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#509: Gone Girl / Top 5 Movie Missives
« on: October 10, 2014, 10:38:04 AM »
Before email, texts, Twitter and Snapchat, movie characters had to rely on ‘The Letter’ to communicate their most heartfelt feelings to one another — or to blackmail each other. Inspired by their discussion of director David Fincher's GONE GIRL, Adam and Josh share their Top 5 Movie Missives... the love letters, ransom notes and dear johns that have played pivotal roles in film.
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Re: #509: Gone Girl / Top 5 Movie Missives
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2014, 04:55:27 PM »
That Gone Girl spoiler piece, while interesting, could have used some Bondo outrage.
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Re: #509: Gone Girl / Top 5 Movie Missives
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2014, 05:11:19 PM »
Team Adam! But a great conversation all around, I love how much you guys respect each other's opinions even when you disagree. Always a great listen.
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Re: #509: Gone Girl / Top 5 Movie Missives
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2014, 05:35:05 PM »
Team Adam! But a great conversation all around, I love how much you guys respect each other's opinions even when you disagree. Always a great listen.

I've actually kind of been dreading listening to a lot of Gone Girl inspired podcasts because I'd rather avoid any arguments on whether or not its subject matter was over the line or not. Luckily you guys can disagree and still discuss your differences without actual malice. So I appreciate the calming listen :) Thanks a lot FS.

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Re: #509: Gone Girl / Top 5 Movie Missives
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2014, 06:02:12 PM »
That Gone Girl spoiler piece, while interesting, could have used some Bondo outrage.

Especially since it is an unlimited, renewable resource.

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« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2014, 11:19:17 PM »
I'm not posting a lot anymore but I had to pop in to point out the insanity of your Gone Girl discussion. Arguing the two characters were even slightly morally equivalent is lunacy.

He cheats on his wife, who is a psychopath. She kills a guy, fakes two rapes, destroys at least three guys lives, fakes her own death, lies to cops and impregnates herself against her husbands will.

If we are in a place where his cheating, something upwards of 60% of the popularion has done, is morally equivalent to what she did we have lost our moral compass.

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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2014, 11:55:22 PM »
Clovis, you and I are on the same page again. I suggest the spoiler thread if you haven't hit it already.

The other important fact is that one of Nick's key alleged sins (hitting Amy) is something she made up.

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Re: #509: Gone Girl / Top 5 Movie Missives
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2014, 12:25:29 AM »
Oh Josh, to go with an Alexander Payne film and not pick Ndugu's Letter from About Schmidt, tears every time.

Surprised somebody didn't pull a cheat and pick Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.

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Re: #509: Gone Girl / Top 5 Movie Missives
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2014, 04:27:26 PM »
I'm not posting a lot anymore but I had to pop in to point out the insanity of your Gone Girl discussion. Arguing the two characters were even slightly morally equivalent is lunacy.
Um, I recall clearly saying that of course the person who slits someone's throat is the less sympathetic/worse person... My entire point was, who gives a shit. Such unnecessary reduction.
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« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2014, 04:30:39 PM »
The other important fact is that one of Nick's key alleged sins (hitting Amy) is something she made up.
I certainly didn't use this in any case against Nick... specifically for this reason. And also because, again, I don't see the point in stacking up evidence to make a case against either of them. Flynn and Fincher do that just fine on their own.
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