What starts out as a portrayal of Teen Mental Illness, turns into a twisted narrative of the Stephen King/Dean Koontz strain. I give them their props for showing a fuller spectrum of Schizophrenia. Movies like "A Beautiful Mind" are very good, but only show the Delusions and Hallucinations. This movie also shows the disorganized, incoherent thought processes with which they suffer. But, then again, we find out at the end that things aren't really as simple as Donnie being "Crazy." Loved Swazye, RIP, as the Holy Roller with skeletons in his own closet (or cellar.)
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The Deuce
(2017–2019)
Watch the whole series, if nothing else for Ms. Maggie Gyllenhaal.
27 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Her performances are GREAT in this show, as hauntingly beautiful as SHE is. She really illustrates the degradation of a street prostitute (and, to an extant-a high-end call girl as well.)
SPOILERS follow
When she is in the Hotel room with the rich john, we see how sad she is. She can't afford to cry, but looks to be trapped behind her large expressive eyes. Great acting with gestures. Episode 5 was difficult to watch, not because it was BAD, but because she was so Good-and went through so much. She can't climax with her boyfriend, and then Evil John robs her and you hear the punches coming down. A bit later, she has a scene where Pimp Rodney (Method Man) tries again to take her under his wing, and she demurs once again, leading to an emotional street scene between the two. (that scene, will be the "Money Shot" at the Golden Globes and Emmys next year. She will at least be nominated. I'm a physician, and if I were caring for her in that ER, I'd try to get her off the streets forever. She also, of course, has nude scenes when in the realm of porno films. Even pseudo-ejaculation! I really admire Maggie for giving so much of herself for this show, but wish she didn't have to. And, I'm sorry, but it IS titillating-I think she's incredibly Beautiful. As for the other characters and plot lines, well...I was studying for a Big Test, so I fast-forwarded through all the scenes that didn't have Ms. Gyllenhaal in them. I'll go back to them later.
SPOILERS follow
When she is in the Hotel room with the rich john, we see how sad she is. She can't afford to cry, but looks to be trapped behind her large expressive eyes. Great acting with gestures. Episode 5 was difficult to watch, not because it was BAD, but because she was so Good-and went through so much. She can't climax with her boyfriend, and then Evil John robs her and you hear the punches coming down. A bit later, she has a scene where Pimp Rodney (Method Man) tries again to take her under his wing, and she demurs once again, leading to an emotional street scene between the two. (that scene, will be the "Money Shot" at the Golden Globes and Emmys next year. She will at least be nominated. I'm a physician, and if I were caring for her in that ER, I'd try to get her off the streets forever. She also, of course, has nude scenes when in the realm of porno films. Even pseudo-ejaculation! I really admire Maggie for giving so much of herself for this show, but wish she didn't have to. And, I'm sorry, but it IS titillating-I think she's incredibly Beautiful. As for the other characters and plot lines, well...I was studying for a Big Test, so I fast-forwarded through all the scenes that didn't have Ms. Gyllenhaal in them. I'll go back to them later.
The Sound of Music
(1965)
Homer Simpson-Music the lowest form of entertainment
29 December 2010
but seriously folks pretty good yarn.
But I wonder if the REAL Von Trapp opposed the Nazis? 95% of Austrians were Super Nazis!
unless he was just a miserable conservative who hated ANY change!
The songs were good if corny
I saw part of it again last weekend. They always play it around Christmas.
Julie Andrews sings great. Showed her "assets" in SOB years later. "Family Guy" had a great parody on the movie. I missed the musical when I was young b/c I had chickenpox at the time. Mom never forgave me. LOL The Austrian Alps are beautiful. You should see it as a double header with "Cabaret" to see how madness takes hold of a nation. Sort of like the Tea Baggers
But I wonder if the REAL Von Trapp opposed the Nazis? 95% of Austrians were Super Nazis!
unless he was just a miserable conservative who hated ANY change!
The songs were good if corny
I saw part of it again last weekend. They always play it around Christmas.
