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Kim
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Aug 7 2015, 5:37am
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I think it's more my personal taste (although I'm sure I did miss some Kiwi cultural references and in jokes). It reminds me of some other mockumentary type movies, like Best in Show (which I do not like) and A Mighty Wind (which I love). So, call me inconsistent, but sometimes this style works for me, and sometimes it doesn't.
P.S. I think I'm one of the few people who liked the stick insect joke in AUJ, so I think I do get Peter Jackson's humor at least in some part. 
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Annael
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Aug 7 2015, 3:05pm
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I'm American & found it hilarious
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but I've always found British comedies funnier than American ones for the most part, and I've loved the few Kiwi ones I've seen (Almighty Johnsons).
Maybe I was just born in the wrong country. I often feel that, especially in election years . . .
I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of the words begin to move around … The words take on other meanings as if they had the right to be young.
-- Gaston Bachelard
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Kim
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Aug 9 2015, 12:21am
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This is a really well done movie based on the real life story of William Wilberforce's efforts to end the slave trade in Great Britain at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries. Ioan Gruffudd plays Wilberforce, Benedict Cumberbatch plays his friend William Pitt (Britain's youngest Prime Minister at 24!) and Albert Finney plays John Newton, a former slave ship captain turned priest who wrote the song Amazing Grace and was Wilberforce's mentor.
I think I put this in my queue after watching Belle, and found it very similar in tone, storytelling and visuals.
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Old Toby
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Aug 9 2015, 1:26am
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I'm not normally a fan of animated films, although there have been a few I've really enjoyed, such as Finding Nemo, Brave, and the Madagascar films. This one is a British movie, and it's absolutely charming! Funny and touching, suitable for both young children as well as adults who enjoy a bit of lighter fare. The most remarkable thing about it is that there is not one word of spoken dialog. There are plenty of grunts and mumbles and music though, and even the children in the audience had no trouble following what was going on.
"Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good." Harry Dresden (Jim Butcher)
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dernwyn
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Aug 9 2015, 1:47am
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Albert Finney and Michael Gambon are always marvellous.
And I try to not think of the fact that the tune they're singing in the movie is NOT the one those folks would have actually sung for Newton's stanzas. The tune we all know was not used for it until 1835, when an American, William Walker, in his song collection entitled The Southern Harmony, set it to an Appalachian folk melody called "New Britain".
Here's a good article about the song: http://www.markrhoads.com/amazingsite/
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
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Kim
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Aug 9 2015, 6:58am
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Wow! What a great episode!!! If last week's ep was a bit lacking in the Dolarhyde content, this episode totally made up for it. Definitely my favorite one to date - we got lots in the advancement of his story, with Will and Hannibal circling. And the scenes between Francis and Reba - wow were those fantastic!
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