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• The Big Chill nt - geoff 13:19:31 11/04/02 (0)
  In Reply to: OK, guys! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 06:56:44:

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• this knife cuts deep - njjohn 03:38:51 11/03/02 (1)
  In Reply to: OK, guys! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 06:56:44:

  'corniest', 'syrupy'. you can cut into all genres with these words.

  all the hero action films are syrupy. no exceptions

  maybe it's tied into more films than we think.

  maybe all films romanticize life. it's not really life as we know it. an illusion of life.

  corniest films. maybe 'from dusk to dawn', and 'pulp fiction'. 'the wizard of oz'.
  
  

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  • Re: this knife cuts deep - Victor Khomenko 07:05:33 11/03/02 (0)
    In Reply to: this knife cuts deep posted by njjohn on November 03, 2002 at 03:38:51:

    Well, I am not sure I agree. Do you think Paths of Glory is syrupy? There is definitely some glorification, yes.

    ***maybe all films romanticize life. it's not really life as we know it. an illusion of life.

    Hmmm... even things like "120 Days of Sadom"? Man Bits Dog? I think there are plenty that strip any layer of romanticizm off life... unfortunately.

    ***corniest films. maybe 'from dusk to dawn', and 'pulp fiction'. 'the wizard of oz'.

    You mean of course From Dusk Till Dawn, from dusk TO dawn is the 1913 silent film that no one has seen, I suspect.

    I dunno, I would not call From Dusk Till Dawn corny, I think it is well below that... your average all-around trash.
    

    
    
    
    

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• Can list include Animated films, too? If so.... - Radiola 23:32:11 11/01/02 (0)
  In Reply to: OK, guys! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 06:56:44:

  Bambi
  
  

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• Dances with Wolves -t - The Killer Piglet 18:08:26 11/01/02 (0)
  In Reply to: OK, guys! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 06:56:44:

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• The collected works of Tom Hanks. - TAFKA Steve 11:58:35 11/01/02 (2)
  In Reply to: OK, guys! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 06:56:44:

  Besides "SPR", Victor might as well add "Forrest Gump", "Apollo 13", "Philadelphia", "Sleepless In Seattle", etc.

  Personally, I like these sweet movies. But now I have diabetes.

  Want to see Victor have a seizure? Mention the collected works of Steven Spielberg. Or Roberto Benigni's "Life Is Beautiful."
  
  

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  • Re: The collected works of Tom Hanks. - Victor Khomenko 12:18:02 11/01/02 (1)
    In Reply to: The collected works of Tom Hanks. posted by TAFKA Steve on November 01, 2002 at 11:58:35:

    He-he... Steve, I think I probably should hate Tom, but I still don't. Some of his work - by all means! Let's destroy all copies of Philadelphia while AuPh is out driving!

    But Tom is a good comedian and he can be enjoyable.

    However, for the life of me I can't understand the popularity of Benigni! He is simply a pale copy of several truly great European actors - a crossbreed between Pierre Richard and Luis De Funes. I expect the public to forget his name in just a few short years.

    His "Life is Beautiful" was kaka, well worth mentioning in this thread.

    Perhaps his finest moment in world cinema was the duck walk scenes in "Il Monstro"
    

    
    
    
    

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    • Victor, you'll love this... - Harmonia 12:42:58 11/01/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: The collected works of Tom Hanks. posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 12:18:02:

      Benigni's Pinnochio is being dubbed into English for US release by...Queen Latifah, Cheech Marin and Benigni himself, among others.

      Eck.
      
      

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• Pay It Forward - Mr. Gridlock 11:15:54 11/01/02 (0)
  In Reply to: OK, guys! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 06:56:44:

  Totally contrived and pretentious!

  
  
  

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• Saving Private Ryan - Victor Khomenko 09:57:35 11/01/02 (3)
  In Reply to: OK, guys! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 06:56:44:

  What a pile of syrupy drek!
  

  
  
  
  

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  • Re: Saving Private Ryan - darkstar 13:50:49 11/01/02 (2)
    In Reply to: Saving Private Ryan posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 09:57:35:

    yeah especially the first twenty minutes or so.

