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To: Neocon who wrote (120154)	12/31/2000 4:33:07 AM
From: TH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Neocon, I hear you on the crowd thing. Strange how we can change. In any event I have leaned towards the home with friends thing myself in the past couple of years. Crowe did a great job fleshing out his character. I was glad that "Gladiator" didn't slip into the "Die Hard/Rambo" mode. I get bored so fast with that. Joachim is interesting. Strange face. Who knows if he or River would have been the better actor. I would bet on Joachim. I thought he was good in "8mm". I had high hopes for "8mm" as it was written by the guy who wrote "Seven". Of course "8mm" was pretty poor and I never gave it much thought as there was not too much to think about. "Seven" on the other hand is an outstanding film. I have much respect and interest in David Fincher. We will have to talk about his films sometime soon. I am very interested in what you think about them. Fincher has to work very hard to keep his progression alive and of high quality. In "Seven" I loved how Spacey and Freeman were the same guy dealing with the world in different ways. Outstanding. "To Die For" was great black comedy. Can we still say black comedy? What should we say now? Dark comedy? I got the impression that Kelly Preston stole some ideas from Kidman's performance for her role in "Jerry McGuire". Just seemed like the same kind of woman. Of course "Mean Streets" is about this struggle with Charlie. I just had trouble buying into the premise that this savvy kid didn't think it to the end. That is why I think its his love for Johnny Boy and not any real promise of redemption through Johnny Boy's salvation that moves him to act. He knows Johnny is doomed. Keep in mind this is a very small thing I didn't like in an otherwise outstanding film. This film just moves. Who is good and who is bad is very gray in this film...just like in life? One last thing, Charlie made a choice. If it was his father maybe no choice, but its his uncle. Charlie could do something else, but he likes it. For as much of a "nice guy" as he may appear, he wants the life. I think you are really going to love "The Sopranos". You have got to check it out. Oh the crazy uncle thing. Everyone has one (or maybe two), but mine are just pretending to be crazy. I think it is an unwritten somewhere that every family needs the crazy uncle. It sounds as if your uncles really are over the edge wild. All I can say is that is nice to visit and dinner conversation is never dull. HAGO TH

To: Neocon who wrote (120154)	12/31/2000 12:02:39 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

My take on Russell Crowe was a little different. <<...performance as a righteous Roman, full of piety for his country, his home,and his household gods>> The sadness in his face told the story.

To: Neocon who wrote (120154)	12/31/2000 1:30:54 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I hate crowds. Me too—thoroughly— though I can really enjoy them for about ten minutes. I thought about doing [Times Square] this time because I would be directly on the Square, and because it is the true millennium. But the heck with it. Good choice. I did it once. Never again. Too many dang people. Gladiator, be it noted, is the last film that the estimable Oliver Reed made (the slave trader/former gladiator). It also boasts the first mature performance by Joachim Phoenix (Rivers brother, and particularly good in To Die For), who is turning into a fine actor. Yeah. The guy did a decent job. He was pretty much in his scenes I think, though at times I detected him wafting away. Russell Crowe has a deep performance as a righteous Roman, full of piety for his country, his home,and his household gods.......... Yeah. Not bad, though I wouldn’t exactly characterise his performance as “deep.” He brought the typical “Crowe melancholy” to the role, and that worked, I think. I do not have a handle on Oscar picks myself. Last year was rich, this year, not nearly so full. What took the Oscar last year? Was it “American Beauty?” Man I hated that film. What did you think about it? I liked The Patriot a lot; Yeah, but its a little goofy in several places. I mean, that scene where Gibson comes riding with the flag and junk was just a little too much to stomach. Why do you like this film a lot? As far as I’m concerned, there was only one excellent thing about it: Aunt Charlotte.