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Post by clippers1121 on Jul 29, 2019 15:04:31 GMT -8
I saw the new Tarantino movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". I thought it was great. One of his best movies. People need to see it before they see spoilers come out on it though. I loved the ending of the movie especially. Very rewarding to sit through the 2.5 hours it takes to get there. Dialog and concept behind the entire movie is great. Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are great and it is good to see them acting together in the same movie. Margot Robbie is great as Sharon Tate. Los Angeles in 1969 is pretty well recreated and it was nice to see that attention to detail in the movie.
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Post by dane on Jul 31, 2019 16:42:23 GMT -8
"Maiden" this weekend. It will be the first movie I will have paid money to see in nearly 20 years.
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Post by mistwell on Jul 31, 2019 17:21:52 GMT -8
"Maiden" this weekend. It will be the first movie I will have paid money to see in nearly 20 years. Just read the synopsis. Sounds good. Might have to check it out! Please let us know how it is. |
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Post by dane on Aug 1, 2019 2:42:09 GMT -8
"Maiden" this weekend. It will be the first movie I will have paid money to see in nearly 20 years. Just read the synopsis. Sounds good. Might have to check it out! Please let us know how it is. I heard the interview w/ the captain, which was intriquing. I'm looking forward to the footage-- most sailing movies have about as much to do with real sailing as "The Deadliest Catch" has to do with commercial fishing! (I've done a fair amount of both). But since I don't know jack about ocean sailing, I expect to learn why it's something I would never never want to do. |
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Post by mistwell on Aug 1, 2019 6:50:00 GMT -8
Just read the synopsis. Sounds good. Might have to check it out! Please let us know how it is. I heard the interview w/ the captain, which was intriquing. I'm looking forward to the footage-- most sailing movies have about as much to do with real sailing as "The Deadliest Catch" has to do with commercial fishing! (I've done a fair amount of both). But since I don't know jack about ocean sailing, I expect to learn why it's something I would never never want to do. Wait I want to hear about commercial fishing. What kind did you do? I used to be a fan (many, many years ago) of Deadliest Catch. I know it's a reality show, which means lots of not-real stuff throughout (my wife was on a reality show, so I know some intimate details of how unreal it can be) but still Deadliest Catch used to be pretty interesting. |
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Post by dane on Aug 1, 2019 11:15:31 GMT -8
I heard the interview w/ the captain, which was intriquing. I'm looking forward to the footage-- most sailing movies have about as much to do with real sailing as "The Deadliest Catch" has to do with commercial fishing! (I've done a fair amount of both). But since I don't know jack about ocean sailing, I expect to learn why it's something I would never never want to do. Wait I want to hear about commercial fishing. What kind did you do? I used to be a fan (many, many years ago) of Deadliest Catch. I know it's a reality show, which means lots of not-real stuff throughout (my wife was on a reality show, so I know some intimate details of how unreal it can be) but still Deadliest Catch used to be pretty interesting. Nothing like DCatch--inshore fishing (lobstering) in Maine. My captain was belligerent, violent, and certifiably crazy, but in three years, he only once raised his voice to me, and spent the next two weeks apologizing. I'm sure each boat is different, but all that high drama of DC--that won't go on if you want to get the job done, and essentially, everyone on the boat wants the same thing. (By the way, I too find DCatch completely irresistible and I always watch when I'm flying!) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2019 18:09:42 GMT -8
"Maiden" this weekend. It will be the first movie I will have paid money to see in nearly 20 years. Just read the synopsis. Sounds good. Might have to check it out! Please let us know how it is. Just saw the movie. It was pretty good story of setting a goal and achieving it. Apparently the boat and crew are going on tour. The will be in SF in fall. Similar movie is Losing Sight of Shore on Netflix about 4 women who rowed across Pacific. |
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Post by tullabye on Aug 1, 2019 19:38:31 GMT -8
I saw the new Tarantino movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". I thought it was great. One of his best movies. People need to see it before they see spoilers come out on it though. I loved the ending of the movie especially. Very rewarding to sit through the 2.5 hours it takes to get there. Dialog and concept behind the entire movie is great. Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are great and it is good to see them acting together in the same movie. Margot Robbie is great as Sharon Tate. Los Angeles in 1969 is pretty well recreated and it was nice to see that attention to detail in the movie. I also saw it. The overall vibe I had walking out and hearing the comments was that it was disappointing. I think it was just fair. Some good moments but dragged on too long. Corny ending but Pitt was great as usual and DiCaprio was good but Pacino was bad and the rest were just passable. It was far better than Hateful Eight but so is every movie. I’ll give it a mediocre grade. It doesn’t compare to his better works in my opinion. |
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Post by clippers1121 on Aug 2, 2019 15:16:36 GMT -8
After "Toy Story 4", "The Lion King", all the superhero movies, the newest "Fast and Furious" movie it is great to get a serious movie like "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" It isn't great storytelling because many of the scenes were not even necessary and there wasn't really a story. Just the decline of Rick Dalton's career and the buddy that refuses to abandon him. That is what I liked about it. It led you to believe there was a story leading up to some kind of climax at the end but there really wasn't one. Just two buddies being buddies. Great to see Tarantino get away from a lot of the violence and bad language and make a mature movie that is accessible to broader audiences.
