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Theodora
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Jan 27 2015, 9:23pm
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Looking forward to the second episode on BBC television tomorrow night.
I read the books and liked them. Hopefully the third will be published soon.
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Annael
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Jan 28 2015, 5:01pm
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as he will always be to me. I thought he was marvelous in "Peter Pan" (and very sexy).
Did you see him in "Good" with Viggo?
He strikes me as just the type for Hollywood to "discover" as their next imported-from-Britain villain of some blockbuster.
Since evidence can be adduced and interpreted to corroborate a virtually limitless array of world views, the human challenge is to engage that world view or set of perspectives which brings forth the most valuable, life-enhancing consequences.
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Brethil
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Jan 28 2015, 5:07pm
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I really enjoy that version of Hamlet
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I love what Branagh did direction-wise with Polonius. As well as how he was played by Richard Briers.
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Otaku-sempai
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Jan 28 2015, 9:50pm
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Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
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Justice League: Throne of Atlantis is the latest DC Universe original animated movie from Warner Home Video. The story is okay; I don't like some of the characterizations. Hal Jordan/Green Lantern is too much like Ryan Reynolds movie version (despite being voiced by Nathan Fillion); Shazam is a whiny kid in an adult's body. What was interesting was that Arthur Curry (Aquaman) wanted a normal life and not the responibility of becoming a king--Arthur Curry was Aquagorn!
"The Great Scaly One protects us from alien invaders and ourselves with his fiery atomic love. It can be a tough love - the “folly of man” and all that - but Godzilla is a fair god.
"Godzilla is totally accepting of all people and faiths. For it is written that liberal or conservative, Christian or Muslim or Jew, straight or gay, all people sound pretty much the identical as they are crushed beneath his mighty feet." - Tony Isabella, The First Church of Godzilla (Reform)
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cats16
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Jan 29 2015, 12:33am
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Part of me imagines him casted as the uber-evil father of an evil Tom Hiddleston character. Or maybe Cumberbatch. Or...maybe both.
I do miss seeing him as often on screen, regardless of the role.
(Actually, I could see him as a Bond villain, now that I think of it.)
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RosieLass
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Jan 29 2015, 12:41am
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My first Hamlet was Derek Jacobi.
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In the 80s BBC series.
He was probably a little long in the tooth for the role, even 30+ years ago, but he was terrific anyway (naturally).
And Patrick Stewart was great as Claudius. (Even though I had no idea who he was back then.)
"BOTH [political] extremes are dangerous. But more dangerous are team fanboys who think all the extremists are on the OTHER side." (CNN reader comment)
It is always those with the fewest sensible things to say who make the loudest noise in saying them. --Precious Ramotswe (Alexander McCall Smith)
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Brethil
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Jan 29 2015, 12:47am
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That version of The Manchurian Candidate is in my top 10 films...ever. And say what one will about singer-to-actor crossovers, Sinatra was just perfect. As was everyone else. The shifting perspectives of the mind-wash, with reality phasing in and out of the garden club. Whew.
Angela was truly amazing - so angrily seductive, so focused. Having first seen her for years in Murder She Wrote, that role was an eye-opener! I also had the pleasure of meeting her in high school - they filmed the external European/Italian portions of 'Rage of Angels' at my high school.
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NecromancerRising
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Jan 29 2015, 9:08pm
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I could also talk about Birdman for hours after just having seen it. Fantastic movie, easily my favourite of the year so far. 9/10.
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Meneldor
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Jan 30 2015, 12:12am
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I've been watching most of season 1 of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
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for the first time in about 10 years. Mostly, it's the way I remembered it, a decent SF show with characters I liked and better than average understanding of real world science. The bad episodes are worse than I remembered. But the good ones, like Angel Dark Demon Bright, Mathematics of Tears, Star-Crossed, and Its Hour Come Round At Last, have held up, and were as good as anything else on TV in 2001. Now I remember why I bought these DVDs. Time to move on to season 2...
Did I mention Lexa Doig as Rommie?  and and again.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. -Psalm 107
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Kim
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Jan 30 2015, 4:43am
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OK, I watched the next 3 eps (S1, eps 5-7), mostly from behind my blanket. There were some really gory scenes. Really, really hoping I can stick with it, I could see some of the psychological thriller stuff coming out more, like the scene with Gillian Anderson - looking forward to seeing more of her. Also watched a bts bit on the "culinary arts" in the show - that was almost completely from behind my blanket. I think I may need to become a vegetarian.
Also watched Downtown Abbey (OK), Sleepy Hollow (hey, it's HG Wells!), and Agent Carter (hey, the new girl is a ninja!) Have also been seeing ads for the next season of Broadchurch, and forgot that I'd noticed James D'Arcy is in that too. Cool.
