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Started by SmallBlueThing, 04 February, 2011, 12:40:44 PM

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Buttonman

Another vote for 'Little Miss Sunshine' which is fun throughout but best when the pageant is outraged with saucy dancing.

I went for some quality 1950s western action in Wagons West before seeing Michael Douglas wheeze about a bit in The Sentinel.

Wish I'd watched 'Little Miss Sunshine' again instead!

Link Prime

Some may say I'm a soulless husk, but I despised the twee & nausea inducing 'Little Miss Sunshine'.

Anyway...just saw Gallic medieval-supernatural-horror 'The Monk' (with the always mesmeric & watchable Vincent Cassel).
Pleasantly surprising stuff, and worth a re-watch immediately after the first viewing.

Richmond Clements

If you think Little Miss Sunshine is twee, then you obviously do not know what the word means.

Hawkmumbler

Quote from: Link Prime on 16 May, 2013, 09:32:37 AM
Some may say I'm a soulless husk, but I despised the twee & nausea inducing 'Little Miss Sunshine'.
Eh? Twee?  :|

Link Prime

Quote from: Richmond Clements on 16 May, 2013, 09:39:06 AM
If you think Little Miss Sunshine is twee, then you obviously do not know what the word means.

I know perfectly well what the word means Richmond.

I'll throw a 'Meh' into my summarily dismissive opinion of the movie too!

JamesC

Isn't Little Miss Sunshine a girl's film?

radiator

One day I'm finally get round to having a little movie night triple bill of Sunshine, Little Miss Sunshine and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Classics all.

I think by 'twee' you might mean 'quirky' which is a fair enough criticism, but you can't really call a film that involves heroin use, death and attempted suicide 'twee'.

Goaty

Quote from: radiator on 16 May, 2013, 01:45:55 PM
Sunshine, Little Miss Sunshine and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Classics all.

Totally agree, love all three films!

Richmond Clements

Quote from: radiator on 16 May, 2013, 01:45:55 PM
One day I'm finally get round to having a little movie night triple bill of Sunshine, Little Miss Sunshine and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Classics all.

I think by 'twee' you might mean 'quirky' which is a fair enough criticism, but you can't really call a film that involves heroin use, death and attempted suicide 'twee'.

Almost like he didn't know what the word means... ;-)
Saw Eternal Sunshine for the first time a few months ago - it is an astonishing movie, too. Sunshine... Not so much!

radiator

What are you? Some sort of twee girly boy? Sunshine is ace.

Link Prime

Quote from: radiator on 16 May, 2013, 01:45:55 PM

I think by 'twee' you might mean 'quirky' which is a fair enough criticism, but you can't really call a film that involves heroin use, death and attempted suicide 'twee'.

It was indeed quite forcibly quirky, but no; I meant 'Twee', as I found it mawkishly sentimental in places.
I also found it smug, severely over-hyped and more than a little hypocritical.


Have nothing bad to say about 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' or 'Sunshine' though!

Link Prime


sheldipez

Quote from: radiator on 16 May, 2013, 02:25:36 PM
What are you? Some sort of twee girly boy? Sunshine is ace.

One of my favourite movies full stop. Danny Boyle works magic in every genre he dips in.

Richmond Clements

Quote from: sheldipez on 16 May, 2013, 02:46:46 PM
Quote from: radiator on 16 May, 2013, 02:25:36 PM
What are you? Some sort of twee girly boy? Sunshine is ace.

One of my favourite movies full stop. Danny Boyle works magic in every genre he dips in.

Oh it's a very entertaining movie, but has sun-sized plot holes that even I could not ignore!

Mabs

Quote from: sheldipez on 16 May, 2013, 02:46:46 PM
Quote from: radiator on 16 May, 2013, 02:25:36 PM
What are you? Some sort of twee girly boy? Sunshine is ace.

One of my favourite movies full stop. Danny Boyle works magic in every genre he dips in.

Without doubt! Sunshine is an outstanding film, one of Boyle's best and very much near my top 10 sci-fi films. It's like a jalgemation of all the great sci-fi films; 2001, Alien and so on. And Boyle pulls it off brilliantly, hell I even love the head trippy ending!
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