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Re: Too early for "Traffic"

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In Reply to: Re: Too early for "Traffic" posted by Victor Khomenko on July 17, 2001 at 08:16:29:

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

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Re: Too early for "Traffic" - Corndog71 22:56:06 07/30/01 (1)
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
- Re: Agree 100 %. Mission to Mars was very close to a complete waste of time. (nt) - Thom P 01:19:10 08/13/01 (0)
  nt
Re: Too early for "Traffic" - Victor Khomenko 11:57:24 07/17/01 (1)
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 one
But 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.
- Re: Too early for "Traffic" - Thom P 04:40:40 07/18/01 (0)
  OK, it might seem we just differ in opinions :-)
  Now, this only makes life more colourful, right?
  Best,
  Thom

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