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ProudClod

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I feel like a thick air of pretension surrounds this festival. A lot of films that are accepted to the festival never gain any real traction outside of "artsy" circles. This makes the festival incredibly intimidating for me. Can someone recommend a way for a mostly main-stream movie goer to ease himself into this experience?
 
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iddqd

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BUH, this is too expensive for me.
But I`m interested to read opinions and able to wait for eventual dvd/theater releases.
 
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3N16MA

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Quick said:
Same here!

Moneyball and Drive are what I'd like to see most, as well as Jeff Who Lives At Home.
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"Drive" and "Moenyball" will both be released shortly after TIFF so I would watch some of the other films.
 
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Daft_Cat

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Expendable. said:
tons of new films announced!
TIFF 2011 Announces New Films From Andrea Arnold, Nacho Vigalondo, Joel Schumacher, Yorgos Lanthimos and Many More
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I was excited until I saw bold. Not even my passion for film can quell my childhood thirst for vengeance.
 
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Zzoram

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When can we start buying tickets for individual movies? Do they have a schedule available so I know what days the movies play on since I can only watch on certain days?
 
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Expendable.

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Secret_Riddle said:
I was excited until I saw bold. Not even my passion for film can quell my childhood thirst for vengeance.
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Ha, good thing there are hundreds upon hundreds of other films there. I loved Timecrimes, can't wait to see his next film.
 
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Daft_Cat

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Expendable. said:
Ha, good thing there are hundreds upon hundreds of other films there. I loved Timecrimes, can't wait to see his next film.
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I know, I know. You're right. He's done some interesting stuff.

Still, bat-nipples frighten me. It's time Toronto shared my dread.
 
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ProudClod said:
I feel like a thick air of pretension surrounds this festival. A lot of films that are accepted to the festival never gain any real traction outside of "artsy" circles. This makes the festival incredibly intimidating for me. Can someone recommend a way for a mostly main-stream movie goer to ease himself into this experience?
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Compared to any other fest, TIFF had incredible amount of films that are "mainstream". You obviously won't be getting many winter blockbusters but if your looking at the most mainstream of mainstream choices there is Killer Elite, Anonymous, Trespass. Then there are big possible award contenders like Moneyball, Drive, Machine Gun Preacher, The Descendents, Ides of March, Dangerous Method, etc etc.

I think it also depends what you classify as artsy. A Payne film w/ Clooney that will get a wide release? Not me.
 
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Alright, so press schedule came out. There are tons of overlaps and repeated films, but this is everything I want to see.

Thu Sep 8

11:30am – 1:30pm We Need To Talk About Kevin - Scotiabank 13
12:00pm – 2:00pm Pina - Lightbox 2
12:30pm – 2:30pm Moneyball - Lightbox 1
4:00pm – 5:30pm The Ides of March - Lightbox 1

Fri. Sep 9

9:15am – 10:45am Le Havre - Scotiabank 3
9:30am – 11:00am From the Sky Down - Scotiabank 2
9:45am – 11:45am Footnote - Scotiabank 10
10:00am – 12:00pm Killer Elite - Scotiabank 1
11:15am – 1:15pm Into the Abyss - Scotiabank 4
12:45pm – 2:15pm A Dangerous Method - Lightbox 1
2:00pm – 4:00pm Miss Bala - Scotiabank 4
3:15pm – 5:15pm The Skin I Live In - Scotiabank 2

Sat Sep 10

9:00am – 11:00am Wuthering Heights - Lightbox 1
9:00am – 11:00am The Descendants - Scotiabank 1
9:30am – 11:30am Trishna - Scotiabank 2
11:30am – 1:30pm 360 - Scotiabank 1
12:00pm – 1:30pm Jeff, Who Lives at Home - Scotiabank 11
2:00pm – 4:00pm Keyhole - Scotiabank 13
2:30pm – 4:00pm Extraterrestrial - Scotiabank 11
3:00pm – 4:30pm Dark Horse - Scotiabank 2
5:00pm – 6:30pm Chicken with Plums - Scotiabank 1
9:15pm – 10:45pm God Bless America - Lightbox 5

Sun Sep 11

8:45am – 10:45am Rampart - Scotia 1
9:30am – 11:30am Take This Waltz - Scotia 2
11:45am – 1:15pm Hick - Scotiabank 4
12:15pm – 1:45pm The Oranges - Scotia 2
1:30pm – 3:00pm Comic-Con - Scotia 9
2:00pm – 3:30pm Friends With Kids - Scotia 1
4:00pm – 5:30pm Twixt - Scotia 9
4:30pm – 6:00pm Damsels In Distress - Scotia 1 - Distress - Scotia 1
6:00pm – 8:00pm The Awakening - Scotia 11
8:45pm – 10:15pm Sleepless Night - Scotia 11

