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Re: Just+A+Girl,+Interrupted (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Thanks for taking the time to comment, but whether the film was REAL or not was much less my concern than whether it was interesting. And though it was a little interesting to me, I found it mainly dull. Clinical background information might have made me a more educated viewer, but I'm not sure it would have enabled me to enjoy the story any more than I did (which wasn't a lot). In any case, thanks again for your input.
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Jun 27 '01
11:42 am PDT
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Just A Girl, Interrupted (Reply to this comment)
by freq_03
With my background in mental facilities and problems, I could figure out the problems Susanna and the others faced, but if you have no real background in mental health problems, you might not realize all the problems in this movie. You might not realize the motives behind some characters' behaviors and judge them by what they do, not what causes them to do what they do. Reading the autobiographical book before watching the movie also helps you keep ahead in the movie.
Please take this movie seriously; IT IS REAL.
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Jun 26 '01
2:03 pm PDT
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Re: Just+don't+overthink+this+one. (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Jolie is so easy on the eyes that even Mrs. Sloucho couldn't help remarking, over and over again, that she had tremendously kissable-looking lips. That's the kind of thing I like to hear.
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Jun 14 '01
7:46 am PDT
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Just don't overthink this one. (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
See it for Jolie (always fun to look at), and for the sound track of my generation.
Period.
cheers,
nick
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Jun 13 '01
7:43 am PDT
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Re: Funny (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
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Jun 06 '01
9:16 am PDT
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Re: Plans,+Interrupted (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
You've got a knack for titles, sir--a serious knack.
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Jun 06 '01
9:16 am PDT
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Re: Have+you+read+the+book/memoir? (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Not qualified to speak on this one, since I didn't read the book, but I appreciate the comment.
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Jun 06 '01
9:15 am PDT
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Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Or to make your same argument from a different direction, I'll point out that some of Stephen King's stories make watchable films, even though his prose and always and invariably unreadable.
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Jun 06 '01
9:14 am PDT
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Re: Intelligent+and+insightful (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Dear Epicure,
Nothing from this movie was lifted from _Bull Durham_.
_Bull Durham_ is funny; this isn't.
The very suggestion that . . . why I oughtta . . . I simply don't know why you would . . .
[Sputter]
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Jun 06 '01
9:12 am PDT
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Funny (Reply to this comment)
by McKinley926
I like your pros and cons. Nice Review
McKinley926
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Jun 05 '01
2:17 pm PDT
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Plans, Interrupted (Reply to this comment)
by sumo_rhino
Thank you! I fear this would have eventually made it onto my Bring Home from the Video Store list.
Not now.
Not ever.
- sumo_rhino
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Jun 05 '01
5:33 am PDT
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Have you read the book/memoir? (Reply to this comment)
by owling
A lot of the problems you point out, if I recall correctly, are things that weren't in the book (or didn't play out the same way in the book). The book is *much* better.
Good review!
heather
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Jun 04 '01
4:51 pm PDT
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by mangiotto
Count me in the minority, I guess, but I find the desire to shoehorn all movie adaptations as inferior to their print sources is essentially flawed. A quick flip through Hitchcock's portfolio alone reveals a stultifying stream of horrendous prose turned to heavenly cinema.
Just stopping back in - cheers, mates.
Walter
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Jun 04 '01
3:25 pm PDT
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Intelligent and insightful (Reply to this comment)
by Epicure
Your piece is chock full of interesting observations. I'm always amazed by how attuned you are to the little details in a movie and their greater significance. Yes, the kinky manicure at the end of the film is rather ironic as you so eloquently pointed out. Plus, didn't they lift that from Bull Durham? One good thing I can say about the movie - Ryder is perfectly cast. She doesn't even have to act - the pitch of her voice is so naturally whiny.
Epicure :)
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Jun 04 '01
3:13 pm PDT
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Re: Mike... (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
I think your advice to the man was very sound, though I doubt I could have resisted the impulse to prescribe one of those Richard Nixon masks.
Now who do I have to talk to in order to get the networks to consider you as a commentator on the Oscars?
Thanks for the comment,
Mike
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Jun 04 '01
8:33 am PDT
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Re: a+film+as+subtle+as+a+whack+with+a+claymore+...+ (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Thanks for the vote of confidence, even if it sounds as if you just watched Shrek.
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Jun 04 '01
8:30 am PDT
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Re: Well+of+coursethe+book+was+better... (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Mrs. Sloucho and I missed lots of dialogue as well because we kept discussing Jolie's lips. Although I'm not overwhelmed by them, Mrs. Sloucho kept going on and on about the things one could do with lips like that. And when Ryder actually kissed Jolie, well that prompted a discussion that led to pausing the movie. So it turns out I am a fan of Jolie's lips after all.
Thanks for the comment.
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Jun 04 '01
8:28 am PDT
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Re: Your+review (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Not only are real crazy people more interesting than Susanna; something tells me that watching wood warp has more of a narrative arc than her self-indulgent tale. Thanks for the comment.
