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    Quote Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
    It'll still be #1 this weekend - watch.
    It was going with a strong 0% on RT until our local moron at the St. Paul Pioneer Press called it "clever." If you haven't figured it out, the reviewer for Pioneer Press is a dumbass. But, I would expect nothing less from somebody who lives in St. Paul.
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    Quote Quoting Spinal (view post)
    The Secret of Kells just opened here. I'm thinking that.
    Seriously, the Dragon film is very good if Kells doesn't work out.

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    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    Seriously, the Dragon film is very good if Kells doesn't work out.
    And Kells isn't very good.

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    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    Seriously, the Dragon film is very good if Kells doesn't work out.
    My wife already took the boy to that one. She's getting more clever about snagging the good movies.
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    Quote Quoting Spinal (view post)
    My wife already took the boy to that one. She's getting more clever about snagging the good movies.
    :lol:

    Nice. My wife doesn't care for kids films unless they're Pixar. Not so great for me, since everything else is a crapshoot.

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    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    :lol:

    Nice. My wife doesn't care for kids films unless they're Pixar. Not so great for me, since everything else is a crapshoot.
    *thinks about recent Pixar releases*

    *decides not to say anything*
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    Quote Quoting Spinal (view post)
    *thinks about recent Pixar releases*

    *decides not to say anything*
    Agreed. My wife loved Up, but that was one I wouldn't have minded skipping after the fact. Cars too. In fact, Ratatouie was underwhelming as well. WALL-E gets better with every viewing though.

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    Cars is better than How to Train Your Dragon.
    Sure why not?

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    Actually, Shadow of a Doubt is my second favorite Hitchcock after Vertigo - which is my favorite movie. I think everything about it is brilliant and that it's probably the best script the Hitch ever worked with. I think it's a great deal better than films like Rope or Lifeboat.

    Taking back the conversation about movies that are embarassing to watch in theaters alone, I went to A Single Man by myself. I didn't give a damn, but I didn't like the smile in the girl that sold me the ticket.

    The movie was very good. I loved the absurd level of detail in reproducing the '60s, since I'm usually a fan of thorough production design. The story might be a little self-important, what with the operatic music and close-ups, but it has a number of great scenes, specially the one with Julianne Moore. The key thing, however, is Colin Firth and the awesome way in which he builds the character from inside out. I didn't like the way it ended because I thought the character development had completely reached its zenith before

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    But at the same time I understand that it's a novel and if it ends that way in the book, it would be too much of a departure to change it.

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    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    Agreed. My wife loved Up, but that was one I wouldn't have minded skipping after the fact. Cars too. In fact, Ratatouie was underwhelming as well. WALL-E gets better with every viewing though.
    But hey, we get to look forward to Toy Story 3. Yea!

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    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
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    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    Agreed. My wife loved Up, but that was one I wouldn't have minded skipping after the fact. Cars too. In fact, Ratatouie was underwhelming as well. WALL-E gets better with every viewing though.
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    Well, I am of the opinion Toy Story 2 was better than the first, so who knows.
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    Quote Quoting Raiders (view post)
    Well, I am of the opinion Toy Story 2 was better than the first, so who knows.
    Agreed!
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    Quote Quoting Raiders (view post)
    Well, I am of the opinion Toy Story 2 was better than the first, so who knows.
    Well yeah. That's common logic.
    Sure why not?

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    Quote Quoting Watashi (view post)
    Cars is better than How to Train Your Dragon.
    I haven't seen the latter but Cars was truly awful. I can't imagine anyone but a Pixar apologist thinking otherwise.

    Oh wait...

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    Quote Quoting Derek (view post)
    I haven't seen the latter but Cars was truly awful. I can't imagine anyone but a Pixar apologist thinking otherwise.
    You know that I am far from a Pixar apologist, but I can think of four Pixar films worse than Cars. Which is not to say I like it. But it has some impressive animation.

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    Quote Quoting Derek (view post)
    I haven't seen the latter but Cars was truly awful. I can't imagine anyone but a Pixar apologist thinking otherwise.

    Oh wait...
    I think Cars is barely passable, but it was more of a knock on the lameness of How To Train Your Dragon. I am befuzzled by its popularity with critics and audiences.
    Sure why not?

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    I think the Toy Story films are bottom-rung Pixar.

    And yeah, I know I'm alone on that one.
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    Quote Quoting Sven (view post)
    You know that I am far from a Pixar apologist, but I can think of four Pixar films worse than Cars.
    But surely you concede that none of them has a single scene worse than the "Our Town" montage, right?

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    Quote Quoting Derek (view post)
    But surely you concede that none of them has a single scene worse than the "Our Town" montage, right?
    Off the top of my head, I cannot. Maybe the climax of Up!...? Maybe the scene where the rat finds out he can control humans with their hair? But you're likely right. That is a miserable scene.

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    However, a Mater-centric Cars 2 will undoubtedly blow goats.

    I've already expressed by deep concerns with Pixar going the easy sequel route with their next films. I understand story is what matters to Pixar, but when interesting stuff like Newt gets scratched and gets replaced with Monsters Inc. 2, I just can hope that Pixar branches out. At least starting next year, they'll be doing 2 films per year.

    I have major worries about Toy Story 3, but apparently the early word is really positive and say the trailers are misleading.
    Sure why not?

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    I've never, ever understood peoples' problem(s) with Remy controlling Linguini by his hair.

    This criticism ranks up there with the guy I knew who hated Superman Returns because "it's physically impossible for a human body to take flight! IMPOSSIBLE!"
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    Quote Quoting Sven (view post)
    Off the top of my head, I cannot. Maybe the climax of Up!...? Maybe the scene where the rat finds out he can control humans with their hair? But you're likely right. That is a miserable scene.
    This is a miserable post.
    Sure why not?

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    Funny how Sven can't seem to grasp the ideas of Remy's hair-puppetry in a slapstick animated film, but has no problem with accepting any of Crank's reality.

    Seriously, Svenny, I know you're a smart dude.
    Sure why not?

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    Quote Quoting Watashi (view post)
    Funny how Sven can't seem to grasp the ideas of Remy's hair-puppetry in a slapstick animated film, but has no problem with accepting any of Crank's reality.
    The conceit, which I otherwise don't mind, lacks imagination. I'm saying that the scene where it is discovered is a not good scene.

    Plus, Crank and Ratatouille are working on different pages entirely. Weird point to try to make. But I appreciate the compliment, which I, of course, reciprocate!

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