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Comment on Movies I Want To See: The Oscar by saturdaynightscreening

saturdaynightscreening — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:57:31 +0000

i said almost the exact same thing. ha it’s #10 on this list.

http://saturdaynightscreening.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/list-10-unwatchables-by-associations-jan-2012-edition/

Comment on A Quickie With Lisa Marie: The Conversation (dir. by Francis Ford Coppola) by Arleigh

Arleigh — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:11:02 +0000

One of my favorite Coppola films.

I don’t know if you’ve ever see “Enemy of the State” but Hackman plays a similar character in that film and could be thought of as a Harry Caul but much older and even more paranoid about his personal privacy.

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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:59:27 +0000

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Comment on Movies I Want To See: The Oscar by Lisa Marie Bowman

Lisa Marie Bowman — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:18:09 +0000

Not sure about Stephen Boyd but I do know that this film was Tony Bennett’s first and last dramatic role.

Comment on Review: Summer Wars (dir. by Hosada Mamoru) by AMV of the Day: Calling | Through the Shattered Lens

AMV of the Day: Calling | Through the Shattered Lens — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:27:14 +0000

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Comment on From 12 Angry Men To Zorba The Greek by Two Post Presidents Day Reviews: Frost/Nixon (dir. by Ron Howard) and All The President’s Men (dir. by Alan J. Pakula) | Through the Shattered Lens

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:56:03 +0000

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Comment on Movies I Want To See: The Oscar by chandlerswainreviews

chandlerswainreviews — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:08:59 +0000

Wow, but that was a terrible movie. Didn’t this almost single-handedly kill Stephen Boyd’s film career?

Comment on The Overrated Film of 2011: Lisa’s Take On Contagion (dir. by Stephen Soderbergh) by Arleigh

Arleigh — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:08:25 +0000

I think CYA within the local/state/federal system has more to do with those in charge of particular departments than with the very professional tasked w/ solving the problem.

I see this within the private sector as well. So, I don’t think it’s exclusive to the government. I like to think that scientists would not let the fact they work for the government to keep them from finding a cure.

I did find Jennifer Ehle suddenly finding the potential cure to be quite deus ex machina, but that’s more a storytelling issue than one about the CDC.

If there’s one thing this film has reinforced is that in such an event as a pandemic occurring w/ no cure in sight the use of the military to keep people from traveling always come off as the government overreacting and gone amok.

I may be one of the few people who think the need for the military to support an overworked civilian law enforcement system the only way to keep a pandemic from spreading beyond infected areas.

The film did show that one reason why the virus had spread so quickly was because people travel from place to another w/ such ease nowadays that by the time a health organization has confirmed an outbreak in one area they’re too late to contain it from spreading.

Really, when one looks at CONTAGION it’s quite a clinical look at how both government and it’s population react to a major crisis. How both groups deal w/ such a crisis sometimes presents a problem in solving said crisis.

Comment on The Overrated Film of 2011: Lisa’s Take On Contagion (dir. by Stephen Soderbergh) by RRRRyan

RRRRyan — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:37:24 +0000

thanks both. @Arleigh, I hope you are right, but I work with the state/fed most of the week in healthcare. CYA is pretty much the only priority and nobody moves slower. I can spend months just getting a yes/no answer if I get any reply at all.

@Lisa, you said it better than I.

Comment on The Overrated Film of 2011: Lisa’s Take On Contagion (dir. by Stephen Soderbergh) by Arleigh

Arleigh — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:58:59 +0000

LOL, I did think the film ended too cleanly with the CDC being the hero, but I may be on the opposite spectrum who think they’re still the one group who will come up with the solution despite the bureaucracy inherent in the federal government.