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Sat Feb-25-12 02:12 PM by calminvasion

  

          

So Leo balled out as usual, and it felt like the "epic" I w expecting, but... If I had to pick 1 word to describe my feeling watching it- bored. It felt more documentary than historical epic drama. Why not dive not their relationship more, don't know, I also think te way the story was designed, jumping around across different times in his history added a disjointed-ness tar made it difficult to connect to the film.

This was the fick I was looking most forward to, just off the trailer, ads. Havnt read any reviews, outside of the new Yorker one a few months back which was + but also wishing for more. Not sure if I'm. Alone here or not.

Edit: ok, looked up on rt, panned, good.

  

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What have you watched recently? (February, dummy) [View all] , Duval Spit, Wed Feb-01-12 02:54 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
RE: Hey everybody(reply to all)
Feb 01st 2012
1
Midnight in Paris
Feb 01st 2012
2
Loved Midnight in Paris
Feb 20th 2012
126
Finally got into Parks and Rec and Community
Feb 01st 2012
3
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Feb 01st 2012
4
Townsend is great because of his mistakes.
Feb 01st 2012
5
There are just a few moments of bliss in Meteor Man
Feb 01st 2012
6
"BAPS" in inexcusibly bad though
Feb 01st 2012
9
The final chase scene of The Mechanic is hilarious
Feb 01st 2012
12
      I was just glad to see some action finally.
Feb 01st 2012
17
25? 25
Feb 01st 2012
7
Goddamn, I love Apocalypto.
Feb 01st 2012
8
Yeah, it's a great GREAT movie
Feb 01st 2012
14
fuck that movie
Feb 01st 2012
19
      I want to hear more
Feb 02nd 2012
26
           i simply found it offensive
Feb 02nd 2012
33
                I will plead ignorance and ask for more detail.
Feb 02nd 2012
34
                     I'm going to try and be brief
Feb 03rd 2012
48
                          Here's my thing.
Feb 03rd 2012
49
                          the Asians in Crank 2 is who you went with?
Feb 03rd 2012
51
                          I mean, they're far more obviously offensive.
Feb 03rd 2012
52
                          O_o
Feb 03rd 2012
55
                               I argue that Mel is going for visceral action first and foremost.
Feb 08th 2012
81
                          some responses
Feb 03rd 2012
50
                               you make some fair assessments and i dont think
Feb 03rd 2012
56
                                    I mostly think you've ignored the fact that it's a two-sided representat...
Feb 03rd 2012
57
                                         Things Fall Apart is very good example
Feb 04th 2012
59
Fucking LOVE Hausu
Feb 03rd 2012
45
I want this to be a midnight movie so badly.
Feb 03rd 2012
47
re: Lone Wolf + Cub
Feb 21st 2012
143
      and oh yeah, I think the story is a pretty big influence on Frank Miller
Feb 21st 2012
145
Hugo, The Artist, & The Descendants
Feb 01st 2012
10
Coriolanus, Morning Glory, True Grit, Kill List
Feb 01st 2012
11
Chronicle and Battlestar
Feb 06th 2012
72
Made the mistake of taking a quick break to sneak a peak at...
Feb 13th 2012
103
      I did the same thing.
Feb 14th 2012
107
Coriolanus was alright
Feb 07th 2012
74
RE: What have you watched recently? (February, dummy)
Feb 01st 2012
13
RE: What have you watched recently? (February, dummy)
Feb 01st 2012
18
      prezbo plays the 'suspect'
