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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:21 PM Original message |
Your thoughts, please? Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" is screening on Tuesday, Dec. 5th... |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. i seperate art and the artist, so i would go(n/t) |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thanks for your suggestion. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I don't |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Read my post #11. nt |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yeah, I read it. I'm ignoring it. |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. I wasn't speaking to you Radio. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The "dialogue" here is interspersed as it flows in. You're in a thread that I started. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. PS. Downthread, did you refer to me as an anti-Semitic Jew, or was I just |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. No, I was speaking |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:16 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I apologize, Karenca. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Here is some background from Wikipedia in case you're interested. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Well said in my opinion. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think it could be a really cool movie |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Go to rottentomatoes.com and see what's been said already. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. I am just interested in the history, having visited Mayan ruins |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Apparently, American Indian groups have given it the thumbs-up. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Interesting article. I decided to post the paragraphs you refer to: |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have heard it is pretty graphic... you might not want to eat |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thanks for the suggestion. I skipped "The Passion of the Christ" also. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. we're going, as voiced elsewhere, sometimes it is the song & not the singer... |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. I try hard to avoid businesses that support Repukes. And I won't use cosmetics |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. In other words: Download it. |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. By that criteria , all of Wagners Operas should never be performed.... |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The difference lies in the fact that Wagner has been dead for 123 years. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Um... Karenca, go peddle your wares elsewhere, please.. especially with the religious twist. |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I don't care what you pay to see a film. |
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spillthebeans (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. go see a movie and not some Holly Crap nt |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Not sure what you mean by HOLLY crap... |
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spillthebeans (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. The normal stuff that comes from Hollywood the |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Inferior to the stuff Mel does. |
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spillthebeans (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. oh there is a lot of crap in Hollywood |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. It's an illiterate Frank Barrone! |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. Mel makes interesting movies |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm not going to see it. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Alan Smithee...lol |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm looking forward to it |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well, whatever else it is... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yawn |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You may be right. |
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spillthebeans (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. oh ,and being anti war |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. Looks good, actually |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. It is long -- 138 minutes long. And it feels it, too. |
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NoodleBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. saw it-- for free |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. UPDATE: Heading for the theater now; review will be posted on Thursday evening. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. AFTER VIEWING THE MOVIE: It's bloody and boring. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. You might check the the Nation link I posted down thread. It has some interesting |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. I saw it |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thanks for posting, MartyMar64. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Your're welcome. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Sounds like a slasher version of Malick's New World. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. One of Portland's other female reviewers was sitting behind us... get this! |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
51. The Nation really ripped it apart as racist. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Fabulous link! Thanks SO much for pointing it out! |
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