Films/DVD Asylum

An overblown, Hollywood-ish film bull of clich�s. Yes, there was

4.235.206.182

tinear

In Reply to: RE: "In the Valley of Elah" -- outstanding ensemble piece... posted by mpathus on September 29, 2007 at 22:29:34

clever repartee written for Sarandon and Jones.
But there were those careful little depth-charges throughout (the package...) you just knew were going to explode sometime.
Actually, this film recalled some which were far superior. That Guantanamo film with Nicholson, Cruise, and Demi, for instance or that other one with Meg Ryan, Denzel, and a couple of other good actors.
War, yes, is murky but it doesn't follow that films about it should be.
Compared to "The Kingdom" this is terrific. In wider context, however, this is about 2 and 1/2 stars.

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Add in highly manipulative and you'd have a perfect description of - sjb 13:01:25 10/01/07 (7)
Crash.

;-)

"You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
- Oh, BURN! nt - clarkjohnsen 09:00:36 10/03/07 (0)
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- RE: Add in highly manipulative and you'd have a perfect description of - Jim in Blacksburg 09:26:05 10/02/07 (5)
  Other than the gratuitious (sp?) boobies I hated Crash, if "Elah" is anything like that I'll probably skip it...
  - I didn't like "Crash" either, and "Elah" about the same. - Guv-nah 14:43:59 10/04/07 (0)
    More manipulative than a Brooke Shields romance, right down to the Summers Eve piano music. Promises a lot up front, and delivers nothing.
  - Can't say about "Elah" as I haven't seen it. - sjb 10:35:11 10/02/07 (3)
    The comment was because tinear and I have exchanged posts about his liking and my not liking Crash.
    
    "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
    - Guys, this makes "Crash" appear a masterwork. nt - tinear 14:42:37 10/02/07 (2)
      as
      - That - sjb 17:12:29 10/02/07 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Guys, this makes "Crash" appear a masterwork. nt posted by tinear on October 02, 2007 at 14:42:37
        
        is not good.
        
        "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
        
        And I do like Tommy Lee though I wonder at why I, in all my years of following - tinear 09:29:03 10/03/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: That posted by sjb on October 02, 2007 at 17:12:29
        
        film, have never seen him mentioned without the snippet that he attended Harvard.
        Whoopeee!!!!
        Who the fuck cares? I mean, does it make Galaxie 500 a better musical group?
        I think his career high-point was portraying Gary Gilmore. Too bad. I think he could have done a lot more but his face betrays a very, very, (did I say "very?") hard-lived life.

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