Juliebird, had you read the book?
megan, where are you seeing these? At the Kabuki?
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
Wash ,'The Message'
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javachik - Feb 26, 2010 8:50:14 pm PST #6949 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Juliebird - Feb 27, 2010 3:52:48 am PST #6950 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
No, do you recommend it?
Amy - Feb 27, 2010 6:18:38 am PST #6951 of 30000
Because books.
Any thoughts on The Hurt Locker?
I thought Jeremy Renner's performance was fantastic, and the direction was as raw and gritty as it needed to be, but ... I think I was expecting something else. Like, a plot. It came off as a character study to me, which is fine, but like I said, not what I was expecting, I guess.
Juliebird - Feb 27, 2010 6:31:09 am PST #6952 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I didn't get the buzz over this one, Amy. As a character study I didn't care for it. Not that it wasn't well done, but in the end I was disgusted with the character.
Kate P. - Feb 27, 2010 7:39:23 am PST #6953 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I saw The Hurt Locker over the summer, so I don't remember a lot of specifics, but I do remember loving it. I think it's right to call it a character study, though it didn't feel like there was no plot, just that the plot was mostly about the experiences of these few guys.
megan walker - Feb 27, 2010 8:20:23 am PST #6954 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
megan, where are you seeing these? At the Kabuki?
They are showing all week at the Lumière and the Opera. Since I know they didn't show up in my Yahoo listings, here are the times:
Lumière
Animated (Fri 2/26 - Thu 3/4): 4:45, 9:40
Live Action (Fri 2/26 - Sun 2/28): 2:20, 7:10
(Mon 3/1 - Thu 3/4): 7:10
Opera
Animated (Fri 2/26 - Thu 3/4): 2:20, 7:10
Live Action (Fri 2/26 - Sun 2/28): 4:40, 9:30
(Mon 3/1 - Thu 3/4): 4:40
javachik - Feb 27, 2010 8:25:30 am PST #6955 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Sweet! You're hardcore, I never see the shorts.
megan walker - Feb 27, 2010 8:45:09 am PST #6956 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I've never seen them before, but now I would do it again in a heart beat. Both programs were really good, with great audiences, and it's nice to have an opinion on these categories for once.
javachik - Feb 27, 2010 8:55:36 am PST #6957 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, cool.
javachik - Feb 27, 2010 12:07:40 pm PST #6958 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
The new Polanski has gotten rave reviews. I have refused to see any Polanski movies since "Frantic" (it was after seeing that that I learned about the rape case - I had been wrongly informed of the circumstances previously).
Other people work on the movies, and I have nothing against them. Yet, I feel complicit in yuckiness by seeing his films.
ETA: Even if he had served the time he was sentenced, I would still feel yucky. The fugitive part is immaterial to the yuckiness.
And yet I know a lot of my favorite composers, artists, authors, etc were real assholes and it doesn't stop me from listening to their music or owning prints of their art or reading their books. Sigh.