Feb 01st 2012
22
      Unexpected how?
Feb 04th 2012
58
           its like a great cult 80s dark comedy
Feb 04th 2012
64
           RE: Unexpected how?
Feb 06th 2012
70
Pina, Carnage, Shame
Feb 01st 2012
16
def wanna see Pina
Feb 01st 2012
21
So pissed I missed Pina in DC.
Feb 01st 2012
24
Saw Pina on Sunday (Not in 3D)
Feb 21st 2012
151
mine, only scores; ask and i'll go into further detail
Feb 01st 2012
20
Did you laugh at The Debt's "climatic" ending like I did?
Feb 02nd 2012
28
LOL
Feb 02nd 2012
32
2 more
Feb 05th 2012
66
American Horror Story
Feb 01st 2012
23
Give Tinker a second look. It's worth it.
Feb 02nd 2012
27
Portlandia s1
Feb 02nd 2012
25
This Means War
Feb 02nd 2012
29
lol
Feb 02nd 2012
31
I am watching Earth2 on netflix
Feb 02nd 2012
30
The Descendants
Feb 02nd 2012
35
Agreed. Should have gone with Haden Church again.
Feb 02nd 2012
39
SOURCE CODE... and I have a question (spoiler)
Feb 02nd 2012
36
Yeah he does.
Feb 02nd 2012
37
Hell of a beginning, though!
Feb 03rd 2012
43
I didn't bother trying to decipher the ending
Feb 02nd 2012
38
Yep. The "happy" ending is actually super depressing.
Feb 02nd 2012
40
Right? She just got off the train with some creeper she doesn't know
Feb 02nd 2012
41
Let's take it back a bit
Feb 03rd 2012
42
      Let me backtrack, too: I LIKED IT
Feb 03rd 2012
44
           I completely forgot the inventor was there
Feb 03rd 2012
46
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Feb 03rd 2012
53
CBS Films has another bomb on their hands
Feb 03rd 2012
54
Looks like The Woman in Black will finish just ahead of Chronicle
Feb 04th 2012
60
      Ah, didn't realize that was CBS FIlms
Feb 04th 2012
61
I heard there was a scene where McGregor thwarts an assassination...
Feb 07th 2012
78
It's not all that bad for a dramedy I guess
Feb 08th 2012
85
Just saw Salmon Fishing tonight
Feb 29th 2012
168
let's see:
Feb 04th 2012
62
I LOVE Lost Girl
Feb 25th 2012
158
Quick list of movies I liked so far:
Feb 04th 2012
63
So still cable free in 2012
Feb 05th 2012
65
Arrietty (Studio Ghibli)
Feb 05th 2012
67
Grave of the Fireflies, Hanna
Feb 05th 2012
68
Bombay Beach, Chronicle, Design For Living...
Feb 06th 2012
69
The Tree of Life
Feb 06th 2012
71
documentary called The One Percent
Feb 06th 2012
73
ROBOGEISHA~! plus International Film Festival stuff...
Feb 07th 2012
75
*stepstepstepsteplooksteplooklookstepstepstep*
Feb 07th 2012
76
      Welp... *spoilers*
Feb 07th 2012
77
All 6 seasons of The Sopranos as of tonight.
Feb 07th 2012
79
better than the wire or breaking bad?
Feb 08th 2012
80
The Wire is #2 for me, but only by a slim margin.
Feb 08th 2012
87
the ending *was* brilliant (spoiler)
Feb 08th 2012
83
Haha. Yeah, maybe, but...
Feb 08th 2012
88
      Check out this long ass essay about the final scene...
Feb 09th 2012
89
           No, it didn't.
Feb 10th 2012
98
I agree. It remains the benchmark for quality TV storytelling. N/M
Feb 08th 2012
86
The tension achieved in that final scene was 2nd to none
Feb 18th 2012
114
Jane Eyre, And I'm Sorry For The Two Wasted Hours,,,,,
Feb 08th 2012
82
the Fassbender one?
Feb 25th 2012
159
On A Positive Note - Pan's Labyrinth
Feb 08th 2012
84
The Larry Sanders Show. Thank god for Netflix instant.
Feb 09th 2012
90
One of the funniest shows ever.
Feb 09th 2012
92
Wuthering Heights (BBC - tom hardy)
Feb 09th 2012
91
In time
Feb 26th 2012
165
I am Bruce Lee
Feb 10th 2012
93
Saw pariah twice on the 2nd time it was almost
Feb 10th 2012
