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That movie does look interesting.
Wonder why he's 'Duncan Jones' - and also is he the son that used to be called Zowie Bowie? That could explain the name change.

I'm going to see this on friday -

Whatever Works
Release: 26/10/2009
Length: 98 Mins
Rating: M (Sexual references)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Distributor: Hopscotch Films
Cast: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr.
Website: www.hopscotchfilms.com.au/flash.html

Synopsis

In Woody Allen's new comedy, Larry David plays Boris Yellnikoff, an eccentric, pessimistic New Yorker - a quantum physicist and all round grouch - who abandons his privileged upper class life to lead a more bohemian existence. He meets a young cheerful girl from the South, and when her family get involved the entanglements that follow is a sparkling collision. The witty, brilliant screenplay is vintage Woody Allen; the city of Manhattan a fabulous character; and the terrific cast create a great mix of hilarity, neuroses, joie de vivre and love.

I LOVE Larry David, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
 
kxk said:
That movie does look interesting.
Wonder why he's 'Duncan Jones'
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Coz "David Bowie" was originally "David Jones" but changed his name coz of the Monkees guy.

Did ya also know that Bowie has battled near all his life with the fear of being insane and lost his half-brother Terry to mental illness (the poor guy broke out of controlled care and got himself run over by a train) ?

ghods, how the wikipedia entry on Bowie has changed over the years. I wonder where my edits have gotten to. :eek: Time to have a look through the history and see what was changed when and why. ;)

[edit] Found one of them from back in December 2006 in the talk section but now archived. My contribution being the "There is a colour photo ..." paragraph in:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:David_Bowie&diff=94882554&oldid=94861083

kissed ronsons guitar?

um, people, that rather famous incident is not best described as "kissing" mick ronsons guitar. how about a little less prudishness and a bit more historical truth?

i heard he performed 'felatio' to it, but either way... AlexOvShaolin 16:42, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

There is a colour photo of the incident contained in the 636 page book "Alias David Bowie" by Peter and Leni Gillman, ISBN:0-450-41346-8. The comprehensive title was compiled after interviewing over 150 friends, relatives, colleagues, teachers, etc (and even lists the names of all the interviewees), and covers family history from before he was born through to about 1985, and gives quite a bit of insight into David's half-brother Terry and the probable influence David's family and upbringing have had in relation to his writing style. Anyway, that particular photo clearly shows something a little more violent than a humble kiss ...
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Looks like another edit of mine has been absorbed into the sea of change and the "Page 85 of "Alias David Bowie" by Peter and Leni Gillman, ISBN:0-450-413468 records that" washed away from my entry, as you can see at: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Bowie&diff=prev&oldid=94880107

Heh. David never was a fan of THAT book. ;)

regarDS
 
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In that case I just saw "Crash" on DVD for the first time (won best picture a few yrs ago) and absolutely loved it! Would highly recommend it to all
 
It's a pretty good film miki though i'm still bitter it won best picture over Brokeback *shakes fist*

Going to a video store tomorrow to get a few movies to watch, movies are my day spa, they are relaxing and the perfect chance to escape for a few hours from reality.
 
Crash is so heavy handed and cliched and as subtle as a brick through a window.. whatever that means. It kinda sucks. There are some good moments but overall it's just a mess.
 
Whilst I loved Brokeback, I found Crash more fast paced. The thing lacking in Brokeback was it just seemed to drag on a little for my liking. I like movies that keep you in from beginning to end, Brokeback didn't do that for me.
 
tonite i went and saw Couples Retreat - it was okay, id give it a 7/10. It was quite cliched for the most part, but was good movie to switch off to and just enjoy without having to think too hard about it.
 
watched wolverine again this time on Blu-Ray...

you know the last half is better than the first because it's not rushed and the first half showed potential for what should have been movies before this... but it's entertaining.. really isn't as dark as it needed to be and the director just wasn't up to scratch for delivering the right tone and feel to the film and many of the scenes.
 
Bkeela said:
I didn't enjoy the films much, so you might be correct about them, but I sincerely doubt Tolkien intended there to be homosexual tensions between Frodo and Sam.

Sam is merely the humble servant of Frodo, and worships him as mentor. Sam is in-love with Rosie Cottons.

As a gay, you might not be able to appreciate the strong yet purely platonic friendships that heterosexual males can forge, especially in conditions of hardship. I suppose you think there is a homosexual undercurrent to the deep mateship that Anzacs and other soliders have experienced.
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Not necessarily, I have friendships with straight men and it is nothing more than that. Don't presume to know.

