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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:20 PM Original message |
Just Saw The Movie, "W." , and It's Awful |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think everybody knows |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. JFK |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. "good" and "over the top" are not necessarily exclusive |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Talk Radio seems almost prescient in the here and now... |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Yeah, Talk Radio is awesome - Stone's best film |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. And it was NOT over the top. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. JFK was great movie making, but was a fictional account of the assassination. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
68. It is not repeat not over the top and no reviewer has called it so |
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ailsagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for the heads-up... :) |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm waiting for the PNAC movie |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. I saw a sneak preview on Tuesday. |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
64. I have a little too much Contempt for the Real Bush to sit through a 2 hour movie |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. It's a rough economy right now. 10+ bucks is a LOT to spare |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's a shame . |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. That's why I hated Apolcalypse Now. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Try to keep up. "Apocalypse Now" was directed by Francis Ford Coppola NOT Oliver Stone. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Yeah, but TheChariots of Fire was directed by Hugh Hudson. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. This post is either brilliant satire... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Me too post. In fact this entire sub-thread is hilarious. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
53. ummmmm- who said that it was directed by oliver stone...? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Oliver Stone directed Platoon. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Moby Dick was written by Herman Melville. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. All the Jane Austen books were written by Jane Austen. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. The Pride and the Prejudice sucked goat ass. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. The OP is incorrect on this aspect. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. And the works of Homer were written by a DIFFERENT guy named Homer... |
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Fozzledick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
63. D'oh!! |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. I had problems with Platoon |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. I also found the comic book level contrasts between the two sargents to be ridiculous |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, ever since the ultra-wealthy all call the shots, it's all just one big JOKE that they and their |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. ny local paper gave it 2 out of 4 stars, i wasn't planning on seeing it anyhow |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. Too bad for those who put time and money into it...Other than that..I would not watch it if they let |
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blue sky at night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Stone said in an interview with Rachel Maddow..... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. The once connected to the plight of humanity-type creative director, Oliver Stone, has become ... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's just too soon for this shit, honestly. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. That's pretty much what I thought too |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. You are full of shit. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It sucked pondwater. The "RICH" are not a cute and likable club ... Stone dropped the ball on this |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Cute and likeable club? |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Please |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Who's the conspiracy theorist? |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 04:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
74. Thank you! - for a moment I was beginning to believe only one person saw 'W" - anyone else? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. Stone "coped out" as we all knew that he would. By making it |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. No. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Gee, how about posting a spoiler warning for those who haven't seen. |
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Dangerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
62. Amen. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's satire right? |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. At Times Yes |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. Not surprising. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. i don't need to see a bio-pic of somebody i detest. |
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dudewheresmycountry (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. I am sure Oliver Stone, |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
36. the previews don't look all that great to me |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. The Ads Didn't Look Good |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'd like to see a completely over-the-top uproariously funny comedy about Bush/Cheney |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
44. Stone would have made a better movie out of American Carol |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. I bio-pic? It's a comedy (nm) |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. The movie looked bad from the ads. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. A lot of Oliver Stone films are just plain boring. Is this one? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
50. That's kind of what I figured |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
51. Well the Minnesota DUers are seeing it tonight |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
55. Why didn't he cast Wilford Brimley as Barbara Bush? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. It should have been a one man show, with Wilford just playing everyone. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
56. Thanks! Now I will definitely see the movie this weekend! |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
57. that sounds like what I heard about "Nixon" |
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illuminaughty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Loved "Nixon" too |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
58. we just lived thru over 7 horrible years of that little puke... |
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lynettebro440 (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
59. Has anyone seen Religious |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
60. I want too have a beer with this movie. n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
65. Now that I'm back from seeing it with the Minnesota DUers, here's my review: |
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Suji to Seoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
66. Notice how people are bad mouthing "W," but "An American Carol" |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
67. I was astonished that anybody on DU would see the film W and think it over the top |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
70. You confirmed my suspicion |
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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
72. The movie just the like president its based off of is awful!!! n/t |
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litlady (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
73. Mediocre movie with some funny lines and some pretty bad scenes - portrayal of Condi unbearable! nt |
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