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Comment by wiffledust on October 16, 2010 at 2:57pm

oh kathy...i was hoping somebody would see that and the social network. they were two of the movies i've wanted to see but haven't had any time. what was a joke about the american baby? thanks for telling us about this one!!!

Comment by Kathy Kelly on October 16, 2010 at 2:32pm

Just watched the documentary Babies. LOVED it! The Mongolian Baby is by far the most advanced with the African Baby second. The Japanese baby was a prima donna and the american baby was a joke IMHO.

Comment by wiffledust on October 12, 2010 at 9:47pm

i love documentaries and documentary type stuff. i'm a nerd.i love michael moore's stuff. particularly bowling for columbine. i thought that was brilliant. and i love alot ken burns' stuff. i'm watching mark twain right now. .....

Comment by Karrie Furrow on October 12, 2010 at 8:55pm

What about documentaries? Does anyone have a favorite? Once again mine is a dark one...Paradise Lost. (I promise I am NOT a negative person...Just the opposite actually! LOL) It is about a group of teenagers in Arkansas who are accused of the murders of three young children. It is very interesting and leaves doubt in the viewers mind about our justice system and about stereotypes. There is also a Paradise Lost 2 out with updates on the teenagers and their cases. One of the teenagers is on death row right now....Very sad though.

Comment by wiffledust on October 12, 2010 at 4:27pm

oh thanks for telling me this. bad editing just like bad sound is a HUGE pet peeve for me. i can't stand it when they jump around as if they pushed the whole thing together in 24 hours at the end. ugh. i never understand why they put so much money into making something and no time into the editing. thanks, helen!

Comment by Helen on October 12, 2010 at 4:25pm

Well, I'll start off by saying that I hadn't seen the first one at the time I watched Wall Street 2 (I've now seen it). The second one had a lot of weird, distracting editing/transitions that were completely unnecessary. I assumed that it was following on from the style of the first movie because I hadn't seen it, but I was wrong. Secondly, there was a whole lot of build-up where not a lot happened, and then they suddenly had a lot to wrap up in the last 10 mins or so. Michael Douglas was great again, but some of the other casting was a bit weird. I like Shia LaBeouf, but he just looked far too young for the role, and the woman (Gordon Gekko's daughter, I've forgotten her name) was just a total drip. It was hard to feel any compassion for her. There was also a weird character that maybe someone else can explain. Again, I assumed it was a reference to the first movie, but having watched it since then I found out it wasn't. It was the old man played by Eli Wallach. What on earth was all that weird whistling about?

So, all in all I thought the first movie was a lot better and felt like a 'complete' movie, whereas this one seemed badly paced and weirdly edited, and a little too conscious of itself. That's not to say you shouldn't watch it. It's only my opinion!

Comment by wiffledust on October 12, 2010 at 4:00pm

oooo helen, i want to know more about Wall Street 2....was it informative or just filled with awful people or what? what didn't you like?

Comment by Helen on October 12, 2010 at 11:13am

I've seen a few movies lately, including: The Town, Wall Street 2, and Tin Cup.

The first two I saw at the cinema, and didn't think much of either of them. Tin Cup I'd never seen before and it was on TV last night, so I thought I'd watch it. It's pretty watchable, and I can see why it is a fun favourite of many!

Comment by Lillian Gaffney on October 12, 2010 at 10:15am

Watched Letters to Juliet last night. Cutesy feel good movie.

Comment by Helen on October 12, 2010 at 10:00am

Leaving Las Vegas is a wonderful movie, in my opinion (and a good example of the fact that Nicolas Cage can be a really good actor when he wants to be!). I would definitely recommend watching it. In fact, I haven't seen it for a long time, so I may re-watch it soon.

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