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Jocephus wrote:i watched "moon" last night...very good..."thriller" with some funny moments...i was surprised about GERTY

also, its on netflix instant streaming
My friend is fond of saying that "Moon" is the best role Kevin Spacey has had since "American Beauty".

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JL21 wrote:
Jocephus wrote:i watched "moon" last night...very good..."thriller" with some funny moments...i was surprised about GERTY

also, its on netflix instant streaming
My friend is fond of saying that "Moon" is the best role Kevin Spacey has had since "American Beauty".

Watching Moon tonight.

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JL21 wrote:
Jocephus wrote:i watched "moon" last night...very good..."thriller" with some funny moments...i was surprised about GERTY

also, its on netflix instant streaming
My friend is fond of saying that "Moon" is the best role Kevin Spacey has had since "American Beauty".
was it a slight?...considering this is only his voice...

edit: i guess it would have to be eh

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Jocephus wrote:
JL21 wrote:
Jocephus wrote:i watched "moon" last night...very good..."thriller" with some funny moments...i was surprised about GERTY

also, its on netflix instant streaming
My friend is fond of saying that "Moon" is the best role Kevin Spacey has had since "American Beauty".
was it a slight?...considering this is only his voice...

edit: i guess it would have to be eh
For the record - Kevin Spacey - not a fan. He's one of those people that annoy me, for unclear reasons.

Maybe its because of American Beauty or Pay it Forward. Or that he's too good at his famous roles of douche antagonist. Or maybe I sense he's well-cast that way because he is a douche.

Anyhow, I wish I didn't know he had a bit in Moon.

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Yeah, definitely a dig at Spacey.

Usually he'll follow it up with "Unless you thought he was good in The Shipping News or K-Pax".
Freed Roger wrote:Anyhow, I wish I didn't know he had a bit in Moon.
Don't let it bother you at all. He's just a voice.

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yeah, and he's actually not in it *that* much...all things considered

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Has anyone seen "La Bamba" and care to share their opinion? I haven't seen it but it's at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and I remember a lot of "critical acclaim" or whatever about it when I was a kid.

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I enjoyed Moon in spite of watching it over a course of 4 evenings. So it came across disjointed at times -like when
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Sam #1 had the accident then Sam II showed up, it took me about 2 scenes to realize that Sam II wasn't just Sam#1 hallucinating him like he was other things. Again, my fault more than the movie. The deal with them discovering signals being jammed - seemed a bit archaic tech-wise- Sort of silly to think Gerty would talk to the bosses at Lunar rather than just sending them data or a live feed of the base. But when it comes to sci-fi I try not dwell on plausibility - because IMO sci fi ultimately tend to be stories on humanity
Rod Serling would like this one.

The short film Whistle on the DVD was pretty good too.

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JL21 wrote:Has anyone seen "La Bamba" and care to share their opinion? I haven't seen it but it's at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and I remember a lot of "critical acclaim" or whatever about it when I was a kid.
You must not have taken Spanish in high school. I think we watched that movie at least once a month for all four years. I'm surprised that it's that high on RT. It's a solid movie but not one I would go out of my way to see or consider a classic. Must be a lot of 2.5/4s or something. Lou Diamond Phillips' imdb page post La Bamba and Young Guns is pretty funny.

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cardsfansince82 wrote:
JL21 wrote:Has anyone seen "La Bamba" and care to share their opinion? I haven't seen it but it's at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and I remember a lot of "critical acclaim" or whatever about it when I was a kid.
You must not have taken Spanish in high school. I think we watched that movie at least once a month for all four years. I'm surprised that it's that high on RT. It's a solid movie but not one I would go out of my way to see or consider a classic. Must be a lot of 2.5/4s or something. Lou Diamond Phillips' imdb page post La Bamba and Young Guns is pretty funny.

It's a by the numbers bio-pic. This happened, then that happened, etc.... It's pretty much just like watching the Buddy Holly bio, only it's Richie Valens.

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