Mon Sep 12

8:30am – 11:00am The Lady - Scotia 4
8:45am – 10:15am The Deep Blue Sea - Scotia 3
9:00am – 11:00am Salmon Fishing In Yemen - Scotia 1
9:30am – 11:00am Shame - Lightbox 1
11:00am – 1:00pm Machine Gun Preacher - Scotia 3
11:45am – 1:15pm Killer Joe - Scotia 2
1:30pm – 3:00pm You're Sister's Sister - Scotia 1
3:00pm – 4:30pm Butter - Scotia 2
5:30pm – 7:00pm Amy George - Light 5

Tue Sep 13

8:00am – 9:30am Butter - Scotia 2
9:00am – 11:00am The Descendants - Scotia 1
9:15am – 10:45am Friends With Kids - Scotia 4
9:45am – 11:15am Elles - Scotia 8
10:30am – 12:30pm Rebellion - Scotia 2
11:15am – 12:45pm Ten Year - Scotia 1
12:00pm – 1:30pm Kill List - Scotia 6
12:30pm – 2:30pm Wuthering Heights - Scotia 13
1:00pm – 2:30pm Death of a Superhero - Scotia 5
2:00pm – 3:30pm Tyrannasaur - Scotia 3
4:00pm – 5:30pm Into the Abyss - Scotia 4
4:45pm – 6:15pm Page Eight - Scotia 4
6:30pm – 8:30pm Trishna - Scotia 3

Wed Sep 14

9:30am – 11:00am Hysteria - Scotia 11
9:30am – 11:00am The Moth Diaries - Scotia 2
11:15am – 12:45pm The Deep Blue Sea - Scotia 1
11:45am – 2:15pm The Lady - Scotia 2
2:45pm – 4:15pm Killer Joe - Scotia 2
5:15pm – 7:15pm Rampart - Scotia 2
5:30pm – 7:00pm Chicken With Plums - Scotia 4
7:45pm – 9:15pm Dark Horse - Scotia 2

Thu Sep 15

9:00am – 11:00am Anonymous - Scotia 2
9:15am – 10:45am Intruders - Scotia 11
12:15pm – 1:45pm Twixt - Scotia 13
2:45pm – 4:15pm Sleepless Night - Scotia 7
2:45pm – 4:45pm Countdown - Scotia 1

Fri Sep 16

9:45am – 11:15am The Day - Scotia 2
12:00pm – 1:30pm Violet and Daisy - Lightbox 5
12:30pm – 2:00pm Jeff, Who Lives at Home - Scotia 2 - Home - Scotia 2
9:45pm – 11:15pm Winnie - Lightbox 4
8:00pm – 9:30pm Hick - Scotia 4
 
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Takao

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I actually wrote a little something for any anime fans interested in what they can see at TIFF on my blog. It's really just From Up On Poppy Hill, and A Letter To Momo, but there's some smaller key stuff there as well. I really do hope I can catch From Up On Poppy Hill, and Momo. I admittedly haven't bought my tickets yet, but I doubt I'll be left out in the cold if I buy them later this week. If I do see them, I'll definitely be sure to write reviews on them, especially for Momo as that's a world premiere.
 
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BigJonsson

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Question, I'm buying tix for my sister who is 25.....so I clicked the 25 and under tickets........even though I am 28 and using my credit card.........that should be ok right? I'm 1 hour and 30 minutes wait in the virtual waiting room =/
 
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Quadratic

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I was in person at the box office like an hour ago and their system wasn't working for about an hour before I left. I only wanted to exchange a ticket from my flex pack but the unknown wait didn't seem worth it so I left. I hope everything is sorted out now. Technical glitches always plague this festival.
 
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BigJonsson

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My sis wants to see the Pearl Jam movie, hope there are still tix in an hour and 15 minutes lol =/


I want to see moneyball but I'll just wait for the wider release
 
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Quadratic

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Tickets can be fluid at times even for sold out screenings. There's people exchanging tickets. Reserved blocks that get released to the public. By now, if you steer clear of the "Gala" or "prime time/ after work hours" screenings you should be able to get a ticket for something.

BigJonsson: If you can, make sure to have your sister pick up the tickets. I believe since the under 25 tickets are discounted. They need to show ID.
 
