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by danfrank
Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:05 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The 2008 Fall Campaign
Replies: 867
Views: 30728

A huge and growing problem with the polls is that the pollsters contact potential voters only on land-line numbers. Apparently there is no technology to use automatic dialers with cell phones. Younger folks in particular are trending toward having only cell phones, and of course this demographic st...
by danfrank
Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:08 pm
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: The American Idol 2008 Thread
Replies: 303
Views: 11907

Did they really make them all sing that Jesus song at the top of the show? Watching this show is usually just a guilty pleasure, but tonight I feel totally creeped out. Get me to rehab fast!
by danfrank
Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:20 am
Forum: 2008
Topic: Paranoid Park
Replies: 6
Views: 788

Paranoid Park is a thing of beauty. If it's playing in your area, go!
by danfrank
Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:32 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Our Primary/Caucus Votes
Replies: 70
Views: 3789

I don't think Clinton is unelectable, just less electable. If she were a much better candidate than Obama, I might be willing to take that chance. But she's not. She's far too hawkish and pro-corporate. And, whether it's her fault or not, she's divisive. This country needs some serious healing righ...
by danfrank
Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Our Primary/Caucus Votes
Replies: 70
Views: 3789

An unapologetic vote for Obama here in California. Voting for him is a bit of a risk, because we don't really know him. His speeches may be "vacuous," to use OscarGuy's word, but I don't think Barack is vacuous at all. I think his strategy is to play it safe by not saying much, and it app...
by danfrank
Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:21 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: BAFTA nominations
Replies: 36
Views: 2661

I guess they really hated Sweeney Todd. It didn't even get a nomination for Production Design.

Edit: Oops, I see that you already mentioned that, OG
by danfrank
Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:37 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Sweeney Todd: The Poll
Replies: 466
Views: 11129

But thank God they didn't give more than one solo to that girl who played Johanna. Her voice--as annoying as the sound of a fork sliding across a porcelain plate--brings a new definition to the word shrill. I concur. I had the thought that perhaps Judge Turpin was doing the world a favor by sequest...
by danfrank
Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:18 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Sweeney Todd: The Poll
Replies: 466
Views: 11129

Zahveed, I "enjoyed" it, at least in parts. I guess I wasn't enjoying myself while cringing whenever Helena Bonham Carter sang, however. The music is still glorious, even if it is truncated and not sung anywhere near its potential. This is a work that could have been so much more, as it w...
by danfrank
Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:24 am
Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
Topic: Best Film 1938
Replies: 4
Views: 545

I haven't seen enough of these to place a vote. It's difficult to imagine, though, that any of these are better than Grand Illusion, a truly great work of art.
by danfrank
Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:44 pm
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: Critics' Top 10s 2007
Replies: 69
Views: 4069

Akash Posted on Dec. 21 2007,20:51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But then it also has ass fucking, so he was probably forced to Brokeback it down lower on the list. Congratulations, Akash. That's the best usage of "brokeback" as a verb th...
by danfrank
Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:26 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Democrats, Primaries etc - Since I'm not sure where to put this one
Replies: 344
Views: 14279

They can't work for the Times and be for Kucinich (in print, anyway) because the New York Times is overly invested in staying in the mainstream. It's a left-of-center--for this country--mainstream, but mainstream nonetheless.
by danfrank
Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:09 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: Detroit Film Critics
Replies: 1
Views: 424

There's something creepy/sad/cruel about nominating Adrienne Shelley as "Best Newcomer" The Detroit Film Critics Society nominees Best film "No Country for Old Men" "Juno" "Into the Wild" "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" "There Will Be Blood...
by danfrank
Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:05 am
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2007
Replies: 366
Views: 46072

I agree, Kaytodd about the wonderful casting in this movie. I disagree, though, about the actress who played the mother. She was a weak link (albeit a small one, since it was a small, non-essential part) in the movie for me, stood out as too much of a caricature.
by danfrank
Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:59 am
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Waitress: The Poll
Replies: 14
Views: 4342

I totally agree, Penelope. Waitress is a slight but enjoyable film, mostly thanks to Keri Russell. She is a revelation in this, and should be generating more awards buzz.
by danfrank
Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:57 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: President Giuliani 2008? Wake me when it's over! - why do you guys think?
Replies: 239
Views: 10070

Have you guys noticed that arch-enemy Giuliani is tumbling in the polls? This would be fortuitous news except that he is being overtaken by the even more heinous Huckabee (you know, the compassionate guy who wants to round up all HIV+ folks and put them in concentration camps). Twit Romney is withi...

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