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dolcevita
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Hoot
http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/Hoot.php
Quote: In many ways, <i>Hoot</i> is thrice-fold enwrapped in complex issues. Unhappy families, coming of age, and environmental advocacy. But it is anything but a depressing story. Roy is faced with questions of self-empowerment, and for the first time assumes responsibility and pride in his own actions. Against the Floridian landscape of wild birds and bromeliads, Roy forges new best friends and learns about other people’s less supportive experiences. He comes to appreciate what he does have, but also learns to help others whenever he can. He discovers how to take a stand for what he believes in, and devises several creative ways to do so.
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dolcevita
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Tribeca Film Festival Short Reviews
05.01.06: Hammer and Tickle: The Communist Joke Book: http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/ ... Tickle.php
05.02.06: Black Sun: http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/BlackSun.php
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getluv
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So dolce, aren't you seeing UNITED 93? Because I really want your opinion.
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dolcevita
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Tribeca Film Festival, Short Reviews:
05.03.06: Comeback Season: http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/ ... Season.php
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dolcevita
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The Proposition
http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/Proposition.php
Quote: Often in the experience of Westerns, one forgets about the other Anglo frontier...Australia; but not John Hillcoat and Nick Cave. The two men are the respective director and scriptwriter/composer for The Proposition. They pool their talents to create a space of decay and abandon where even ambition and morality fester with the rancid smell of flesh wounds and swarmed flies. The Proposition is nothing if not a study in fluid violence and dark tones. The film is heavily managed by the director, and the words carefully chosen for its screenplay. Expect a visceral experience at the very least.
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Gulli
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I've just started reading your reviews dolce and very impressive I have to say. Even the ones I disagree with I consider very well written and thought out. Keep up the good work man.
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dolcevita
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Gullimont-Kyro wrote: I've just started reading your reviews dolce and very impressive I have to say. Even the ones I disagree with I consider very well written and thought out. Keep up the good work man. Thank-you Gullimont. I try. I'm always happy to hear that you readers enjoy the reviews and get something out of them. 
You pretty much summed me up perfectly there. What I lack in insight, knowledge, and confidence/flare I try to compensate for with hard work and consistent writing.
Thanks again, uh, man! 
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dolcevita wrote: Gullimont-Kyro wrote: I've just started reading your reviews dolce and very impressive I have to say. Even the ones I disagree with I consider very well written and thought out. Keep up the good work man. Thank-you Gullimont. I try. I'm always happy to hear that you readers enjoy the reviews and get something out of them. You pretty much summed me up perfectly there. What I lack in insight, knowledge, and confidence/flare I try to compensate for with hard work and consistent writing. Thanks again, uh, man! Yes, man, I totally agree with Gullimont-Kyro, man. You're the man, Dolcevita. _________________Setting most people on fire is wrong.Proud Founder of the "Community of Squee." 
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Gulli
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dolcevita wrote: Thanks again, uh, man!  Methinks I shall go with sexless platitues from now on.
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Gullimont-Kyro wrote: dolcevita wrote: Thanks again, uh, man! Methinks I shall go with sexless platitues from now on. Or just add a wo before the man next time  
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Glad you liked The Proposition, Dolce. I want to se that one, the plot sounds very intriguing and Guy Pearce is a good actor. Too bad, I have no clue when and whether it will be released here.
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dolcevita
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Art School Confidential
http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/ ... ential.php
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There’s something frustratingly grating about qualitative evaluation, and Art School Confidential snarkily reminds us that one man’s refuse is another man’s treasure.
Such is the case for Terry Zwigoff’s newest film, which is about a young boy coming of age against the backdrop of a New York City art school.
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dolcevita
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The Top 10 "Best of the Rest" Oscar Nominees: 1995-2004
http://www.worldofkj.com/articles/Other/Top10II.php
Quiz Show (1995)
Secrets and Lies (1997)
As Good As It Gets (1998)
L.A. Confidential (1998)
Life is Beautiful (1999)
The Fellowship fo the Ring (2002)
Gosford Park (2002)
Gangs of New York (2003)
Spellbound (2003)
Master and Commander (2004)
Feel free to check the link at the bottom of the page, join the Oscar Nominee Viewing Club Dr. Lecter started if you're interested.
