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Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 12:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
I haven't seen a posting for this movie so I thought I would start one and see if others had any feelings about this movie, one way or another.

I saw this last night with DH and thought it was very good. The actors and situations were so comfortable and relatable (not sure this is a word!). I can see why this is a "sleeper". It is not big budget nor have big named stars but is very well done and memorable.

It is also not typical "Hollywood" so will probably be overlooked by many.

Has anyone else seen it? Care to comment?

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
I saw it and thought it was a good, nice little indie film. The script was good, the acting good, the story felt real at times and very funny at others. I liked it but wasn't blown away by it.

I think it's Oscar nomination suggests what a weak year it was for movies. But I honestly don't know what film should replace it.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I do. Hotel Rwanda.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I really want to see this. Some of our best friends just raved about it and then my dad's wife said it was the worse movie she ever saw, so I figured that was TWO good reviews!!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Reminds me of Lost in Translation -- you either loved it or thought it was slow, dumb and boring. I for one loved it.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
haha, annie. haven't seen it yet. i read what the first line in the movie is--and, though i am no prude, was put off by that.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
WOW..what's the first line????

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
I liked it quite a bit. I much prefer it to the sentimentality of Million Dollar Baby or the mawkishness of another film from this past year that has seemingly been canonized because of its lead performance. It has an excellent script--this year had two of them, IMHO: Sideways and Eternal Sunshine--and it has some great acting.

This is the kind of film Woody Allen wishes he were still capable of making--funny, moving, intelligent, and insightful. It's damn near perfect.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 3:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
Yankee, I haven't seen Hotel Rwanda so you may be right on the money.

Tishala, you're making me laugh, possibly more than the movie did. :-) I may have preferred to see Eternal Sunshine get the nomination.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I'm completely wondering what film Tish is referring to above ("seemingly been canonized") -- do you mean Hotel Rwanda? or some other movie? Just curious :-)

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
something else. i think hotel rwanda is very very good. and it's not finding neverland either, but i wonder how that is a nominee....oh i just googled. it's a miramax film. so that's the explanation

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
i saw it and didnt like it that much - way over hyped and no idea how it got on the top 10 list of the year nor how people said it was the greatest comedy.

it has funny scenes but is not funny - i like the actors but the story is just not there. i wont say it was a terrible movie but definitely not one i would pay to see and would only watch if someone else rented it.



and that one nude scene is just uncalled for near the end.

Westtexan
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07-16-2004

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Westtexan a private message Print Post    
Tishala, is it Ray??? and what does mawkishness mean? I'm always eager to build my vocabulary.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Mawkish fig. Imbued with false or feeble sentiment; overly sentimental.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 110 It is one of the most nauseous maukish mortifications under the Sun..to have to do with a punctual finical fop. 1776 S. FOOTE Bankrupt I. 12 His mind is so maukish, that, should he be confronted with Lydia, he would betray our whole plot in an instant. 1818 KEATS Lett. in Wks. (1889) III. 141, I hate a mawkish popularity. 1819 Metropolis I. 47 The mawkish tepidity of his manner. 1885 Spectator 8 Aug. 1048/2 The mawkish and unreal sentiment which constituted Mr. Dickens's chief fault. 1889 D. HANNAY F. Marryat viii. 125 It [sc. Masterman Ready] is pathetic, and yet it is not mawkish. 1916 G. SAINTSBURY Peace of Augustans ii. 55 As we have no wittier so we have no kindlier poet, though the wit keeps the kindliness from ever turning mawkish. 1972 Q. BELL Virginia Woolf I. i. 17 A mawkish vein, a kind of tender gloating over disease and death. 1997 Psychol. Today Jan.-Feb. 8/1 With a title like Angel Baby, you'd expect Michael Rymer's first film to be a mawkish ode to parenthood.

[from the Oxford English Dictionary]

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
texannie, if what i read is correct, some male character is telling another male character about getting caught by the husband of a woman while in the midst of--and here is where i object (graphic language): "putting (removing?) my c _ _ k into (from) her a _ _."

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    


Newman
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09-25-2004

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 9:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Newman a private message Print Post    
Loved the movie. Actually went to Bennigans to discuss it with my movie club. We wanted a bottle of Pinot Noir but alas, they had none; so we settled for some Merlot, LOL. (True story).

The Merlot was pedestrian, bordering on the banal, but we drank it all and ordered some more.

I don't see why that woman got best supporting actress nod. The sidekick, Jack, did remind me of some people I met in Southern California. I'd vote for him right now as best supporting actor.