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BigJonsson

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Oh

Will she need my credit card to pick them up? I'm going to be out of town for the next week and need my CC




Not that its going to matter, my wait is now 3 hours and 30 minutes and I have to go to work in 1.5 hours
 
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/XX/

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Takao said:
I actually wrote a little something for any anime fans interested in what they can see at TIFF on my blog. It's really just From Up On Poppy Hill, and A Letter To Momo, but there's some smaller key stuff there as well. I really do hope I can catch From Up On Poppy Hill, and Momo. I admittedly haven't bought my tickets yet, but I doubt I'll be left out in the cold if I buy them later this week. If I do see them, I'll definitely be sure to write reviews on them, especially for Momo as that's a world premiere.
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Thanks Takao! Precisely I posted yesterday a reminder in the 'Summer 2011 Anime Thread II of IKUHARA'S RETURN, Penguins, and Idols' of this forum to see if anyone was going to attend the A Letter to Momo premiere (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=30593024&postcount=1241), I'd really appreciate your effort in making a review of the film for everyone here, thank you!
 
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Expendable.

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@MarlowNYC:
Wow. Shame is completely f-ing brilliant. Forget the Soderbergh flick, real 'Magic Mike' is Fassbender here. Major full-frontal by Fassbender and Mulligan in 'Shame.' Def getting NC-17. That being said, masterful film. Fassbender deserves awards rec
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YESSSSSSS
 
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Raistlin

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Me and my crew (5 in total) will be seeing:
  • Carré Blanc
  • Smuggler
  • Jeff, Who Lives At Home
  • From Up On Poppy Hill
  • Sons of Norway
  • Kill List

Other then missing out on 'The Skin I Live In' for 'Jeff, Who Lives At Home', we received all of our primaries.
 
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Expendable.

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not sure where else to put this (thread worthy?) but I wrote an article about the MPAA implications of Shame...including the first (amazing) clip!

Will Full Frontal Nudity From Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan Guarantee a NC-17 Rating For ‘Shame’?



One of the most talked-about stories in last year’s Oscar race was Blue Valentine and its NC-17 rating. The Ryan Gosling-Michelle Williams Sundance drama was picked up by The Weinstein Company and then garnered the nefarious rating for a brief scene of oral sex. After Harvey Weinstein himself appealed to the MPAA, the rating was finally overturned in time for distribution. Films slapped with the rating often only receive a small portion of theaters picking it up, or even worse, they head straight to home release and skip a theatrical run altogether. A certain film premiering at Venice and showing at the Telluride, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals may be headed for the same troubles.
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YouTube for first clip as well here (begins at 2:30 mark)
 
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Expendable.

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up early and made it to JFK for the Toronto flight. If all goes well I'll be seeing Moneyball and Ides of March this afternoon. Also just got invited to the Fox Searchlight party. I plan to tell Elizabeth Olsen I love her and awkardly dodge George Clooney because of nerves.
 
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Expendable.

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I've arrived! The press lounge has got a massive upgrade, full service and free food. I think I'll spend all my non-movie time here. Just walked past Brian De Palma looking pretty chipper after picking up my press pass:

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Grimmy

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Saw 4 films today. 3 not so great. Not the best start to TIFF. Tomorrow another 4... But the Scotiabank was very quiet this year - where are all the buyers???
 
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Grimmy

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Meliorism said:
What's your schedule look like, Grimmy? I remember your best of film list in Snowman's topic, so I'm curious.
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My schedule depends on whether I walk out of films and go to another screening or not. So better to recap post-fest than before/during IMO (and yeah, I walk out lots at TIFF - last yr I did it 10 times)
 
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Meliorism

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Grimmy said:
My schedule depends on whether I walk out of films and go to another screening or not. So better to recap post-fest than before/during IMO (and yeah, I walk out lots at TIFF - last yr I did it 10 times)
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At the very least, what do you have on your schedule right now as primaries? Stuff to go to before the possibility of walking out.
 
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Grimmy

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Meliorism said:
At the very least, what do you have on your schedule right now as primaries? Stuff to go to before the possibility of walking out.
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I don't have primaries - I have a Sales & Industry Premium pass so I just waltz in & out of press & industry screenings :p

But I'll see Faust, Almayer's Follies, The Deep Blue Sea, A Letter to Momo, Carre Blanc, Wuthering Height, Cut, etc.
 
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Meliorism

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Grimmy said:
I don't have primaries - I have a Sales & Industry Premium pass so I just waltz in & out of press & industry screenings :p

But I'll see Faust, Almayer's Follies, The Deep Blue Sea, A Letter to Momo, Carre Blanc, Wuthering Height, Cut, etc.
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Hmm, only one I'm immediately familiar with is Faust, and that's because of Sokurov even though I've never seen any movies. Hope they're all neat!
 
