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meyers7 said:
Sorry, I can still watch Forrest Gump. I probably see it a couple times a year. Just like I can watch the other two. They are all very good.

And of course Forrest Gump holds up. It was a period piece when it was released.
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Not really. Gump was a movie for it's own time. It's main message was "sex equals death" , luckily that's part of the past.
 
Other flicks from that year I enjoyed:

Quiz Show
IQ. (a good year for Tim Robbins with Shawshank and Hudsucker)
Road to Wellville
The Madness of King George
Legends of the Fall

and yes Ed Wood.
 
temery said:
I've benn watchIng "House of Cards" on Netflix, and knew the lead female character looked familiar. It's Jenny from "Forest Gump."

She's held up very well.
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She really has - she's also the chick in The Princess Bride.
 
temery said:
I've benn watchIng "House of Cards" on Netflix, and knew the lead female character looked familiar. It's Jenny from "Forest Gump."

She's held up very well.
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Divorcing Sean Penn was rejuvenating.
 
Make-up helps.

robin-wright-penn-no-makeup.jpg
 
Waquoit said:
Not really. Gump was a movie for it's own time. It's main message was "sex equals death" , luckily that's part of the past.
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If that's what you got out of it, you kinda missed everything.
 
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Waquoit said:
Not really. Gump was a movie for it's own time. It's main message was "sex equals death" , luckily that's part of the past.
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I think you confused Forrest Gump with Philadelphia.
 
Waquoit said:
Not really. Gump was a movie for it's own time. It's main message was "sex equals death" , luckily that's part of the past.
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That's what you got out of Forrest Gump? I thought killing her off added nothing to the movie. Sure, it was intended to drive home a message, but they were driving a clown car.
 
temery said:
That's what you got out of Forrest Gump? I thought killing her off added nothing to the movie. Sure, it was intended to drive home a message, but they were driving a clown car.
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It was the only serious part of the movie. The rest was a joke.
 
Waquoit said:
It was the only serious part of the movie. The rest was a joke.
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You've never worked for a Gump? The guy who was in the right place at the right time or born into the right family? In-between random acts of stupidity they somehow get promoted or inherit money or a business partner dies leaving them in charge?
 
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RS9999X said:
You've never worked for a Gump? The guy who was in the right place at the right time or born into the right family? In-between random acts of stupidity they somehow get promoted or inherit money or a business partner dies leaving them in charge?
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I worked at a tennis club for years, and was amused by many mini Gumps. 20 years later I've realized a few were simply risk takers who got lucky. Which is respectible. The rest were truly idiots.

I am sure this comes across as little more than shadenfruede, but I am amused by the fact more than half lost their money in the dot com, or the housing bubble.

For what it's worth, I am glad their kids got through college before they had to sell their house on the mountain.
 
ZooCougar said:
I agree.

You see a movie like Zero Dark Thirty and it's hard to believe that a snooze like The King's Speech won anything.
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Saw Zero Dark Thirty last night. Outstanding. Loved every single minute of it.
 
Watched Flight last night, another Robert Zemeckis movie. It was a good movie, mainly because Denzel Washington was amazing in the lead role. Anyone else see it, opinions?
 
Saw "Identity Thief" because of bad weather and nothing else to do. It's good, but it's definitely a wait till it comes out on Netflix sort of thing.
 
superjohn said:
Watched Flight last night, another Robert Zemeckis movie. It was a good movie, mainly because Denzel Washington was amazing in the lead role. Anyone else see it, opinions?
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I saw it and was blown away by Denzel's acting. After I saw it was sure he was a shoe-in for an Oscar. (then along came Lincoln) But still one of his best. Really liked Goodman's character also. Good movie.
 
superjohn said:
Watched Flight last night, another Robert Zemeckis movie. It was a good movie, mainly because Denzel Washington was amazing in the lead role. Anyone else see it, opinions?
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I thought they included some slow moving scenes that could have been left out and the quick ending to an 2 hour 15 minute movie made it somewhat awkward. I can't say a lot more with spoiling. Overall a good movie, though and a solid return to live action for Zemeckis, who has been doing Pixar movies for then last dozen years.

Don Cheedle was great as usual.
 
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Saw Zero Dark Thirty and Lincoln ... Both good but I thought Argo was better than both.

Flight was great acting and good overall but was not a feel-good movie. Depressing.

Biggest joke Oscar winner was Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan. That was all time disgrace.
 
G0UCONN said:
Biggest joke Oscar winner was Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan. That was all time disgrace.
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Gotta agree with that one.
 
Saw silver linings play book last night, liked it alot. Very...funny and cute.
 
I just saw the first half of Red Dawn 2012 this morning. There is a 45% chance that I will not watch the 2nd half. That is one movie that did not have to be remade.

Hollywood is truly running out of ideas.
 
Apollo 13 should have won best picture. I'm still upset about it. It was better than Braveheart.

I'm on an island there. Don't care.
 
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Is it true that the last post is 11.5 years ago?
Just saw Cast Away, Tom Hank and Helen Hunt, a great movie about surviving in South Pacific Ocean (year 2000 movie).
 
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Kaizen said:
Is it true that the last post is 11 years ago?
Just saw Cast Away, Tom Hank and Helen Hunt, a great movie about surviving in South Pacific Ocean (year 2000 movie).
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There is a "recently watched movie" thread for each year, plenty of activity in those.
 
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