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  • K Kant

    Last night I rented the Babel movie. Boy, that movie sucked big time. X| Apart from good actors the whole movie was depressing. Few attempts were made to look like CRASH movie but failed miserably. Don't waste your money. :sigh:

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    Rama Krishna Vavilala
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    I thought It was a very good movie. In fact I watched it last Sunday and I was going to post that it was an excellent movie.:)

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    • B Bassam Abdul Baki

      Yep. :-D


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      Aaron VanWieren
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      Loved that show, used to watch it religiously.

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      • J Joe Woodbury

        I was specifically thinking of Band of Brothers; it was awesome. (I hated The Sopranos and Sex in the City.)

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        Reagan Conservative
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        I agree about Band of Brothers. This is the first movie (in episodes) that gives the true feeling for what these men endured from their training, through the D-Day invasion, up to the end of the war. I am awed by the heroism these men showed in their daily lives of facing death. That kind of courage is special. They were truly America's "Greatest Generation".

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        • C Chris McGlothen

          I'll agree about Deadwood, but you have to admit that 'The Sopranos' is just down right quality television. I don't get HBO so I have to wait until the seasons come out on DVD and spend about 9 hours watching. The first part of the sixth season had me hooked by the second episode.:-D:-D


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          C'mon --- anyone who grew up in or around NYC could write these scripts for the Sopranos. Every other word is f*ck this, f*ck that, etc. All you need is the ability to cuss!

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          • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

            Kant wrote:

            I couldn't understand the connection between Mexico - Morocco - HongKong/Japan.

            The japanese girl's father sold the rifle to the morrocan dude, which then sold it to the morrocan father, who gave it to the boys for shooting wolves when herding the sheep. One of the boys shoots the wife in the bus, who is the mother of the two children back in the US which are in care of the Mexican woman. Did you not pay attention? ;)

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            Kant
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            Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

            The japanese girl's father sold the rifle to the morrocan dude, which then sold it to the morrocan father, who gave it to the boys for shooting wolves when herding the sheep. One of the boys shoots the wife in the bus, who is the mother of the two children back in the US which are in care of the Mexican woman.

            I got that logic. But it's clumsy. Half the time Director spent the lifestyle of each country than the story. Why the heck the parents left the kids at home and went to Morocco? Why the nanny took the kids to Mexico without permission from the kids parents? Why did she let her nephew talk to the border officer when can speak good English? Why the Japanese girl told the cop that her mom jumped from the window in fact her mom committed suicide? (What she wrote in that letter in the end) My head hurts. :doh:

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              Chris McGlothen wrote:

              but you have to admit that 'The Sopranos' is just down right quality television

              Are you kidding? I thought that to be some of the worse, most pointless dreck ever made. The writing was bad, the acting horrible and the production qualities (lighting, editing) dreadful. (One scene sticks in my mind where they repeated the same two minutes of dialog, with slightly different words, over and over for fifteen minutes.)

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              Alright, some of the acting is pretty bad I'll admit. But as for the rest, I liked it, and if you didn't I hop you find something that lives up to your standards.;P Anyway, it's not like its real life anyway right?:cool:


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              • R Reagan Conservative

                C'mon --- anyone who grew up in or around NYC could write these scripts for the Sopranos. Every other word is f*ck this, f*ck that, etc. All you need is the ability to cuss!

                John P.

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                I grew up on the West Coast and have always been interested in the mafia. Godfather II freakin' rocked:cool: I am also a big fan of Scarface, Donnie Brasco, and Casino. I didn't really like Good Fellas, Joe Pesci didn't have it in that one.:|


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                • K Kant

                  Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                  The japanese girl's father sold the rifle to the morrocan dude, which then sold it to the morrocan father, who gave it to the boys for shooting wolves when herding the sheep. One of the boys shoots the wife in the bus, who is the mother of the two children back in the US which are in care of the Mexican woman.

                  I got that logic. But it's clumsy. Half the time Director spent the lifestyle of each country than the story. Why the heck the parents left the kids at home and went to Morocco? Why the nanny took the kids to Mexico without permission from the kids parents? Why did she let her nephew talk to the border officer when can speak good English? Why the Japanese girl told the cop that her mom jumped from the window in fact her mom committed suicide? (What she wrote in that letter in the end) My head hurts. :doh:

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                  Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                  Are those rhetorical questions? :~ The answer to all those questions are given in the movie...

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                  • K Kant

                    Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                    The japanese girl's father sold the rifle to the morrocan dude, which then sold it to the morrocan father, who gave it to the boys for shooting wolves when herding the sheep. One of the boys shoots the wife in the bus, who is the mother of the two children back in the US which are in care of the Mexican woman.

