russell Crowe 'delivers' things (e.g. lines/mathematics/justice) in loads of things?
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Ice Cold in Alex
Can apply to anything featuring a Mills!
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Heat
They're bound to both be talking heads in the same documentary.
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No Spoliers.
Any spoilers?  |
Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 05/20/2008 16:57:58 |
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rockfsh 
"Laugh, Love, Cheer"
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 17:30:34
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My current fyc has 4 possibles.
In my FYC McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Rain Man, Armageddon and Leon could qualify
For prior reviews:
Smokin' Aces: Feds have Aces holed
Silence Of The Lambs: Foster child pities lambs.
Pulp Fiction: Willis saves Rhames' ass
Outbreak: Deliver US from ebola.
Mr. Brooks: Earl Brooks no opposition. and William Hurts Costner's ego. (a sequel would spoil this)
Fahrenheit 9/11: Bush fiddles, Iraq burns.
Blade Runner: Replicant's low life.
spoiler
Chinatown: Dunaway delivers own sister.
a lot for 37 reviews to date |
Edited by - rockfsh on 07/13/2007 17:42:48 |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 17:52:10
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Originally posted by rockfsh
My current fyc has 4 possibles.
In my FYC Rain Man, Armageddon and Leon could qualify
This only seems to be three, but you might be right. However, please provide specific links as this challenge will go on long beyond the current F.Y.C.T.H.
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For prior reviews:
Please provide links for any of these you want to keep too.
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Smokin' Aces: Feds have Aces holed
Could apply to loads of films as who is an ace is subjective.
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Silence Of The Lambs: Foster child pities lambs.
May be valid (although is it accurate?), but does no actual foster child ever pity actual lambs, e.g. in a film featuring evacuees to the countryside?
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Outbreak: Deliver US from ebola.
This is about a fictional virus (albeit similar to ebola). The review would therefore be valid enough for other films featuring the threat of a viral epidemic, or the threat of it spreading to the U.S., e.g. 28 Weeks Later.
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Fahrenheit 9/11: Bush fiddles, Iraq burns.
Applies to countless films about Bush.
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Blade Runner: Replicant's low life.
Replicant is a general enough word, I would say, that this could apply to any film of robotic/clone misery.
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spoiler
Chinatown
Grrrr!!!! 
A spoiler warning is not writing the word spoiler in plain letters and then immediately presenting the spoiler where it cannot be avoided! If the spoiler is the review, one should just provide a link. If the spoiler needs to be the text, it should be in beige. |
Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 07/13/2007 17:54:22 |
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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RockGolf 
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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rockfsh
"Laugh, Love, Cheer"
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 19:49:04
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First I apologise for the spoiler gaffe. Could someone PM me with instructions on how to change font size, color and how to link to specific reviews?
If you mean a review that can never ever refer to more than one film, then it's impossible since any film could be remade.
As to your specific objections. Warning spoilers abound,,,,
Smokin' Aces: Although many characters could be "Aces", name a single other film where he/she is "holed" by Feds. I doubt one exists.
Silence Of The Lambs: This is accurate since the younger Clarisse is a "foster child" in that Jodie Foster plays the older character, and the younger is indeed in a foster home situation. It is extremely unlikely that another film exists where a "foster child" pities (rather than adores) lambs. Again name one.
Blade Runner: "Replicant" is a word coined specifically for this film. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant . Even if it is later used in another film to mean android, in Blade Runner Replicants have a "shelf life" and expire in a few years so a replicant with "low life" occurs only in Blade Runner.
Chinatown (spoiler warning again)
I doubt that Dunaway would ever do another film where she is the mother/sister to another character.
The fourth film in my current FYC is McCabe & Mrs. Miller (spoiler again)
Mrs. Miller smokes opium. Her dream project was "smoked" with the death of McCabe. Although Miller is common, for this not to be unique another Miller would have to smoke pipes and have a dream "smoked". Unlikely
I accept the rest of your criticisms as valid. |
Edited by - rockfsh on 07/13/2007 20:24:22 |
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Tori
"I don't get it...."
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 19:52:29
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For Garfield
Murray has Odie-puss complex. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 23:31:46
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Originally posted by Tori
For Garfield
Murray has Odie-puss complex.
There's a Garfield sequel, though. Could this apply to that too? |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 23:46:12
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Originally posted by rockfsh
Could someone PM me with instructions on how to change font size, color and how to link to specific reviews?
Font size and colour are immediately above the box when one posts. As you have just a few reviews at present, you may as well just go to the film page and select 'My reviews only'.
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If you mean a review that can never ever refer to more than one film, then it's impossible since any film could be remade.
No, I don't mean that. (Just checked my original post and this is completely unambiguous - imaginary future films are not "in existence"!) We are just talking about films that are already made.
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Smokin' Aces: Although many characters could be "Aces", name a single other film where he/she is "holed" by Feds. I doubt one exists.
Feds are always holing up baddies. Then they have shoot-outs.
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Silence Of The Lambs: This is accurate since the younger Clarisse is a "foster child" in that Jodie Foster plays the older character, and the younger is indeed in a foster home situation. It is extremely unlikely that another film exists where a "foster child" pities (rather than adores) lambs. Again name one.
This is not like the previous one (for which I am really quite confident there will be other films) - I was just positing a reasonably likely possibility - city kid goes to the countryside to be looked after by X and is shocked at the clinical way the rural folk treat animals. Also, lamb is a standard metaphor for a sweet young child, so a foster child only has to pity younger children. I don't have a good general knowledge of films, so I am not suggesting you delete this one yet.
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Blade Runner: "Replicant" is a word coined specifically for this film. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant .
I'm aware of that, but that doesn't mean that usage is restricted to that film. It is formed on a standard verb > noun model.
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a replicant with "low life" occurs only in Blade Runner.
No, even apart from the scumbag sense of low life, it can also (and indeed more plausibly than short life) mean abject life. A.I. and The Island spring to mind, even Multiplicity.
Haven't seen Chinatown, which is why I minded the spoiler in practice as well as principle, so I haven't looked at your further comments on that. |
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Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 07/14/2007 : 00:21:54
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Some from my first page:
Life Of Brian (1979): Jesus Brian-damaged.
There's only one screen Brian who affects Jesus.
I had a bit of a giggle wondering if there was a 'real life' Brian who affected him? |
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rockfsh
"Laugh, Love, Cheer"
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Shiv
"What a Wonderful World"
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 07/14/2007 : 10:47:23
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| I personally think that both of these reviews wouldn't work for any other film but Mrs. Henderson Presents. |
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MM0rkeleb
"Better than HBO."
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Posted - 07/14/2007 : 14:21:14
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From my most recent:
The Procurer
An IMDB search turns up no cast/crew going by the name Accattone, and only one such character - the pimp in The Procurer
Imitation of White
Similar IMDB serches for Peola validate mine and wildhartlivie's here.
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F.W.F.R.ers' challenge 5: uniqueness
