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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #22380 on: November 11, 2009, 10:37:38 AM »
Food, Inc.

Content-wise it's fantastic, but some of the stylistic choices really irked me.  I found the graphics used throughout to be really hokey and silly and the music was a bit bombastic for my tastes.  When we're in one of the factories we get this evil sounding electric guitar with ominous drumbeats and then we move to the organic farms and the acoustic guitar breaks out and noodles an airy little tune.  The film is obviously making its case against the way food is currently being manufactured, but a little subtlety with the music would have been nice, especially when the words and images are already so powerful.

This will definitely give viewers a lot to think about and hopefully get them to make some positive changes in how they view food and how they eat.

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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #22381 on: November 11, 2009, 12:10:33 PM »
Point Break

More women should make action films.
Great review, but I think you need to look up who Patrick Swayze is. :)

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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #22382 on: November 11, 2009, 12:18:50 PM »
Point Break

More women should make action films.
Great review, but I think you need to look up who Patrick Swayze is. :)

Nice review. I love this movie. It is one of the best action films of all time.

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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #22383 on: November 11, 2009, 12:41:00 PM »
Point Break

More women should make action films.
Great review, but I think you need to look up who Patrick Swayze is. :)
Thanks, you guys are like my communal editors.  ;)

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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #22384 on: November 11, 2009, 01:46:06 PM »
In The Loop?

If you were asking if it was available on DVD, it is now.
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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #22385 on: November 11, 2009, 02:38:24 PM »
In The Loop?

If you were asking if it was available on DVD, it is now.

Blockbuster?

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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #22386 on: November 11, 2009, 03:00:20 PM »
"When in doubt, seduce."
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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #22387 on: November 11, 2009, 03:11:12 PM »
I was more interested in hearing if there would be a Criterion DVD

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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #22388 on: November 11, 2009, 03:22:24 PM »
It's All Gone Pete Tong - I think this movie makes me want to be a House DJ so very much. I like the lead performance here quite a bit, and the friend I watched it with said there are a couple references to a film called Sexy Beast (which I haven't seen, and must check out). It's got some laughs, awesome tunes, and kept me pretty interested throughout. Maybe the beers helped... 8/10

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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #22389 on: November 11, 2009, 03:52:58 PM »
#264.

Arlen Faber a.k.a The Answer Man (John Hindman, 2009) -

It had Jeff Daniels as the lead and Olivia Thirlby in a small role, so I wanted to check it out. What I heard about what it was about, I was also interested. Daniels plays a man who has written the most famous and influential book on God in the last 25 years, but has become a recluse. We see him 20 years after he wrote his famous book, Me & God, and he is a disgruntled man who does not like being the famous Arlen Faber. People describe him as a man who wrote Me & God but did not read it. He does not take his own advise. Until he meets a nice single mom who is a chiropractor (Lauren Graham) and a used bookstore owner (Lou Taylor Pucci), who is probably the strongest character in the film.

The film does not seem natural. The choices that the characters make, the progression of the story, they do not seem rational. There are some redeeming qualities, like Tony Hale, an obvious comic relief as the mailman, but still funny nonetheless. And although Kat Dennings, for whom I have a general disdain is in it, she is not in it for long, a good thing. The major problem I had with it was that by the time we are supposed to care about any of the characters, we have not yet even been told why we should.

The dialogue, the acting, it was all dull and stale really. When it tried to be dramatic it was overly so. I wish this could have been so much more because the people involved and the general idea for the plot indicate that it would at least be decent. To its credit, there are multiple funny lines, but they are superfluous and add nothing to the actual film. Well, at least now I know.

Rating: **...#60 of 2009 so far
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