Topic 19 of 69: As Good as it Gets
Sat, Jan 3, 1998 (08:50) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
As Good as it gets
with Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt
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15 responses total.
Topic 19 of 69 [movies]: As Good as it Gets
Response 1 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Jan 3, 1998 (08:57) * 9 lines
"As Good As It Gets" is as good as it gets! A great date movie. A
great movie. Period.
Jack Nicholson, Greg Kinnear, Helen Hunt and Cuba Gooding appear in
career best roles. Written and directed by James Brooks in what must
be a career best for him as well.
Awesome, funny, touching, insightful. A great insight into the male
dating psyche.
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Response 2 of 15: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sat, Jan 3, 1998 (22:48) * 1 lines
What an endorsement--can't wait to rent it!
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Response 3 of 15: Lorie Scafaro (LorieS) * Fri, Jan 9, 1998 (12:56) * 5 lines
Paul, I'm kind of confused. Jack N.'s character is hardly a typical male, is he? The man has serious problems. Actually, none of those people are what I'd consider typical, not even Cuba's less-defined art dealer.
Sorry if I'm giving away too much of the movie here (skip it if you haven't seen or want to be surprised).
While it might be a good date movie, because it's about love expanding your horizons, it's not what commercials and previous movies are leading people to believe it is. I thought the whole thing was pretty dark comedy, if you can even call it comedy.
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Response 4 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jan 9, 1998 (21:57) * 17 lines
**** Spoiler Alert ****
you may not want to read this if you have not yet seen the movie
Roger Ebert said "This film, co-written with Mark Andrus, creates
memorable people, but is not quite willing to follow them down
unconventional paths. It's almost painful, watching the screenplay
stretch and contort these characters to fit them somehow into a
conventional formula--they're dragged toward the happy ending, screaming
and kicking all the way."
And he says the ending feels like a blackout, seconds before more
unhappiness begins. One of the "lost opportunies" in this film that
forcibly stuck to it's formulaic course, despite opportunities to break
open new territory.
I still have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Response 5 of 15: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sat, Jan 10, 1998 (16:12) * 1 lines
And Cissy Spacek wasn't even in it! *wink*
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Response 6 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Jan 10, 1998 (23:17) * 3 lines
You must have heard about my celebrity encounter at
La Zona Rosa!
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Response 7 of 15: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Sat, Jan 10, 1998 (23:22) * 2 lines
how long ago?
how does she look?
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Response 8 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Jan 10, 1998 (23:24) * 3 lines
Long time ago.
Great!
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Response 9 of 15: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Sat, Jan 10, 1998 (23:27) * 4 lines
that is cool...
she's truly among our
(texas) national treasures...
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Response 10 of 15: Alicia (Alicia) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (03:51) * 3 lines
I thoroughly enjoyed AS GOOD AS IT GETS. It's a real movie with a real script and a real director with real acting. It's an old-fashioned movie but with a 90's twist. They rarely make authentic films like this anymore. I enjoyed everyone's performance especially the scenes between Jack Nicholson and Greg Kinnear. Greg is a real constrast from his SABRINA days.
This movie is a reminder of what the movies are all about.
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Response 11 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (08:18) * 5 lines
I agree, Alicia, I must see movie among the current batch.
I haven't even seen Titanic yet, but this stands out as the
one movie to see currently. And I'm not a big Nicholson or
Helen Hunt fan but they turned in *great* performances as did
Kinnear. Even the little dog did great.
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Response 12 of 15: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (15:09) * 2 lines
am gonna have to see this one now, since the little dog did great *wink*. Like
Nicholson, but not everything he's done. And still have to see the Titanic.....
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Response 13 of 15: Alicia (Alicia) * Mon, Jan 12, 1998 (01:05) * 3 lines
Yep, I still have to see Titanic too but it's unlikely. I have very little tolerance for long movies. I can't stand it especially in a movie theater. I guess I'll have to wait for it on video.
Anyway, I love the dog in AS GOOD AS IT GETS. Very adorable. It has a very good trainer.
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Response 14 of 15: Lorie Scafaro (LorieS) * Mon, Jan 12, 1998 (17:02) * 5 lines
Thanks for the Ebert words, Terry, I hadn't seen any reviews. I thought the movie was worthwhile, I just felt betrayed by promos on TV (and the trailer in the theaters, too) that made it seem like a lighthearted romp. Instead, there were all these disturbed people and things never did seem like they would work out for any of them. I guess I should just be happy that the script didn't call for the son to die and the dog to run away.
Sometimes it seems like the marketing of a movie is what really bothers me about the film, not the movie itself.
Has anyone else been watching VH-1? The TITANIC commercials on that station are like a music video for the much-overplayed-in-my-area song, focusing heavily on the love story, while commercials on other stations are for an action-adventure film (POISEDON TITANIC would be the title, I think).
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Response 15 of 15: Lorie Scafaro (LorieS) * Mon, Jan 12, 1998 (17:03) * 1 lines
Oops. Hard to be a smart-aleck when you can't spell.
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