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09/18/09
OK they got the diagnosis a little wrong, but not much.
09/19/09
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09/18/09
I'd have to add Red Dawn and Point Break to the list.
09/18/09
09/19/09
09/19/09
He was much better than it was, and I was sorry to see him wasting his talent and remaining life on it. The writing was dull and pedestrian and the supporting actors were TERRIBLE.
09/18/09
09/18/09
He'll only talk to Whoopie Goldberg though.
(don't look at me that way, I didn't come up with it)
09/18/09
08/05/09
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08/05/09
In fact, I'd say my only gripes from seeing the trailer are casting choices- I love the casting for Suzie, but I always imagined her mother and father being a bit older than Rachel Weisz and Mark Wahlberg. And for some reason I still don't see Susan Sarandon as being old enough to play a grandmother (while reading the book, I pictured Elaine Stritch.)
08/05/09
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08/05/09
That being said, I still think the book would make a crappy movie if translated without some much needed revision.
08/05/09
SPOILERS AHEAD: The girl is abducted and murdered by a serial rapist. Her body is disposed of in a way that ensures it will never be found; therefore the family never recovers her remains and is denied whatever sense of closure that may bring. Lastly, the killer is never caught, and perishes in an off-hand manner without retribution. Yep, that's the book, and how messed up is that?
Yes, we can only hope that the movie offers that much needed revision of the novel. Let me know how it turns out!
02/14/09
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02/14/09
anyone else thinking that geek boy recreates his own little Caligula world when no one else is looking?
and feminist? So NOT... not when the lead character's first viewing is of a "girlfriend" hired out for a weekend of "fun" with a fellow who doesn't seem to have problems getting his own women and she passes a Geisha on the way back to her mindwipe.
and the FBI link... very weak. So this guy's being yelled at for doing his job and then... what? And unless there's something very MAJOR about to happen nothing's going to change. Other than Echo continuing to be a sexual toy for anyone with enough money. Very empowering, Joss.
meh.
imo, of course.
02/14/09
02/14/09
I had planned on waiting until Fox ordered more scripts before starting to watch. Sort of wished I'd stuck to my guns on that, now.
02/14/09
02/14/09
How any of this could be construed as "feminist" (so far) is beyond me. These "dolls" have no free will or control over their exploitation. No matter why they signed up (and it seems they use pressure tactics to gain those sign-ups), I doubt they realized they were going to be "dolls" living under a near-total subjugation. Unlike the happy geisha/hooker mash-up in Firefly, there doesn't seem to be a moral "out" here.
So so many issues here.
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02/15/09