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Would Like Your Input Reviewing The Movies "Lion" and "La La Land" & Whether Worth Seeing
Vanity ^ | 2/27/2017 | Jim Newell

Posted on 02/27/2017 7:21:54 AM PST by Jim W N

A brief glance makes me think that the storylines in "Lion" might be a little like "Slumdog Millionaire" and "La La Land" a little like "Notebook". Wondering if either or both are worth seeing.

Whaddyathink?


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: movies; oscars
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1 posted on 02/27/2017 7:21:54 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

Check out Screen Junkies’ ‘Honest Trailer’ for the 2017 Oscar nominees on YouTube.


2 posted on 02/27/2017 7:26:12 AM PST by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: Jim 0216

Stop paying for tickets at first run movies. You are feeding the Liberal Hollywood beast and contributing to the demise of our country.


3 posted on 02/27/2017 7:26:53 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Jim 0216

I didn’t watch, how many Oscar nominations did the chickified reboot of Ghostbusters nab?


4 posted on 02/27/2017 7:27:18 AM PST by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: Jim 0216
The problem with both of them is they are not black enough to win any award. So I wouldn't bother with either one unless you are racist. :)

Kidding aside, I have seen La La Land. It is a nice musical and so makes for a nice afternoon or evening. I will leave it at that. Know nothing about Lion.

5 posted on 02/27/2017 7:27:27 AM PST by ProudFossil
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To: Jim 0216

Did you see Hacksaw Ridge?


6 posted on 02/27/2017 7:27:43 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: Jim 0216

My dad saw “Lion” and said it was really good.

I saw LaLa Land and while it was perfectly OK, I think anyone would be far better off re-watching “An American In Paris” or “Singing In The Rain.”


7 posted on 02/27/2017 7:28:25 AM PST by babble-on
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To: Jim 0216

Wife and I saw Lion, its pretty good but a bit slow at times(kinda like life, at least its accurate, not every moment is a cliff hanging adventure) ., at least its not a preachy diatribe from a left wing whiny POS, so , there is that going for it.


8 posted on 02/27/2017 7:30:35 AM PST by tm61 (Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
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To: Jim 0216

I would but I swore that I absolutely will not support those idiots.


9 posted on 02/27/2017 7:31:00 AM PST by t4texas (No koolaid for me. Thanks!)
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To: NEMDF; Jim 0216
I saw Hacksaw Ridge this weekend on pay for view. It is a really good movie; but, it is a Mel Gibson movie -- which, for me at least, means very violent and graphically so. Now, this is a WWII movie and one of the most bloody battles that took place. The heroism of Desmond Doss is just remarkable.

So, if you can take the graphic violence, then the movie is well worth you time.

10 posted on 02/27/2017 7:31:37 AM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: Jim 0216

Emma Stone ( LaLa Land) video bad mouthed Trump....

Lion looked interesting

Hacksaw’s lead, Andrew Garfield likes going around and mouth kissing men
Ewww

Limits my options


11 posted on 02/27/2017 7:31:49 AM PST by Guenevere (If my people......will humble themselves and pray and seek my face .....I will heal their land...)
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To: t4texas
I would but I swore that I absolutely will not support those idiots

Hey, those weirdos in Hollywood hate Mel Gibson, so supporting his efforts is actually sticking it to the Hollywood Elites.

12 posted on 02/27/2017 7:34:30 AM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: Jim 0216

I’ll tell you what I think. Those movies are sitting on my shelf because we are members of SAG. They will remain on the shelf, unopened.


13 posted on 02/27/2017 7:36:56 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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I really can’t compare Lion to Slumlord dog or whatever it was because I only saw Lion.

I liked Lion. It was an interesting story. The beginning was excellent....the middle is slow....the end was worth it all........I say watch it...why not...it’s only 2 hours and it is overall decent.


14 posted on 02/27/2017 7:36:56 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Jim 0216

Well, La La Land just won the Oscar for Best Picture....oh, wait a minute....nevermind!


15 posted on 02/27/2017 7:36:59 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Jim 0216

To sit in a theater with a bunch of drooling morons and watch a Hollywierd movie?

Pay me a $100 and provide free popcorn and beverage.


16 posted on 02/27/2017 7:37:12 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: ProudFossil

on that note, I watched about 10 secs of the awards show last night, just long enough to see OJ documentary get its award, which was surprising as there were more than enough “blacks are victims” films to win . the director did his duty though, and spouted off that his film was “dedicated to victims of police brutality”., umm ok, your movie is about a black guy who murdered 2 white people, ..., that was all I could take.


17 posted on 02/27/2017 7:37:22 AM PST by tm61 (Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
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To: Jim 0216

I refuse to watch anything from Hollywood.


18 posted on 02/27/2017 7:38:03 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: LibertarianLiz

La La Land is a mid-level attempt at Gene Kelly/Fred Astair/Ginger Rogers movies. OK if you are not a classic musical fan.

Lion, OK if you like that kind of stuff, same with Moonlight. Hacksaw Ridge if you never saw the old WWII docs and movies, good.


19 posted on 02/27/2017 7:38:32 AM PST by rstrahan
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To: Eccl 10:2

Don’t most of us have an Amazon Stick and watch first run movies on Kodi? I watch movies all the time that way. I haven’t paid for a movie in years. The thing about Kodi is you may want to wait a few weeks after the movie comes out to watch for the quality to improve. But if you don’t care about that, you literally can watch a new movie on Monday after release date.


20 posted on 02/27/2017 7:38:47 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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