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paulofilmo wrote:I'm a big meanie that gets suspicious of overwhelmingly good ratings.

Fortunately I have metafilter to sew the seeds of doubt.

Bravo your suspicious nature. But then why not go see if for yourself?

This is what I originally wrote in my review of this movie about 3 weeks ago: From the opening disclaimer to the narrator's final comment, this is a unique film. Everything clicks from the music to the stellar performances, but most of all what makes it a masterpiece for me is the message--and you d...

And Silk misquoted the Dormouse. I suspect her head was quite full at the time. It's possible she may have been drawing a conclusion from the Dormouse's story about the three sisters living in the dark at the bottom of a treacle well--at which point the Hatter and the Hare stuffed his head in a tea...

On another board, somebody accused me of being an anti-parent, pro drug hippie in so many words. This is what I wrote back: As with every break between generations, there's a love/rebel dichotomy. Mom loves you and wants to protect you--often to the point of being stifling. The child must develop it...

Directors, critics, and the public all have certain ideas about whether or not certain music should be used in a film. Every once in a while a selection is so ready made it's viewed as too easy or cheap or somehow unoriginal, even though it would be a perfect fit and would enhance the viewing experi...

This movie owned. As Lt. Aldo Raine (Pitt) says in the last line in the movie, "This is my masterpiece". Very close and I'll give him a cigar with a 9.5. Never mind that Tarantino is putting words in Pitt's mouth, it's the director's/writer's prerogative. This is indeed a work of art, eve...

ShogunRua wrote: especially back when the underdog film genre hadn't been mined to death.

. Rambo is a shade or two below that. Gotta disagree. There were quite a few memorable quotes like f'rinstance this one: "God didn't save you, I did". Many people were so busy thinking that was Rocky on screen and writing the script, they didn't look past his Rocky voice. And the whole My...

prowler wrote:what pickpocket prolly meant is that the film does have a message, that no matter how far you get as an adult, stuff in your early childhood will mark you for life. and that's perfectly encapsulated in Rosebud and you remember it, albeit apparently not for the right reason

oh.

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ShogunRua wrote:Stallone is a VERY talented writer.

Jesus.

What we have heah, is a failure to intimidate.