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Hawkeye_Joe
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 Posted - December 29 2007 : 7:00:03 PM
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Just saw this one... anyone have any comments on it? I thought it was one of the best acted movies I've seen in years...the ending was a ambiguous.....but what a ride...Whew....
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susank2
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Posted - January 07 2008 : 1:07:14 PM
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I saw this movie with my son over the Thanksgiving break and I must admit we both came out of it shaking our heads as to what everyone is seeing in this movie that we weren't. I thought the acting was great, but the direction the story took, just left me saying "huh?"
I think I liked it more than my son did who thought it was absolute crap, but it's not going on my top 10 list, that's for sure! |
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Bookworm
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Posted - January 08 2008 : 07:43:53 AM
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| I thought it was awesome! Bleak, but awesome. An ambiguous ending, indeed -- I kept spinning it around in my head, trying to fine a positive note, to no avail. If "No Country" wins the Best Picture Oscar, fine with me. |
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Hawkeye_Joe
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Posted - January 08 2008 : 08:27:48 AM
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| It was the performances not the plot that I'd rave about. Very powerful acting....it just seemed like they ran out of story... |
HAWK
"The scum of every nation gravitates to the frontier."
Benjamin Franklin 1750
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for
lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
Benjamin Franklin 1759
The existence of flamethrowers is proof that someone, somewhere, said to himself, "I want to set those people over there on fire, but I don't feel like walking over there to do it."
"Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist."
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susank2
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Posted - January 08 2008 : 2:06:04 PM
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Originally posted by Hawkeye_Joe
It was the performances not the plot that I'd rave about. Very powerful acting....it just seemed like they ran out of story...
Yes, exactly! If I go into the part that left me scratching my head it would be a big spoiler and I don't want to ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, but something happens to one of the main characters with no explaination at all...up until that point I liked the movie. |
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Irishgirl
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Posted - April 11 2008 : 10:36:03 PM
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I just watched this one and I liked it. It kept my interest from start to finish but what was up with that ending...very unexpected. It definitely was quite a ride HJ but I do wish they had explained things more at the end. Kind of left one "hanging" wanting an explanation.
Having said that I don't think it should have won the Oscar for "Best Picture". Much better movies out there. |
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Obediah
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Posted - April 12 2008 : 11:26:44 PM
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That was the strangest TLJ flick since the last time he was in a Texas movie, "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada."
The only definitive thing about NCFOM was Javier Bardem's ghastly hair-do!!!  |
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Hawkeye_Joe
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Posted - April 13 2008 : 08:44:05 AM
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HAWK
"The scum of every nation gravitates to the frontier."
Benjamin Franklin 1750
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for
lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
Benjamin Franklin 1759
The existence of flamethrowers is proof that someone, somewhere, said to himself, "I want to set those people over there on fire, but I don't feel like walking over there to do it."
"Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist."
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Irishgirl
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RedFraggle
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Posted - April 14 2008 : 08:03:40 AM
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I just saw this movie about a week ago. The acting and suspense were great, but at the end I was left going, "Huh?" My husband, who had already seen and loved the movie, couldn't believe it when I turned to him and said, "Well, it didn't really end, did it?" I thought it was a weak ending and that the story just seemed to peter out, so I added the movie to my mental list of movies for which I have no comment but "Well, I've seen that."
The more I thought about the movie, though, the more I realized I liked it---even the ending. In a way it's a fitting end that, I think, underscores the title of the movie very well. I don't want to say anymore and spoil the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, but it did take me about a week to come to the conclusion that I actually did like the ending. |
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