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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 9:38 am
I went to this movie thinking I'd be laughing through the whole thing. Didn't happen. There are some funny parts, but most of it is just sad, imo.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 12:17 pm
I saw it today too. I liked it, they are cute together, but the ending was sort of up in the air. I prefer definite happy endings.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 2:32 pm
My daughter and I went to see it today. I thought it was a cute film. Not a great film but there were some laugh out loud moments. It was a nice way to spend the morning.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 2:46 pm
The reviews are not good. I did enjoy reading Ebert's review about the film.
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 3:15 pm
Ginger, I had read somewhere that the ending was reshot. I didn't like this ending. I did like the movie though, just was thinking it was going to be more of a comedy. I liked seeing Chicago without having to drive through it. lol
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 3:52 pm
I liked the ending. I thought it left us with a little to wonder about.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 4:58 pm
I hate to wonder after a movie, I want the movie to tell me what happened. I have enough to wonder about in my own life LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 5:02 pm
I was wondering how much that condo was worth! It was gorgeous!
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 5:15 pm
Supposedly, the original ending had the two going there seperate ways. Test audiences did not like it and, as noted above, the ending was reshot. I'll probably wait for the DVD, myself.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 6:01 pm
I don't see how much they had reshot.
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 5:47 pm
We saw this Friday afternoon looking desperately for comic relief. As a group, we were quite disappointed. There were some pretty funny moments, but it was a lot darker than we wanted. Of the 5 of us, I was the only one who liked the ending. Typically, I hate those "let me decide what happens" endings, but this one was appropriate, IMO.
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 10:32 am
I saw this movie yesterday afternoon and enjoyed it. I would list it more as a Drama/Comedy. I'm glad they didn't give the typical Happy Ending; it just wouldn't seem real. This movie was more real life in my opinion. I thought it was well written.
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Reiki
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 1:38 pm
Spy, we had the same problem with The Family Stone. While there were funny moments in the film, it was not what I would call a comedy. I think it is a bit deceptive to promote them that way. It may not stop me enjoying the film, but I would rather know going in what I'm gonna get.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 4:15 pm
I want to see this movie even more now that it is being called "dark". I've always enjoyed dark comedies, like The Last Supper, and Very Bad Things. Honestly though, if Vince Vaughn wrote this movie, and he also wrote Swingers with Jon Favreau, I wouldn't be surprised that the humour is similar, and not cookie-cutter funny. Now....to convince my bf that THIS would be a better movie to see than X3.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 8:40 pm
Eeyore, it's not that dark of a comedy. The Last Supper, that was dark and hilarious, but this is not in the same vein.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 8:48 pm
Darn!! Well, I think I'll like it anyways, because I like the unexpected, and don't mind things that break the "Meg Ryan romantic comedy" formula. Glad to know someone else liked The Last Supper. 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 6:30 pm
Haven't seen it, and probably wasn't going to, but find that the ending is pretty much spelled out here. I thought that was a nono. Unless it was in a blacked-out box thingie.
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 5:45 am
I saw this yesterday and liked it okay but I'm with all of ya'll that it wasn't the romantic comedy I thought it was going to be. The funny parts are pretty much what you see in the trailer. It's a fine movie, but just not what I was going in thinking it was going to be. I was kinda reminded of the Rob Lowe/Demi Moore movie way back called About Last Night. Anyone remember that one? It was a more serious movie about difficulties in relationships but there were some funny bits as well. At one point during the movie, I half expected the screen to collapse and see the two characters sitting on the Dr. Phil show as Dr. Phil asked them what they thought after watching that clip and then begin a discussion on how's this working for you. That's what I felt like I was watching, those couple fighting clips on Dr. Phil.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 8:18 am
I loved that movie "About last night"!!!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 9:45 am
Mame, I'm always disappointed when people talk about movie endings and major plot points without putting *** spoiler *** warnings. I think I read too much about Davinci code this way. 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 3:06 pm
Well Brenda, since I read the Da Vinci Code, there were no surprises for me. GRIN. I've written a few film reviews over the years and its a fine line to give a feel for the film without giving away too much.
