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"Broken Embraces," "Up in the air," "Sherlock Holmes," all very fine. In SHOLM, my only beef apparent peril without consequences.

Posted by: second gary (a.k.a 80181597) on Jan 04, 15:52 in response to islander's post So Who Saw What Last Week? (me - nada)

Big bomb, unclear motive for setting it off, and by whom, and no consequences.  Otherwise well-paced, a better set up for its sequel than a free-standing single film.

So Who Saw What Last Week? (me - nada) {nm} islander Jan 04, 11:20

Vantage Point- B {nm} ndmaster Jan 04, 11:23

500 Days of Summer - B-, Changeling, - A, Up in the Air - B+, Squeakquel - B {nm} lapuckfan Jan 04, 11:28

The Lovely Bones - B, Universal Soldier: Regeneration - B-, {nm} wrongturn687 Jan 04, 11:37

Up In the Air: A, Princess and the Frog: A-, Avatar (again): A, The Young Victoria: B- {nm} CSBD Jan 04, 11:37

Midnight (1939) A , The Palm Beach Story (1942) A , Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Paris 1959 B + , and... joeoftexas Jan 04, 11:38

It's complicated. B+ {nm} Toruk Facto Jan 04, 11:46

Nine, B+; Paul Blart - Mall Cop, C; Emipre of the Sun, B+ {nm} edzep Jan 04, 11:50

Ocean's 13 (B)...Inglorious basterds (B)...Aliens (A) tealfan Jan 04, 11:57

UPAIR A-, Brothers B, The Road B, Sherlock Holmes D for Dreck, A Serious Man (A), Out of the Past (A), Eyes Without a Face (A) goodvibe61 Jan 04, 12:01

! You're the only one besides myself that I've seen put a D on Holmes. I'm more of a Jeremy Brett guy, though. {nm} edzep Jan 04, 15:34

What was so subpar about SHOLM, in you two guys' opinions? It's by far Ritchie's biggest success, anyways. It was alright holiday Toruk Facto Jan 04, 16:58

i didn't see it cuz it looked like poopoo but in no way should Sherlock Holmes be mixed up with Steampunking... {nm} Apokalips Jan 04, 19:38

Steampunk/Steampunking.. What does it actually mean? I didn't get the reference... {nm} Toruk Facto Jan 04, 21:52

Nevermind, I googled it - that wasn't hard... {nm} Toruk Facto Jan 04, 23:30

Avatar A+, The Road B, Tron C- (hasn't held up well over the years). {nm} FooFan Jan 04, 12:08

Charlie Wilsons War B, The ( J. Lewis ) Bellboy C+, Conf. of a Shopaholic B, Let the right one in ( 2nd viewing ) A- {nm} JMT Jan 04, 12:47

Hurt Locker, A // Up In The Air, B+ // I Love You Beth Cooper, B // Ghost Town, B- // Invention of Lying, B+ {nm} john Jan 04, 13:05

9 (not Nine) B; Forrest Gump A+; Blind Side B+ ; Invictus FAIL {nm} bennyboy10 Jan 04, 13:41

Nine, Sherlock Holmes and Avatar all in one evening. Triple Bill !! {nm} SteveWhiz Jan 04, 14:01

I saw Avatar (2nd viewing, 2D this time) and Sherlock Holmes back to back in a movie theatre in one evening this holiday - but I was well Toruk Facto Jan 04, 14:24

Up In the Air A (tempted to say A+) and Broken Embraces B+ (wld have been B- w/o the hilarious ref to Woman On the Verge of a Nerv. Brkdn). {nm} Diapason Jan 04, 14:04

looks like a lot of people had very good movie weeks, nice :) Hopefully I will have time to catch one this week {nm} islander Jan 04, 15:23

"Broken Embraces," "Up in the air," "Sherlock Holmes," all very fine. In SHOLM, my only beef apparent peril without consequences. second gary Jan 04, 15:52

I have big beefs with Broken Embraces. Toruk Facto Jan 04, 17:13

I appreciate that many reviewers who have enjoyed and praised other Almodovar have felt the door was open to dislike "Broken Embraces." second gary Jan 04, 18:56

Well, okay, good and serious answer, but Toruk Facto Jan 04, 21:33

A couple of years ago I gave a talk on the courtesan / prostitute who was the model for the hero... second gary Jan 04, 22:06

More excellent, informative and valuable points, but Toruk Facto Jan 04, 22:25

The French researcher was Alexandre Parent (aka Parent-Duchatelet). Concerning the imdb.com negative consensus you describe... second gary Jan 05, 05:48

A couple of things there (one spoiler) Toruk Facto Jan 05, 09:41





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