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RustyNails

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Top Ten movies to watch out for in TIFF by Raja Sen. I really like this film critic. I usually hear what he has to say on movies before I watch them.
1. A Dangerous Method
Director: David Cronenberg

2. The Ides of March
Director: George Clooney

3. The Descendants
Director: Alexander Payne

4. Melancholia
Director: Lars von Trier

5. The Skin I Live In
Director: Pedro Almodovar

6. Trishna
Director: Michael Winterbottom

7. Twixt
Director: Francis Ford Coppola

8. Americano
Director: Mathieu Demy

9. 360
Director: Fernando Meirelles

10. Butter
Director: Jim Field Smith
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Click on the link to read up why he picked those movies.
 
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Expendable.

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Today on the schedule is Pariah, A Dangerous Method and Skin I Live In (or Kid With the Bike?) today. Here are our reviews so far, if anyone is interested.

[TIFF Review] The Ides of March



He may be crafting every decision as director, but George Clooney is in the shadows (and in a key scene, literally) as Governor Mike Morris and Democratic presidential candidate in The Ides of March. Taking the spotlight is his press secretary Stephen Myers, played by Ryan Gosling, whose gripping Drive is also in the festival. Based on Beau Willimon‘s play Farragut North, the political drama packs a similar intensity as Nicolas Winding Refn‘s crime thriller, but instead of arresting visuals, Clooney and writing partner Grant Heslov use the agency of dialogue.
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B+

[TIFF Review] Moneyball



As someone whose baseball knowledge consists of nearly striking out at T-Ball as a toddler and information gleaned from ESPN-addicted college roommates, it takes a considerable amount of effort to drum up interest for a movie on the subject. It has been a long time since a notable film on the sport (no offense to The Benchwarmers), but this latest big-budget entry in the genre had enough notoriety to pop on my radar.
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[TIFF Review] Drive



“They just don’t make ‘em like they used to.”

It’s our go-to reaction whenever we feel the need to rue modernity. This catch-all derivative statement can be applied to appliances, cars, and especially movies. Which is exactly what makes Drive such a pleasure: they don’t make movies like this anymore. And in many ways? They never did.
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B+

[TIFF Review] Into the Abyss



I’m not sure Werner Herzog, Jean-Luc Godard or even Errol Morris would agree the role of film is to expose the truth. The truth varies. The truth is not on trial here. The facts of a triple homicide are laid out in the first of the film’s chapters: in 2002 in Conroe, TX two young man Michael Perry and Jason Burkett shot a nurse Sandra Stotler, her son Jason, and her son’s friend Arnold Richardson over a sports car. There is little doubt, although the destiny of Burkett, whose brother and father are also serving time, seems to be written before he was born. Another destiny written is that of Perry, who speaks to the filmmaker behind glass, eight days before his execution.
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A-

[TIFF Review] Coriolanus



For his first directing effort, Ralph Fiennes took the bold move of adapting the work of one of our top literary icons, William Shakespeare. Brought to screenplay form by John Logan (Gladiator, The Last Samurai), the classic tragedy is updated to a modern setting. But don’t let the many explosions, blood, gunfire and gritty guerrilla style in the marketing fool you. Heavily trimmed, Logan has still kept the iambic pentameter Shakespeare vernacular intact for this story of politics and betrayal.
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B+
 
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Expendable.

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The Skin I Live In was pretty fascinating I thought. I wasn't into it during some middle sections, but a certain twists justifies it. Highly recommended. Same for Pariah, which is so much better than Precious comparisons I've been seeing. More reviews below, just gonna post titles cause I have no time!

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The Artist (should be a big part of the Oscar race)
The Cat Vanishes
The Hunter (starring Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill)
Lena

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A Dangerous Method - Cronenberg disappoints :/

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Grimmy

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Today saw:

Last Dogs of Winter (walkout)
Among Us (not bad)
Pariah (walkout)
Lena (soso)
Elena (great)
The River Used to be a Man (walkout)

ELENA is very good - missed it in Cannes but glad I saw it here.
Sorry for being so brief but am exhausted...
 
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Quick

Banned
Got free last minute tickets to Moneyball today.

I loved every minute of it. Brad Pitt is on top form, and had good chemistry with Jonah Hill. Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't really have much to do outside of looking sad or angry, but his bits were still good.

There were also a ton of hilarious moments that really fit in naturally. The whole theatre went nuts a couple of times, and being inside the Elgin Theatre, the laughter was double what it would be inside a regular theatre.

And it was hilarious hearing the audience go "ARRRR" when the piracy warning came up on the screen before the start of the movie.

I'll be watching it again in theatres in a couple of weeks.
 
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