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• Some people just don't like movies. - Poles Apart 10:23:21 01/28/12 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Anonymous was killer . . . posted by mr grits on January 26, 2012 at 12:05:03

  They only go to "films".
  
  Hugo was a wonderful movie -- about films!
  
  P.A.
  

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• Hugo was an... - mkuller 19:01:31 01/26/12 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Anonymous was killer . . . posted by mr grits on January 26, 2012 at 12:05:03

  ...interesting, touching family film.
  
  I thought the 3D was really put to good use.
  
  Worth seeing but it'll never win the Oscar.
  

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  • I agree. -nt - Raiderman 15:03:35 01/27/12 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Hugo was an... posted by mkuller on January 26, 2012 at 19:01:31

    
    

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• Hugo was no hurricane, that's for sure. I kept wanting Borak to make a joke. nt - tinear 12:52:47 01/26/12 (3)
  In Reply to: RE: Anonymous was killer . . . posted by mr grits on January 26, 2012 at 12:05:03

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  • it's more than bizarre that you thought Age of Innocence was great but Hugo was boring - Jazz Inmate 16:52:19 01/26/12 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: Hugo was no hurricane, that's for sure. I kept wanting Borak to make a joke. nt posted by tinear on January 26, 2012 at 12:52:47

    I've seen pots of water brought to a boil with more excitement than Age of Innocence.
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    • "Hugo" was ridiculous from front to back, a kid's film gone whacky. "Age" is based on a wonderful Wharton - tinear 15:50:33 01/27/12 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: it's more than bizarre that you thought Age of Innocence was great but Hugo was boring posted by Jazz Inmate on January 26, 2012 at 16:52:19

      novel and it is interesting on many levels--- as good a view into a past generatiion's mores as you will see. It is as poignant a love story as "Jane Eyre" or "Wuthering Heights" and is captured by a director still at the height of his powers. Daniel Day-Lewis is terrific. Winona Ryder showed she once had great skills. Michelle Pfeiffer, also, is dazzlingly beautiful and shows her range, playing a role diametrically opposed to her star turn in, "Scarface," as a coke-headed moll.
      I can't think of other costume dramas its equal, in the past decades, with the sole exceptions of "Barry Lyndon," and "Liasons Dangereuse."
      "Age" is lustrous, brilliant filmmaking.
      
      

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      • kids are smarter than you think - Jazz Inmate 12:43:03 01/28/12 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: "Hugo" was ridiculous from front to back, a kid's film gone whacky. "Age" is based on a wonderful Wharton posted by tinear on January 27, 2012 at 15:50:33

        All the insight into "a past generation's mores" in Age of Innocence could be gleaned in the first five minutes. After that, it was a complete snoozefest. Wharton was no Dickens. She was more of a garden designer and interior decorator who wrote stories. Like I said, I'd rather watch water boil. A waste of Scorsese's talent and set design on the likes of Ryder and Pfeiffer, who never had great skills but ended up with great directors in a couple films.
        
        I've said it before and I'll say it again. If Hugo doesn't move you, maybe you just lack a soul.
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