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Quille the cynic...TC Posted Aug 7, 2003
Saw the entire thing. ATM machine scene was worth a laugh. It wasn't bad, but doesn't stick out as the best film I've ever seen. 
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azahar Posted Aug 7, 2003
hi Big Red,
I agree with you that Moulin Rouge was extremely tedious - another film I barely finished watching (gee, they're adding up!) Am now trying to recall any film with Ms Kidman in it that I liked and . . . nope.
az
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Big Red Posted Aug 7, 2003
Did you see "To Die For"? It was a hoot, and she was good. She was also good in "The Others," which was mostly tedious but paid off big in the last 15 minutes.
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Big Red Posted Aug 7, 2003
I did see and like "Flirting," but barely remember Kidman in that. I was too struck by Thandie Newton.
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Quille the cynic...TC Posted Aug 7, 2003
My parents keep telling me that I can't watch "The Others" because they're not sitting through the entire thing again (they feel it's one of the worst movies they've ever seen). I missed it because I was not home- that's that. Is it worth actually watching?
That's why I mentioned the movie- Kidmann might as well not be in it. They could've gotten anyone to fill the role.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Aug 7, 2003
I thought The Others was rather fun in an overblown way. And Kidman was certainly pretty damned good in it.
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Big Red Posted Aug 7, 2003
I thought it was dull until the last few minutes, when I was practically yelling HOLY S***!! I felt it made the rest of it worthwhile.
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azahar Posted Aug 7, 2003
I really tried to like The Others (even with my apparent aversion to La Kidman) because I quite like the director, but found it just silly and boring. The last few minutes of the film only made me say to my friend - 'oh, something has finally happened!' Snore.
az
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Aug 7, 2003
No, I just liked it, I mean, goddamn, it had Eric Sykes in! 
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Big Red Posted Aug 7, 2003
Ignorance alert -- I don't know who he is. Whom did he play?
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azahar Posted Aug 7, 2003
Isn't anyone going to agree or disagree about Dancer in the Dark? I was honestly so relieved when Bjork got her neck snapped - no more stupid songs! Yay! I found that film totally painful to watch. It's right up there right (down there?) after Buffalo 66.
az 
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Aug 7, 2003
He was the gardener. He is a British icon and thou shalt mot speak badly of him...
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Aug 7, 2003
Dancer in the Dark = Lars Von Trier + boring. Just a fact of life.
Except for his completely hatstand tv series 'Kingdom', which mamnaged to out Twin Peak 'Twin Peaks'.
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Big Red Posted Aug 7, 2003
Oh, I wouldn't do that. I liked him. Re "Dancer in the Dark," I didn't hate it. I found it really interesting. It either worked for you or it didn't, I guess. I liked "Breaking the Waves" much better, though. I have a friend who can't watch Lars von Trier's movies because of the jerky camera work. She works in "the industry" in L.A., so to her it just looks sloppy.
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azahar Posted Aug 7, 2003
Thanks Big Red - had totally forgotten Breaking The Waves until you reminded me. Another one for the list, I'm afraid. Thought it would never end . . .
az
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Big Red Posted Aug 7, 2003
Von Trier is not for everyone, it looks like! (I know, some of you will say he's not for anyone. Tehe.)
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corbennic Posted Aug 7, 2003
I agree about the overrated thing. The only film I've ever seen that I wish I could get the time back from is AI. Really. The only good thing about it was the talking bear. I couldn't believe how people fawned over it, it was such tripe. This is coming from someone who has sat though a John Denver christmas film about property developers and quite enjoyed it. Every time I think about AI I get so angry.
If only it had been a film about a talking teddy.
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