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Weekend movie report: The Corn is Green, B+. Taxi Driver, A. Holy crap, Taxi Driver is dark. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Sep 4 '11, 18:40

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First 5 Episodes of Torchwood Miracle Day C- (spoilers) - amoxy Sep 4, 18:52 1
- those were poorly edited with to much meaningless scenes. the last few have been wonderful and very tight -- nm - peglegpete Sep 4, 19:55
You talking to me? -- nm - amoxy Sep 4, 18:45 1
- still a classic. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 18:48
paul schrader was in a "bad place" when he wrote it -- (link) - moles Sep 4, 18:44 11
- although Schrader felt the film (Bringing out the Dead, possibly considered a sequel) went awry when Nicolas Cage was cast in the lead -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 19:45 1
  - The book was fantastic. The film was crap on a cracker. -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 19:46
- very cool article by the way. It is so weird to me, though, that people only talk about the violence. Never about the 12 year old prostitute. - loosilu Sep 4, 18:55 3
  - not so far fetched. a common way was to have some local teens bring girls to a bad ass party, so the potential vics sneak out of their house to go - zeitgeist Sep 4, 19:04
  - it was a huge controversy -- nm - moles Sep 4, 19:01 1
    - I am glad to hear that. it doesn't seem obvious today, from what I read. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 19:14
- Through modern eyes, Jodie Foster's role is quite shocking. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 18:49 2
  - sad fact, until recently it was not that much of a stretch, a couple years ago a 12yo was found murdered, reporters asked about her arrest record and - zeitgeist Sep 4, 18:58 1
    - oh, I'm fully aware they exist. But I have a feeling most child prostitutes are nothing like Jodie Foster. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 18:59
- Then were is YOUR Oscar winning script at? -- nm - Ducks till the end! Sep 4, 18:45 1
  - Pixie isn't in a dark place, he just hasn't found a flashlight for his cardboard box yet -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 4, 19:37
That is SOOOO racist! -- nm - Ducks till the end! Sep 4, 18:42
the man who wasn't there, A+ -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 18:42

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