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 8:27 pm
I've found that a discussion about a movie that people have been to see will be about the movie and what happened. My apologies if that wasn't correct
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 5:16 am
Well, it's hardly like this movie has an ending like The Sixth Sense or The Crying Game. I've found the first few people set the tone of the thread. If it's a movie a bazillion people are going to see, someone might choose to keep the endings secret, but I'm with Spy....I want to hear about the movie. Honestly, if you're going into an area BEFORE seeing the show or the movie....you have to know you're taking the chance on being spoiled. Heck! I specifically GO to threads to be spoiled!! It saves me the time of watching the show or movie!! LOL. The thread would be really dry if it was a mix of, "I liked it," and, "I did too," with a little, "I can't believe THAT PART before that OTHER part, where she did THAT THING, after saying THAT to that OTHER person....."
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 8:30 pm
I just think it's common courtesy in a movie thread to post a spoiler if you're going to talk about plot points in a new movie. If you're going to talk about plot points in Gone with the Wind, it's probably not necessary. But for new movies, some of us come here to get a general feeling about what people think of a movie to help us decide if we want to see it. Since I don't know how to do fancy hiding and such, just putting ** spoiler ** let's people know I'm going to talk about specifics of a movie. I'm all for discussing movies, I love to talk about them. And sometimes from a post I can tell when people are about to talk plot points and I can stop reading if I haven't seen the movie. But every so often a post just blurts things out and suddenly I've read somthing I wish I hadn't about the film. -- something I wish I didn't know beforehand. Obviously it's always safest to stay away from a thread if I'm sure I want to see a film, it's when I'm unsure and am trying to find out more that it gets tricky.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 8:53 am
I really liked this movie. There were sad parts, funny parts and choke-on-your-drink, laugh-till-you cry parts. I don't know if it's because I know they are a real-life couple or what, but I could see the real-life chemistry between these two, especially in the montage of pictures in the opening.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:31 am
I saw this with the bf last night. Actually, we went to see Da Vinci Code at 630, and then we stayed in the theatre, and went to The Break Up without paying. We were living dangerously. I really like this movie. I love Vince Vaughn, and he is just my kind of humour. Sure there were parts that weren't so sugar-sweet, but overall, I liked it a lot. Didn't like the ending though. While the super-sweet cliche ending would have been them not giving up the apartment, I still would have liked something a bit more than we got. I liked it better than Da Vinci Code, that's for sure.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 3:55 pm
DH and I saw it today. He thought it was just ok. I liked the few funny parts but overall didn't like it. I was glad Vince's character had his boat tour running at the end, lol. Oh, and I liked seeing so much of Chicago.
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Bbfanatic
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 11:01 am
The Break-up was a great movie. I really thought the ending was great. so real and uncomfortable. a must see
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Fabnsab
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 12:07 am
I thought this movie was horrible. We go to romantic movies to get away from the real life miscommunications between the sexes, not to watch them happen! Maybe if it was funnier It reminded me of that divorce movie with Bruce Willis years ago(the story of us). It is too realistic and sad. The original ending had them walking through a park separately, Jen with a Vince look alike and Vince with a Jen look alike. I remember seeing the pics in a magazine last year and thinking what a horrible ending it was. I was obviously not the only one and am glad they changed it.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 11:03 pm
Im just starting to rent some movies since summer and got this one (without reading here first)..Yuk, what a disapointment, I didnt even finish it.. Oh well.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 3:26 am
Thanks Chewy, you saved me about 5 bucks. It was next on my paytv list of choices. On the other hand, if there's nothing else... then I might just cave. LOL. (I'm waiting for STEP UP to come to dvd/paytv. It was one of the two films this year I REALLY wanted to see, the other being the Robin Williams film Man of the Year, and I missed out on both.)
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 3:36 am
And to continue a discussion from months ago, I'd like to point out that I agree with Brenda1966 100%. In the Lake House Thread I'm knocking myself out walking a fine line alluding to how I found the ending surprising because of how I misread an earlier post about it, so I thought I had the ending all figured out, and was stunned by the actual ending as a result. My point isn't that I stupidly misread a post, but that I'm very conscientious of NOT being specific about the ending. Why ruin someone else's enjoyment if they haven't seen it yet. BTW, I'm not perfect by any stretch, so chances are I might blow it for someone down the line, but not for lack of trying not to do just that.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Monday, December 04, 2006 - 11:03 am
Well, I cant ruin the ending of this show, cause I didnt finish it..LOL...So if you do get it mames, let me know..
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