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Offline Arlo

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« Reply #45 on: November 18, 2007, 04:30:21 PM »
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I didn't take a poll of the opinions, Arlo, and if I failed to include that the above statement is just my opinion, and not fact, then I'll own up to that mistake. All opinions on movies are simply that--opinions.



I wasn't condemning you. I said your opinion counts. It's just the exception to the rule, in this case. I've my own, regarding other instances. Guess that makes us occassionally exceptional. ;)
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« Reply #46 on: November 18, 2007, 04:38:16 PM »
OK, I went ahead and did the count...

TRL is still behind in the polls though. You can recount to confirm my accuracy, but I don't think that it's a winner with this crowd, Arlo.
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« Reply #47 on: November 18, 2007, 04:46:37 PM »
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OK, I went ahead and did the count...

TRL is still behind in the polls though. You can recount to confirm my accuracy, but I don't think that it's a winner with this crowd, Arlo.


I'm guessing the confusion between us involves you seeing a "TRL" when an "SPR" was posted:

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SPR (Saving Private Ryan) won oscars for Best Cinematography,Best Director,Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing,Best Film Editing and Best Sound.

Hardly a bad film.


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Those are all technical awards, and technically speaking, it was well made. It says nothing of how  captivating the story was, or how sympathetic the characters.

Even if you believe in the validity of the academy awards, the fact that this flick was boring, slow, pretentious, patronizing and disjointed is not refuted by these accolades.


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« Reply #48 on: November 18, 2007, 05:10:54 PM »
Doh.... Alright, I'm a tard.

However, I went back and counted more carefully.

Clearly against TRL:
JB73
Neubob
RPM
Lasersailor
dago
filth
sd67
crocket
tango
nilsen
pooh21
skyrock

Clearly for (in the event of an ambiguous statement, I gave TRL the benefit of the doubt):

Nefarious
tojo
aquashrimp
tac
rich46yo
jb88
patches
Arlo

Still 12 to 8, by my count... And yes, I know, I have too much time on my hands.
« Last Edit: November 18, 2007, 05:14:27 PM by Neubob »
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« Reply #49 on: November 18, 2007, 05:18:31 PM »
wayyyyy to much time.


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« Reply #50 on: November 18, 2007, 05:19:16 PM »
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I haven't read the book; I may consider doing that though. I didn't think it was a love story ~ happened to be a love interest in the story, but I that's never what I pictured it as being...

The love angle was a teeny part of the book...BIG part of the movie. I found the book to be riveting---sat and read the whole thing on a flight cross-country
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« Reply #51 on: November 18, 2007, 05:40:58 PM »
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Doh.... Alright, I'm a tard.

However, I went back and counted more carefully.

Clearly against TRL:
JB73
Neubob
RPM
Lasersailor
dago
filth
sd67
crocket
tango
nilsen
pooh21
skyrock

Clearly for (in the event of an ambiguous statement, I gave TRL the benefit of the doubt):

Nefarious
tojo
aquashrimp
tac
rich46yo
jb88
patches <- said in no uncertain terms he agreed with me
Arlo<- not ambiguous, obviously not a fan

Still 12 to 8, by my count... And yes, I know, I have too much time on my hands.


Again, I don't know why you're counting heads to see if TRL is popular amongst the posters in this thread. You were responding to somone who mentioned the Academy awards Saving Private Ryan received.

Nevertheless, if, out of your own curiousity about TRL, you desire an accurate fan count in this thread regarding that movie, I still suggest you doublecheck your findings.  :)
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« Reply #52 on: November 18, 2007, 05:56:03 PM »
I assume you're just pulling my chain, but I guess I have to include this just to make it official:

I meant TRL... The confusion was mine about Ripsnort's post. I somehow managed to miss the acronym and assumed he was talking about Thin Red Line. I thought Private Ryan was a great movie.
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« Reply #53 on: November 18, 2007, 05:58:09 PM »
Then ... you are no longer "exceptional." ;)
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« Reply #54 on: November 18, 2007, 06:10:57 PM »
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Then ... you are no longer "exceptional." ;)


You're so cruel... snif...

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« Reply #55 on: November 18, 2007, 06:33:28 PM »
TRL jumped around to much, making it difficult to follow any of the characters.  

When they advertised the show, they mentioned all these big time actors who were in the movie.  This gave an impression they were playing some big part in the movie, which was not the case.
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« Reply #56 on: November 18, 2007, 06:46:42 PM »
war movie= the longest day.
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« Reply #57 on: November 18, 2007, 06:53:05 PM »
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war movie= the longest day.


That one was just as bad....  in fact it reminds me of how TRL was done..
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« Reply #58 on: November 18, 2007, 07:07:44 PM »
C'mon! Red Buttons hanging off a church steeple! :D
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« Reply #59 on: November 18, 2007, 07:59:49 PM »
Count me as another vote for the "it sucked" category.

The whining portrayed has been done, usually and much more effectively against the backdrop of Vietnam or a small "sideshow" war where ambiguous feelings make sense.  In a WWII film against the Japanese -- I had a very, very hard time swallowing that after Pearl Harbor and stories coming out of the Phillipines that there were many people who had those ambiguous feelings.

Even if I could set that aside, I don't think the format they chose was very effective, and I thought the acting was poor (although in their defense, staring blankly while there is a voice over is hardly acting).
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