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Chungking Express...oops...wishful thinking.
I mean Secrets And Lies.
The people (non board members of course) who complained bitterly about The English Patient being boring etc. - even on Seinfeld as I recall - did not see it on it's opening weekend. It was a deserved BP winner. Very few movies live up the their own hype.
I mean Secrets And Lies.
The people (non board members of course) who complained bitterly about The English Patient being boring etc. - even on Seinfeld as I recall - did not see it on it's opening weekend. It was a deserved BP winner. Very few movies live up the their own hype.
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Four unspeakable pieces of crap, and one smug, mean-spirited, overrated but mildly amusing little movie. So Fargo gets my vote.
What a dispiriting Oscar year this was . . .
What a dispiriting Oscar year this was . . .
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Count me in as a 'Fargo' fanatic. 'The English Patient' is an unfairly underrated Best Picture winner.
'96 was really quite a strong year. 'Breaking the Waves', 'Chungking Express', 'Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills', 'Lone Star', and of course 'Fargo'.
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'96 was really quite a strong year. 'Breaking the Waves', 'Chungking Express', 'Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills', 'Lone Star', and of course 'Fargo'.
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I swear I love you...dws1982 wrote:The English Patient.
Fargo is a third addition to my list of 90's "masterpieces" that I just don't get.
Secrets & Lies was my favorite.
I've never understood the fascination with Fargo. I thought it was a good film with clever dialogue and some terrific performances but the film just left me cold and unconcerned.
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