Whenever you have foreign films, you have to wonder if there's some subtext there that we don't know about. For example, The Host (Korean horror) was very directly about some toxic spill that had happened in that region within a year or two of the film.
I don't mean to imply that it's there in Troll Hunter. I guess I'm just curious and I don't have any go-to Norwegian friends to explain the Norwegian zeitgeist to me, other than knowing they have a weird fascination with trolls.
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I've only seen Solaris and Andrei Rublev from Tarkovsky but just on the basis of those two movies alone, the dude's amazing.
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Might go see Argo this weekend. Any opinions?
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It's your life, man. You don't need our approval.Radbird wrote:Might go see Argo this weekend. Any opinions?
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Ar,go [expletive] yourself.JackofDiamonds wrote:It's your life, man. You don't need our approval.Radbird wrote:Might go see Argo this weekend. Any opinions?
Rad, I liked Argo a ton. I haven't seen a lot of the other contenders but so far anyway, it'd be my choice for Best Picture.
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Outstanding.Radbird wrote:Might go see Argo this weekend. Any opinions?
btw - I was talking with my uncle (age 80, former engineer) who was working in Tehran at the time. He left a couple of weeks before, I think he was working for GE at the time and they got all of the Americans out. He said other than the anti-American sentiment, he really liked living in Tehran.
edit - and when you go rad don't leave when it's over, hang around a couple of minutes for the storylines on the people. It's amazing how close they got the appearance of the actors and the actual people. And what jl21 said will make sense after you see it.
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Like other romcoms, it was completely obvious what would happen for an hour and a half - or if you watched the previews even. That's to be expected I suppose. At least it was legitimately funny and rough around the edges. I enjoyed it. Also, nice to see Chris Tucker back in action.heyzeus wrote:Silver Linings Playbook is good. Not game changing, but nicely done.
I finally watched Dark Knight Rises. I guess I have real suspension of disbelief issues. Seems to be getting worse as I get older.
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Going to see a movie without the prior endorsement of GRB's movie gurus is a huge mistake.JackofDiamonds wrote:It's your life, man. You don't need our approval.Radbird wrote:Might go see Argo this weekend. Any opinions?
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Also, sweaty, half dressed Jennifer Lawrence? Sweaty, half dressed Jennifer Lawrence.haltz wrote:Like other romcoms, it was completely obvious what would happen for an hour and a half - or if you watched the previews even. That's to be expected I suppose. At least it was legitimately funny and rough around the edges. I enjoyed it. Also, nice to see Chris Tucker back in action.heyzeus wrote:Silver Linings Playbook is good. Not game changing, but nicely done.