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Old 11-05-06 | 07:22 PM
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It deserves it. Great mix of setup story and the real improv stuff. Audience I was with enjoyed the hell out of it and I laughed more than any film in recent memory. Third act does slow down a bit, but the payoff wedding was well worth it. Can't recommend this film highly enough.

Thanks a lot for the spoiler, genius.
Old 11-05-06 | 07:46 PM
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I'm sure Flushed Away is a decent movie and everything but...I can't believe it opened better than Wallace & Gromit WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!!!
Isn't it from the same people? It looks like it is with the character designs.
Old 11-05-06 | 07:59 PM
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Yes, it was an Aardman production (same folks that do W&G).
Old 11-05-06 | 09:03 PM
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Wallace and Gromit???...sheesh
Old 11-05-06 | 10:41 PM
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darkside didn't spoil anything
Old 11-06-06 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by BadlyDrawnBoy
darkside didn't spoil anything

I didn't know there was a wedding at the end. OMG! Spoiler! Ban him.
Old 11-06-06 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Arpeggi
Thanks a lot for the spoiler, genius.
Yes, I have completely given away the entire film and saved you $10.
You are welcome.

What I said will in no way prepare you for what happens in the end. It was a very vague reference to the end. I spoiled nothing.

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Old 11-06-06 | 06:26 AM
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Those complaining about the "spoiler" in Darkside's post made me chuckle. Please, for entertainment's sake, come back into this thread after you've seen the movie and let us know whether or not you still feel he ruined the ending.

-JP
Old 11-06-06 | 06:56 AM
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And yet, people complaining about spoilers compound the problem by quoting the complete original post that includes the spoiler without using tags themselves.
Old 11-06-06 | 07:13 AM
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Or they fail to report the offending post in question.
Old 11-06-06 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by NatrlBornThrllr
Those complaining about the "spoiler" in Darkside's post made me chuckle. Please, for entertainment's sake, come back into this thread after you've seen the movie and let us know whether or not you still feel he ruined the ending.

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Agreed...In fact I had to go back and re-read it to make sure I knew which movie he was talking about.
Old 11-06-06 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Matthew Chmiel
Todd Phillips is probably shooting himself in the foot right now.
Why? His name is still on it, which means he's part of it and still got compensated.
Old 11-06-06 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Applejack
I'll see it at least twice. That should make up for you.
You'd better go see it a third time for me then.

I went to see The Santa Clause 3 this weekend. Yes I did! And it was fun!

Dare I say it? Tim Allen > Sacha Baron Cohen.
Old 11-06-06 | 10:19 AM
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I went to see The Santa Clause 3 this weekend. Yes I did! And it was fun!
I'll release the pigeons now.
Old 11-06-06 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
Dare I say it? Tim Allen > Sacha Baron Cohen.
What are the criteria for this observation? Weight?
Old 11-06-06 | 12:22 PM
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What are the criteria for this observation? Weight?
Naw, weight is too varied, I think he was going off of time spent in prison.
Old 11-06-06 | 01:10 PM
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This morning "Borat" was interviewed by Jillian Barberie on Good Morning LA on Fox 11.

Jill: I hear you have a thing for Pamela Anderson? She's a good friend of mine and we're a lot alike. (she makes the big boobs sign with her hands)

Borat:Yeeesss, Wa wa wee wa!

Borat: She has sent me 3 love letters through her Lawyer. One says, don't come within 300 meters of my client...

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Old 11-06-06 | 03:34 PM
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Actuals:

