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Laga - Apr 26, 2008 8:55:30 am PDT #5313 of 10000

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

In general I find Kubrick tedious and boring but I liked Clockwork Orange and Spartacus. Barry Lyndon was only made worth it when I watched Love & Death a few days later. My hatred of Barry Lyndon made Love & Death so very funny.

In new release news- I screened A Plumm Summer yesterday and though I haven't seen the ending I think this is a good bet if you need to take a kid to the movies. Very evocative of an earlier era with a sweet relationship between a boy and his older brother & a blossoming first love set against the backdrop of a mysteriously kidnapped frog.

DavidS - Apr 26, 2008 9:13:24 am PDT #5314 of 10000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

In general I find Kubrick tedious and boring

So you haven't seen The Killing? Because it's not that.

Laga - Apr 26, 2008 9:17:18 am PDT #5315 of 10000

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

So you haven't seen The Killing?

I think I took it off the list after Barry Lyndon. Is it really worth it?

Jessica - Apr 26, 2008 10:04:42 am PDT #5316 of 10000

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

hatred of Barry Lyndon

I'm sure I know what each of these words mean individually, but in this order they make no sense.

Laga - Apr 26, 2008 10:44:15 am PDT #5317 of 10000

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

ugh I found it tortuous. It was like Candide but without all the light-hearted funny bits.

DavidS - Apr 26, 2008 3:34:58 pm PDT #5318 of 10000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Is it really worth it?

It would be difficult to think of a movie less like Barry Lyndon. The Killing is one of the all time great film noir, plus a classic heist movie. Sterling Hayden is great. Timothy Carey's most famous role.

Polter-Cow - Apr 26, 2008 4:32:22 pm PDT #5319 of 10000

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

It would be difficult to think of a movie less like Barry Lyndon.

Dude, Where's My Car?

beekaytee - Apr 26, 2008 4:56:50 pm PDT #5320 of 10000

Compassionately intolerant

ugh I found it tortuous. It was like Candide but without all the light-hearted funny bits.

Laga speaks my Barry Lyndon mind. It must have been the context in which I saw it, but it really made me want to poke my eyes out. Last year, I tried a re-viewing just to see if I might appreciate something about it. Nice costumes.

In wildly unexpected news, I saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall today and cackled through most of it. I went to requite my insane Russell Brand love and came away with a smile on my face. Predictable? In the extreme, but I still really enjoyed it.

If anyone sat through the credits (my friend had to pee...) was there anything after the NBC "Animal Instinct" promo ? Which, by the way, seemed entirely plausible and cracked me totally up.

Laga - Apr 26, 2008 5:25:12 pm PDT #5321 of 10000

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

one of the all time great film noir, plus a classic heist movie.

sold.

was there anything after the

just more credits.

DavidS - Apr 26, 2008 5:27:16 pm PDT #5322 of 10000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Dude, Where's My Car?

Are you kidding? It's the only other movie besides Barry Lyndon that's lit entirely with candles.

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