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Don Watkins 
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 Topic: Movies on DVD thread 2Posted: 26 Nov 2009 at 9:10am |
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Saw Angels and Demons the other night. Can't say that it was great but I think it was easier on the Church than the prior movie (DaVinci Code?). Mostly I enjoyed it because it's a pretty good yard though not nearly as good as National Treasure. |
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Bob
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 9:08am |
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I dunno if this will be your cup of tea but I thoroughly enjoyed Julie & Julia. Meryl Streep as Julia Child did a great job and by the end of the movie I was almost thinking I was watching Julia herself. It's a parallel story about Julia's adult life and a corresponding story about a young couple where the wife is kind of emulating Julia and blogging about it as she goes along. A fun story.
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 10:01am |
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Cool! It's on our list but we opted for Public Enemy as our new one this week and it was very good. I think the movie was probably historically inaccurate but still a pretty good gangster movie. I didn't know it but Dillinger was a native son of Indiana... |
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Karl_db
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 2:46pm |
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...and believe it or not...is still regarded by many, fondly, as a local home-town hero.
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 3:07pm |
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I went back and read his bio and wow, he did get good publicity but it was bad from grade school on. Not a nice guy even if you threw out the bank robbing.
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Karl_db
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 3:12pm |
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Can't remember the details. I "think" he did help some folks out...old folks(?)...financially. And was somewhat regarded as a modern day Robin Hood. Along with sticking it too the banks, gov, and of course...carving a pistol to escape from jail only added to it.
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 3:18pm |
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...while overlooking both the one guy that they know Dillinger killed along with the dozens that his gang killed.
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Karl_db
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 3:42pm |
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Yup. He was a bad boy...but our bad boy. LOL
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 3:53pm |
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I'm betting, like Bonnie and Clyde, people just liked the idea of sticking it to the banks.
So instead of B&C and Dillinger these days we have Dodd and Frank. (Sorry, previously posted in the wrong thread). |
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Karl_db
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 3:55pm |
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That's OK. I even replied in the wrong thread without noticing.
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 3:57pm |
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Too many tabs, too little time (actually in my case...too little brain cells).
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Karl_db
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 4:01pm |
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Oh dear...obviously since I did the same thing...it's catching.
 Wow! A real internet virus. HeeHee
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 10 Dec 2009 at 4:05pm |
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Nah, you have an excuse, I did it first....
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Randy
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Posted: 12 Dec 2009 at 7:43am |
So true, so true. |
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 12 Dec 2009 at 8:02am |
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Finished watching J&J last night and enjoyed it very much. I kind of wished the whole movie had been about Julia. Left me wondering; what did Julia really think of the blog? |
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Don Watkins
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Posted: 12 Dec 2009 at 8:34am |
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Haha, search and ye shall find. |
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Karl_db
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Posted: 12 Dec 2009 at 8:57am |
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Interesting. I always thought she was a hoot...enjoyed her shows.
Also interesting how many "old timers" are not impressed with this generations “Flinging around four-letter words..." |
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Randy
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Posted: 12 Dec 2009 at 9:20am |
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I'm going to have to watch Julie & Julia. Meryl Streep seemed to have done an excellent job playing Julia.
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Randy
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Posted: 12 Dec 2009 at 3:46pm |
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Watched J&J this afternoon. It was a nice break after doing a front disk break job on my wife's car. Most enjoyable! It was surprising that the movie even covered the fact that Julia didn't care much of the book.
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Bob
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Posted: 17 Dec 2009 at 12:02am |
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I watched The Illusionist tonight. Pretty good. A little far out and fairy tale-y but interesting and watchable. Jennifer Beil (sp?) and some guy.
 Early 1800s Vienna is the setting.
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