Jasoco
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I have to admit, there aren't many movies that warrant a 10 rating from me, but this is absolutely one of them.
Something about the film just works. The Coens are geniuses when it comes to making movies that I really can enjoy. I admit, I first saw "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" and loved it so much. I had no idea this was by them too, and had I not seen a "Making of" on a show on Discovery years ago that showed how the scene where they fall off the building was done, I probably wouldn't have ever decided to TiVo this fine film.
The direction technique, acting, jokes, everything just works. This is the kind of movie that stands out in the crowd, makes me want to buy it on DVD and show it to everyone I know just to make them see what people miss when they read reviews by people like Siskel and Ebert, who gave it two thumbs down, but don't give a reason on their site.
Other movies I would recommend are O, Brother (Also directed by the Coen's) and Army of Darkness, which, maybe coincidentally, stars Bruce Campbell who plays a reporter in this movie. Bruce is his same old self. he has a presence, and is great in the few scenes he's in.
Tim Robbins is wonderfully cast as the lead in this role.
The elevator operator lent a wonderful character to the movie.
The two Cab drivers in the Café who perform the "I got gas" Bromo commercial type bit, were great narrating Norville's encounter with Amy.
The guy in the News room creating the Crossword puzzle with a Scrabble set asking people questions for clues. "The guy's a real moron, as in a five-letter word for Imbecile."
The music, oh, the music is wonderfully suited to the film.
There isn't one part of this movie I didn't like, honestly. I could watch it quite a few times before I got sick of it, then take a break, then come back and watch it again.
Highly recommended.
Something about the film just works. The Coens are geniuses when it comes to making movies that I really can enjoy. I admit, I first saw "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" and loved it so much. I had no idea this was by them too, and had I not seen a "Making of" on a show on Discovery years ago that showed how the scene where they fall off the building was done, I probably wouldn't have ever decided to TiVo this fine film.
The direction technique, acting, jokes, everything just works. This is the kind of movie that stands out in the crowd, makes me want to buy it on DVD and show it to everyone I know just to make them see what people miss when they read reviews by people like Siskel and Ebert, who gave it two thumbs down, but don't give a reason on their site.
Other movies I would recommend are O, Brother (Also directed by the Coen's) and Army of Darkness, which, maybe coincidentally, stars Bruce Campbell who plays a reporter in this movie. Bruce is his same old self. he has a presence, and is great in the few scenes he's in.
Tim Robbins is wonderfully cast as the lead in this role.
The elevator operator lent a wonderful character to the movie.
The two Cab drivers in the Café who perform the "I got gas" Bromo commercial type bit, were great narrating Norville's encounter with Amy.
The guy in the News room creating the Crossword puzzle with a Scrabble set asking people questions for clues. "The guy's a real moron, as in a five-letter word for Imbecile."
The music, oh, the music is wonderfully suited to the film.
There isn't one part of this movie I didn't like, honestly. I could watch it quite a few times before I got sick of it, then take a break, then come back and watch it again.
Highly recommended.
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The voices do not sound the same. Ren is still the same guy, but he voices it different. Stimpy is some unknown guy I've never heard of and he does a really bad job of it. I can not watch this (Even though I am trying to right now...) because of this. Why couldn't they get Fry to do the voice again? It's not like he's busy with another cartoon!
This is just as bad as bringing back TMNT. At least they didn't try to "X-TREME" it up like TMNT though.
Remakes like this are literally ruining memories of my childhood. It needs to stop now.
This is just as bad as bringing back TMNT. At least they didn't try to "X-TREME" it up like TMNT though.
Remakes like this are literally ruining memories of my childhood. It needs to stop now.
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If you tried to describe the show to someone, you couldn't. It didn't work for my friend when I tried to get him to watch it, but since he hated South Park when I told him to watch an episode (Damien) he assumed this was as bad. Sucker. He misses out on all the good shows and complains there are too many bad ones on TV. This is/was NOT one of them. This show was freaking hilarious when I would watch it every week. The night I saw the promo for the Series Finale I did a double take and said "SERIES Finale? SERIES? WHAT DO YOU MEAN!?"
The show only lasted 30 episodes and I had half on tape before Comedy Central decided to cut it short again in reruns at 3:30 AM a year ago, so I gave up. Now I am excited that they have finally put them on DVD and can once again enjoy them all. I just wish they'd get all three out ASAP. I can't wait. And it's just a good thing they're not the usual $40 like some other shows with short seasons are. This will make a great addition to my collection. Whoever came up with the idea to put TV shows on DVD is a genius and deserves a Pulitzer.
The show was basically about a teenage runaway who decided to get her life back together, so she moves in with her Step Mom and Dad and Brother. It's really hard to describe the layers of stuff this show has. There's no way! You have to watch an episode to understand. I suggest the Cult Two-parter or the Violin Prodigy episode or the School Play episode. Three of the best. Guaranteed to leave you in stitches, or you have absolutely no sense of humor.
The show only lasted 30 episodes and I had half on tape before Comedy Central decided to cut it short again in reruns at 3:30 AM a year ago, so I gave up. Now I am excited that they have finally put them on DVD and can once again enjoy them all. I just wish they'd get all three out ASAP. I can't wait. And it's just a good thing they're not the usual $40 like some other shows with short seasons are. This will make a great addition to my collection. Whoever came up with the idea to put TV shows on DVD is a genius and deserves a Pulitzer.
The show was basically about a teenage runaway who decided to get her life back together, so she moves in with her Step Mom and Dad and Brother. It's really hard to describe the layers of stuff this show has. There's no way! You have to watch an episode to understand. I suggest the Cult Two-parter or the Violin Prodigy episode or the School Play episode. Three of the best. Guaranteed to leave you in stitches, or you have absolutely no sense of humor.
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