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In Reply to: I'm racking my brain--and I can't begin to pull in on any Sandra Bullock.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on September 30, 2002 at 16:08:57:

"28 Days" rises above the level of crap. "Demolition Man" was pretty entertaining. "Miss Congeniality" was a comedy and not meant to be taken seriously regarding the plot premise. I rented that one expecting it to be awful, but actually ended up enjoying it.
Gimme Bullock instead of Roberts any day.

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Try Roberts in Erin Brockovich - David Mester 21:59:53 09/30/02 (12)
She did give an excellent performance in this, and I like the film very much. Of course an excellent director (Steven Soderbergh) doesn't hurt. Everything else I've seen with her or SB sucked. IMO, Mrs. Piggy is right about SB's higher babe factor, though.
- Re: Try Roberts in Erin Brockovich - Dmitry 13:22:18 10/04/02 (6)
  The story presented in that film was a total scam. People got screwed by Broko...etc.
  After you read up on what really went down, you'll look at it in a different way.
  - No, I won't look at it a different way..... - David Mester 10:34:34 10/06/02 (4)
    I'll still look at it as a film, which is all that it is. I don't judge dramatic works on the basis of how true to factual reality they may be, because I don't have that expectation of them. Films do not, in my opinion, bear the responsibility of educating an audience. My enjoyment, or lack of it as the case may be, is in the art itself.
    - Re: No, I won't look at it a different way..... - Dmitry 17:34:33 10/06/02 (3)
      Dramatic works?
      In that case they should've named the movie Helen Rozenbaum or Helen Choo. It's the spin machine that turned it up, hoisting her name and people[aka movie-goers] got taken. One can distance himself from Hitler in Olympia and view it as a student of cinema, then again one can't.
      --Films do not, in my opinion, bear the responsibility of educating an audience.
      What about Educating Rita ? False promises?
      - Re: No, I won't look at it a different way..... - David Mester 23:01:03 10/06/02 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Re: No, I won't look at it a different way..... posted by Dmitry on October 06, 2002 at 17:34:33:
        
        I really don't think I got "taken" by enjoying the film, and I don't care what the title was. What about Educating Rita? I enjoyed it. Do I think that it is absolutely true to life? No. I don't distance myself from films. I am involved with them and affected by them in many ways, as I am by all art. But, I am affected by the REALITY of Hitler in a much different way. The reason is obvious.
        
        Re: No, I won't look at it a different way..... - Dmitry 10:13:14 10/07/02 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: No, I won't look at it a different way..... posted by David Mester on October 06, 2002 at 23:01:03:
        
        --What about Educating Rita? I enjoyed it. Do I think that it is absolutely true to life? No.
        Good grief, David. It was a joke...
        
        LOL - David Mester 10:48:14 10/07/02 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: No, I won't look at it a different way..... posted by Dmitry on October 07, 2002 at 10:13:14:
        
        No offense, Dmitry. Guess I was in a sour mood.
  - Forget about the validity of the movie.... - Mrs. Piggy 15:01:26 10/04/02 (0)
    I can't get past her acting--she is like a big concrete road block.
    I find her to be a film destroyer.
    mp
- Performance is so-so, IMO - padreken 12:54:11 10/02/02 (1)
  But I have an aversion to fiction masquerading as non-fiction.
  - Re: Performance is so-so, IMO - David Mester 14:48:53 10/02/02 (0)
    I don't, really. It's just a film after all. A good documentary should be a different matter.
- That's because there is a wee bit less of a horsey look to Bullock... - Mrs. Piggy 14:59:11 10/01/02 (2)
  It's pretty funny, you would think I won the Mrs. Universe Pageant, the way I carry on--but I'll go on ahead anyway because I'm getting crusty in my VERY early thirties;o).
  They are fair game though, being celebs (or aliens) and all.
  mp
  That Erin B movie was OK. I would equate it with a decent made for TV show. I can't stand the way her cutsieness bubbles out of her tight clothes (it really does taint all the good in any picture she is in).
  mp
  - Horsey look? Babe factor? - darkstar 15:56:17 10/01/02 (1)
    Julia Roberts is 100X more attractive than Sandra Bullock, IMHO.
    Both of them suck wind as actors, though. But in terms of eye candy, JR is way over SB.
    Oh h-e-double toothpicks, I better stop right here.
    
    Randy
    
    It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
    - Babes ? - mikenyc 05:58:24 10/02/02 (0)
      They have that well scrubbed, healthy look....but somehow they elude the "Sex Symbol" moniker.
      They have Star Quality but their wheels are turning too much, for it to be attractive to me. Roberts is too much maintenance, it seems and not worth the "ride".
Bullock has a slightly higher babe factor-nt - Mrs. Piggy 17:21:17 09/30/02 (1)
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- "28 Days" I give two thumbs up.... - gware 21:17:10 09/30/02 (0)
  the closest Bullock has been yet to a truly 3-dimensional character, I think she actually single handedly carried what could have easilly degenerated into a crummy soap; the film didn't, it was thought provoking and she was great
  I wouldn't hold my breath to see her in another "good" role tho', but "28 days" showed she was capable of being more than just a cardboard cutout
  Eric
  Tokyo*

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