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slowriot

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There Will Be Blood - interesting description of an enneagram 8. Not as epic as I thought it would be though.
 

evilrobot

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District 9.

A gritty sci fi action thriller set amid alien apartheid in Johannesburg, South Africa. Features include: cool alien technology and weapons that can only be operated in fusion with alien DNA; South African blacks rioting in favor of alien apartheid; a protagonist that is absolutely fucking hilarious; a metamorphosis straight out of Lovecraft or Kafka.
 

Mole

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"It's Complicated".

I've just come from, "It's Complicated", starring Meryl Streep.

Ah yes, Meryl Streep is a truly superb actress. Meryl Streep knows how to act. She knows to be believable she must act in two channels - what she says and how she says it. And she is seamless.

At first I thought the movie would be just another shallow comedy with great production values. But it saves itself at the end. And everything ties together very nicely. And it does draw the distinction between immaturity and maturity.

The actor Alec Baldwin plays the part of a man who never grows up. And Meryl flirts with this but finally settles for the actor, Steve Martin, who talks like a grown up. And finally Meryl grows up herself.

Meryl finally discovers there is no fool like an old fool. And that she was one herself.

However the illusion of never ending youth is played out very well and reflects today's ideology.

But eventually we all grow old - and some of us grow up.
 

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mrs
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Brothers -- moving.
Revolutionary Road -- terrible. Read here for some reviews that echo my own sentiments.
 

mr.awesome

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^ i must say i disagree with you on revolutionary road, as you may interpret it however you want, it paints a beautiful painting of the failed american dream, or personal aspirations.

i just watched synecdoche new york, im lost, but i felt a connection to what was going on. its a brilliant piece of work, i just have to watch it again. hahah
 

speculative

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I just watched what may or may not have been the last episode of The Tonight Show with Conan Obrien. I am extremely surprised at the level of vitriol that NBC is allowing him to present on his show, and the level of creative freedom they are giving him. For example, when he presented the possible titles to the porn movie he would star in, I think that was the furthest I've seen broadcast TV pushed (that I can recall offhand). I mean, some of the titles were not even close to being innuendos and just came right out and said it, and they were not things I would have expected to hear on broadcast networks ever. Very wild, what is happening on late night.

I usually enjoy Jimmy Fallon, but tonight he had a bad monologue; I think he's just cringing in the corner trying to ride out the storm so he can keep slow-jamming the news. He may come out best of all out of the three, since it sounds like he would keep his time slot and would not be villified like Jay has been.

This situation is so crazy, I keep wondering if it's all just some hoax cooked up by NBC to get better ratings for a few weeks...
 

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mrs
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^ i must say i disagree with you on revolutionary road, as you may interpret it however you want, it paints a beautiful painting of the failed american dream, or personal aspirations.

We bought it, so we'll probably watch it again and without expectation. I tried to appreciate it. I really did.
 

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^ yeah mate, im not forcing my opinions on you haha im just sayin its a good tragedy kinda story.

i love watching films, i just watched The Wackness tonight, it was better than i was expecting. sort of a mellower 'requiem for a dream'. somewhat anywho. i really like josh peck.
 

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I watched the Around the World in 80 Days remake for the second time yesterday.

It's a very good movie. Phileas Fogg is a hilarious character (and an extremely classic stereotype of the INTJ), who will not let anything cloud his complete and utter logic regarding everything, until he meets not-so-well-played Monique (a cliche' French INFP), who teaches him the wonder of art and imagination.

Jackie Chan also has a great role as 'Passepartout' (real name Lau Xing), who is a really caring tag along, if a bit of a deceptful liar (he's an ISFP, imo), who tricks the determined Phileas into taking him to his Asian hometown rather than fulfilling the tight-scheduled duty of circumnavigating the globe in 80 days, thus winning Phileas the position of the head of the Royal Academy of Science, currently led by the corrupt, bullying Lord Kelvin (ESTP).

I thought it was a brilliant, feel-good movie with some incredible scenery of the globe and some hilarious cameo appearances, such as Owen Wilson as the inferior-minded Wright brother, and Rob Schneider as a scheming hobo. The poor critical reception stunned me, I thought it was just great.

8/10
 

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mrs
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Black Dahlia -- dreadful
All The Real Girls -- had promise, but ended was too anticlimactic for it to have won me over
 

Liason

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Colts vs Jets and Saints vs Vikings :]
 

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4 hours (?!) of the season premier of 24. Really, I don't understand why they don't space it out a little bit. It is interesting how they change so many things from year to year and still keep it intact.
 

Liason

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Saints and the Colts won. I wanted both of them to win :D
 

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mrs
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The Princess and the Frog

There's this theater we go to that plays movies that have left theaters for $3. Score!

It was so good. I loved Ray.
 

Liason

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Black Dahlia -- dreadful
All The Real Girls -- had promise, but ended was too anticlimactic for it to have won me over

Dreadful good or dreadful bad, and how so?
 

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mrs
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Dreadful as in extremely bad. Too much side-story. For such an interesting subject, I found myself bored for two hours, concentrating more on ScarJo's inability to escape being typecast as a hussy.

I just watched The Pregnancy Pact, and it was great.
 

Unkindloving

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Primer
I really enjoyed the concept. I got lost in it toward the end because i dropped focus for a minute, but was pleased when i went over it again.

Taking Woodstock
I loved Emile's character. The plot progression felt good, despite it being 2 hours.
 

speculative

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Last night, I watched Castle. Nathon Fillion is hilarious. :D

Also, I would like to give a shout out to the show Parks and Recreation. I didn't think I would enjoy an Amy Poehler vehicle that much, but it's pretty great. Better, in fact, than that 30 Rock business, regardless of Alec Baldwin's mind-meld with the TV critics. The Ron character is a riot.

Finally, I would like to thank Community for this post. It is also a solid effort that leaves little room for improvement.

Kudos, NBC. You may be the brunt of jokes due to the Conan/Leno debacle, but you do know how to bring the funny in half-hour increments. Perhaps you should have kept the Tonight Show starting at the same time, and split the hour between Conan and Letterman to create two half-hour shows, since 30 minutes is what you seem to do best? (It may be no coincidence that 30 Rock could also be taken to mean, "rockin' the half-hour format." ;) )
 
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