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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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This column and the A/V Club are my reviews of choice. All others can gently caress off.
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Vargo posted:
You picked them, didn't you? Everyone always picks them.
Well duh...
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Jan 15, 2011 00:58
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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I really liked Skyline...Devil on the other hand....................
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Jan 25, 2011 15:36
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Something Awfilm?
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Feb 3, 2011 02:35
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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ProfessorClumsy posted:
That's terrible.
How about Somefilm Awful?
Well you're a bug stupid-head! (Actually, yours is so much better)
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Feb 4, 2011 17:51
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Who got stuck with Hall Pass and what kind of revenge are they plotting?
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Feb 27, 2011 15:40
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Who is John Galt?
A extremely poorly written character with wooden dialogue.
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Apr 17, 2011 17:12
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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I'd like to see all the reviewers tackle an older movie and see how their reviews differ...
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Apr 25, 2011 23:28
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This. And we disagree with you
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May 6, 2011 20:36
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Bridesmaids for the sweet sweet tears it shall bring. Tell you what, I'll watch it too so you won't feel so alone.
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May 26, 2011 01:45
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Jay Dub screaming always starts my week out right.
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Jul 4, 2011 14:52
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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I enjoyed Columbiana only because of Zoe Saldana.
The rest of the cast, especially Michael Vartan, was awful, but Saldana was so good as an action hero it overrode my 'get up and walk out' instincts.
That being said; the reviews this week were perfect for the poo poo that was just released.
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Aug 28, 2011 18:38
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Nucular Carmul posted:
It begs the question: Is SJP actually capable of doing anything that isn't in some way a ripoff of Sex and the City?
Dressage and Sulky Pulling
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Sep 19, 2011 17:10
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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But they were very nice tits.
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Oct 30, 2011 15:57
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Jay Dub posted:
From a strictly business sense, it's pretty simple. The Stieg Larsson books are really popular in the US. Foreign language films generally are not. Studios know there's money to be made from remaking the film for American audiences.
I'm a fan of plenty of foreign language films, but if Hollywood wants to remake one of them with a talented director, I'm certainly not against it.
compare Infernal Affairs/The Departed
with
[REC]/Quarantine
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anything entertaining/Jack and Jill...
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Jan 13, 2012 19:10
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Jay Dub posted:
Do I really need to go back to my last post and italicize/underline the word 'talented'? I'm not saying I want all foreign language films remade into English. I'm saying if David Fincher wants to take a crack at Dragon Tattoo or if Spike Lee really wants to remake Oldboy, I'm willing to at least see what they do with the material before dismissing it completely. If the news breaks tomorrow that some nobody got the job to direct an American version of Akira, I'd be much less interested than if they hired, say, the Coen brothers.
Speaking of which, it turns out Contraband is a remake of an Icelandic film called Reykjavik-Rotterdam. Now I've never heard of this film before, nor have I heard of the directors of either film (turns out the director of Contraband played the Mark Wahlberg role in the Icelandic version). That said, I'm now at least interested in seeing the original, which is not something I would have said this morning. Whether or not a person gives two shits about a film being a remake is entirely up to that person's taste in movies. A lot of people don't care about the original and only want to watch it in English; that's fine. Like Bedevere said, those people are just gonna miss out on some excellent movies that happen to be in another language.
Sometimes a remake can come from some really talented people; sometimes it's completely motivated by money. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo strikes me as an instance where it happens to be both.
No, I'm absolutely agreeing with you. Scorsese and Fincher did excellent jobs of reinterpreting the material because they are talented and not hacks. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had astonishing boring legal poo poo in both versions so it wasn't that the remake added it.
Now if Dennis Dugan attempted a remake I would run screaming.
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Sheldrake posted:
To a point. But Heigl has still been in better movies than Aniston, handily.
Like 'Killers'?
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Jan 30, 2012 17:32
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Messages are for IMs and phone calls. Movies are for entertainment.
Sure, some are art but not all of them by any means. I'll watch just about any type (except rom-coms) once, because by-god somebody thought it would be worth making. If I get entertainment out of it, I'll be more than likely to watch the next director/screenwriter/actor's effort. If I don't I'll be a lot more wary of their work.
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May 4, 2012 15:48
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Gyges posted:
Perhaps you don't speak a lick of Italian, but love to listen to Italian opera because you find the way it sounds enthralling. Or maybe you like the look of an arrhythmic fiber optic pulse, but don't notice the Morse Code message. You are always free to ignore the message and engage art on your own terms, but that doesn't mean that there is no message contained therein.
Substitute Russian for Italian and that's it exactly.
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May 4, 2012 21:34
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Oh gently caress no.
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Jun 14, 2012 16:51
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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I think all the reviewers threatened to drink strychnine instead.
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Jun 17, 2012 16:25
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- Humbug Scoolbus
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Dark Knight Returns was a cool Christopher Nolan techno-thriller that just happened to have Batman in it as the protagonist. It was not a Batman movie. I liked it anyway, because I like good techno-thrillers and it was easily good enough that my love for the Batman character wasn't crushed by it not being a Batman movie.
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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I watch Nigerian action movies and this looks like a step beyond their legendary production quality. I have to see this.
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