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Shape Shifter · 02-25-2005, 05:51 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
So, I skipped out on work for a looooong lunch today and went to see Hotel Rwanda. I must revise my thoughts.

1. Don Cheadle was fantastic. The best performance I've seen by anyone in a very long time. If he doesn't win, it would be a real shame.

2. The fact that this movie wasn't nominated for 'Best Picture' is outrageous. I don't think it's a matter of the subject-matter making the movie, either. It was very well done. Almost had me in tears three times.

3. If you run a movie theater and you're showing Hotel Rwanda, why the FUCK do you hand out "Killer Bunnies" (or whatever) stickers when people are exiting?

4. I have no interest in seeing The Aviator. Can anyone convince me that I should?

5. Adding Chris Rock to the Oscar mix was a good idea. I will watch more than the last 15 minutes. And I hope he singles out and pisses off, Russell Crowe, that self-important jackass.

TM

ETA: In the theater, there was a group of maybe 20-25 kids with a group of adults. I'm not sure, but I think they (or more likely their parents') were from Rwanda because I heard accents that sounded much like the ones in the movie and the adults shushed the kids at the beginning and told them that this is something they all needed to see. After the first few minutes, the otherwise rowdy kids fell into silence and watched with only a sniffle, sigh or gasp to be heard for 2 straight hours. I imagine it had quite an impact on them.

I don't typically go to espn.com for movie reviews, but I found Skip Bayless' trashing of Million Dollar Baby sort of amusing, even though I think MDB is a good movie. He has some valid points, mainly that the movie is an unrealistic boxing movie (as an aside, he names Caddyshack as the most realistic sports movie; he may be right). I noticed those unrealistic moments when I was watching, too, but they didn't bother me as much because I wasn't viewing it as a "boxing" movie.

Warning: The review gives away much of what happens in the movie. Don't read it if you plan to see MDB.

NotFromHere · 02-25-2005, 05:52 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Wow, I haven't been this bored in a long time. Have you been busy?

Super busy. I know how much you've missed me.

str8outavannuys · 02-25-2005, 05:54 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Apparently Nick Nolte did not consult Romeo Dallaire at all and took many liberties with his portrayal. So please take his performance as fiction. Romeo Dallaire is a good guy, not the boozer in the film.

just fyi.

You're just a shill for Romeo Dallaire. Always have been, always will be.

NotFromHere · 02-25-2005, 06:00 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Disco Dolls from Outer Space in 3D will be on tonight late at the River Oaks Theater. (Is midnight late, or late late?)

e b/c as much as I'd like to think so, HTML doesn't work here.

Midnight is not yet late. 1:00 is late. After that is late late. I stay up for Leno or Letterman most nights. I've been accused of being a vampire.

greatwhitenorthchick · 02-25-2005, 06:00 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I don't typically go to espn.com for movie reviews, but I found Skip Bayless' trashing of Million Dollar Baby sort of amusing, even though I think MDB is a good movie. He has some valid points, mainly that the movie is an unrealistic boxing movie (as an aside, he names Caddyshack as the most realistic sports movie; he may be right). I noticed those unrealistic moments when I was watching, too, but they didn't bother me as much because I wasn't viewing it as a "boxing" movie.

Warning: The review gives away much of what happens in the movie. Don't read it if you plan to see MDB.

What I don't understand is this portrayal of boxing trainers as unwilling to train women (see also Girlfight). That's totally unrealistic. I walked into my gym and had my pick of five trainers, all top-notch. As long as you have the money to pay them, it's ridiculously easy to get a good trainer.

I don't want to see MDB because from what I have heard I think it is anti-boxing and in a stupid way.

greatwhitenorthchick · 02-25-2005, 06:01 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
You're just a shill for Romeo Dallaire. Always have been, always will be.

I'll admit that. He pays me handsomely.

Shape Shifter · 02-25-2005, 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
What I don't understand is this portrayal of boxing trainers as unwilling to train women (see also Girlfight). That's totally unrealistic. I walked into my gym and had my pick of five trainers, all top-notch.

You are hotter than Hillary Swank, at least in my mind.

greatwhitenorthchick · 02-25-2005, 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
You are hotter than Hillary Swank, at least in my mind.

Objectively, I am way hotter than Hilary Swank

(on the internet).

NotFromHere · 02-25-2005, 06:08 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Wow, I haven't been this bored in a long time. Have you been busy?

Shifty, some radicals are trying to squelch our business plan. In NJ no less.

'Road kill' candy not sweet for animal lovers
Flattened snakes, chickens, squirrels offbeat or offensive?
New Jersey animal activists want this candy taken off the shelves.

TRENTON, N.J. - Animal rights activists are disgusted by a new candy from Kraft Foods Inc. that's shaped like critters run over by cars — complete with tire treads.

Replaced_Texan · 02-25-2005, 06:15 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
What I don't understand is this portrayal of boxing trainers as unwilling to train women (see also Girlfight). That's totally unrealistic. I walked into my gym and had my pick of five trainers, all top-notch. As long as you have the money to pay them, it's ridiculously easy to get a good trainer.

I don't want to see MDB because from what I have heard I think it is anti-boxing and in a stupid way.

FWIW, I didn't think it was anti-boxing.

Replaced_Texan · 02-25-2005, 06:18 PM

in lessons learned by someone on the same ride with RT's sister, so you don't have to.

When going on one of those spinning rides at the Rodeo carinval, don't wear a tube top.

LessinSF · 02-25-2005, 06:20 PM

Best Pic:

AVIATOR 4-7
MILLION DOLLAR BABY 7-4
SIDEWAYS 9-1
NEVERLAND 33-1
RAY 33-1

Best Actor:

JAMIE FOXX 1-15
LEONARDO DICAPRIO 9-1
JOHNNY DEPP 28-1
DON CHEADLE 33-1
CLINT EASTWOOD 33-1

Best Actress:

HILARY SWANK 1-4
ANNETTE BENING 7-2
IMELDA STAUNTON 16-1
KATE WINSLET 33-1
CATALINA SANDINO-MORENO 33-1

Oliver_Wendell_Ramone · 02-25-2005, 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
in lessons learned by someone on the same ride with RT's sister, so you don't have to.

When going on one of those spinning rides at the Rodeo carinval, don't wear a tube top.

See now, you should really allow people to learn this sort of lesson on their own. Hot people, anyway.

ltl/fb · 02-25-2005, 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
in lessons learned by someone on the same ride with RT's sister, so you don't have to.

When going on one of those spinning rides at the Rodeo carinval, don't wear a tube top.

Will it hurt, or will it just expose you? Because, like, ABBA might want to wear a tube top on one of those rides if she goes to the fair with her new honey.

Replaced_Texan · 02-25-2005, 06:26 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Will it hurt, or will it just expose you? Because, like, ABBA might want to wear a tube top on one of those rides if she goes to the fair with her new honey.

Gravity, apparently, likes to pull tube tops down. Carnival ride operators, apparently, like to extend the time on the ride when the tube tops go down.

This is the ride where you stand against the wall, the rides starts spinning and gravity keeps you plastered against the wall.