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I have been championing Sideways for as many Oscar wins as possible but after seeing Million Dollar Baby tonight I can say that I will not be disappointed should it clean up at the Oscars. I couldn't speak for about three minutes after the film had ended.El Vez wrote:Caught Million Dollar Baby this afternoon and I liked it very much. I can't talk too much about it for fear of spoiling it but I will say that the "twist" was very effective and in no way gimmicky as it was rooted in something central to Eastwood and Swank's characters.
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Blue-You liked Sideways that much? I found it kind of overrated. The writing and acting were quite good, I just didn't really like the male characters, and found it insulting that we're supposed to root for the alcoholic, depressive sad sack who steals from his mother (and is a bad teacher, to boot) to get together with the articulate, intelligent, beautiful woman.
That's the whole appeal for me. You're not really sure who you should be rooting for. Giamatti and Haden-Church's characters are very much anti-heros, much like a lot of characters in Hitchcock films.
In the end, it is the women who are given the upper-hand, and it is up to them to decide the fate of these ridiculous men.
In the end, it is the women who are given the upper-hand, and it is up to them to decide the fate of these ridiculous men.
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Re Sideways:
All of Alexander Payne's films feature protagonists who are not exactly likeable characters (believe me, compared to Ruth Stoops from Citizen Ruth, Miles is like Innan from Cold Mountain!) and they all hinge on audiences appreciating how vividly rendered and relatively true-to-life someone like Warren Schmidt or Haden Church's failing playboy actor are in comparison to 99% of what Hollywood gives us. I can look at About Schmidt and see my dad just like I can watch Giamatti as Miles and recognize where that pain is coming from and why he is a depressed, alcoholic misanthrope. I watched it and noted the choices that everyone involved with the film made in order to capture these cool, telling little details that most American films miss and I appreciated the artfulness and sour wit of it enough to take the journey with people that I would rather not spend time with......although I can certainly claim to having had friends like those guys.
Having said that, the Virginia Madsen character gave me some minor problems where suspending my disbelief was difficult. I'm glad when guys like Giamatti get romantic leads (regardless of their characters dyspepsia) but there were aspects of that relationship which were too good to be true although the tremendous chemistry that those two actors generated did offset that some.
All of Alexander Payne's films feature protagonists who are not exactly likeable characters (believe me, compared to Ruth Stoops from Citizen Ruth, Miles is like Innan from Cold Mountain!) and they all hinge on audiences appreciating how vividly rendered and relatively true-to-life someone like Warren Schmidt or Haden Church's failing playboy actor are in comparison to 99% of what Hollywood gives us. I can look at About Schmidt and see my dad just like I can watch Giamatti as Miles and recognize where that pain is coming from and why he is a depressed, alcoholic misanthrope. I watched it and noted the choices that everyone involved with the film made in order to capture these cool, telling little details that most American films miss and I appreciated the artfulness and sour wit of it enough to take the journey with people that I would rather not spend time with......although I can certainly claim to having had friends like those guys.
Having said that, the Virginia Madsen character gave me some minor problems where suspending my disbelief was difficult. I'm glad when guys like Giamatti get romantic leads (regardless of their characters dyspepsia) but there were aspects of that relationship which were too good to be true although the tremendous chemistry that those two actors generated did offset that some.
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Unspecified but hopefully this won't put them out of commission for too long. I would *hate* it if they were shut down for a couple of months or something although that seems a bit of a stretch. Still, I had my tastebuds all set to Greasy McGreasegrease and then I saw all the newspaper up covering the windows and the little sign saying "Close for remodeling."shatterproof wrote:Oh, dag! For how long? I guess for now you have to find another place to get all things greasy! At least it didn't close down, like my beloved Blue Moon Diner with their Elvis Presley memorabilia and the very tasty huevos blue moonos.El Vez wrote:The Alabama Grill is closed for remodeling.
Motherpussbucket.
Is there another kind of huevos blue moonos other than the very tasty kind?
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So that must mean the act of kidnapping fecal material. Eureka!
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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dag
Ahh, dung-coated wool.
dag1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dg)
n.
A lock of matted or dung-coated wool.
A hanging end or shred.
Ahh, dung-coated wool.
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