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A. G.
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I'm glad you rescued Quiz Show from obscurity, that was very well reviewed at the time but seems to have been forgotten by most now.
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dolcevita
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 The Da Vinci Code
http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/DaVinciCode.php
Quote: One’s love of the book will make or break the big screen experience of Professor Langdon (Tom Hanks) and his sexy, yet intelligent, French female accomplice Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) running through the streets of Paris and London. I for one didn’t finish the book. In fact, the book found its way to the bottom of the shelf a good year ago before any major revelations were even unearthed in its pages. This is not to say I didn’t know the ultimate themes and narrative tricks of the book, as for an individual not to know such water cooler chat would require living in a cave just south of Assisi. The Da Vinci Code is a typical thriller. It adopts the prescribed style of ending each chapter just short of a story arch’s climax only to pick up said character’s situation three chapters down the line. It is an obsessive little piece of fiction that tosses about fun iconographical readings of artworks and uses those readings to further a suggestive plotline of a grande male gendered conspiracy. That’s it.
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dolcevita
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An Inconvenient Truth
http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/ ... tTruth.php
Quote: Whether one agrees with his positions or not depends entirely on how one views the few moments in the movie where the ex-president-elect mixes personal experience with global catastrophe. Yes, his election win/loss comes up, and he uses the opportunity to reflect on how he feared he’d failed to get his message out. That doesn’t stop Mr. Gore from taking a slam or two at his opponents. His quips are seamless within his largely a-political rhetoric. He uses personal adversity to illuminate on dedication to reversing global warming, and his personal experiences inevitably incriminated those whom he felt personally did injustice to his person and views. He doesn’t split down party lines in An Inconvenient Truth, but he certainly splays a couple individuals in two.
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Galia, I don't know how you can say that the Global Warming debate is an a-political one. Of course it's political, and of course it's divided along the party lines. The mere fact that Al Gore is leading the crusade should be a dead giveaway.
Quote: His research can’t be faulted, and he includes statistical data about articles written in peer-reviewed scientific journals to back himself up. In near 1000 cases sampled, not one scientific article debated the existence of global warming. However, in popular media, 53% of articles sampled did. Just curious: did the articles in popular media debate the existance of global warming or the human cause of it?
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dolcevita
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A Prairie Home Companion
http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/ ... panion.php
Quote: As you prefer and for your leisurely pleasure, Robert Altman serves up his newest handicraft on a silver-plated platter with all the colourful garnishing the heart desires. The heart and the mind, however, respond to two strikingly different chords, and the deft director opts for an Altman-Lite film that sounds, tastes and smells like the Sunday afternoon its youngest cast member never experienced. <i>A Prairie Home Companion</i> is ginger and spice and everything nice, but never transcends its sugary concoction.
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The Devil Wears Prada
http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/ ... sPrada.php
Quote: Its not that David Frankel’s movie adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada doesn’t have the designer names to draw in the crowds, it’s just that its a bit loose about the mid-section, and now maybe those suspicious shoulder pads make the whole getup look a bit too square. And for fear of being too blunt with the high heel and low décolleté metaphors, let it be put into print that Frankel and Co. missed a golden opportunity to transcend such easy pun making.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/ ... sChest.php
Quote: Sadly, Sparrow’s competence, if not his leisurely jaunt and slurred speech, seem to have abandoned ship. We find the captain confused and unsure, and the new characterization does not go over nearly so well. If <i>Dead Man’s Chest</i> falters in any respect, it is in the character of the Captain, whom is still spirited but lacks wit. In his former incarnation he built up a façade of incompetence while pulling everyone’s strings as grande puppeteer, but now he is always one step behind the obstacle. <i>Dead Man’s Chest</i> becomes more an action packed comedy of errors than a true comedy of manipulations. The multiple storyline style is still present, but it does not come together nearly so nicely in the absence of its master’s marionette fingers.
