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Post subject: Movie Recommendations
 Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:09 pm
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Thought we'd restart this, too.
I'm going to see Dinner for Schmucks tomorrow.
I've heard it's awesome. Has anyone seen it?
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:00 pm
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I finally watched Food inc. last night. Good movie but may fall into the category of I was better off not knowing that. I had read Omnivores dilemma so I knew where they were going but seeing it........... 
I really want to raise my own food now and the hell with these big companies. They are killing us.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:49 pm
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Prosopis wrote:
I finally watched Food inc. last night. Good movie but may fall into the category of I was better off not knowing that. .
If you've already read Fast Food Nation, you are already prepared for much of the content of this doc.
Reviews for Dinner w/ Schmucks are all over the map... think I'll wait on that one. No need to rush to theater when it can play as well (or as badly) as NFLX rental
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:05 pm
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While on vacation I saw The Kids Are All Right (good date flick) and Cyrus (you can probably wait and rent it).
BTW, best film I've seen this year so far is probably Winter's Bone. Not sure if it's playing down your way, but you should add it to your Netflix queue if it isn't.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:40 am
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I am hearing a lot of good things about Joan Rivers-A Piece of Work. It is playing at the Loft so I may check it out.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:08 am
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David B wrote:
BTW, best film I've seen this year so far is probably Winter's Bone. Not sure if it's playing down your way, but you should add it to your Netflix queue if it isn't.
Winter's Bone is currently screening at the Camelview 5. That is on my agenda for this week; will stop by there after work one of these afternoons.
Note: make it THIS afternoon. Appreciate the heads up... can get this movie in before the Dbacks game starts and can still see most of the Cards game w/ the Astros.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:44 am
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Jdub wrote:
Thought we'd restart this, too.
I'm going to see Dinner for Schmucks tomorrow.
I've heard it's awesome. Has anyone seen it?
I've seen it. 5.5/10
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:32 pm
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moviegeekjn wrote:
Prosopis wrote:
I finally watched Food inc. last night. Good movie but may fall into the category of I was better off not knowing that. .
If you've already read Fast Food Nation, you are already prepared for much of the content of this doc.
Reviews for Dinner w/ Schmucks are all over the map... think I'll wait on that one. No need to rush to theater when it can play as well (or as badly) as NFLX rental
The two things that shocked me were the libel laws regarding speaking out against big food companies and the use of ammonia in ground beef packing facilities. Although I've never been one to buy the frozen ground beef patties I've definitely changed to only buying beef that was ground onsite.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:11 pm
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Baldmaga wrote:
Jdub wrote:
Thought we'd restart this, too.
I'm going to see Dinner for Schmucks tomorrow.
I've heard it's awesome. Has anyone seen it?
I've seen it. 5.5/10
So... not so good? I rescheduled it until tomorrow.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:14 am
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Went to see Despicable Me with my girlfriend a few days ago, we both loved it. Great movie for all ages.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:02 am
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Watched The Bridge which is a documentary about suicide at the Golden Gate bridge. Depressing stuff, I did not realize how many suicides happen there. As depressing as it was the interviews with family and friends were interesting. They tied the interviews in with footage of the actual suicide. Just sad to see what some people go through.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:07 pm
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Jdub wrote:
Baldmaga wrote:
Jdub wrote:
Thought we'd restart this, too.
I'm going to see Dinner for Schmucks tomorrow.
I've heard it's awesome. Has anyone seen it?
I've seen it. 5.5/10
So... not so good? I rescheduled it until tomorrow.
Just saw it.
Meh, it was a good movie... but Steve Carell being so dumb the entire movie made me enjoy it a lot less.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:30 pm
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Hey Movie you got any contacts at the Toronto International Film Festival?
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:30 pm
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Prosopis wrote:
Watched The Bridge which is a documentary about suicide at the Golden Gate bridge. Depressing stuff, I did not realize how many suicides happen there. As depressing as it was the interviews with family and friends were interesting. They tied the interviews in with footage of the actual suicide. Just sad to see what some people go through.
they are building a net to help stop that now dont know if that is in the documentary
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:29 pm
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misterx wrote:
Prosopis wrote:
Watched The Bridge which is a documentary about suicide at the Golden Gate bridge. Depressing stuff, I did not realize how many suicides happen there. As depressing as it was the interviews with family and friends were interesting. They tied the interviews in with footage of the actual suicide. Just sad to see what some people go through.
they are building a net to help stop that now dont know if that is in the documentary
They did not mention that but I had heard that from other folks in the past. I believe the net is always voted down due to aesthetics. My understanding is that they have been trying to put a net up for several years.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:02 pm
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Jdub wrote:
Jdub wrote:
Baldmaga wrote:
Jdub wrote:
Thought we'd restart this, too.
I'm going to see Dinner for Schmucks tomorrow.
I've heard it's awesome. Has anyone seen it?
I've seen it. 5.5/10
So... not so good? I rescheduled it until tomorrow.
Just saw it.
Meh, it was a good movie... but Steve Carell being so dumb the entire movie made me enjoy it a lot less.
He did however take the valuable advice though, to never go full retard.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:20 am
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Watched a documentary called My brothers keeper. It was pretty good. Kinda neat to see how other folks live.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:40 pm
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Prosopis wrote:
Watched a documentary called My brothers keeper. It was pretty good. Kinda neat to see how other folks live.
There's 11 films by that name listed at IMDB--some of which are documentaries.
There's also a relatively well known documentary called Brother's Keeper, which was the first joint project by Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger. It's about a quirky hayseed who is prime suspect in a possible fratricide. The filmmakers later teamed to make a unique behind the scenes doc about Metallica.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:09 pm
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moviegeekjn wrote:
Prosopis wrote:
Watched a documentary called My brothers keeper. It was pretty good. Kinda neat to see how other folks live.
There's 11 films by that name listed at IMDB--some of which are documentaries.
There's also a relatively well known documentary called Brother's Keeper, which was the first joint project by Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger. It's about a quirky hayseed who is prime suspect in a possible fratricide. The filmmakers later teamed to make a unique behind the scenes doc about Metallica.
I haven't seen Brother's Keeper, but I really enjoyed the Metallica documentary, Some Kind of Monster. Their relationship with the band started when Metallica allowed them to use their music in a previous documentary, Paradise Lost, as well as the follow up to that film. I'd recommend watching both of those. I don't know if Paradise Lost or Paradise Lost 2 have made it to DVD yet. When I saw them (5 years ago) they were only available on VHS. You Tucson viewers will be able to find them at Casa Video.
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Post subject: Re: Movie Recommendations
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:45 am
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moviegeekjn wrote:
Prosopis wrote:
Watched a documentary called My brothers keeper. It was pretty good. Kinda neat to see how other folks live.
There's 11 films by that name listed at IMDB--some of which are documentaries.
There's also a relatively well known documentary called Brother's Keeper, which was the first joint project by Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger. It's about a quirky hayseed who is prime suspect in a possible fratricide. The filmmakers later teamed to make a unique behind the scenes doc about Metallica.
Sorry, I should have been more specific. It is the one you mention above although I dont know that "quirky hayseed" is how I would describe someone.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103888/
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