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Guilty As Charged: Super Sexy Thrillers: Now Disc. "9 1/2 Weeks" (1986)
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Benny_Blanco
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Jul '02
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3/15 2:07pm
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 18. "Eastern Promises"
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Eastern Promises was a great film, but I just remember thinking "WTF?" when it ended, because I expected a lot more to happen. The Turkish bath scene was extremely good, quite uncomfortable to watch, must have been even more so to film!
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Zaz
Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre
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Oct '98
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3/16 8:37am
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 18. "Eastern Promises"
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Next: "Memento"
"Christopher Nolan's detective noir about a man (Guy Pearce) on a quest to avenge his wife's murder is like nothing that came before it. Told in reverse to mimic the protagonist's inability to make new memories, the tale hurtles toward a shocking conclusion/beginning that'll have you asking: Does the start justify the means?"
*Sigh* I know I should see this.
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Armenian_Jedi
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3/16 8:52am
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 17. "Memento"
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seen it, loved it, but don't think I could watch it twice.
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Boba_Fett_2001
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3/16 8:56am
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 17. "Memento"
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Err why not? 
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Armenian_Jedi
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3/16 9:21am
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 17. "Memento"
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There's nothing in it that makes me want to watch it again.
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Jango10
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3/16 11:27am
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 17. "Memento"
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Armenian_Jedi posted:
There's nothing in it that makes me want to watch it again.
It's better the second time because you can piece everything together.
Zaz, you should see this and Eastern Promises.
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Darth-Lando
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3/16 11:36am
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 17. "Memento"
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Memento is one of my all time favorite movies. It's a totally unique experience the first time you watch it and is never the same again. Not to say that it isn't good on repeat viewings, just that your perspective changes.
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Zaz
Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre
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Oct '98
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3/16 11:40am
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 17. "Memento"
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Okay; join the Great Movie Challenge & challenge me to see it.
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Jango10
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3/16 11:41am
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Zaz posted:
Okay; join the Great Movie Challenge & challenge me to see it.
I would, but I don't have the money to rent a lot of movies right now.
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The_Face
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3/16 6:50pm
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 17. "Memento"
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I only recently saw this, and loved it.
The backwards thing sounded kind of like a gimmick, but in practice it was a really awesome way to put us into the protagonist's shoes.
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Rogue1-and-a-half
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3/16 8:26pm
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 17. "Memento"
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Memento has an outstanding cast and a great script. And I know everyone gets tired of hearing me say things like this, but it's not really just a suspense film; it's about the existential dilemma of man, our inability to really know anything and about the final corruption of evil; the action is nothing compared to the decision to act.
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Zaz
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3/17 6:54am
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 17. "Memento"
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Next: "The Departed"
"Martin Scorsese's tightly wound undercover-cop-vs.-crooked-cop drama is not only his best flick in years, it's also his personal best for box office take -- and his first Best Director Oscar winner (can't forget the Oscar!). Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin all give career-best performances."
Not seen this.
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Armenian_Jedi
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3/17 9:31am
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 16. "The Departed"
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Great movie that far surpassed it's mediocre source material.
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The2ndQuest
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3/17 11:19am
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 16. "The Departed"
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It's the first Scorsese film I'd seen that I was able to fully enjoy beyond it's technical brilliances.
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Dark_Jedi_Kenobi
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3/17 12:40pm
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RE: Guilty As Charged: Great Crime Thrillers: Now Disc. 16. "The Departed"
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Easily one of my favorite cop films, the story and cast were both brilliant.
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