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| 12/17/05
| Dangus
Posted on 12/17/2005 11:10:22 AM PST by dangus
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To: counterpunch
Bad Taste was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Far ahead of its time.
To: RavenATB
From the erosion in this countries morality lots of people have either been out of the country are in a deep traumatic asleep.
RavenATB wrote:
"Is the rump-riding discussion bringing yawns at at the water cooler?"
I haven't had a discussion around the water cooler like the one you mention.
I certainly would discourage any employee engaging in such a politically incorrect dialog with a fellow employee at work.
However, if those kind of conversations flip your switch, then save them for a Brokeyourback Mountin moment when sitting around a campfire sipping lattes with your fellow chaps.
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:23:25 PM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(There's nothing like hearing someone say thank you for your help.)
To: durasell
No I have not seen it and don't plan at this time spending money for something I watched first hand.
I have However, read several reviews mostly stating that Spielberg gives the impression that the Arabs were not necessarily the bad guys.
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:28:32 PM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(There's nothing like hearing someone say thank you for your help.)
To: OKIEDOC
Not that I'm that kind of guy, but some people would say that someone who comes down hard on a movie they haven't seen doesn't know what they're talking about.
To: dangus
How can that be? It's the best movie ever made! It's going to win all the prizes at both the Golden Globes AND the Oscars! Even the prizes that Bareback Mountain wasn't entered to win! Like best animated and best foreign film! It's going to win everything, because it's the best movie ever!
I know it because that's what all the papers and movie reviewers say!
Mark
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:33:04 PM PST
by
MarkL
(I swear by my pretty floral bonnet that I will end you!)
To: HostileTerritory
I don't know Mr Gibson but have heard some of his feelings towards certain groups border on the extreme.
Nor I don't find Free Republic or FReepers to be antisemitic.
I just find that many people on this forum are brave enough to call a spade a spade and be-damned with political correctness thereby letting the cards fall where they may.
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:36:22 PM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(There's nothing like hearing someone say thank you for your help.)
To: FastCoyote
Yea they spent too much time flying over flyover country and never stopped and asked our opinion.
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:42:57 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
To: MrNatural
Hello, Hollywood...anyone there with a calculator...? Naw, all they have is "attitude." Cramming this movie down our thoats and insisting this movie is beyond excellent by all the liberal reviewers is their version of a "victory" over conservatives, no matter what it costs them in lost revenues. Oscar sponsors are heavily vested in advertising within the gay venue:
Walgreens takes heat for sponsoring 2006 Gay Games in Chicago
Budweizer sponsors gay pride events
Proctor & Gamble bedroom scene ad
Ford - driven to gay advertising
They've attempted to remove the word "Christmas" and we've raised a firestorm of objection to THAT. We now have the "insertion" of gaydom into our lives. TV, cable and satellite are filled with it. It's movies, magazines, newspapers, groceries, vehicles and other items that pander for our $$, forcing us to back their support for the gay lifestyle, like it or not. Every time we buy P&G products (Tide/Downey), we contribute to it and provide them more $$ to invest in the movies and "causes dear to their little hearts."
To: dangus
>>Actually, I said that measure was quite good. But I also said you have to consider where those screens are and what they represent as a portion of the audience... that's where the film's weakness is revealed>>
So how much money per theater would indicate strength to you? The movie's doing very well in very limited release. To draw a conclusion that it's doing poorly is just wishful thinking on your part.
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:44:12 PM PST
by
Bubbatuck
("Hillary Clinton can kiss my ass" - Tim Robbins)
To: Siegfried The Red
I know Lewis said the Narnia series were not an allegory; but he called them "suppositional." Still seems like allegory to me!
Wikipedia:
Lewis, an expert on the subject of allegory, himself maintained that the books were not allegory, and preferred to call the Christian aspects of them "suppositional". This is similar to what we would now call alternative history.
To: durasell
No shi$! It was on the other day can't stand to watch it. Even though Marvin and Eastwood are favorites.
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:45:17 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Sarah J. Parker is so tinny, so wound-up, so plastic, so superficial that watching her do anything for more than 20 minutes (running time of a tv show) is guaranteed to turn everyone off.
Lisa Kudrow too. Jennifer Anniston too. They all belong back on tv. In shampoo commercials.
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:47:00 PM PST
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
The Family Stone opened weak ($4 million) Flamin' eyes of people fear
Burnin' into you
Many men are missin' much
Hatin' what they do
Youth and truth are makin' love
Dig it for a starter
Dyin' young is hard to take
Sellin' out is harder
To: durasell
If you don't read reviews, then how else do you make judgments about the movies you either go to alone, with a date or take your family.
By the way in case you haven't noticed it is easy to make judgments about Hollywood and much of the garbage they produce.
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:48:02 PM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(There's nothing like hearing someone say thank you for your help.)
To: Siegfried The Red
I never understood the King Kong clamor PJ raised. The story never got into my blood the way it did Jackson's. And although I was never a big fan of Johnny Cash, I am thinking of seeing "Walk the Line" instead of "King Kong," because I like Reese Witherspoon's acting so much. In time, I'm sure I'll see both on DVD, if not sooner.
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:49:15 PM PST
by
GretchenM
(Hooked on porn and hating it? Visit http://www.theophostic.com .)
To: dangus
Another Movie that is a "MUST NOT SEE" is Syriania.
With George Clooney, let me guess its a rehash of Michael Moore MOONBAT CRAP, about Blood for Oil, and dark conspiracy to depose a great Leader like Saddam, and his sons Oday Qusay.
Let Block Buster go Bankrupt trying to rent it, LOL!
To: apackof2
The family and I went to see Narnia the first weekend. We all thought it was great. I liked it better than Harry Potter, frankly
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posted on
12/17/2005 4:55:57 PM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the hubris to think they will be the planners)
To: McGavin999
Saw it Friday afternoon - it was wonderful. But there were only a handful of us in the theater.
To: Liberty Valance
Secondhand Lions with Duvall was FABULOUS.
To: durasell
LOL.
It also inspired an hilarious "Simpsons" parody.
Don't forget that!
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