uncool2pillow Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 The director, Peter Hedges, also directed Pieces of April as well as wrote the screenplay for About a Boy and the novel, What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I went to the same H.S. as him, so I follow his work fairly closely. This was a good movie, but not as good as his other efforts. Could've done without Dane Cook. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 When he kicked the grandmother in the face, my wife laughed so hard she embarrassed both of us. Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I love Breaking Bad. Saw the pilot in in February and have just got caught up through the first season via surf the channel. 'He's the smartest dumb guy I know' That one and the other AMC show Mad Men are 2 of my current favorites . Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 When he kicked the grandmother in the face, my wife laughed so hard she embarrassed both of us. I literally fell out of my chair in the theater. That was just about the funniest thing I ever saw. That and Shaun of the Dead are two of my favorite movies ever. Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I watched that last night also. --Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Revisited War of the Roses today. Still like it a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Wish I had caught this on the big screen... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Finally on DVD.. shit yeah Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Good stuff - I would like a sequel, please, focused on gov't subsidies. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Wish I had caught this on the big screen...I saw it on an Imax, which, given Mick & Keith's ages, may have been too much. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I wasn't crazy about King Corn. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I wasn't crazy about King Corn. I wonder if you noticed the same thing I did - and I think it's a trend in popular documentaries lately - there were many times I wasn't sure whether some scenes were staged or not. For example, when they are first looking at their acre and the the farmer tells them that 8 rows is an acre, one of the guys starts walking away from the camera and measuring it out ("one, two, three") and the shot switches to a view from above (from inside the farmhouse I'm guessing) and he's walking, measuring, counting. Now, in a feature I'd accept that, but it's a documentary. It says to me that he did that twice, so they could get two different shots of it? I don't like that. Also, we never learn how they came across the diabetic cabbie from Brooklyn. Was he a friend? Did they just stumble upon him? If it was by chance, why not show that part? It made me question how much of a chance encounter the scene with the "CORN FED" man in the McDonald's parking lot was. So these are just a couple of examples of, from my view, non-documentarian aspects of a supposed documentary.Mostly I liked the film though because it was informative. I had no idea how prevalent corn is in the daily diet of America. Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites
Moe_Syzlak Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 We watched Lions for Lambs last night. Too simplistic and preachy for anyone paying attention. Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 We watched Lions for Lambs last night. Too simplistic and preachy for anyone paying attention.That movie sucked. I appreciated the idea, showing how these three different worlds are connected but it was so boring and forced. I watched Cape Fear last night. Fucking awesome. DeNiro can play one creepy motherfucker. Cinematography was great too. I like the whole Hitchcock feel to it. It worked unlike Shamalamalamalamalan. Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Mostly I liked the film though because it was informative. I had no idea how prevalent corn is in the daily diet of America. me too, especially having been a big fan of the omnivore's dilemma and that follow up book (name escapes me right now). watching right now...this is a wild movie film Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 mildly entertaining, kinda perfect for a saturday morning. Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Mad Men - season one On Demand. Link to post Share on other sites
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