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Author Topic: Revolutionary Road (2008) Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 01-24-2009 04:19 PM                        CINEMA: 13th Avenue Warren, Wichita, KS AUDITORIUM: 11 PRESENTATION: 35mm/Mystery Meat Digital/THX PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: Slightly shaky, out of focus picture RATING: Three stars (out of four) WARNING: "Plenty of people are onto the emptiness, but it takes real guts to see the Spoilers." GUY IN BATHROOM AFTER SHOW sees a friend and says hello. "What movie did you see?" "We saw that dog hotel movie." "Oh. We saw that Revolutionary War..uh Road...chick flick." Really? Chick flick? THE PLOT: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet plan a transatlantic voyage. What could POSSIBLY go wrong? Wackiness ensues. This is a story about a woman trying to pull her husband, and herself, out of a rut. They're so involved in their own self-pity, their children may as well not have even had credited names. You could ultimately almost call it the anti-chick flick. I saw a lot of parallels to my own parents in this movie, actually. Mendes did a good job of delivering a slow, yet desperate tone. Well done.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-24-2009 06:48 PM                     I saw this one at the AFI/Silver in Silver Spring, MD. Projection and Sound were tops, natch. I think Sam called it pretty much right but for me... at best 2 out of 5 stars...as a movie, it did nothing for me though it was well made.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-24-2009 11:21 PM                        Every time I walk past this auditorium all I see are Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet arguing. Yeah. Gotta see that. The director desperately tries to reunite nearly the entire Titanic cast in a pathetic attempt at bringing in an audience. Also, what fool casts his own wife? A die hard nepotist, that's who! Would have been better if Bill Paxton was in it.  |  IP: Logged

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