Even as a 15 year old when I first read the book I could see the subtle as a sledgehammer passages during the trip into Mordor between Sam and Frodo, but I don't want to harp on it. Rosie was a distraction but I like the Farmer Cotton family, good name. And our family is from Birmingham so maybe Tolkien knew some Cottons. :)
 
Unleashed

A few years old, but one of those Luc Besson produced action films which all tend to be good. Stars Jet Li who bas been raised like a dog to be a trained and vicious fighter denied any real life. This was done by a mobster played by Bob Hoskins. Basically if people don't pay up, Jet Li is let loose to kick some arse. So there's some quite good action fight scenes here. Of course Jet Li's character Danny gets loose and taken in by an overly kind Morgan Freeman and his step daughter, who help Danny connect with his emotional side and become somewhat of a person. This bit sort of drags as the family is a bit sickly sweet. It is kind of funny how after living with them for a few weeks, being completely emotionally removed, not knowing how to be a person, Morgan freeman's character makes a comment that something may not quite be right with danny... was this a selfaware moment in the film for a laugh or not... not sure..
It's an odd, but entertaining film. Not one to think too deeply about.. such as the logic of the characters or lack of any police or other such signs of law enforcement. So if you want an interesting some what strange film, with some very well choreographed fight scenes, then yeah you can't go wrong. The problems with the story and logic of characters are there, but really story is not the point of a film like this. Just to be interesting enough to make the film it's own excuse for some cool fights.
 
Karaoke said:
ANZAC is the right word to use here. Tolkien was a survivor of the trenches in WW1.
So those feelings of comradeship and loyalty and devotion to a fellow man in a time of crisis was part of his life.
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Yeah that's right. And in case no one noticed, the NZ stands for something too. Though Tolkien was British, not from downunda.

Also, no one of any form of alternative sexuality served in any of the world wars or ever studied at Oxford.

(Though I must admit I was overplaying my hand a little in my earlier post).
 
The Uninvited - 5/10 awful plot holes and stupid writing but i still enjoyed it, it could have been so so much better though. *sigh*

The Cake-Eaters 8/10 - i loved this so much it reminded me of Garden State just much more subtle.

Last House on the Left 8/10 - I was on the edge of my seat start to finish it does not let up and there is some great acting by everyone involved, i usually hate remakes but this beats the amateur original by a mile.
 
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mikidiki said:
In that case I just saw "Crash" on DVD for the first time (won best picture a few yrs ago) and absolutely loved it! Would highly recommend it to all
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Yeah I want to see "Crash" because a lot of people haven't heard of it or are wary of it, but one of my colleagues whose opinion I respect speaks highly of it.

Whilst I also am very fond of the movie it defeated at the 2006 Oscars, it's probably very hard to compare such different movies. One of my favourite movies of all time (The Deerhunter) is extremely slow moving (the first time you watch), and I found it depressing when I was 12. But now a somewhat more sophisticated view has supervened.

On "Crash" my colleague says a lot of people are wary of it as they see it as condoning racism. Of course, that's only a superficial view, the real message of the movie (according to my colleague) is quite the reverse.

Of course, John is writing a book dealing with indigenous oppression in colonial Australia, and was lecturing me about the humour on "Hey Hey", so I did bite my tongue a little on the "Hey Hey" subject).
 
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Saw Whatever Works - and it sucks, sucks real bad do not see this movie. I saw it because i love Larry David - his TV show is much better than this Woody Allen crap.
2nd half is a bit better than 1st, but it's just an entirely stupid movie.
 
Land Of The Lost on DVD

Usually I can't stand Will Ferrel, I've only ever liked him in Anchorman and Blades Of Glory but he wasn't too bad in this one. It had really good special effects and reminded me a bit of Journey To The Center Of The Earth mixed with Evolution. If you are just after a silly movie that you don't have to think about then watch it.
 
pawlini said:
Land Of The Lost on DVD

Usually I can't stand Will Ferrel, I've only ever liked him in Anchorman and Blades Of Glory but he wasn't too bad in this one. It had really good special effects and reminded me a bit of Journey To The Center Of The Earth mixed with Evolution. If you are just after a silly movie that you don't have to think about then watch it.
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Out of 10 how high do you rate this?
 
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