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Old 01-03-2006, 03:52 PM
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Question What movies have you seen over the holidays?

I haven't been to any movies since the summer, but this weekend I saw The Ringer (okay), and Memoirs of a Geisha (pretty decent- beautiful, and stayed true to the book for the most part)
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Old 01-03-2006, 04:00 PM
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King Kong

The bug scene was positively revolting. I could have did without watching giant roaches and worm/slug things crawling all over people and eating them. Yuk

Other than that, thumbs up.
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Old 01-03-2006, 04:16 PM
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Dick and Jane: for the most part, funny...but it didn't really live up to the Jim Carrey movies I usually enjoy watching

Memoirs of a Geisha: IMO, the book was better and it tried to stick to it as much as possible...but I expected better. Perhaps I was just irritated at the fact that they filmed the movie in California and used CHINESE actresses for the lead roles.

The Ringer: At first I felt bad at laughing so much, but after a while I realized that I wasn't laughing at the fact that they were special...the jokes were kind of funny. Glad to know the Special Olympics gave it their approval.

Rumor Has It: SO MUCH HYPE. Didn't live up to the hype. I thought I was going to be laughing throughout the movie...but oh well. Jennifer Aniston was great, as usual, though. Shirley MacLaine saved the movie.
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Old 01-03-2006, 04:30 PM
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[Rumor Has It: SO MUCH HYPE. Didn't live up to the hype. I thought I was going to be laughing throughout the movie...but oh well. Jennifer Aniston was great, as usual, though. Shirley MacLaine saved the movie.
I felt the same way. The middle seemed to drag to me too. but I thought Shirley MacLaine and Kathy Bates (for the 2.5 seconds she was in it) were amazing.
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Old 01-03-2006, 05:02 PM
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Old 01-03-2006, 07:08 PM
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Old 01-03-2006, 11:53 PM
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The Producers.

Uma was absolutely gorgeous. Will Ferrel was great. Having Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick being on the Broadway Production means that their performances were great as well.
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Old 01-04-2006, 12:54 AM
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King Kong (work group)
War of the Worlds (DVD w/dad)
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Old 01-04-2006, 05:51 AM
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Cheaper by the Dozen, Two. My daughters dragged me to it on Christmas day.

Hillary Duff has had so much plastic surgery that she looks like a middle aged chain smoker who spends too much time in a tanning bed.

Tom Welling is, well, yummilicious. And, yes, I'm fully aware that I'm waaaay too old to say that
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Old 01-04-2006, 09:17 AM
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The Ringer- I was slightly disappointed with it, as my boss said it was hilarious, and I expected it to be much more. I thought the jokes were slightly on the lame side. Johnny Knoxville did a good job in it, though.

Syriana- Very good. Kinda hard to keep all the subplots together, but I thorughly enjoyed it. Except the scene where George Clooney gets his fingernails pulled out.

I'm hoping to go see Munich before I go back to school on Saturday. I also want to see the Producers.
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Old 01-04-2006, 08:04 PM
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Hillary Duff has had so much plastic surgery that she looks like a middle aged chain smoker who spends too much time in a tanning bed.
LMAO! Its not the plastic surgery....she was just jealous of all the attention that Lindsay Lohan got for being so skinny that she got jealous. So she decided to lose all her weight to get some attention...but it didn't end up working. I don't remember ANYONE ever talking about her weight...lol stupid b**ch.

But I agree...she does look like a middle aged chain smoking woman!! LMAO. But I still think she looks 100x better than her rather manly sister.


The only movie that i've seen in the theater was Chronicles of Narnia. I soo wanna see Memoirs of a Geisha ever since I realized that I read the book!! lol

But I have rented these movies:
40 year old Virgin (awesome movie)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (oldie but a goodie)
The Brothers Grimm (it was alright)
Serenity (AWFUL!!)

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Old 01-04-2006, 11:49 PM
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I've seen a lot actually.

King Kong
Chronicles of Narnia
The Family Stone
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride and Prejudice
The Producers
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I only saw The Producers, and we almost walked out in the first 15-20 minutes. But from then on, it was laugh out loud funny!
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Old 01-05-2006, 04:32 PM
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Memoirs of a Geisha: IMO, the book was better and it tried to stick to it as much as possible...but I expected better. Perhaps I was just irritated at the fact that they filmed the movie in California and used CHINESE actresses for the lead roles.

That is definitely a pet peeve of mine: then movie producers use someone who is of one ethnicity to play a character who is of another ethnicity.

I notice that a lot with Italian people playing Hispanics, and vice-versa. It's like the producers are saying, "dark hair, check. Brown eyes, check. Olive skin, check. All those Mediterranean types look the same, anyway."

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But I agree...she does look like a middle aged chain smoking woman!! LMAO. But I still think she looks 100x better than her rather manly sister.
Oh, I agree!!! Did you see the poor thing on this month's Maxim cover? Not to be too nasty, because my nose wasn't all that great before my li'l visit to the plastic surgeon, but that is some honker she has there.
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Old 01-05-2006, 04:53 PM
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That is definitely a pet peeve of mine: then movie producers use someone who is of one ethnicity to play a character who is of another ethnicity.

I notice that a lot with Italian people playing Hispanics, and vice-versa. It's like the producers are saying, "dark hair, check. Brown eyes, check. Olive skin, check. All those Mediterranean types look the same, anyway."



Oh, I agree!!! Did you see the poor thing on this month's Maxim cover? Not to be too nasty, because my nose wasn't all that great before my li'l visit to the plastic surgeon, but that is some honker she has there.
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