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Jun 04 '01
8:25 am PDT
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Re: Scratching+this+off+my+to+be+viewed+list (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
I really wanted to like the film too. And I almost did. Something tells me that one day I'll come to understand what Mangold was doing with that fingernail painting scene and it will enable me to understand why the rest of the film is sheer genius. But there's no getting around the fact that the film bored me as I watched. You're right about the way the entitled fail to bring out our sympathies. In many ways, I hated this film for the same reason I hated _The Sound of Music_. I'm just not interested in the problems of blue bloods because even though they see their problems as more real (i.e. higher on the scale of Maslowe's Triangle), I see them as completely phoney. Thanks for the comment.
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Jun 04 '01
8:24 am PDT
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Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Very polite of you to call this piece superior to yours when we both know that the very best moment in the essay is the line I stole from you. I was so impressed by the reviews that you and Grouch had written that I almost deciding against putting together a review at all, but you both had such good lines that my desire to quote you eventually overcame my awareness that I wouldn't be able to contribute anything new to the discussion. It's gratifying to hear such kind words from you with regard to this piece, even if I can't take them seriously. You continue to be the best, sir.
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Jun 04 '01
8:19 am PDT
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Re: well.. (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
You could probably retire on all the money I seem to have saved you in rental fees over the past few months. When are you going to share the wealth? I'm talking kickbacks, baby. You know it's only right. I'll even send you a Hershey bar or two every time you send me a check. That's fair, no?
Thanks for the kind words. And if you want my opinion, you're not miffed at me, but at the metamorphosis that your emoticon recently went through. Sprouting all that hair at once must have been very painful.
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Jun 04 '01
8:15 am PDT
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Re: What's+the+difference? (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Precisely because of what you say, this could have been a powerful film. It seems to be aware of the circumstantial quality of sanity, but then it rejects and tramples upon that awareness for no reason that I'm able to make out. Thanks for the comment.
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Jun 04 '01
8:12 am PDT
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Re: Maybe+Clash+of+the+Movie+Advisors+wouldn't+work+after+all: (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
I debated with myself about the inclusion of those lines. They were so good that I couldn't resist them, and yet they were so good that I knew they would have the effect of exposing the rest of my essay for the inferior piece that it is. It's extremely kind of you to thank me for stealing the best lines in the essay, but I'm not choosy; I'll take the thanks.
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Jun 04 '01
8:11 am PDT
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Re: Epinions:++The+Mentally+Stable+Need+Not+Apply (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Ah, the great public service that major releases invariably provide: the exercise in alterity that is Hollywood's phoniest gimmick. I want to go watch a film about people who aren't like me just so I can leave the theater feeling emboldened enough to go ahead and be my unengaging self. I'm sort of glad if I've spared you any undue suffering, but I sort of want you to become angry enough to take the kind of action that I'm too lazy to pursue.
slackingsloucho
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Jun 04 '01
8:08 am PDT
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Re: Could+never... (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Our gut feelings are almost always right, it seems to me, unless Dennis Leary is involved in the preview. He has a way of convincing us that his films are going to be funny even though we know better.
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Jun 04 '01
8:05 am PDT
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Re: good+review (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
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Jun 04 '01
8:04 am PDT
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Mike... (Reply to this comment)
by MrsNormanMaine
After seeing Winona at the last few major film awards ceremonies, I have become convinced that the poor dear really is in need of shock therapy. But there is no reason for me to sit around and watch her while it is administered. I will be skipping this one entirely.
In my professional life, a gentleman came to see me once and, the first thing out of his mouth was "Ya gotta help me. Every time I go out in the sun, my brains fry because I have no face." I suggested a sun visor and some zinc oxide.
Hands do not come boneless, except at the boneless chicken farm where they're more like Hooters wing appetizers than anything else.
MNM
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Jun 03 '01
5:06 pm PDT
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a film as subtle as a whack with a claymore ... (Reply to this comment)
by wordwalker
yet cowardly?! Laddie, ye hae done us all a service here!
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Jun 03 '01
4:10 pm PDT
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Well of coursethe book was better... (Reply to this comment)
by kellydeal
But I haven't read the book ... ha!
Once again, you've found insight and meaning where others have not ...
I was bored to tears by this one, and kept missing non-important dialogue because I was too busy staring at Angele Jolie's lips ... a common problem when she's in a movie ... but I didn't even bother to rewind ... I didn't want to spend another second longer watching than I had to ...
Well done my friend.
And I'm with Fiona on this one, you keep this up and I'm going to need to bust out the thesaurus ...
kelly
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Jun 03 '01
2:51 pm PDT
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Your review (Reply to this comment)
by Shalott
was right on. I agree with your opinion of the movie. The book was better. (as is usually the case.)
You know, I have to tell you that REAL "crazy" people ARE infinitely more interesting than the pathetic "poor pitiful me" characters in this movie. I should know. I am one.
Great review!
Shalott
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Jun 03 '01
7:38 am PDT
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