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Author: UaNeillUaNeill Date: May 4, 2008 08:43
So, I have seen three movies recently:
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
The Orphanage
Of the three, I liked The Orphanage quite a lot more than the others,
largely because the endings of the others bothered me. I won't post
spoilers here, but sheesh.
Anyone else seen any of these three? Feel free to ROT 13 any
comments, I'd be interested to hear what other people who have seen
them thought.
--
Kevin
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Author: Lee AyrtonLee Ayrton Date: May 4, 2008 09:25
> So, I have seen three movies recently:
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> There Will Be Blood
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> No Country For Old Men
>
> The Orphanage
>
> Of the three, I liked The Orphanage quite a lot more than the others,
> largely because the endings of the others bothered me. I won't post
> spoilers here, but sheesh.
>
> Anyone else seen any of these three? Feel free to ROT 13 any
> comments, I'd be interested to hear what other people who have seen
> them thought.
I recently saw _No Country For Old Men_. I liked it, but understand that
some viewers had difficulty understanding the end(s). Perhaps it helps to
think of the movie in terms of Western movies.
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Author: VeroniqueVeronique Date: May 11, 2008 22:38
On May 11, 9:54 pm, groo gmail.com> wrote:> Lee Ayrton panix.com> wrote:>> On Sun, 4 May 2008, UaNe...@ gmail.com wrote: >
>>> So, I have seen three movies recently:
>
>>> There Will Be Blood
>
>>> No Country For Old Men
>
>>> The Orphanage
>
>>> Of the three, I liked The Orphanage quite a lot more than the others,
>>> largely because the endings of the others bothered me. I won't post
>>> spoilers here, but sheesh.
>
>>> Anyone else seen any of these three? Feel free to ROT 13 any
>>> comments, I'd be interested to hear what other people who have seen
>>> them thought.
> ...
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Author: bill vanbill van Date: May 11, 2008 23:20
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groo gmail.com> wrote:
> I liked right until the so-called end. I didn't think I had difficulty
> understanding the ending, it all seemed very clear. But I found it rather
> abrupt and unsatisfying. I realize that in real life, things don't
> necessarily get tied up with a neat little bow. But I expect more from a
> movie or a novel.
>
> So can you explain the end(s) to me? I suspect that there's something I
> didn't "get" and you did.
(spoiler)
I'm not sure what's to explain. The bad guy is tougher and faster and
just as smart as and more ruthless than anyone else, and despite a few
misfortunes, he gets away with everything. Everyone who seriously tries
to thwart him gets kilt and so do a bunch of other people.
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Author: artyw2artyw2 Date: May 12, 2008 05:28
On May 12, 12:54 am, groo gmail.com> wrote:> Lee Ayrton panix.com> wrote:>> On Sun, 4 May 2008, UaNe...@ gmail.com wrote: >
>>> So, I have seen three movies recently:
>
>>> There Will Be Blood
>
>>> No Country For Old Men
>
>>> The Orphanage
>
>>> Of the three, I liked The Orphanage quite a lot more than the others,
>>> largely because the endings of the others bothered me. I won't post
>>> spoilers here, but sheesh.
>
>>> Anyone else seen any of these three? Feel free to ROT 13 any
>>> comments, I'd be interested to hear what other people who have seen
>>> them thought.
> ...
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Author: Neal EckhardtNeal Eckhardt Date: May 12, 2008 06:43
On Mon, 12 May 2008 04:54:05 GMT, groo gmail.com> wrote:
>I liked right until the so-called end. I didn't think I had difficulty
>understanding the ending, it all seemed very clear. But I found it rather
>abrupt and unsatisfying. I realize that in real life, things don't
>necessarily get tied up with a neat little bow. But I expect more from a
>movie or a novel.
Leroy, and I would say I found the ending to Gone Baby Gone to be
entirely unsatisfying.
--
Neal
* It's far more impressive when people discover your good
qualities without your help.
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Author: Neal EckhardtNeal Eckhardt Date: May 12, 2008 06:45
On Sun, 11 May 2008 22:38:18 -0700 (PDT), Veronique
gmail.com> wrote:
>OTOH, I just saw "Iron Man" this afternoon, and that was purely great
>from beginning to end. And I realized, I had never seen Robert Downey
>Jr. in anything before, and he has huge bunch of stuff to his credit.
I agree on Iron Man, a very well done movie. Speed Racer was pretty
good. After the Goodman/Ninja fight, my son said with enthuiasm "That
was the best fight I ever saw!".
--
Neal
* It's far more impressive when people discover your good
qualities without your help.
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Author: Glenn DowdyGlenn Dowdy Date: May 12, 2008 07:24
> In article ,
> groo gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I liked right until the so-called end. I didn't think I had difficulty
>> understanding the ending, it all seemed very clear. But I found it rather
>> abrupt and unsatisfying. I realize that in real life, things don't
>> necessarily get tied up with a neat little bow. But I expect more from a
>> movie or a novel.
>>
>> So can you explain the end(s) to me? I suspect that there's something I
>> didn't "get" and you did.
>
> (spoiler)
>
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> ...
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Author: VeroniqueVeronique Date: May 12, 2008 08:06
On May 12, 6:43 am, Neal Eckhardt penntraffic.nospam.com>
wrote:> On Mon, 12 May 2008 04:54:05 GMT, groo gmail.com> wrote:>>I liked right until the so-called end. I didn't think I had difficulty
>>understanding the ending, it all seemed very clear. But I found it rather
>>abrupt and unsatisfying. I realize that in real life, things don't
>>necessarily get tied up with a neat little bow. But I expect more from a
>>movie or a novel.
>
> Leroy, and I would say I found the ending to Gone Baby Gone to be
> entirely unsatisfying.
>
And that is also faithful to the book.
V.
--
Veronique Chez Sheep
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