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Magpie
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Jan 30 2015, 5:02am
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It was in my Netflix queue. And surely I put it there because no one else puts things in my Netflix queue. But I knew nothing about it which means I read some random comment about it and thought, hmmm ... let me check this out. And then didn't give it another thought (or more investigation) because I kind of like to do that with movies. Go in cold. I had to actually look up the genre to tell my husband because he apparently needs to know all sorts of stuff and then decides to visit the Corvair forum or watch youtube videos of people blowing up stuff anyhow.
So, here's the random comment you are running across.
Interesting. Might want to check it out. It's only 88 minutes long so what do you have to lose?
Need more?
Here's a teensy bit more.
The director/writer came up with the idea for Coherence because he wanted to test the idea of shooting a film "without a crew and without a script." It was shot in his home with a cast of 8 people.
A character references Schrödinger's cat calling it, (I think) a 'thought experiment'. That describes the movie.
5 movies/shows I thought of while I watching (not to say Coherence strongly reminded me of them but there were essences of similarities): Primer, Moon, The One I Love, Twilight Zone, and Memento.
Okay, if you wish for something a bit more concrete, let me quote from an article (I'll give a link later):Coherence director and story co-writer James Ward Byrkit likes to refer to his low-budget, improvised thriller as a “funhouse.” But Coherence isn’t a jump-scare movie, or a “gotcha” shocker full of cheap parlor tricks; instead, this taut, disarming drama plays out like a great Twilight Zone episode, taking an everyday situation (in this case, a dinner party of eight friends) and giving it a smart sci-fi twist.
And if you now need to know what I thought before you dip in (I'm being a bit wicked, I think...)
I spent the first 10 minutes thinking, 'if the whole movie's like this I'm going to be annoyed.' Maybe it was all 'like that' but I stopped being annoyed fairly quickly. There's a lot going on stylistically that I think is quite deliberate.
I liked reading this interview with Byrkit. A Super-Spoilery Interview With the Director of 'Coherence,' the Twistiest Movie of the Year (this is the article the quote above is from).
I don't think Coherence is the best movie I've ever seen but I might actually watch it again before sending it back. And I think I appreciate what the director was going for quite a bit.
Recommended if you liked any of those other 5 movies/shows I listed above. And it's only 88 minutes long so what do you have to lose?
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Starling
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Jan 30 2015, 6:35am
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Pssst, Magpie (Nothing to do with Coherence sorry)
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Have you seen The Selfish Giant, which I posted about further up the thread? I would be very interested in your response to it.
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Greenwood Hobbit
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Jan 30 2015, 4:42pm
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On tv the other night I caught
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the 1991 version of Robin Hood starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman. At the time it was totally eclipsed by the more showy Costner version, but to be honest I think this is the better film, if less visually stunning. It's much more gritty and down-to-earth, the haircuts more appropriate to the period, costumes less glamorous, Saxon/Norman dynamic clearer, atmosphere more smoky etc. Cheshire and North Wales feature in the locations, which is good for me as any of them would be reachable for a day trip or even an afternoon out. For those who love the legend and enjoy seeing it interpreted in different ways, this retelling is worth watching if you can find it.
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entmaiden
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Jan 30 2015, 4:58pm
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Have you seen "The One I Love"?
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I saw Coherence at a film festival, and I liked it. I met up with my siblings after, and while talking over the movies we had seen that evening, it seemed like we all saw the same movie! They saw "The One I Love", which has a similar plot, and they LOVED it. Raved all week about it. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm keeping an eye out.
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Magpie
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Jan 30 2015, 5:12pm
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It was one of the movies I listed as being similar to Coherence. Those two are probably the closest in similarities.
I like seeing people stretch out in the medium. I went to Pacific Rim, Avengers, and Godzila. But would I want to watch only that type of movie? No. I love having options and I hope that enough people watch movies like The One I Love and Coherence to keep filmmakers doing out of the mainstream films.
I can't say I LOVED The One I Love. :-) But I enjoyed it and appreciated it and it made me think and go read what other people were saying about it. I'm sure I reviewed here and I think you responded by mentioning Coherence. I did a search to see if anyone had reviewed Coherence and your post came up. Otherwise, I don't think anyone (maybe one person?) mentioned watching it.
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Jan 30 2015, 7:16pm
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Oops, looks like we've been going in circles
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I thought when I was responding that the conversation seemed familiar, and no wonder. I'm hoping to see The One I Love and do my own comparison.
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Starling
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Jan 30 2015, 7:39pm
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I totally cheated with The Selfish Giant,
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and read a synopsis before watching, because I knew it had horses in it. That way I could decide if I would manage to watch it.
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Elberbeth
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Jan 30 2015, 10:35pm
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"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."
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Dame Ioreth
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Jan 30 2015, 10:44pm
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I wish they had done more episodes. That reminds me - I need to put Kate Atkinson on my list of authors to read.
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Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
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Eruonen
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Feb 1 2015, 4:26am
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Just got back from American Sniper - very good.
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