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Post by rukia on Dec 23, 2023 15:01:24 GMT -5
Did you guys see Oppenheimer? What a film! Best I have seen in a while.
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Post by knightsbridgeaz on Dec 23, 2023 18:32:48 GMT -5
We saw it around the time it came out. I thought it was excellent, and my wife enjoyed it as well. And interesting, as well.
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Post by bulkey on Dec 24, 2023 10:34:02 GMT -5
It's really good, and follows the book pretty closely (except of course all that fiction about Albert Einstein). But the book takes the Oppenheimer family past that crisis, and it's really a dismal ending to them all (including the daughter's suicide). For all his charming brilliance, and because of it, Oppy was a narcissist who couldn't see the damage he was doing to others or to himself.
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Post by UHF on Jan 12, 2024 18:04:46 GMT -5
Oppenheimer is on my viewing list. Once my "dumb" 46 inch projection TV finally gets replaced with 70 inch smart TV.
Maestro (Leonard Bernstein) movie was highly recommended to me by someone in concert band industry for 40 years as composer, conductor, teacher.
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Post by bulkey on Jan 19, 2024 11:08:40 GMT -5
Oppenheimer is on my viewing list. Once my "dumb" 46 inch projection TV finally gets replaced with 70 inch smart TV.
Maestro (Leonard Bernstein) movie was highly recommended to me by someone in concert band industry for 40 years as composer, conductor, teacher.
A lot of folks really loved Maestro. I almost turned it off a couple of times and wish I could go back in time and decide not to watch it. Despised every moment and hope never to see another Bradley Cooper film again. But other than that, I have no strong feelings about it. :-)
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Post by huskyharper on Jan 19, 2024 13:56:08 GMT -5
Oppenheimer is on my viewing list. Once my "dumb" 46 inch projection TV finally gets replaced with 70 inch smart TV.
Maestro (Leonard Bernstein) movie was highly recommended to me by someone in concert band industry for 40 years as composer, conductor, teacher.
A lot of folks really loved Maestro. I almost turned it off a couple of times and wish I could go back in time and decide not to watch it. Despised every moment and hope never to see another Bradley Cooper film again. But other than that, I have no strong feelings about it. :-) Gee Whiz, Bulkey. Tell us how you REALLY feel.
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Post by meyers7 on Jan 19, 2024 15:50:14 GMT -5
Oppenheimer is on my viewing list. Once my "dumb" 46 inch projection TV finally gets replaced with 70 inch smart TV.
Maestro (Leonard Bernstein) movie was highly recommended to me by someone in concert band industry for 40 years as composer, conductor, teacher.
A lot of folks really loved Maestro. I almost turned it off a couple of times and wish I could go back in time and decide not to watch it. Despised every moment and hope never to see another Bradley Cooper film again. But other than that, I have no strong feelings about it. :-) Well it disappointed, but I didn't hate it. I think I went in with too high expectations. Same for Oppenheimer. They were ok movies, but probably won't watch either one again.
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Post by bulkey on Jan 20, 2024 10:56:02 GMT -5
I know it sounds dumb, but by far the most successful movie I've seen this year (admittedly I don't see many current movies) is The Holdovers. It's one of those Christmas-specific small films that is surprisingly effective. Da'Vine Joy Randolph will win an Oscar; maybe Paul Giamatti, too. I don't usually (actually, never) like his work, but he was mind-blowingly moving in this film. It's a real 1970s-throwback kind of film. Pitch-perfect in what it sets out to do.
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Post by knightsbridgeaz on Jan 20, 2024 22:36:01 GMT -5
I know it sounds dumb, but by far the most successful movie I've seen this year (admittedly I don't see many current movies) is The Holdovers. It's one of those Christmas-specific small films that is surprisingly effective. Da'Vine Joy Randolph will win an Oscar; maybe Paul Giamatti, too. I don't usually (actually, never) like his work, but he was mind-blowingly moving in this film. It's a real 1970s-throwback kind of film. Pitch-perfect in what it sets out to do. I've got to agree about The Holdovers. That, and Oppenheimer, are probably the only 2 movies we saw this past year. Pre-pandemic we were just getting into going fairly frequently, but we never got back into it. Have a local theatre with the recliners and decent nosh type food. OTH, although we have purchased a fair number of tickets, we also haven't quite gotten back into our Monday Night Concert Series at the local Gaslight Theatre (they're all tribute concerts of one sort or another). But we are trying. Also missed the Christmas melodrama due to double booking our evening.
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Post by UHF on Jan 22, 2024 13:21:06 GMT -5
Oppenheimer is on my viewing list. Once my "dumb" 46 inch projection TV finally gets replaced with 70 inch smart TV.
Maestro (Leonard Bernstein) movie was highly recommended to me by someone in concert band industry for 40 years as composer, conductor, teacher.
A lot of folks really loved Maestro. I almost turned it off a couple of times and wish I could go back in time and decide not to watch it. Despised every moment and hope never to see another Bradley Cooper film again. But other than that, I have no strong feelings about it. :-)
I am just messenger. Never been fan of Bradley Cooper.
If you say anything derogatory about Audrey Hepburn then you and I have problem.
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Post by bulkey on Jan 22, 2024 13:23:08 GMT -5
A lot of folks really loved Maestro. I almost turned it off a couple of times and wish I could go back in time and decide not to watch it. Despised every moment and hope never to see another Bradley Cooper film again. But other than that, I have no strong feelings about it. :-)
I am just messenger. Never been fan of Bradley Cooper.
If you say anything derogatory about Audrey Hepburn then you and I have problem.
Absolutely no worries there. I swoon over her....
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Post by UHF on Jan 22, 2024 13:36:27 GMT -5
I am just messenger. Never been fan of Bradley Cooper.
If you say anything derogatory about Audrey Hepburn then you and I have problem.
Absolutely no worries there. I swoon over her....
Have 15 Audrey Hepburn movies on DVD. Watch them every year.
Holly-Weird paired Audrey with much older men in movies. Age differences:
30 - Humphrey Bogart. 30 - Fred Astaire.
28 - Gary Cooper.
25 - Cary Grant.
21 - Rex Harrison.
16 - Burt Lancaster.
13 - Gregory Peck.
13 - Peter Finch.
11 - William Holden.
Now back to Oppenheimer discussion.
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Post by bulkey on Jan 22, 2024 13:42:59 GMT -5
Just one more :-)
That's a really, really great point! I thought the weirdest was with Gary Cooper in Love in the Afternoon. That almost seemed like child porn. I have always admired Cooper's acting, but in that movie he made me uncomfortable.
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Post by UHF on Jan 23, 2024 14:20:33 GMT -5
Just one more :-) That's a really, really great point! I thought the weirdest was with Gary Cooper in Love in the Afternoon. That almost seemed like child porn. I have always admired Cooper's acting, but in that movie he made me uncomfortable.
Agree.
Gary Cooper's character was creepy. Audrey Hepburn's performance was amazing despite that.
If you have Netflix recommend this portrait (documentary) on Audrey that came out in 2020. I have DVD since I am old school.
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Post by meyers7 on Jan 24, 2024 14:49:22 GMT -5
I know it sounds dumb, but by far the most successful movie I've seen this year (admittedly I don't see many current movies) is The Holdovers. It's one of those Christmas-specific small films that is surprisingly effective. Da'Vine Joy Randolph will win an Oscar; maybe Paul Giamatti, too. I don't usually (actually, never) like his work, but he was mind-blowingly moving in this film. It's a real 1970s-throwback kind of film. Pitch-perfect in what it sets out to do. Holdovers was really good. I like a lot of things Giamatti does. Wife really liked this one.
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