"Maiden" happened almost 30 years ago. Difficult to see how they could be doing a publicity tour. Women would be going crazy over that accomplishment if they did that today. I guess they were going crazy about it way back then too. Have not heard too much about sailing in the past 20 years or so. "America's Cup" used to be a big deal. Now they do not even cover it. I guess sailing went the same way as Dalton's career in WUATIH. Down the tubes and never to return to glory.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2019 15:33:54 GMT -8
After "Toy Story 4", "The Lion King", all the superhero movies, the newest "Fast and Furious" movie it is great to get a serious movie like "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" It isn't great storytelling because many of the scenes were not even necessary and there wasn't really a story. Just the decline of Rick Dalton's career and the buddy that refuses to abandon him. That is what I liked about it. It led you to believe there was a story leading up to some kind of climax at the end but there really wasn't one. Just two buddies being buddies. Great to see Tarantino get away from a lot of the violence and bad language and make a mature movie that is accessible to broader audiences. "Maiden" happened almost 30 years ago. Difficult to see how they could be doing a publicity tour. Women would be going crazy over that accomplishment if they did that today. I guess they were going crazy about it way back then too. Have not heard too much about sailing in the past 20 years or so. "America's Cup" used to be a big deal. Now they do not even cover it. I guess sailing went the same way as Dalton's career in WUATIH. Down the tubes and never to return to glory. Tracey is speaking at yacht clubs: www.southbeachyachtclub.org/default.aspx?p=.NETEventView&ID=200893&qfilter=ALL&type=0&ssid=0&chgs= |
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Post by clippers1121 on Aug 2, 2019 15:44:45 GMT -8
www.landmarktheatres.com/maiden-filmmaker-letterApparently, she was touring an elementary school as a speaker and this guy's daughter told him about her story. And he made a movie about it. So I guess she is still out there telling her story. I would have liked to have seen her if she was at the Landmark (not sure if she was). They frequently have the directors and actors who appear in the movies they screen. The probably just had the director of the movie.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2019 16:16:59 GMT -8
www.landmarktheatres.com/maiden-filmmaker-letterApparently, she was touring an elementary school as a speaker and this guy's daughter told him about her story. And he made a movie about it. So I guess she is still out there telling her story. I would have liked to have seen her if she was at the Landmark (not sure if she was). They frequently have the directors and actors who appear in the movies they screen. The probably just had the director of the movie. The boat is going on a world tour: www.themaidenfactor.org/worldtour/routes-and-stops/currentIt is in Vancouver now. It should get to LA soon. |
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Post by dane on Aug 3, 2019 17:27:21 GMT -8
Impressive as this event is, I found MAIDEN (as a movie) disappointing, mainly bec. it doesn't seem to decide whether it is (1) a sailing movie (2) a human interest story (3) a political and social statement. You don't learn as much from the extensive interviews as there was in the NPR interview with the captain. And you learn almost nothing about ocean sailing, the design of the boat, sailing tactics, etc. The sailing scenes seemed merely decorative, never really explained (what is that woman doing being hoisted aloft like that???) and as a result, the movie does EXACTLY what the sailors themselves were objecting to: that is, treating women sailors completely differently from the way men are treated. (e.g., the press asking questions about mascara, about relationships, etc., rather than about sailing). No mention either of the later history of the skipper (the twenty years after the race--something the NPR interview did deal with). I came away w/ lots of questions about the race: e.g., reaction of other crews to the really dangerous course they took in the southern ocean to win the third leg; exactly what caused the leak that they thought might sink the boat; how they refitted the boat between legs; even the rules for the race etc etc.
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Post by clippers1121 on Aug 5, 2019 10:28:26 GMT -8
I have hardly ever been on a boat in my life. All I cared about was the human interest part of it where the women were denied a chance to sail with the big boys so they had the gumption to get their own boat, man it with their own crew, and enter the race and be competitive with the men. I did not care that much about the technical details about sailing. They had some good footage on the southern leg that gave the movie some drama. Along with the leak that was causing their boat to sink which they did not fully explain how they fixed it. But the climax was great when they finished the race and were greeted as heroes. I was surprised at how good of a documentary this was considering that the footage was mostly 30 years old.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2019 15:33:56 GMT -8
www.landmarktheatres.com/maiden-filmmaker-letterApparently, she was touring an elementary school as a speaker and this guy's daughter told him about her story. And he made a movie about it. So I guess she is still out there telling her story. I would have liked to have seen her if she was at the Landmark (not sure if she was). They frequently have the directors and actors who appear in the movies they screen. The probably just had the director of the movie. The boat is going on a world tour: www.themaidenfactor.org/worldtour/routes-and-stops/currentIt is in Vancouver now. It should get to LA soon. The Maiden boat is in SF right now. ![]()  |
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