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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 04:41 PM Original message |
Can we have a serious discussion about "There Will be Blood"? |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Long story short: greed is bad, religion is hucksterism |
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allalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. how about religion is hucklebee-ism |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree, but the quirkiness made it very funny. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Didn't Orson Wells make that movie long ago? It was called "Citizen Kane." |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. You are not alone |
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notundecided (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Boring and just way too long |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Great Brahms, tho! I guess any film that uses that violin concerto |
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americanstranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead wrote the remainder. |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. last of the mohicans is still his best movie IMHO |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That was a great movie, |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I think LOTM soundtrack seals the deal for me. |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Agreed on that. That film has the best soundtrack ever, hands down. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. And it had way too little kissyface in it, too..... |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's really good if you are in the right mood. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Except I'd change it to "There Will be Boredom." n/t |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. I haven't seen it, but I can tell you it's point is trite, because of it's director. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. I was fascinated with the oil drilling technology. My grandfather |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. But that movie has also been made before. It was called "Elmer Gantry" and |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. Just a veer here. I felt the same way about No Country For Old Men. The ending or |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. I Took It As An Allegory To The Iraq War |
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