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In Reply to: Too early for "Traffic" posted by Victor Khomenko on July 16, 2001 at 11:05:35:
I'm a little curious here ...
I saw the film and found it to be one of those few very good films that come out of the American movie industry maybe 3-4-5 times a year.
I understand that you all didn't like it in particular, which is fine by me - my curiosity goes along the line of what movies you DID like, say, the last one or two years?
I don't know if my query may sound rude or anything, I assure you, that is not my intention. As I said, I'm just curious :-)Thanks,
Thom
Follow Ups:
No problem at all. Except I don't keep good record of what I have seen. As most of the films I watch are not the current ones, I could use help remembering recent good ones.Do you mean just the American films? Because if you mean just "films" in the wider sense (as I tend not to divide them into national catagories, but rather good/bad/excellent), then you can just look at the archives here, as there are MANY films that I loved listed over the past couuple of years or so - I have not been too shy naming what I loved.
So if you could list the recent films (American or otherwise) I would be happy to answer your question in more detail.
Thanks for your quick reply, Victor. I have been following the discussions at AA for only a few weeks, so forgive me if I'm asking something you may have posted earlier on.
Some of the recent titles I would consider worthwile (I'm concentrating on temporary near-mainstream American cinema - the classics we can discuss some other time):American Beauty
The Insider
Fight Club
Wonder Boys
Saving Private Ryan
Memento
Billy Elliot- just to name a few that come to mind. It's not that I necessarily find these films to be the absolute "best of the best" (certainly not if beforementioned classics be included) - but just to investigate into whether we share some preferences or not.
Best,
Thom
I would just like to offer my unsolicited opinion of the same movies.American Beauty- Loved it. Especially the plastic bag scene.
The Insider- Didn't see it because of it's agenda. May rent it someday.
Fight Club- Loved it. Had me remembering the strange and violent comaraderie I experienced in the Marines.
Wonder Boys- Loved it. One of Michael Douglas' best performances.
Saving Private Ryan- I liked it but felt The Thin Red Line was better. I think too much as it is which probably explains my preference.
Memento- Haven't seen yet.
Billy Elliot- Haven't seen.I'm often criticized by my brother because I tend to like 98% of the movies I see. The last movie to really irritate me was Mission to Mars. Man, that was terrible!
Rob C
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You are not giving me too many choices here, and I am afraid with some of these we would reopen the old wounds, but just as a quick scan...***American Beauty Incredibly bad.
***The Insider Didn't see because of its agenda
***Fight Club What I knew about it didn't make me go see it
***Wonder Boys Didn't see it based on its Director/Stars
***Saving Private Ryan Atrocious
***Memento Still to see it
***Billy Elliot Don't know about this oneBut seriously, I am mot much plugged into the modern day American movies scene. We go to the movies less frequently than I would like, and when we do, we try to make sure it is something worth watching. Most of our vewing is done at home. When I go to the rental places there are hundreds of promising films on the shelves that I have not seen yet. There is no theater showing good films in Wilmington (the last one one closed down), and Ritz in Phily is about 40 minutes away.
OK, it might seem we just differ in opinions :-)
Now, this only makes life more colourful, right?Best,
Thom
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