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BJ
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dolcevita wrote: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chesthttp://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/ ... sChest.phpQuote: Sadly, Sparrow’s competence, if not his leisurely jaunt and slurred speech, seem to have abandoned ship. We find the captain confused and unsure, and the new characterization does not go over nearly so well. If <i>Dead Man’s Chest</i> falters in any respect, it is in the character of the Captain, whom is still spirited but lacks wit. In his former incarnation he built up a façade of incompetence while pulling everyone’s strings as grande puppeteer, but now he is always one step behind the obstacle. <i>Dead Man’s Chest</i> becomes more an action packed comedy of errors than a true comedy of manipulations. The multiple storyline style is still present, but it does not come together nearly so nicely in the absence of its master’s marionette fingers. lots of criticism fro such a high grade. _________________The Force Awakens
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dolcevita
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BJ wrote:
lots of criticism fro such a high grade.
I enjoyed it alot, and I tried to make that clear. Saying that the actual experience (the water wheel dueling and when Elizabeth has two swords was excellent) but it did have some faults. I think its very worthy of a B+ which is a good grade for me. There's a big difference between a B and a B+ for me, much better than a B. The nitpicking probably stems for my love of the first one, which was an A/A+. And while alot of people argue to seperate the two, I'm not one of them. I would have wished for a little bit wittier dialogue, and to see a little more manipulations rather than accidents, as in the first.
I didn't think me review was overly critical. It said it was good fun, but suffered a bit from the typical sequel issues. Do you mean that I should have gone easier on it considering the grade, or that the grade should have been lower considering the review? I struggle with putting grades ot the reviews on occassion, and this may have been one of them. I liked Pirates II alot, but didn't think that meant I shouldn't "give feedback" on what I felt where its flaws that could be corrected for the third installment.
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Quote: and to see a little more manipulations rather than accidents, as in the first. A point well-made; it certainly applies to the action sequences. Jack's path of escape via pulleys and cranes in the first film was brilliant, more creative than serendipitously ending up in round objects that roll.
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BJ
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dolcevita wrote: BJ wrote:
lots of criticism fro such a high grade.
I enjoyed it alot, and I tried to make that clear. Saying that the actual experience (the water wheel dueling and when Elizabeth has two swords was excellent) but it did have some faults. I think its very worthy of a B+ which is a good grade for me. There's a big difference between a B and a B+ for me, much better than a B. The nitpicking probably stems for my love of the first one, which was an A/A+. And while alot of people argue to seperate the two, I'm not one of them. I would have wished for a little bit wittier dialogue, and to see a little more manipulations rather than accidents, as in the first. I didn't think me review was overly critical. It said it was good fun, but suffered a bit from the typical sequel issues. Do you mean that I should have gone easier on it considering the grade, or that the grade should have been lower considering the review? I struggle with putting grades ot the reviews on occassion, and this may have been one of them. I liked Pirates II alot, but didn't think that meant I shouldn't "give feedback" on what I felt where its flaws that could be corrected for the third installment. Indeed, most of your review was nitpicking, and it made it seem like you didnt like the film a lot, I read your grade then the review than your grade again and thought the grade was high for the review that you had written. I would have the same complaints but still give the film an A but thats because Im an easily entertained person that overlooks problems within movies as long as they are not to great to overlook. Potter 4 was my favorite film of 2005 and it clearly has many plot holes. _________________The Force Awakens
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Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Galia/LeonardCohen.php
Quote: Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man is at times funny and at times surreal. Mr. Cohen reads a section from his introduction to the Chinese translation of his book “Beautiful Losers†where he beseeches readers to skip over the parts they don’t like, perhaps reading a paragraph or page that piques their interest, and returning to the book to read from front-to-back only if they are unemployed and desperately bored.
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