FRED HALE SR.

Its grossed 76 million on a 25 million dollar budget, so the different folks did like the strokes. Daniel Day Lewis is a tour de force.

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EPOCH6

Silence.

Long, ambitious, as well made as you'd expect from Scorsese, and well acted, especially Andrew Garfield's performance. Will watch again.

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FRED HALE SR.

Scorcese usually does period pieces about as well as anyone. I'll certainly seek it out, because I like Garfield.

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Chula Vista

Wait a minute, isn't the rule of MB that just because something is popular doesn't automatically mean it's good. Also, it only ranks 66th for 2007 US grosses.

Over on Rotten Tomatoes it's got a 91% rating from critics and a 86% rating from fans. On IMDB it's got an 81% rating. So I'm not alone.

No Country for Old Men, also from 2007, justifyably beat it out for both Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars. TWBB also lost both of those awards at The Golden Globes. No doubt it's an epic tale. I just don't think it's a great movie.

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

FRED HALE SR.

You won't get any argument from me on No Country its fantastic. The thing to remember about TWBB is that is was shown in half the theaters that No Country and big budget movies were shown in. I was highlighting the fact it was in limited theaters and still had a wide audience base. The MB rules for sellouts always applies.

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Justthefacts

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Chula Vista

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

First time I saw it 10 years ago it came across as kinda pathetic and whiny. Much better on the second viewing.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

FRED HALE SR.

They came across as guys that need extended therapy. Bunch of whiney bitches. Kirk Hammett comes across really meek, and Hetfield and Ulrich come across like two year old girls. I thought James voice was better before he decided to take voice lessons also, quite puzzling.

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djchameleon

Get Out is a must see.

I had to rush and catch a matinee of it because I felt like too many people were casually talking about it on Facebook and I didn't want to get spoiled.

The social commentary isn't beating you over the head the entire movie but it's definitely there. Great psychological thriller.

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.

Frownland

Truth. Napster should've been a good enough foreshadowing for that though.

ABSO****INGLUTELY

I've been disagreeing with my dad about that for years and it's good to see some validation.

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