NP - This Xmas Season's Movies

[David Morris]

Thanks for the warning.

On Monday, January 2, 2017, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:

> Scorsese's Silence reminded me of a former girlfriend: very beautiful,
> devoutly Catholic (whilst acknowledging plenty of doubts) and a lot of hard
> work at times. I happen to think The Last Temptation of Christ is one of
> his underrated works so I'm not adverse to one of his spiritualist epics,
> or for a sincere examination of faith, but I found this buckles under the
> weight of its own solemnity. If you're going to be this humourless then you
> need to an extra level of profundity or transcendence, which Silence
> provides all too rarely. Andrew Garfield's central performance is too blank
> - he never convinced me as a man of existential depth - and the film lapses
> into Scorsese's usual faults - women are marginalised, non-white characters
> are shady and distrustful and an lingering sense of sadomasochism
> left this viewer feeling punished (perhaps suitably). Still, to evoke a
> lesser Wagner symphony, there are a couple of moments of rapture,
> particularly on the occasions when the Buddhist priests test the Catholics'
> faith, and the visual design is sumptuous throughout, applying an Old Dutch
> Master palate to contemporary historic setting, but not enough to rescue a
> laboursome effort. At least my ex could be a lot of fun.
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> On Friday, December 30, 2016, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kbob42 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
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>> Looks good.
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>> Www.innergroovemusic.com
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>> On Dec 29, 2016, at 8:04 PM, Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Anyone here seen Fences? Been meaning to go see that...
>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 9:19 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Yes.  The ending of OA sucked, and started sucking in the 2nd to last
>>> episode.  This is too bad, because it probably coulda have had more
>>> Seasons.  It had painted itself into a corner, but in Scifi and comic
>>> books, it is always possible to overcome the impossible with more fantastic
>>> new premises.  But then, ultimately, the goose has to come home to be
>>> cooked...  Unless it doesn't ever do that, ie. come home.
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>>> David Morris
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>>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 8:01 PM, kelber at mindspring.com <
>>> kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>>>> A poorly- constructed sentence on my part. I was referring to the
>>>> ending of The OA, not the ending of Manchester By the Sea.
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>>>> LK
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>>>> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID*
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>>>> Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> The ending of MANCHESTER-by-the-Sea is perfect. Thematically resonant
>>>> as tubular bells.
>>>> REAL Chekhovian likeness, so to speak.
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>>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>>> On Dec 28, 2016, at 5:56 PM, "kelber at mindspring.com" <
>>>> kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>>>> Most of the reviews warn that the ending sucks, but on Mr. Morris's
>>>> recommendation, I've been watching The OA, on Netflix. Enthralling
>>>> story-telling, even if it turns out to be just a shaggy-dog story.
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>>>> LK
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>>>> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID*
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>>>> Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Re: Manchester by the Sea.
>>>> while it qualified for my highest accolade (I didn't leave the
>>>> auditorium to pee even once even though I was in an Alamo theater) I was so
>>>> perplexed (or underwhelmed?) by the ending that I'm not recommending the
>>>> film
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>>>> But i sure enjoyed Casey on SNL the other night!!
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>>>> Looking forward to the new tv Sherlock next week!
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>>>> Allan in WV
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>>>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:38 AM kelber at mindspring.com <
>>>> kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>>>>> The trailer certainly makes it look like a by-the-numbers guy-weepy
>>>>> (ya know, like Shawshank Redemption). Is it drastically different from
>>>>> what's shown in the previews? I stay far, far away from weepies of any
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>>>>> Laura
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>>>>> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID*
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>>>>> From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
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>>>>> To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
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>>>>> Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
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>>>>> Sent: Wed, Dec 28, 2016 2:31 am
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>>>>>> I just saw Manchester by the Sea.  It is a finely-crafted tale that
>>>>>> jerked many tears from this sap.  Beside the great acting, its best feature
>>>>>> is the telling of its story via seamless meshing of past with present.
>>>>>> This meshing makes us quickly love and care for all the characters
>>>>>> presented, but especially for the main one, a deeply broken man who always
>>>>>> soldiers on through his great pain.  Highly recommended.
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