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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:24 PM
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Okay, Glengarry Glen Ross.
I am SO late to the party on this one, but I just watched it for the first time and... WOW! I love these kinds of movies: very tight camera shots, minimal locations, great lighting, incredible dialogue. Numerous Oscar winning or Oscar nominated stars. It was really good, but I knew the spoiler once I got ten minutes into the movie! :applause:
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:26 PM
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1. One of my favorites.
Great ensemble cast and great dialogue.
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:29 PM
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5. Put that coffee down! Coffee is for closers!
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:44 PM
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6. "'Fuck you,' THAT'S my name!"
:D
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 06:11 PM
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12. Bwaahhhaaaa! Damn, now I got to pull that movie out.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:27 PM
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2. One of the worst movies I ever saw
JMO
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:53 PM
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7. I agree wit cha.
:hi:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:57 PM
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8. I couldn't finish watching it
I dunno why it got such great reviews, I guess I'm missing something though, 'cause people here seem to like it too.

:shrug:


:hi:
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 06:05 PM
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9. I love that film. It's a rough ride but it's so well done.
I may have read somewhere that some of the dialogue is in iambic pentameter. That might not be correct.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 06:06 PM
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10. you can have it
no thanks

:hi:
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 06:07 PM
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11. Fair enough. I can't hang with dark stuff anymore so I don't know if I'd still be able to enjoy it.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:28 PM
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3. Good movie.
I love David Mamet's dialogue.
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:29 PM
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4. Love it! Great as a play too.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 06:33 PM
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13. Great film
Yeah, it's a train wreck, but it's a fascinating train wreck. Forget Pacino: Jack Lemmon and Alan Arkin. These men can fucking ACT! Okay, Lemmon chews the scenery a bit, but I like that anyway. Juicy roles, great dialogue. Mamet annoys me sometimes, being to cheesy, too cute or hamfisted, but he's at the top of his game with this one. My mother worked in real estate, and I've seen people treat her like this.

"Second prize is a set of steak knives."
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 07:59 PM
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14. My job is like that in some ways.
It's part "Office Space", part "Glengarry Glen Ross".

No Alec Baldwin screaming at us though. :D
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 08:07 PM
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15. The character played by Jack Lemmon lives on
in The Simpsons.
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