Julie Andrews sings great. Showed her "assets" in SOB years later. "Family Guy" had a great parody on the movie. I missed the musical when I was young b/c I had chickenpox at the time. Mom never forgave me. LOL The Austrian Alps are beautiful. You should see it as a double header with "Cabaret" to see how madness takes hold of a nation. Sort of like the Tea Baggers
Fierce People
(2005)
Great yarn, great acting! See It!
27 April 2005
Warning: Spoilers
this is an adaptation of a Dirk Wittenborn book, which I did not read. young Finn Earl lives with his Mom Liz (Diane Lane) in a cramped lower East Side New York Apartment. he dreams of joining his Anthropologist father studying a fierce tribe in South America. Liz has boyfriends and does coke. when he is caught scoring coke for her, one of her customers (Liz is a legitimate masseuse) a rich Mr. Osborne bails her out in return for being his full time personal masseuse in his huge estate in New Jersey. They are driven there in a limo with her strung out lying in the back seat with her dress hitched way up and panties showing. (this and a few low-cut dress scenes is the only exploitation of Ms. Lane. some may be disappointed but I'm sorry she had to do all that stuff in "Unfaithful" to make the A-List. That lady has more talent in her little finger than Streep, Roberts, and Sally Field do in their entire BODIES and its time she was given her due.) when they arrive Finn makes friends with Osbornes grandson Bryce, and has a coming of age with his new girlfriend, granddaughter Maya. Liz meanwhile joins AA and dates an AA doctor. She miraculously cleans up instantly. Finn however does a lot of drugs along with sex with his new friends. Bryce seems like an OK guy but gets jealous when Osborne takes Finn on a hot air balloon race instead of him, and this leads to tragedy.
the genius of the story, (and movie) is that they cut from the violent acts of the Fierce filthy rich Blysdale tribe to the Yanomano warriors. It's a little implausible though that when Liz finds out what happens to her son she merely demands action from Osborne and does not either contact the authorities or settle it Thelma and Louise style. there are elements of a Gothic Romance with a revelation by the village idiot. Also they do almost no plot or character development prior to the move to Blysdale. Liz, for instance, like Lane's Pearl Kantrowitz in "Walk on the Moon" had an unwanted pregnancy with Finn at 18 and felt trapped. This is in the book but not the movie. Still, these are minor shortcomings. The movie will be in full release 12/31/05 over a year after the original release date, and I just couldn't wait.
There were lots of Red Carpet moments in the theater I saw the movie at, with almost the whole cast...except Diane Lane!! $#%#Q$ Director Dunne said she was off filming a movie. I know she didn't promise to be there, but I came from way out of town and it would have been such a thrill to see her in person. The movie is a definite Best Picture contender, as for acting?? Sutherland was quite good, and so was the boy who played Finn. Lane was magnificent as always, but I only recall one or two emotional scenes, when she catches Finn with drugs "lets get f****d up together mother and son" and with Osborne "your twisted grandson...". She would fare better with a supporting actress nod but it wont work that way. unless they give it to her for a "body of work."
the genius of the story, (and movie) is that they cut from the violent acts of the Fierce filthy rich Blysdale tribe to the Yanomano warriors. It's a little implausible though that when Liz finds out what happens to her son she merely demands action from Osborne and does not either contact the authorities or settle it Thelma and Louise style. there are elements of a Gothic Romance with a revelation by the village idiot. Also they do almost no plot or character development prior to the move to Blysdale. Liz, for instance, like Lane's Pearl Kantrowitz in "Walk on the Moon" had an unwanted pregnancy with Finn at 18 and felt trapped. This is in the book but not the movie. Still, these are minor shortcomings. The movie will be in full release 12/31/05 over a year after the original release date, and I just couldn't wait.
There were lots of Red Carpet moments in the theater I saw the movie at, with almost the whole cast...except Diane Lane!! $#%#Q$ Director Dunne said she was off filming a movie. I know she didn't promise to be there, but I came from way out of town and it would have been such a thrill to see her in person. The movie is a definite Best Picture contender, as for acting?? Sutherland was quite good, and so was the boy who played Finn. Lane was magnificent as always, but I only recall one or two emotional scenes, when she catches Finn with drugs "lets get f****d up together mother and son" and with Osborne "your twisted grandson...". She would fare better with a supporting actress nod but it wont work that way. unless they give it to her for a "body of work."
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