                    I got that logic. But it's clumsy. Half the time Director spent the lifestyle of each country than the story. Why the heck the parents left the kids at home and went to Morocco? Why the nanny took the kids to Mexico without permission from the kids parents? Why did she let her nephew talk to the border officer when can speak good English? Why the Japanese girl told the cop that her mom jumped from the window in fact her mom committed suicide? (What she wrote in that letter in the end) My head hurts. :doh:

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                    Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                    Kant wrote:

                    Why the heck the parents left the kids at home and went to Morocco?

                    They wanted time alone as their marriage was probably in shambles.

                    Kant wrote:

                    Why the nanny took the kids to Mexico without permission from the kids parents?

                    You mean she should have not gone to her son's wedding.

                    Kant wrote:

                    Why did she let her nephew talk to the border officer when can speak good English?

                    Because the nephew did not give her opportunity.

                    Kant wrote:

                    Why the Japanese girl told the cop that her mom jumped from the window in fact her mom committed suicide?

                    Sympathy! She had a crush on the detective. The building height was scary.

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                    • K Kant

                      Last night I rented the Babel movie. Boy, that movie sucked big time. X| Apart from good actors the whole movie was depressing. Few attempts were made to look like CRASH movie but failed miserably. Don't waste your money. :sigh:

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                      Did you dislike it because it was depressing and "hopeless", or for other reasons? Just curious.


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                      • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                        Kant wrote:

                        Why the heck the parents left the kids at home and went to Morocco?

                        They wanted time alone as their marriage was probably in shambles.

                        Kant wrote:

                        Why the nanny took the kids to Mexico without permission from the kids parents?

                        You mean she should have not gone to her son's wedding.

                        Kant wrote:

                        Why did she let her nephew talk to the border officer when can speak good English?

                        Because the nephew did not give her opportunity.

                        Kant wrote:

                        Why the Japanese girl told the cop that her mom jumped from the window in fact her mom committed suicide?

                        Sympathy! She had a crush on the detective. The building height was scary.

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                        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                        Uh-huh! I thought it was crystal clear. :~ I wonder if he fell asleep at key moments of the movie? :-D

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                        • P peterchen

                          Did you dislike it because it was depressing and "hopeless", or for other reasons? Just curious.


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                          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                          Well, it's easy to dislike a depressing movie. It's like a reverse commercial - you start associating bad feelings with the movie and - BAM - you have a crap movie on your hands (or in your DVD player).

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                          • J Joe Woodbury

                            I haven't like the last few Will Ferrell movies, so I've decided to avoid all of them.

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                            As a rule, I avoid Will Ferrell completely. X|

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                            • J Joe Woodbury

                              I haven't like the last few Will Ferrell movies, so I've decided to avoid all of them.

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                              Stranger than fiction was really good and not a comedy in the typical Will Ferrell sense at all, not even a comedy really. The advertising was really misleading.

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                              • C Chris Meech

                                try watching The Other Side Of The Mountain.[^]. I believe the longest someone has watched this movie without projectile vomiting was 9 minutes and 37 seconds. :) Oddly a sequel[^] was made, too. :doh:

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                                Hillarious, I followed your link for other side of the mountain to jog my memory and at the bottom there's a section "If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends" and one of them is "Goodfellas". :laugh: There's either something horribly wrong with their algorithm or it's a joke.

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                                • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                                  Are those rhetorical questions? :~ The answer to all those questions are given in the movie...

                                  -- They don't really want you to play "Freebird". They're just heckling you!

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                                  Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                                  Are those rhetorical questions?

                                  The name is "Kant", after all.... :suss:


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                                    Well, it's easy to dislike a depressing movie. It's like a reverse commercial - you start associating bad feelings with the movie and - BAM - you have a crap movie on your hands (or in your DVD player).

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                                    you just killed a bunny :~


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                                      you just killed a bunny :~


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                                      Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                      Yes, and I will keep on doing it over and over again, until I rule the world!

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                                      • K Kant

                                        Last night I rented the Babel movie. Boy, that movie sucked big time. X| Apart from good actors the whole movie was depressing. Few attempts were made to look like CRASH movie but failed miserably. Don't waste your money. :sigh:

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                                        • K Kant

                                          Last night I rented the Babel movie. Boy, that movie sucked big time. X| Apart from good actors the whole movie was depressing. Few attempts were made to look like CRASH movie but failed miserably. Don't waste your money. :sigh:

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                                          If you'd seen this director's previous movies (Amores Perros & 21 grams) you would have guessed it wouldn't be a happy clappy movie :-D. I plan to watch it this asap, since I liked his earlier movies. But you have to be in the right mood, I've found.

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