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is so delicious



Joined: 28 Apr 2009

PostPosted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:10 pm    Post subject: Black Swan/True Grit Reply with quote

Are they coming here? PLEASE???
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tanklor1



Joined: 13 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Please what?

Please look up opening dates on google for me?

Please go to imbd.com and look up the international release dates?

Please spare a square?

Please be more specific with your sentence fragments? Maybe...hmmm?
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NYC_Gal 2.0



Joined: 10 Dec 2010

PostPosted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I downloaded a non-cam version of Black Swan this week on btjunkie. The casting was great. The direction was horrible.
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machoman



Joined: 11 Jul 2007

PostPosted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i loved black swan. seeing natalie portman go crazy was awesome. i could be biased, i'm a darren aronofsky fan. oh, and i have a pirated dvd version of it.
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NYC_Gal 2.0



Joined: 10 Dec 2010

PostPosted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought it was a tad obvious, but I'm a big Natalie Portman fan. I watched Leon the next day again because she's so great.
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derbot



Joined: 04 May 2010

PostPosted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I watched both of these this week.

Black Swan was pretty entertaining but it will make you squirm a bit for a few reasons. Also, like the previous poster said, it's a little obvious.

I was disappointed with True Grit but that might be because of the hype. I think some of the Coen Brothers' lesser known films are better. I haven't seen the original, so I don't know how they compare.
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shifter2009



Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Location: wisconsin

PostPosted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am not sure how ambigious Black Swan was trying to be. There was so much foreshadowing of the girl losing her grip with reality that I don't think the ending was supposed to be a big shocker. I liked it for direction and acting but doubt I will ever watch it again.
I thought True Grit was 7 shades of awesome. Good acting, classic story, fine execution. I also prefer a lot of the Coen brothers earlier, more "quirky" work like Lebowski and Oh Brother but I enjoyed the hell out of True Grit.
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iselynjenniep



Joined: 01 Jul 2010
Location: bundang

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i loved true grit, jeff bridges was hilarious and i am a huge fan of both westerns and the coen brothers...

i also love darren aronofsky films and thought black swan was pretty good... especially the end. and natalie portman was awesome.
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Caffeinated



Joined: 11 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I liked both but enjoyed True Grit much more. Unexpectedly awesome even coming from the Coens.
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Illysook



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like thrillers that explore that line between sane and insane. The good ones make you question whether or not it really exists. In my opinion, Black Swan was too sex obsessed and didn't really do that, nor did it go very deeply into Natalie Portman's character. It was a pretty film, and very sexy, but not a substantial thriller.
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D.D.



Joined: 29 May 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

true grit was good but not great and black swan was basically light vs dark side so very obvious.
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lonestarteacher



Joined: 09 Jan 2011
Location: Suncheon

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

iselynjenniep wrote:
i loved true grit, jeff bridges was hilarious and i am a huge fan of both westerns and the coen brothers...

i also love darren aronofsky films and thought black swan was pretty good... especially the end. and natalie portman was awesome.


I enjoyed True Grit but I thought that it was a shame that the Coen brothers didn't do more with it. The John Wayne original was almost word for word through a good majority of the movie. Remake a movie to praise the original if it's an award winner, but make it your own as well. I will say though that Jeff Bridges made a great Rooster.
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida



Joined: 27 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is the use of PLEASE a new Internet cliche? Similar to:

Wow, just Wow;
This;
+1;
Typing effect when meaning affect and adding an extra o to words like loser?
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derbot



Joined: 04 May 2010

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lonestarteacher wrote:
iselynjenniep wrote:
i loved true grit, jeff bridges was hilarious and i am a huge fan of both westerns and the coen brothers...

i also love darren aronofsky films and thought black swan was pretty good... especially the end. and natalie portman was awesome.


I enjoyed True Grit but I thought that it was a shame that the Coen brothers didn't do more with it. The John Wayne original was almost word for word through a good majority of the movie. Remake a movie to praise the original if it's an award winner, but make it your own as well. I will say though that Jeff Bridges made a great Rooster.


They are both based on a novel though, so I imagine that is why they are very similar. For what it's worth, I've heard that the Coen Brothers stick closer to the novel.
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machoman



Joined: 11 Jul 2007

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida wrote:
Is the use of PLEASE a new Internet cliche? Similar to:

Wow, just Wow;
This;
+1;
Typing effect when meaning affect and adding an extra o to words like loser?


do you just go through threads nitpicking at everything, yet not contributing to the thread in anyway? just something i've noticed in your past few posts
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