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0 - Feb 24, 2009 11:24:46 am PST #100 of 30000

Has anyone seen the new Clive Owen thriller, International?

I saw it and I'd say the reviews are about right. I liked the first two thirds of the movie, but then it lost me with all the exposition and nonsensical narrative, which kinda pissed me off because I was enjoying myself up to that point.

I guess you could summarize it as Bourne Lite. Visually, it's very pretty with the different locales.

Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 24, 2009 12:01:06 pm PST #101 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Owen's also shot a movie with Julia Roberts called Duplicity, where they're playing spies/ex-lovers bent on out-scamming each other, which looks like it might be frothy fun, unless you hate JR with the death of thousand burning supernovas.

It'll be like Mr. & Mrs. Smith only without the pesky dithering about which one you want to win!

Theodosia - Feb 24, 2009 2:38:23 pm PST #102 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

:: briefly burns with the death of a thousand burning nuns ::

§ ita § - Feb 24, 2009 2:39:19 pm PST #103 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

She brays in the trailer. It's horrific.

le nubian - Feb 24, 2009 2:52:45 pm PST #104 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I like the director of International so I was thinking I might see it. But his movies haven't grabbed me for 5-10 years.

Sue - Feb 24, 2009 5:36:57 pm PST #105 of 30000
hip deep in pie

She brays in the trailer. It's horrific.

It is. Even my overwhelming lust for Clive may not cancel out the horror that it JR is full JR mode.

Polter-Cow - Feb 24, 2009 8:21:23 pm PST #106 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

The "I Can Read Movies" Series.

Tom Scola - Feb 25, 2009 6:37:03 am PST #107 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Oscar winners are picked by instant runoff voting. Not too surprisingly:

Selection of Academy Award Nominees and Winners is Flawed, but Reformers Can't Seem to Elect a Better Candidate

Jessica - Feb 25, 2009 6:42:08 am PST #108 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Heh - for a second I thought we were in Bureaucracy...

Polter-Cow - Feb 25, 2009 2:04:45 pm PST #109 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Backflick: Reverse-plot movies:

Friday the 13th backwards is about a magic hockey player who heals a bunch of injured teens so they can go home from camp.

Godzilla: revived by missiles, giant lizard goes on civil construction spree in downtown Manhattan before retiring to island home

Wall-E: evil robot exiles humanity to space, breaks up with his girlfriend, trashes earth in fury.

Superman backwards is about a guy who flies around putting people into precarious situations and then hiding.

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