Syriana

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:25 pm

This shit looks dynamite. Read the review and an article about in the new RS.

I'm pumped.

Discuss.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:37 pm

Definitely want to take this in sometime soon. I haven't read a review yet, but the plot outline sounds interesting as hell. I almost always enjoy Clooney and Damon.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:40 pm

DIEING to see this. Looks like so fucking qual.

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Shit should be HOTT.

Bloor, you actually GO SEE A MOVIE?

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:56 pm

I'm on this too.

It's a ten, even. ABSOLUTE QUAL.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:01 pm

Sen.LooGAR'sCrunkmas Wrote:

Bloor, you actually GO SEE A MOVIE?

The gf actually manages to get me into the multiplex every now and again. (Note: The nootsie? Still undefeated)

I put my foot down with regards to Harry Potter and Rent. That's when I suggest that her and her sister need to go spend some quality time together.

But I will see this shit on my own volition.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:45 pm

I'm looking forward to seeing this too. Pretty big fan of Traffic.

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:19 pm

Did this come out today or is it next week?

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:21 pm

shiv Wrote:

Did this come out today or is it next week?

I actually think its two weeks....

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:30 pm

Yule Bloor Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

Did this come out today or is it next week?

I actually think its two weeks....

I just checked and it was a limited release on the 23rd but it's in all theatres on the 9th.

Entertainment Weekly gave it a B-, but then again this is the magazine that gave Just Friends a B+.

thrillhouse · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:50 pm

i played hooky and went to a matinee yesterday after being thwarted by sold out shows twice before. i really enjoyed it. the optimist in me wishes that a lot of people with different politcal ideologies will see it and reconsider some of their own behaviors, but the realest in me knows that even a well crafted piece of socially concious art changes nothing. oh well.

puma · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:56 pm

i heard it was fantastic, a couple of theatres were showing it here in la. my friends who saw it said it was basically another traffic, but it was still qual.

i need to see this.

wilked · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:57 pm

Saw it yesterday, awesome movie, very moving. Well acted and directed

no guru · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:04 pm

Saleslady at work today:

"I don't pay 10 bucks to see a fat George Clooney. It's like that cable movie with the whistleblower chunky Russell Crowe. Or that Born On The Fourth Of July crap. I don't go to movies to see a cripple Tom Cruise."

Busty Rhodes · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:13 pm

Yeah watched the trailer for this online this morning.

Will totally catch this.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:21 pm

want to see this too.

discostu · **Posted:** Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:59 pm

thrillhouse Wrote:

i played hooky and went to a matinee yesterday after being thwarted by sold out shows twice before. i really enjoyed it. the optimist in me wishes that a lot of people with different politcal ideologies will see it and reconsider some of their own behaviors, but the realest in me knows that even a well crafted piece of socially concious art changes nothing. oh well.

Saw it last night. It is a good movie. Recommended. The story, editing, etc. left me perplexed. I was overthinking the complex story. This is one dark movie and I haven't seen anything that made me feel the way this movie made me feel since "The Corporation" or "The Fog of War."
The "realest" (sic) in you is right on. The movie just shows that you have no power to do anything and to be politically active from the outside (or inside) is futile and only serves to bolster your principles, which is a respectable thing in my mind. The bigwigs and corporations run this country and the world.
Does anyone else see this changing anytime in the next 100 years?

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Sat Dec 10, 2005 2:17 pm

discostu Wrote:

Does anyone else see this changing anytime in the next 100 years?

Unfortunately no. If there's one thing I learned from being in politics for a couple years is that ignorance is bliss. Being on the inside of it will make you a cynic in a hurry.

On a movie related note, I saw Capote last night. Excellent film. Very detailaed portrayal of Capote during the years he was writing "In Cold Blood" and how it ultimately drained him of his creative energies. Kinda dark, very little music but intriguing.

If there is a more versatile actor than Phillip Seymour Hoffman working today I haven't seen him. He should get an oscar nom for this.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Saw it last night. It was hard to follow sometimes. But not a let down in the slightest. It had the same feel of Traffic.

greezy · **Posted:** Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:00 pm

saw it yesterday, like it lots. only thing i wish they would have developed more is the subplot with the two kids and the boat. i thought that issue demanded a little more exploration than it got

almost · **Posted:** Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:11 pm

druucifer Wrote:

saw it yesterday, like it lots. only thing i wish they would have developed more is the subplot with the two kids and the boat. i thought that issue demanded a little more exploration than it got

Definitely. Solid movie, but the progression from downtrodden immigrant worker to suicide bomber was pretty flimsy.

chowgurt · **Posted:** Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:48 pm

I've heard a lot about this. Want to see it

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

Rick Derris Wrote:

discostu Wrote:

Does anyone else see this changing anytime in the next 100 years?

Unfortunately no. If there's one thing I learned from being in politics for a couple years is that ignorance is bliss. Being on the inside of it will make you a cynic in a hurry.

On a movie related note, I saw Capote last night. Excellent film. Very detailaed portrayal of Capote during the years he was writing "In Cold Blood" and how it ultimately drained him of his creative energies. Kinda dark, very little music but intriguing.

If there is a more versatile actor than Phillip Seymour Hoffman working today I haven't seen him. He should get an oscar nom for this.

excellent movie - really liked it. best film of the year - I think.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

i saw it yesterday. i liked it pretty much. i can't get really excited about movies like this because then i just get down since it seems like that's the kind of thing that's actually happening.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

That George Clooney torture scene had me cringing pretty hard.

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

saw it yesterday and i still have no idea what the word syriana means. anyone?

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