NP - Into the Woods - movie

[David Morris]

Blue Ruin is not gruesome, but it has realistic-ish violence.  But the
violence is pointed with an unexpected message.

On Friday, January 2, 2015, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Thank you for not liking Obvious child - I felt like I was the only one.
> I've avoided Wild, because I'm afraid it's overly sappy. I kind of have a
> horror of the sappy, mawkish and treacly - but maybe I'll catch it on
> Netflix.
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> I assume Blue Ruin is anything but, though if it's overly gruesome or
> sadistic …
>
> I tried watching Locke, which has gotten raves from some of my friends. I
> had no problem with the whole confined space premise, but I turned it off
> once I realized how ludicrous the character's decision was - revealed way
> too early in the movie.
>
> As an antidote to The Imitation Game, I dug up a math/science-y movie
> called The Travelling (sic) Salesman - a low-budget story that would work
> better as a stage play - about a group of mathematicians who solve the
> eponymous math problem, and then have qualms about handing over the
> solution. More about the moral responsibilities of
> scientists/mathematicians than actually about the math (as if I'd
> understand it!), it was definitely the sort of movie I thought I'd rather
> be watching while watching The Imitation Game. Not that good, but still
> worth a watch for Pynchon fans:
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> travellingsalesmanmovie.com
>
> Travelling Salesman - Official Trailer [HD]
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ybd5rbQ5rU>
>
> LK
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> From: David Morris
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> Sent: Jan 2, 2015 2:13 PM
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> To: "kelber at mindspring.com <javascript:;>"
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> Cc: jochen stremmel , P-list
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> Subject: Re: NP - Into the Woods - movie
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> I borrowed Obvious Child from the library. After 20 minutes I turned it
> off.  It's easier to eject a DVD than to leave a theater.
> I really liked Blue Ruin, for reasons I can't divulge.  It very subtly
> defies expectations. Give it a chance.
> Later today I'm going to see Wild.  I hear it's very good.
> David Morris
> On Friday, January 2, 2015,  <kelber at mindspring.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> I've always found it surprisingly difficult to walk out of even the
> crappiest movies. Sheer lethargy or excessive politeness? Or maybe it just
> seems snooty to walk out of a movie that other people seem to be enjoying?
> I recently sat through a movie I absolutely hated while texting a couple of
> friends about how bad the movie was. That movie - Obvious Child - has ended
> up on a lot of people's Best Of lists, solely, so far as I can figure,
> because it's pro-choice. I expect more from a movie - plot, decent
> dialogue, character development, believability - something! I was tempted
> to walk out of Interstellar, once it became clear that it was irredeemably
> bad. Don't think I could have forced myself into Into, or, for that matter,
> any of the Hollywood Blockbusters this year.
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> It does seem a particularly bad year for movies. Much as I was
> underwhelmed by Inherent Vice, I'd probably rank it the second best, after
> Selma. Selma was inspiring and topical, and din't insult the intelligence
> by falling for the standard-issue Hollywood biopic cliches. Can't say the
> same for The Imitation Game, which made me cringe (though not nearly as
> much as Interstellar did). What it this thing where filmmakers now think
> it's reasonable to toss the same platitude at us multiple times, to the
> point of nausea or high blood sugar?
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> I'm racking my brains to think of other movies I liked this year. I
> enjoyed Big Eyes, though it's forgettable. Much as I hated the
> poorly-motivated characters and the excessive misogyny go Gone Girl, it was
> at least entertaining. Boy was certainly a film-making coup, but, aside
> from the gimmick and it's being a believable story about likable people,
> it's not very memorable. Birdman was OK, though it didn't have anything
> fresh to say about Art vs Schlock, and the constantly moving camera started
> to nauseate me after a while. A very small, low-budget movie called It Felt
> Like Love made a good impression on me (though it had a 2-day theatrical
> run) because it's set in non-hipster Brooklyn, and told a timeless Brooklyn
> coming-of-age story.
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> I haven't seen Nightcrawler or The Homesman - maybe I'd like them?
>
>
>
> Laura
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> To: jochen stremmel
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> Subject: Re: NP - Into the Woods - movie
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> I did eventually leave, after too much patience, when it became clear that
> it wasn't going to redeem itself.
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> On Friday, January 2, 2015, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
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> why didn't you leave?
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> 2015-01-02 5:29 GMT+01:00 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com <javascript:;>
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> Do NOT go see this!  I cringed! I squirmed for its end to come. My brain
> hurt enduring this crap!
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> David Morris
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