Enjoyed the wine banter. Had some laughs. It also left me sad. It was Woody Allenesque, now that I think of it. Liked it much better than Eternal Sunshine.


Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
Newman, aren't you in Denver? If I didn't have a toddler at home I'd be asking to join your movie club.

I suspected Tishala was talking about Ray as I have read reviews that state what a great performance it is, but that the movie is just good, not great. I think the performance won it the best picture nod.

You guys are right that Sideways is very Woody Allen-like, but not as funny to me. I found the lead character more pathetic than humorous.

I would have rather seen Closer, Eternal Sunshine, or even Spiderman 2 get the best picture nod over Sideways.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
hmmm...still want to see it, but I have never been a Woody Allen fan so now my interest is diminishing. Might have to wait for it on video.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Tex, I don't like Woody Allen much and I liked Sideways a lot.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
That's good to know!

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 5:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
Texannie: I an NOT a Woody Allen fan and would recommend this movie highly. I was surprised that it was even considered "Woody Allen-like". I guess in one small way it might be - character quirkiness and character development. However, I enjoyed this movie so much more than any of Woody's neurosis which always appears in his movies.

Go for it! Take the plunge and see it and then let us know what YOU think. It has a lot of funny moments.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
already posted my thoughts - but just to tag along - i am not a woody allen fan at all and i also did not think this movie even came close to being a "good movie". But i didnt see the correlation to Woody Allen movies either.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
My head is spinning! LOL

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 10:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
Texannie, is your head spinning straight or Sideways??

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 12:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Just for the record, since I initially used the Woodman's name here, I didn't say it was like a Woody Allen film; I said it was the kind of film Woody wishes he were still capable of making. Of course if Woody made it, it would have taken place on the Upper West Side, had lots of neuroses, a much younger lover would have fit in somewhere, and the soundtrack would have had clarinet jazz from the 30s. My comment was strictly about its intelligence, humor, insight, and emotional power.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 5:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
SNORT!!! eggie!



Newman
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09-25-2004

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 6:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Newman a private message Print Post    
I'm a huge Woody Allen fan, a fan of his movies "before he became a pervert".

I see a lot of Woody Allen in the George character of Seinfeld, and I love Seinfeld, especially the older episodes before they ran out of material.

Yes Brenda, I'm in Denver. Can't you find someone to watch the kid on Sundays, for a few hours?? We're still catching up on the big hits like Million Dollar and Aviator, before we revert to "the Independent Movie Club".

Woody made some great movies like Annie Hall, Manhattan, and that one parody of the Russian genre, can't think of the title
. Don't dismiss his earlier works. They were funny AND thought provoking. }

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
Newman, Sunday's might be doable. I assumed you met on a week night. I used to be a film society member and go to those screenings, but weeknights are too tough now. I'd like to hear more about your movie group!

I agree that Woody's early films are gems. And I do see a similarity in the lead character in Sideways and the characters Woody Allen usually plays. They are generall some kind of "loser" and full of neurosis.

Tashakinz
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11-13-2002

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tashakinz a private message Print Post    
I enjoyed this honest little movie. No Hollywood ending, no deus ex machina, just honest storytelling. Hubby and I were cracking up over the couple at the end of the movie.}

Thiry18
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09-18-2004

Friday, April 22, 2005 - 2:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Thiry18 a private message Print Post    
i never thought that i would ever see this movie. it didn't seem like it would interest me in one bit. but i have to say that i really, truly ended up enjoying it. perhaps one of the best movies that i have seen in a very long time. i thought that paul giamatti was absolutely brilliant, and now am left wondering why he did not receive an oscar nod when virginia madsen did. her character was completely forgettable to me, and her performance less than moving.

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Monday, May 30, 2005 - 1:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
Better late than never. DH and I rented this movie and we both enjoyed it. I found the storyline to be very believable. This movie had elements of funny moments and also very deep, sad moments. It was also filled with some gorgeous scenery. It's a movie I'd be willing to see again someday.

On a personal note, DH and I were amused to quickly recognize the hotel where the main characters were staying through the majority of this movie.

It was at this same hotel that we drove up to met with some TVCHer's that were visiting in this area about 3 years ago. Small world.




Rosie
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11-12-2003

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 7:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
I thought the movie was blah and the actors were way too old for that kind of juvenile behavior.

Recognized some of the scenery and it is a beautiful area.

Waste of time and money.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
I finally got around to watching this. It didn't do anything for me. I don't understand all the oscar hype ...