What DVD's are we Watching? - Page 12

wolf · 03-27-2006, 09:26 PM

Capote

Slow moving, but fascinating if you've read In Cold Blood.

elSicomoro · 03-27-2006, 11:08 PM

Crash...deserved the hype and awards it got.

Trilby · 03-28-2006, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by sycamore

Crash...deserved the hype and awards it got.

It DID? Man, I thought every self-respecting critic panned this movie. Is the premise really that we are so alienated from one another that we're willing to crash our cars into each other? My insurance is just not that good!

glatt · 03-28-2006, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

It DID? Man, I thought every self-respecting critic panned this movie. Is the premise really that we are so alienated from one another that we're willing to crash our cars into each other? My insurance is just not that good!

That's not really the premise. The premise is that everyone sucks.

Crash is a horrible movie. If you haven't seen it, don't bother.

Gromitspapa · 03-28-2006, 11:08 AM

Huff, season 1. Outstanding!

thrillhouse · 03-28-2006, 02:57 PM

^ ^ +1 . yay for oliver platt!

in my dvd player from sunday night, March of the Penguins.

Pi · 03-30-2006, 03:31 PM

Band of Brothers. One of the best films/series of WWII and war in general. And btw Damian Lewis (Lt Winters) played a lead in an ther top film called Warriors.

elSicomoro · 03-31-2006, 12:40 AM

I don't think Crash was that negative. If anything, I think it encouraged folks to step back and chill a minute and better appreciate each other.

Happy Monkey · 03-31-2006, 09:35 AM

Crash seems to be like the pessimist/optimist glass...

SteveBsjb · 03-31-2006, 09:45 AM

Crash got good reviews though. It definitely wasn't panned.

glatt · 03-31-2006, 10:05 AM

I think part of the reason I'm so strongly against Crash is that it had an all star cast, and got some good reviews. It was the letdown after a buildup of expectations.

The good thing about Crash is what Sycamore mentions. We should all just get along, because we are all the same inside. Kinda obvious.

The bad thing about Crash is that while every character has some good and some bad in them, the bad outweighs the good something like 10 to 1. Of the dozen or so characters in the movie, Brendon Frazier's character was the only one that I felt was as decent as most average human beings are. The rest of the characters were horrible people. And the movie seemed to be preaching that they were supposed to represent us all. I know I am better than all the characters in that movie. Everyone I know is also better than all the characters in that movie. The characters sucked, and the film was trying to say that we all suck. We don't. Therefore the film is bad.

Happy Monkey · 03-31-2006, 12:24 PM

The locksmith was good. And the daughter of the shop owner.

glatt · 03-31-2006, 12:32 PM

Saw it a long time ago. I forgot about the locksmith. He was good. Don't remember the sister. Is she the one who bought the blanks?

Happy Monkey · 03-31-2006, 12:36 PM

Yeah.

elSicomoro · 03-31-2006, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

The bad thing about Crash is that while every character has some good and some bad in them, the bad outweighs the good something like 10 to 1. Of the dozen or so characters in the movie, Brendon Frazier's character was the only one that I felt was as decent as most average human beings are. The rest of the characters were horrible people. And the movie seemed to be preaching that they were supposed to represent us all. I know I am better than all the characters in that movie. Everyone I know is also better than all the characters in that movie. The characters sucked, and the film was trying to say that we all suck. We don't. Therefore the film is bad.

I think we are very much like the characters in the movie. I think we all possess the meanness that the characters presented. Some of us just show it more often than others. And in some instances, we happen to show our bad sides at the same time.

I believe that people are generally good, but have some inner meanness that has been passed down through evolution. But some people are just born sociopaths. And most of the time, we learn our hate.

Crash reminds me of Higher Learning (a 1995 John Singleton film), except Higher Learning was on a college campus. I really enjoyed the movie when it came out. Looking back at it now, I still like the movie, though some of the incidents in the movie border on ridiculous.

03-27-2006, 09:26 PM	#166
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Capote Slow moving, but fascinating if you've read In Cold Blood. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-28-2006, 02:57 PM	#171
thrillhouse spoonful of bologna Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: salvation holdout central Posts: 333	^ ^ +1 . yay for oliver platt! in my dvd player from sunday night, March of the Penguins. __________________ i'm drinking stars

03-30-2006, 03:31 PM	#172
Pi desperate finder Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 437	Band of Brothers. One of the best films/series of WWII and war in general. And btw Damian Lewis (Lt Winters) played a lead in an ther top film called Warriors. __________________ Complex simplex

03-31-2006, 09:35 AM	#174
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Crash seems to be like the pessimist/optimist glass... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-31-2006, 09:45 AM	#175
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Crash got good reviews though. It definitely wasn't panned. __________________ "It's only an internet community."

03-27-2006, 11:08 PM	#167
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Crash...deserved the hype and awards it got.

03-28-2006, 11:08 AM	#170
Gromitspapa Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 377	Huff, season 1. Outstanding!

03-31-2006, 12:40 AM	#173
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I don't think Crash was that negative. If anything, I think it encouraged folks to step back and chill a minute and better appreciate each other.

03-31-2006, 10:05 AM	#176
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think part of the reason I'm so strongly against Crash is that it had an all star cast, and got some good reviews. It was the letdown after a buildup of expectations. The good thing about Crash is what Sycamore mentions. We should all just get along, because we are all the same inside. Kinda obvious. The bad thing about Crash is that while every character has some good and some bad in them, the bad outweighs the good something like 10 to 1. Of the dozen or so characters in the movie, Brendon Frazier's character was the only one that I felt was as decent as most average human beings are. The rest of the characters were horrible people. And the movie seemed to be preaching that they were supposed to represent us all. I know I am better than all the characters in that movie. Everyone I know is also better than all the characters in that movie. The characters sucked, and the film was trying to say that we all suck. We don't. Therefore the film is bad.

03-31-2006, 12:24 PM	#177
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The locksmith was good. And the daughter of the shop owner. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-31-2006, 12:32 PM	#178
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Saw it a long time ago. I forgot about the locksmith. He was good. Don't remember the sister. Is she the one who bought the blanks?

03-31-2006, 12:36 PM	#179
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Yeah. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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