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| Vic Martinez |
 Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:46 pm |
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One I saw recently was RIPLEY'S GAME, with John Malkovich, who puts Matt
Damon's performance in THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY to shame. RG has a rare
100% 'rating' from 'rotten tomatoes' website too. |
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| Pidge |
| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:32 pm |
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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 17:46:16 -0500, t1000@webtv.net (Vic Martinez) wrote:
Quote: One I saw recently was RIPLEY'S GAME, with John Malkovich, who puts Matt
Damon's performance in THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY to shame. RG has a rare
100% 'rating' from 'rotten tomatoes' website too.
Ebert and Roeper raved about it on a recent show.
It was okay, didn't live up to hype. The first half-hour was so dull I nearly
shut it off. Had a few funny, demented lines and Malkovich is a good sociopath.
That's the best I can say about it.
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| Ghoulie |
| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:47 am |
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t1000@webtv.net (Vic Martinez) wrote in news:28943-40830538-255@storefull-
3276.bay.webtv.net:
Quote: One I saw recently was RIPLEY'S GAME, with John Malkovich, who puts Matt
Damon's performance in THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY to shame. RG has a rare
100% 'rating' from 'rotten tomatoes' website too.
I see "Bring It On 2" is out... How that missed out on theatrical release
is beyond me!
- Ghoulie |
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| zach |
| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:19 pm |
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I am wary of STV, being burned so many times, so I like it that some
of us discuss it here.
This might be a bit too low-level for most of the ramcf crowd, but I
found that _Hangman's Curse_, by Christian author Frank Peretti was
actually pretty good and well done, especially since most films of the
genre are not that great. It was like a really good quality tv movie.
Not really Christian at all (which makes me wonder if Peretti's
pulling an Amy Grant and distancing himself from his base), except for
a reference here and there that lets you know the protagonists were
Christians-- kind of distracting, really, either play the Christian
angle or don't!. You do have to suspend disbelief and buy into the
"Veritas Project" being like a domestic version of the Spy Kids
family, minus the sci-fi gadgetry, but some of that was kind of funny
and didn't take itself too seriously (like when the kids get caught
during a night raid dressed like commandos, or when 15 year old Elijah
goes on about his "FBI" training). It's kind of a teenage murder
mystery minus any real gore or outlandish violence (like I said, a
well done tv movie). It did have a positive message in the end
regarding some teen stereotypes (bullying jocks, the neo-goth crowd
dabbling in satanism--- though the satanists I knew in high school
looked fairly "normal" on the outside). |
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| Guest |
| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:00 pm |
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RIPLEY'S GAME, starring John Malkovich. Haven't seen it myself, but
word has it it's quite good. It's straight to DVD, however. . .g!
C.
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