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Should we all chip in for a film crew?  This could be good.

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by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 01:24:04 PM EST
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Hmm, I could always claim the video camera...

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 01:42:56 PM EST
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I predict it will be less a Kerouac road movie, and more like 'Smart and Smarter" starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 02:23:00 PM EST
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Now thats a film I know I'd pay to see (Unlike Australia, which I saw this week and was spectacularly poor).

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 03:46:52 PM EST
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Was it really that bad?  They raved and raved and raved about it and then it came out and everyone went "oh".

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 04:02:15 PM EST
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Well theres a complete film in the first half, a full story, albeit disjointed and jumbled, then theres another hour and a half to go....

the acting wooden, the characters stereotypes, the lead actress appears physically incapable of acting, (or even changing her expression) there might be some eyecandy for the ladies in Mr Jackman with his top off. but far too many lingering shots of single tears running down the faces of characters in substitute for any meat to the story.

There are some stunning landscape shots, but rip them out please and put them into a 2 minute Australian tourist board advert.

the second half of the film hangs together better as a story, but is rather let down by yet more bad acting and a poorselection of unrealistic looking special effects. (and after the first half you dont really care about the characters).

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 04:15:56 PM EST
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Nicole Kidman at her worst?  I don't like her as an actress at all.  Too much botox too.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 04:17:13 PM EST
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I was trying to avoid saying that.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 04:19:28 PM EST
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She was good in The Others and The Hours. I don't really like her otherwise.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 04:27:19 PM EST
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I enjoyed The Hours but I rarely like her in anything.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 04:31:42 PM EST
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I like Kidman a bit more than you guys, I guess. For instance, in Von Trier's Dogville. I think she's good when she has a good director. Or at least was. Perhaps botox has ruined her (there are psychological repercussions to fixating one's expression).

Kidman was at her best in Eyes Wide Shut, though that was a case of typecasting.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 04:19:52 AM EST
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Yes, I've felt that EWS was a highlight - but I'd have to agree that typecasting was a major effect.
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 08:57:46 AM EST
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You mean there's a "best" to her?

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by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:43:08 AM EST
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I think there is a 'slightly less awful'.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:50:26 AM EST
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Well, if you can discern such a minute difference my hat's off to you!

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:51:21 AM EST
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