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Tishala
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08-01-2000

Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 10:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
OK, so I went to see this film today and I needed a couple hours to decide what to say about it. It has a strange cast--Dustin Hoffman married to Lily Tomlin [as "existential detectives"] is slightly crazier than his upcoming marriage to Barbra Streisand in Meet the Fockers--and a strange concept that is both existential in its most vulgar incarnation and wholly interested in the particular inanity embraced by "Angelinos," at least in the popular imaginary.

So the film is good, but not great. It has some adventurous filmmaking, but not a great script, which feels like it was written by some of my undergrads after a particularly grueling 20th Century Philosophy class in which they learned Sartre's joys but not Nietzsche's hammer [or Heidegger's nuance]. Jason Schwartzman is very good in the lead role as a part-time environmental activist; Jude Law and Naomi Watts are also adequate; but the real comic joy comes from Mark Wahlberg. The film wants to ponder life's big questions, but I wondered whether it was really just a ruse to show the failings of philosophical pursuits.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 10:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Mods! Ooops! The Weird symbol in the title should be a heart....can you change it? Or at least change it to "Heart"?

Tashakinz
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11-13-2002

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tashakinz a private message Print Post    
This flick was majorly twisted. I could have gone my whole life without the "feeding" scene.

Westtexan
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07-16-2004

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 10:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Westtexan a private message Print Post    
I saw the first part of this movie then shut it off. Found it annoying and tiresome. Not my cup of tea.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, March 14, 2005 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I finally saw this, or part of it, and also turned it off. The cast was so good but the whole thing just went over my head.

Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mizinvanccouver a private message Print Post    
I stuck it out....it was a movie that provoked thought for me.

The ending was interesting....loved Mark W.'s character...was so funny.

My guy didn't like it that much, found it boring except when Mark was on the screen.

Loved Lily Tomlin & Dustin Hoffman...they were pretty funny too but not as funny as Mark W.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Having not heard a thing about this movie and not knowing what it was about at all I have to say, we literally cracked up laughing at it. It's just one of those so ridiculous campy movies that we just had to laugh at the quirkyness of it!

Fabnsab
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 11:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fabnsab a private message Print Post    
Ok, I love quirky humor. I thought I would LOVE this film...Boy, was I wrong.

There were funny parts. Most came from Lily Tomlin or Mark Walberg.

Maybe it tried too hard. I don't know. It was just bad. We thought to turn it off but I felt the need to see it through. It didn't get better.

Fiat
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10-07-2004

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fiat a private message Print Post    
I just watched this tonight. (thank you, Netflix) LOVED IT! Very interesting philosophical ponderings.

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
Darn, see I should have turned it off but watched the ENTIRE thing wanting it to get better. The only thing that kept us going was Mark Wahlberg. Now it's my turn to wear the "i can't choose a Netflix movie again" crown in my house!