    Group hug anyone?
    Randy

    
    It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
    
    

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    • Re: Saving Private Ryan, hugs all 'round.. - gware 18:57:58 11/01/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Saving Private Ryan posted by darkstar on November 01, 2002 at 13:50:49:

      A bunch of battle hardened grunts in June 1944 were about as likely to come up with the kind of dialog in "Ryan" as fly to the moon.
      Gary Ribisi's pukey monolog in the church would've been punctuated by some NJ conscript beating him over the skull with his own helmet, with no shortage of 4 letter words describing his origins and that of his mother ...
      Spielberg once again shows he can adequately research locations, vehicles, uniforms and equipment in minutae, and STILL klutz it all up
      I swear he must sit through previews of his films watching the audience and laughing his ass off
      He'd make a great cab driver
      Eric
      Tokyo
      
      
      

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    • OK hugs to you Dr. Darkstar! :o)-nt - Mrs. Piggy 14:17:50 11/01/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Saving Private Ryan posted by darkstar on November 01, 2002 at 13:50:49:

      just hugs!
      
      
      
      
      

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• Love Story is the all-time worst - padreken 09:36:16 11/01/02 (4)
  In Reply to: OK, guys! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 06:56:44:

  With the single most idiotic line in film history, "love means never having to say you're sorry". Anyone who has been married for any length of time knows that love FREQUENTLY means having to say you're sorry.

  Other candidates are..

  Somewhere In Time
  Sleepless in Seattle
  Pearl Harbor
  
  
  
  
  

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  • Re: Love Story is the all-time worst - mikenyc 07:04:19 11/02/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Love Story is the all-time worst posted by padreken on November 01, 2002 at 09:36:16:

    Well crafted and does what it's supposed to do...which is more than you can say about most Films.
    
    

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  • Therer are some who think . . . - Auricle 14:24:06 11/01/02 (2)
    In Reply to: Love Story is the all-time worst posted by padreken on November 01, 2002 at 09:36:16:

    that after a few months (years, if one is lucky), marriage and love have little to do with each other.

    If one is lucky, respect and caring are integral parts of the picture, and occasional flings (on either side) are forgiven.

    
    
    

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    • Nope! -nt- - Auricle 03:19:54 11/02/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Therer are some who think . . . posted by Auricle on November 01, 2002 at 14:24:06:

      
      
      

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    • Sounds like you are asking for permission? - Mrs. Piggy 15:00:34 11/01/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Therer are some who think . . . posted by Auricle on November 01, 2002 at 14:24:06:

      Happy smilies to all!
      :o)
      mp
      
      
      
      
      

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• Straight from Mrs. Butterworth.... - mvwine 08:52:40 11/01/02 (2)
  In Reply to: OK, guys! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 06:56:44:

  Steel Magnolias (used to be my wife's favorite!)
  Patch Adams (ugh!)

  
  I gave at the office!
  
  

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  • Addendum - - mvwine 09:43:56 11/01/02 (1)
    In Reply to: Straight from Mrs. Butterworth.... posted by MVWINE on November 01, 2002 at 08:52:40:

    Titanic!
    I gave at the office!
    
    

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    • Touche!-nt - Mrs. Piggy 09:49:00 11/01/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Addendum - posted by mvwine on November 01, 2002 at 09:43:56:

      Hated it!
      
      
      
      
      

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• Five Flicks with More Syrup than an IHOP Breakfast - Dave 08:25:55 11/01/02 (1)
  In Reply to: OK, guys! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 01, 2002 at 06:56:44:

  "Love Story" with Ryan O'Neil and Ali McGraw -- ugh -- I want to hurl chunks just thinking about this one.

  "City of Angels" with Meg Ryan and Nick Cage -- never mind the insipid plot, just seeing Meg Ryan play a brain surgeon put me off my feed for a week.

  "The Other Side of the Mountain" (aka "Gangway, Paraplegic Coming Through") -- mawkish and manipulative.

  "Centennial Man" with Robin Williams -- so saccharine it should come with a shot of insulin.

  "Ghost" with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore -- I saw this one in the theater, and by the time the movie was half-way through I was wishing that *I* was the one who was dead.

  TGIF...............

  
  
  

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  • Excellent list.... - Mrs. Piggy 08:37:58 11/01/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Five Flicks with More Syrup than an IHOP Breakfast posted by Dave on November 01, 2002 at 08:25:55:

    I was thinking of Love Story too,
    add Ode to Billy Joe

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