94
The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Feb 10th 2012
95
co-sign on Mysterious Cities of Gold!!!
Feb 10th 2012
96
      I don't remember the other one
Feb 10th 2012
97
Everything Must Go
Feb 13th 2012
99
I liked the monotony.
Feb 13th 2012
100
      Pena was indeed wasted
Feb 13th 2012
101
The Third Man.
Feb 13th 2012
102
as much as I love this movie, I hate the score with a passion
Feb 14th 2012
104
Sahe House, Vertigo, Bullhead
Feb 14th 2012
105
I felt this way first time I saw it.
Feb 14th 2012
106
      yea i could see this happening (I've only watched it twice)
Feb 15th 2012
111
Fast Five
Feb 14th 2012
108
I thought it was bad and I don't hate the franchise
Feb 18th 2012
115
Contagion
Feb 14th 2012
109
I was in the minority but I actually liked that movie...
Feb 14th 2012
110
LOL @ the Jude comment
Feb 15th 2012
112
RE: Contagion
Feb 18th 2012
117
RE:Gosling, Newman, Kubrick, Nicholson, Bale
Feb 18th 2012
113
Bale IS PERFECT as Bateman
Feb 18th 2012
116
RE: What have you watched recently? (February, dummy)
Feb 18th 2012
118
Strangers on a Train / Rope
Feb 19th 2012
119
RE: Sympathy with Bruno
Feb 19th 2012
120
Rewatched The Life Aquatic for the first time in forever
Feb 19th 2012
121
Perfect Sense, The Trouble With Harry, Ivan The Terrible
Feb 20th 2012
122
I'm in the middle of Mad Men s3
Feb 21st 2012
141
Drive
Feb 20th 2012
123
Kill List...
Feb 20th 2012
124
Just watched the first episode of "Lilyhammer"
Feb 20th 2012
125
keep seeing the cover on Netflix Instant
Feb 20th 2012
127
Dark Comedy I suppose
Feb 20th 2012
130
Never watched the Sopranos but thanks, might give this a try
Feb 21st 2012
135
Yeah, It's a dark comedy
Feb 20th 2012
131
I watched the first 15 minutes and thought it was horrible
Feb 21st 2012
137
      well, we all know everything happens in the first 15 minutes of a 60min
Feb 21st 2012
140
           actually, come to think of it, I don't think he's even IN NORWAY
Feb 21st 2012
148
                alright maybe I watched a little longer
Feb 22nd 2012
152
Rosemary's Baby, When Harry Met Sally, Tales From The Script...
Feb 20th 2012
128
Catfish
Feb 20th 2012
129
Caught the Rum Diaries last night
Feb 20th 2012
132
Unknown
Feb 20th 2012
133
some decent shit to watch
Feb 20th 2012
134
A Separation.
Feb 21st 2012
136
I never get enough of Hitch talk
Feb 21st 2012
138
      In that case, I caught the tail end of The Birds & love that final shot.
Feb 21st 2012
139
      Yeah, I'm conducting sort of a slow, spread-out AH marathon
Feb 21st 2012
144
           Post-Birds there isn't a whole lot
Feb 21st 2012
147
           haha I copped that one for $5 at Target
Feb 21st 2012
149
           i get shit for this,
Feb 25th 2012
160
I'll tell you what I didn't watch
Feb 21st 2012
142
lofl
Feb 21st 2012
150
Woman In Black
Feb 21st 2012
146
buncha stuff
Feb 22nd 2012
153
The Magnificent Ambersons.
Feb 24th 2012
154
I don't know how much better it would have been
Feb 24th 2012
155
      RE: I don't know how much better it would have been
Feb 24th 2012
156
           Decent was prolly strong, cause I do like it
Feb 24th 2012
157
The Lady Vanishes.
Feb 25th 2012
161
J. Edgar
Feb 25th 2012
RE: disappointing English dramas and Al Pacino
Feb 25th 2012
163
I loved two of those three movies.
Feb 25th 2012
164
Macross: Do You Remember Love
Feb 27th 2012
166
Theatre- saw the Bridge Project version of Richard III
Feb 27th 2012
167

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