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incredible subject matter you’re not going to see anywhere else alone makes this watchable.  not only are you seeing something positive from africa, women are the loci of action and there’s something of a nuanced/complicated look at the villains.  that was the one part i wanted a bit more of - the ‘we no hate […]

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i liked this a lot when i first saw it, but this time i couldn’t get over the meanness.  i guess i’m getting even wimpier as i get older.  i did appreciate milos‘ acting a good deal though. 

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i was only half-watching this, but it was pretty enjoyable at that.  the ‘talented children in stylized modern-victorian-steampunk’ felt pretty hackneyed, but everything was woven so nice and tight and the endless cameos and good actors made it all fun.  especially seeing meryl streep swoon for jim carrey.  my mom laughed at the baby every […]

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i’m getting less and less capable of following these kinds of movies.  especially this one since i had zero recollection of the first 2 going in (also i saw this with my parents so it’s a given we missed the first 5 minutes or so.)  still this was fun, especially the ship warfare.  big battle […]

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it seemed like the only reason they had to make this was the violent sex.  those seemed like the only scenes they really put much work into.  the rest of this felt like a chore.
i also think it loses something having nicholson in the lead.  there’s no mistaking his scumbag intentions early on and i […]

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definitely too long and i got worn out by the end, but it was still funny as hell throughout.  i didn’t really understand why they abandoned the cop genre in the middle for the secret cabal stuff.  it felt more like a comfort-zone for the filmmakers. 

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i was surprised there was a pretty sizable audience to see this - the past few movies i’ve seen at this theater have averaged about 5 people.  but it was a lot of middle-aged couples and i guess the movie does appeal to that audience.  thankfully there were only 2 instances of smug, knowing chuckles […]

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this was quite the crowd-pleaser, as the audience at the artsy theater i went to was all very animated with every turn.  it is very compelling strictly for its drama.  it’s kind of nice seeing a documentary without a political agenda, so the little bits of racism sprinkled throughout this aren’t pointed out, but just […]

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this had an incredibly slow pace.  i appreciated the slowness during the parts with the girls since i had some sense of the themes and issues going on.  but i didn’t understand much of the mom’s storyline at all so during her parts (a bicycling scene, for one) i got pretty bored.  i […]

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the only two things that stuck out for me were dustin hoffman’s hair and that this was the second movie in a row where inarticulateness played a major role (bobby’s being like baldwin and miskelly’s.)  i think they should have opened up to more settings - it seems the main point of the story is […]

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