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topic #572812
Subject: "Cary Grant's performance carried that movie for me. Never felt slow."
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jigga
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Fri Jul-15-11 11:54 AM
4. "Cary Grant's performance carried that movie for me. Never felt slow."
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The Good Shepherd on the other hand...
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What do you consider "too slow"?
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North By Northwest is only slow to the ADD-riddled modern audience.
Frank Longo
Jul 15th 2011
1
I don't necessarily disagree, but that's still the point.
Duval Spit
Jul 15th 2011
2
What do I consider "too slow"?
jigga
Jul 15th 2011
3
RE: What do I consider "too slow"?
Duval Spit
Jul 15th 2011
5
slow = not caring what happens next
colonelk
Jul 15th 2011
6
The way you feel about Pirates is the way I feel about Bourne
Duval Spit
Jul 15th 2011
7
I feel the same way about both & the Transformers trilogy as well
jigga
Jul 15th 2011
8
yeah, not stop action movies can be boring as shit, too
Mynoriti
Jul 15th 2011
11
RE: yeah, not stop action movies can be boring as shit, too
colonelk
Jul 16th 2011
12
anybody in this little postjack seen JCVD?
Duval Spit
Jul 16th 2011
15
i adore that flick, man.
PlanetInfinite
May 08th 2012
37
Cosign
LA2Philly
May 07th 2012
30
I effectively walked out on a movie for that reason
janey
May 07th 2012
34
whatever Rubicon was = "too slow"
Big Chief Rumbletummy
Jul 15th 2011
9
The movie or the show?
Duval Spit
Jul 16th 2011
13
all Malick films i've seen
Mynoriti
Jul 15th 2011
10
I've only seen two, so I'll tentatively agree
Duval Spit
Jul 16th 2011
14
only seen The Thin Red Line, but yeah
will_5198
Jul 17th 2011
18
addendum: Tree of Life was amazing
will_5198
May 07th 2012
33
They work better if you think of them as meditations on a topic
magilla vanilla
May 09th 2012
41
*Whispers voiceover over Mynoriti's post* *Insert shot of
Sponge
Jul 17th 2011
21
what does it all mean?
Mynoriti
Jul 17th 2011
22
When in doubt, stare at a plant
Sponge
Jul 18th 2011
24
even Days Of Heaven?
benny
Jul 18th 2011
25
it bored me to tears
Mynoriti
Jul 18th 2011
26
Malick films are always gorgeous to look at, seriously
kwez
May 09th 2012
43
Thin Red Line = a Ralph Waldo Emerson war film
Sponge
May 10th 2012
50
yeah, the two long battle scenes were incredible
Mynoriti
May 12th 2012
58
Yep, Malick wins.
biscuit
May 09th 2012
48
Dogville
LES
Jul 17th 2011
16
Dogville gets pretty crazy at the end
Madvillain 626
May 10th 2012
49
so long as a movie establishes a pace, I'm generally ok with it
Wordman
Jul 17th 2011
17
Bergman
colonelk
Jul 17th 2011
20
You're right, he's got some flicks that move
Wordman
Jul 18th 2011
23
I love some slllllooooooww movies
Sponge
Jul 17th 2011
19
any movie that doesn't know where it's going, and doesn't seem to care
benny
Jul 18th 2011
27
i've tried to watch The American three times now
Mynoriti
May 07th 2012
28
RE: i've tried to watch The American three times now
Sponge
May 07th 2012
29
i think it's just depends on your mood
forgivenphoenix
May 07th 2012
31
Assassination of Jesse James
Sponge
May 07th 2012
32
yeah
forgivenphoenix
May 08th 2012
36
Ah. I see n/m
Sponge
May 10th 2012
51
If you're (a) not interested in the subject matter
b.Touch
May 07th 2012
35
Almost all of Hithcock's movies start off pretty slow...
The Analyst
May 09th 2012
38
Is the narrative progressing? Are the characters learning/changing?
Frank Longo
May 09th 2012
39
For me, it's whenever the actors perform with disinterest...
Taye DiggumSmacks
May 09th 2012
40
Tiny Furniture is my new benchmark
magilla vanilla
May 09th 2012
42
The Killing TV Series.
Buddy_Gilapagos
May 09th 2012
44
Tree of Life
ternary_star
May 09th 2012
45
I've never in my life considered a movie "too slow."
stravinskian
May 09th 2012
46
I used to watch a lot of Hitchcock movies when I was in college
Grand_Royal
May 09th 2012
47
Melancholia was pretty slow
Hamsterline
May 10th 2012
52
Yi Yi...and this is coming from someone whose top 3 of all time
Deebot
May 11th 2012
53
I couldn't get past the first 15 minutes.
Duval Spit
May 12th 2012
54
Try watching it during a time of the day when you tend to be at your
Sponge
May 12th 2012
55
i love that movie so much, but i can see how peeps could find it...
Mynoriti
May 12th 2012
57
Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy
BennyTenStack
May 12th 2012
56
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