Re: Movie rant

2001-10-04 Thread Simon Wistow
The Avengers took it too far. They knew it was a crap film so they got BIG teddies, LOTS of BIG teddies AND PURPLE BIG teddies!!1 c.f also Aphex Twin videos.

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-03 Thread Redvers Davies
was stupid. Oh, and the plot at the end was too. But the teddy! The Teddy factor wins again. It seems that crap movies can be made clean by adding a teddy! The Avengers took it too far. They knew it was a crap film so they got BIG teddies, LOTS of BIG teddies AND PURPLE BIG teddies!!1

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-03 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 05:15:34PM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: Simon Wilcox sent the following bits through the ether: What the hell was Steven Spielberg on and can he pass it round ? I kind of liked AI. I had to feature a teddy in my summary. Greg and I both think the teddy is the

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-03 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 11:03:36PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Leon Brocard wrote: I kind of liked AI. I had to feature a teddy in my summary. Greg and I both think the teddy is the cutest part of the film and can't wait to get one. I saw Enigma this evening.

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-02 Thread Sam Vilain
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:25:45 -0400 (EDT) Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's worth noting that this was apparently not just another gratuitous Spielbergism. It was apparently part of the story as Kubrick was planning on telling it, and as produced by Speilberg was true to that. Can

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-02 Thread Chris Devers
SPOILER: AI On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Sam Vilain wrote: On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:25:45 -0400 (EDT) Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's worth noting that this was apparently not just another gratuitous Spielbergism. It was apparently part of the story as Kubrick was planning on telling

Movie rant

2001-10-01 Thread Simon Wilcox
What the hell was Steven Spielberg on and can he pass it round ? Yes I'm talking about the pile of shite that is A.I. Ok, the first half was quite interesting in that it examined some psychology around loss and grief. The second half was interesting only in that I was quite disturbed by the

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2001-10-01 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Simon Wilcox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What the hell was Steven Spielberg on and can he pass it round ? before i read more your talking about AI Yes I'm talking about the pile of shite that is A.I. greg++ Ok, the first half was quite interesting in that it examined some

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-01 Thread Leon Brocard
Simon Wilcox sent the following bits through the ether: What the hell was Steven Spielberg on and can he pass it round ? I kind of liked AI. I had to feature a teddy in my summary. Greg and I both think the teddy is the cutest part of the film and can't wait to get one. It was quite

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2001-10-01 Thread Jasper McCrea
Greg McCarroll wrote: * Simon Wilcox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Ok, the first half was quite interesting in that it examined some psychology around loss and grief. and introduced Teddy. The second half was interesting only in that I was quite disturbed by the Flesh Fair scene [1].

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-01 Thread Chris Devers
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: [stuff stuff stuff] happy ending [more stuff] It's worth noting that this was apparently not just another gratuitous Spielbergism. It was apparently part of the story as Kubrick was planning on telling it, and as produced by Speilberg was true to that.

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-01 Thread Leon Brocard
Greg McCarroll sent the following bits through the ether: If you go to this film and get bored, ignore the main characters and play the popular Teddy watching game. Its much better than the crap that is in the centre of the screen. The best thing about this game is that Teddy is almost

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-01 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Leon Brocard wrote: I kind of liked AI. I had to feature a teddy in my summary. Greg and I both think the teddy is the cutest part of the film and can't wait to get one. I saw Enigma this evening. It doesn't feature any teddies, but it does have a big shiny calculating