Terrible film, IMHO; my wife and I laughed at the pretentious symbolism, ham-handed acting & ridiculous plot points, ... - Audiophilander

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Topic - Mystic River - patrickU 14:31:34 06/28/04 (32)

Terrible film, IMHO; my wife and I laughed at the pretentious symbolism, ham-handed acting & ridiculous plot points, ... - Audiophilander 22:02:20 07/01/04 (1)

Re: Pretentious symbolism ? You must be joking! I know one film with really pretentious symbolism.... - patrickU 00:16:21 07/02/04 (0)

I found it..... OK. - grantv 18:34:24 06/29/04 (10)

Re: I found it..... OK. - rico 10:14:38 06/30/04 (0)

21G is much better. Less spoon feeding & much better character development. (nt) - PdL 01:38:42 06/30/04 (0)

Re: I found it..... OK. - patrickU 00:11:27 06/30/04 (7)

The one I saw..... - grantv 06:52:15 06/30/04 (6)

That scene was terrible - especially Kevin's "finger gun" ........ - PdL 07:40:58 06/30/04 (4)

Re: That scene was terrible - especially Kevin's "finger gun" ........ - rico 12:00:08 06/30/04 (3)

Re: That scene was terrible - especially Kevin's "finger gun" ........ - patrickU 06:28:16 07/01/04 (0)

Re: That scene was terrible - especially Kevin's "finger gun" ........ - vocalion 18:34:52 06/30/04 (0)

Your analysis makes sense & it prolly came across much better in the text. But..... - PdL 16:36:26 06/30/04 (0)

Re: The one I saw..... - patrickU 07:08:52 06/30/04 (0)

No, 21 Grams was far superior, even if one - tinear 06:48:47 06/29/04 (9)

I stopped 21G's at two-thirds. I was bored senseless. n - albee33 06:16:34 06/30/04 (0)

Best acting in both movies was Tim Robbins. Worst acting was Kevin Bacon as the cop. (nt) - PdL 07:55:27 06/29/04 (2)

Re: Laurence Fishburne did a good job. nt - patrickU 13:41:55 06/29/04 (1)

Good point - I forgot about him. LF is pretty consistent. (nt) - PdL 13:52:21 06/29/04 (0)

Re: Good performances donÂ´t make a better film. - patrickU 06:55:32 06/29/04 (4)

MR built to a climax....and it disappointed. Penn - tinear 18:00:15 06/29/04 (3)

Re: MR built to a climax....and it disappointed. Penn - patrickU 01:00:32 06/30/04 (2)

Penn is Sean, of course. Have you seen "Dead Man Walking"? - tinear 06:35:45 06/30/04 (1)

Re: Yes I did... - patrickU 07:15:01 06/30/04 (0)

Highly over rated and predictable. Mystic Pizza was more entertaining. (nt) - PdL 18:01:33 06/28/04 (6)

Agreed....I always been a fan of Clint's movies...this one was a disappointment... - TWB 19:35:43 06/28/04 (5)

Re: White Hunter Black Heart, is my favourit. nt - patrickU 01:10:31 06/29/04 (4)

Hmmm...I've never seen that...I'll have to check it out....(nt) - TWB 10:05:39 06/29/04 (3)

Re: Do that it is a wonderful picture...In fact.. - patrickU 11:22:45 06/29/04 (2)

Re: Do that it is a wonderful picture...In fact.. - rico 12:48:45 06/29/04 (1)

Re: Do that it is a wonderful picture...In fact.. - patrickU 13:45:00 06/29/04 (0)

Re: Mystic River - rnhood 16:23:21 06/28/04 (1)

Re: Mystic River - patrickU 01:05:50 06/29/04 (0)

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Terrible film, IMHO; my wife and I laughed at the pretentious symbolism, ham-handed acting & ridiculous plot points, ... - Audiophilander 22:02:20 07/01/04 (1)

Re: Pretentious symbolism ? You must be joking! I know one film with really pretentious symbolism.... - patrickU 00:16:21 07/02/04 (0)