1 N Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Fox $26,455,463 - 837 - $31,607 $26,455,463 $18 1
2 N The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause BV $19,504,038 - 3,458 - $5,640 $19,504,038 - 1
3 N Flushed Away P/DW $18,814,323 - 3,707 - $5,075 $18,814,323 - 1
4 1 Saw III LGF $14,805,871 -55.9% 3,167 - $4,675 $59,382,706 $10 2
5 2 The Departed WB $7,722,388 -21.6% 2,785 -166 $2,772 $102,004,054 $90 5
6 3 The Prestige BV $7,505,268 -21.6% 2,305 +24 $3,256 $39,135,541 $40 3
7 4 Flags of Our Fathers P/DW $4,419,657 -30.4% 2,375 +185 $1,860 $26,550,769 $90 3
8 7 Man of the Year Uni. $3,665,580 -22.5% 2,388 -238 $1,535 $33,848,800 - 4
9 5 Open Season Sony $2,968,832 -49.4% 2,458 -601 $1,207 $81,254,598 $85 6
10 14 The Queen Mira. $2,909,966 +52.4% 387 +235 $7,519 $9,986,970 - 6
11 6 Flicka Fox $2,702,185 -42.9% 2,314 -563 $1,167 $17,602,221 $15 3
12 9 Marie Antoinette Sony $2,212,839 -22.2% 870 +11 $2,543 $12,946,803 $40 3
13 11 The Guardian BV $1,634,107 -31.2% 1,274 -699 $1,282 $52,281,919 - 6
14 10 Running with Scissors Sony $1,587,486 -37.3% 586 - $2,709 $5,248,114 - 3
15 8 The Grudge 2 Sony $1,551,641 -52.5% 1,568 -1,495 $989 $38,288,414 $20 4
16 17 One Night with the King 8X $1,075,334 -30.9% 701 -122 $1,534 $11,729,479 $20 4
17 12 Catch a Fire Focus $1,041,028 -48.6% 1,306 +1 $797 $3,667,587 - 2
18 15 The Marine Fox $1,037,924 -44.9% 1,010 -858 $1,027 $16,947,593 - 4
19 16 Employee of the Month LGF $938,702 -40.4% 801 -677 $1,171 $27,515,725 $12 5
20 24 Babel ParV $919,235 +136.1% 35 +28 $26,263 $1,470,614 - 2
21 13 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D BV $776,576 -59.5% 168 - $4,622 $7,415,808 - 3
22 19 Facing the Giants IDP $677,000 -7.4% 376 -17 $1,800 $7,217,000 $0.10 6
23 18 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning NL $379,326 -70.1% 452 -1,555 $839 $38,998,713 $16 5
24 20 The Illusionist YFG $362,959 -28.3% 286 -124 $1,269 $38,775,960 $16.50 12
25 23 Little Miss Sunshine FoxS $323,863 -19.9% 228 -93 $1,420 $58,268,253 $8 15
26 25 The Last King of Scotland FoxS $268,855 -20.4% 77 -18 $3,491 $2,809,919 $6 6
27 22 Don UTV $260,105 -46.2% 101 -9 $2,575 $1,943,843 - 3
28 N Volver SPC $197,703 - 5 - $39,540 $197,703 - 1
29 28 Shortbus Think $182,000 -2.1% 69 +7 $2,637 $1,303,000 - 5
30 27 Little Children NL $173,049 -13.5% 32 - $5,407 $1,056,474 - 5

It seems that Borat was the only movie to not be overestimated

The Prestige and The Departed seem to be hanging in there for dear life, and doing a fairly decent job of it. Glad to see good movies do well.

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Old 11-06-06 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Chew
And yet, people complaining about spoilers compound the problem by quoting the complete original post that includes the spoiler without using tags themselves.

OR, they come in and read a thread about a movie they haven't yet seen, then cry because they read a spoiler.
Old 11-06-06 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by The Bus


No.
Prepare to eat your words.
Old 11-06-06 | 08:32 PM
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You guys should calm down. the poster obviously didn't spoil anything big. It was joke when I got "upset" (that's why I quoted the "spoiler")! Lighten up.
Old 11-06-06 | 09:36 PM
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I dont know if you seen the add for the soundtrack to Borat but they showed clips of what was in the movie or a video fo the song. For example you see Borat singing "In my country there is problem" with kids in a classroom singing with him. I have the soundtrack and it has the audio from the Ali G episode with Borat singing at a country bar. Which one is in the movie if at all?
Same with the song " You be my wife" I see the video of Borat jamming with another woman on a piano guitar. Is that footage in the movie at all? Just wondering.
Old 11-06-06 | 09:41 PM
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Neither are in the film. The Throw the Jew song is the audio from the tv version and the You Be My Wife (which is brilliant) is studio and those clips you saw were done around the same time....I'd imagine.
Old 11-06-06 | 09:53 PM
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I dunno is one of the clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuc_wLpbEvQ

(check about 2 minutes in).

Sacha Baron Cohen is pretty tall (6'3"-ish, considering his height next to Conan.)

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Old 11-06-06 | 09:54 PM
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I saw that live and had seen the video of him with the woman earlier that week, so this is just a live clip of him playing that song.


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