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Matt
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#2576 Post by Matt »

Mr Sausage wrote:Andy Warhol and abstract paintings are low art?
I'm a little surprised that someone would make that claim in 2010, but lord yes, both abstract expressionism and pop art were greeted by many big art critics and academics with the same enthusiasm they would have for flaming bags of dog mess on their doorstep.
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#2577 Post by Mr Sausage »

Matt wrote:
Mr Sausage wrote:Andy Warhol and abstract paintings are low art?
I'm a little surprised that someone would make that claim in 2010, but lord yes, both abstract expressionism and pop art were greeted by many big art critics and academics with the same enthusiasm they would have for flaming bags of dog mess on their doorstep.
True. But then again so were the Impressionists. Might almost expect to find them included among the low-culture examples for all the up-to-dateness of that list.
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#2578 Post by MichaelB »

Shakespeare and Verdi were pretty low-culture too.
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#2579 Post by tenia »

MichaelB wrote:Shakespeare and Verdi were pretty low-culture too.
That's why I never heard of them before.
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#2580 Post by knives »

This review is from: The Battle Of Chile (DVD)
The film was too repetetive and for someone who is not too interested in the fine details of the union v capitalists it was long drawn out and boring.
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#2581 Post by dx23 »

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#2582 Post by Gregory »

dx23 wrote:Image
Meanwhile, Amazon's three top-selling books are these Fifty Shades things that started out as Twilight fanfic and boast writing even worse than Stephenie Meyer's.
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#2583 Post by Murdoch »

That Twilight line from the second one-star review is brilliant.
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#2584 Post by dx23 »

Gregory wrote: Meanwhile, Amazon's three top-selling books are these Fifty Shades things that started out as Twilight fanfic and boast writing even worse than Stephenie Meyer's.
And studios are battling now to buy the rights for those. ](*,)
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#2585 Post by The Narrator Returns »

The storyline to Casino is well written and very entertaining, but thought the graphic violence, blood and language was just too much. Especially the ending scene with Pesci, I mean there are other similar movies like this I have enjoyed but for some reason thought it went too far here. This is by no means a family movie or one for kids. If you like mystery/crime movies then think you will enjoy it and even though it's a very long film, should keep your attention well from beginning to end but if you don't like a lot graphic violent blood scenes like ones from horror films, then you might want to skip it.
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#2586 Post by mfunk9786 »

My favorite obviously planted-by-the-producers IMDB trivia, re: Atlas Shrugged: Part I:
Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron and Maggie Gyllenhaal were among the actresses considered to play Dagny Taggart, with Brad Pitt being considered to play John Galt.
Sure.
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#2587 Post by knives »

Actually that had been known for a while. Apparently Jolie really loves the book and tried to get it made for years, unrelated to this production though.
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#2588 Post by Thomas Dukenfield »

knives wrote:Actually that had been known for a while. Apparently Jolie really loves the book and tried to get it made for years, unrelated to this production though.
Hey, sometimes you have to compromise your initial vision. Nothing wrong with that.
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#2589 Post by mfunk9786 »

Yeah, sometimes you just need an unknown to play Raggy Daggert or whatever
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#2590 Post by MichaelB »

The Narrator Returns wrote:
The storyline to Casino is well written and very entertaining, but thought the graphic violence, blood and language was just too much. Especially the ending scene with Pesci, I mean there are other similar movies like this I have enjoyed but for some reason thought it went too far here. This is by no means a family movie or one for kids.
Thank heavens you warned me - I was just about to show it to my kids after our trip to Hugo proved such a success. I'll try Taxi Driver instead, as they used to be big fans of Postman Pat and Fireman Sam.
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#2591 Post by feihong »

Taxi Driver Travis? Surprised no one's made a toy like that yet...
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#2592 Post by knives »

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#2593 Post by domino harvey »

feihong wrote:Taxi Driver Travis? Surprised no one's made a toy like that yet...
You don't remember the Bickle Me Elmo craze?
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#2594 Post by zedz »

I was going to the suggest the "You Talkin' to Me? Elmo", but that'll do.
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#2595 Post by HistoryProf »

There are no words for this epic blog review of The Innkeepers. I am speechless...
Luke will sit that beer can down right there at the top of the stairs. When Claire is there alone, the can will fall down by itself, then she will turn and see the old man standing there and fall down the stairs likewise. There is a scene where Clarie takes out the trash, and this could be analogous to her "dumping" Luke because the bag leaks, the way Luke "leaks" how he feels to Claire. Claire's difficulty in getting the bag into the trash can is her emotional and psychological difficulty in dealing with Luke's confession to her, just as she didn't want to deal with the girl at the coffee shop talking to Claire about her boyfriend; while the audience likes Claire, she's not heroic in any sense of the word.
but wait, there's aslo "historical/political" analysis!
If Madeline, like many immigrants coming to America in the 1880s looking for a new life, symbolizes those who didn't find that new life, if Madeline O'Malley is the opposite of the Statue of Liberty, for example, a ghost of unfulfilled dreams and promises, then the Inn, going out of business after successfully operating for over a century, indicates the troubled economy--the soul of America--and the hauntings of the Yankee Pedlar Inn is the haunting of the American economy of those who can't wed themselves to the American Dream. Importantly, it wasn't until the 1860s, the Civil War in America, when Madeline's ghost started to be seen.
and there is so much more. dear god is there ever so much more.
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#2596 Post by Jean-Luc Garbo »

The analysis of sex and free will in Cabin In The Woods is quite entertaining. I can only imagine what they'd make of Damsels In Distress.
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#2597 Post by Alan Smithee »

This guy is like the Swimming Horses of movie reviewers. All sorts of good intentions but everythings just a little off or in the wrong place.
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#2598 Post by mfunk9786 »

A review of Cowboys and Aliens from Blu-ray.com:
This is a weird movie - after all Cowboys & Aliens have nothing in common. This was a blind buy that I wasn't sure if I would like. I bought it at Best Buy while on sale and with there trade up program so it was only $14 out the door, glad I didn't pay more. How could you go wrong with Han Solo / Indiana Jones and 007 / James Bond in a movie where Spielberg and Ron Howard are involved among others. The PQ is good although dark and weird colors in a few places but the AQ is awesome. I found the Alien attacks exciting while much of the plain western parts a little slow or boring. This should have been a lot better, I didn't hate it but was disappointed on what I would expect from all the stars attached. It might not be anybody's fault but just the fact you are merging two things that have nothing to do with each other like cowboys and aliens. As for extras we get a dvd and a digital copy. There are 2 hours of normal extras included, a making of feature and conversations with Jon Favreau which is great but should have had a play all button. Watching him interviewed the one other thing that I can't understand is why a macho actor like Harrison Ford ever got a piercing - WHY - WHY - WHY.

Just edited to knock extras down half a point as my digital copy has turned into a 11 hour download instead of being on the same disc as the dvd copy.
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#2599 Post by domino harvey »

I like that he didn't like the movie yet still downloaded the digital copy
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#2600 Post by mfunk9786 »

For 11 hours
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