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p.s. In Michael Ondaatje's novel "In the skin of a lion," immigrants in Toronto (c. 1915-35) practice their English by repeat viewings...

Posted by: second gary (a.k.a 80181597) on Sep 04, 10:31 in response to second gary's post Ah, no; well, I've never thought about this question, but...

... of the same film; I don't recall whether they read the titles aloud (silent era) or learn the dialogue and speak with the movie (in the manner of "Rocky Horror...").  So... perhaps you could both learn Japanese?  :)

Screened at Delta House this week: The Sting (A), Talladega Nights (B), Caddyshack (A), and Fistful of Awesome (2012) (D) DTXbro Sep 03, 17:57

Glengarry Glen Ross: B islander Sep 03, 18:35

The Beaver (2011) (C+, thoughts inside), Sympathy For Mr Vengeance (2002) (B-), Oldboy (2004) (A), Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005) (B), slappydavid Sep 03, 18:46

I borrowed a friend's copy of Oldboy and was going to watch it sometime this week. Glad you liked it. {nm} GMov Sep 03, 18:55

I think Mr Vengeance is the best out of that trilogy and I LOVE Oldboy {nm} Moviesnob Sep 03, 18:57

The Raid Redemption: A+; Layer Cake: B; Lawless: C+; Premium Rush: B- {nm} GMov Sep 03, 18:47

The sole A+ in this thread (so far) goes to The Raid: Redemption? DTXbro Sep 04, 06:09

Yeah I read that review and was surprised. Regardless, awesome action movie. It helped that I had no expectations but was really impressed {nm} GMov Sep 04, 16:50

Knowing (C+)...the plus was for some awesome effects {nm} tealfan Sep 03, 19:03

The Ambassador (A-), Lawless (B-), ParaNorman (A-), The Possession (C+), My Life as a Jerk (C+), The Rise & Fall of the Clash (B-), more skamanfu Sep 03, 19:12

Lawless (B-), Sleepwalk with Me (B), TDKR (A-), Pirates! Band of Misfits (B), Troll 2 (too good to be graded) {nm} gopher123 Sep 03, 19:15

I have both Trolls on queue, I'll get on them soon enough! :) {nm} slappydavid Sep 03, 19:32

see 'best worst movie' first {nm} Moviesnob Sep 03, 19:34

I did, a few months back, that's how I heard about Troll 2, but I need to watch the first one before even if it's unrelated... :) {nm} slappydavid Sep 03, 20:21

Over the past few weeks: John Carter (B); 21JST (B+), TDKR (B-), Wrath of the Titans (C-), Raid: Redemption (B+) Paul2k Sep 03, 20:33

On the "too young" question... second gary Sep 03, 20:47

With the Ghibli films, I've been watching them in Japanese with English subs and reading those aloud so it's LIKE I'm reading to her, right? {nm} Paul2k Sep 04, 04:56

Ah, no; well, I've never thought about this question, but I think it's a no. That said, film literacy is a literacy, too. {nm} second gary Sep 04, 10:28

p.s. In Michael Ondaatje's novel "In the skin of a lion," immigrants in Toronto (c. 1915-35) practice their English by repeat viewings... second gary Sep 04, 10:31

Berberian Sound Studio (B-), Footnote (B), Season 5 of Breaking Bad (C) {nm} numbersix_99 Sep 04, 01:02

High Noon (1952) A , Monsieur Lazhar (2011) B+ , China Seas (1935) B , Daddy and Them (2001) D joeoftexas Sep 04, 03:05

Jiro Dream of Sushi (B+) {nm} lapuckfan Sep 04, 11:36





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