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Concrete, Steel, and Paint

A pretty good short documentary focusing on prisoners, art, redemption, and the dichotomy present between victims and perpetrators.



A touching movie I finally got around to seeing and could even relate to on a personal level. Always bittersweet when those come along.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

And I thought Sofia Coppola was awesome before she directed this.

Sigh....

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...evidently chicken-town.

I think Virgin Suicides is the best thing she ever did

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Say, Doc, did I ever tell you I'm the only metal that's liquid at room temperature?

*Glares*

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Crazy, stupid love. That was kind of brilliant.

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We're all actors, Laurie. I'm just an actor who read the script.

"oh what a cliché..."

I only saw half of that movie. I still wanna finish it. It was good.

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I'll be right back. I gotta go see a man about a mule.

Great stuff.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

If you haven't seen The Life Aquatic, do so now.

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I've seen parts of it, but yeah, not straight through.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

She was my NYC Jewish princess fantasy. Part based on reality and part based on her awful/wonderful performance in that Godawfulfather movie.

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...evidently chicken-town.

Trash. Childhood trash. I'll never watch a 90's children's movie about toys that isn't Toy Story again.

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I've only had one dream in my life with kids in it that didn't involve me gnawing my feet off, and it had to do with kids doing my laundry.

My sister wrote this article, if any of you are interested in her thoughts on the subject:

http://thefeministwire.com/2011/08/seco ... -the-help/

Also, my sister wrote this article, so if any of you badmouth her I KEEL YOU!

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I've only had one dream in my life with kids in it that didn't involve me gnawing my feet off, and it had to do with kids doing my laundry.

I actually quote that movie pretty often. Just the line "Do not do magic you do not understand," that being said I haven't seen it since like 5th grade... so I won't argue that it holds up well

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@RealSlimCAvery

I've just finished reading it !

I don't think I mentioned it before in my earlier review, but I do agree with Miss Sullivan that Minny herself, while delightfully portrayed (in my opinion) by Octavia Spencer, did seem like it was a character written to push forward some stereotypes that, quite frankly, are very outdated (and that's putting kindly), I knew that uncomfortable feeling I got, when I saw Minnie in the "Crisco" scene with Jessica Chastain, didn't show up in my gut for no reason.

Though I must say Mal, if that is a picture of your sister at the end of the article, then I don't know what she's talking about when she says she's a "Big Black Woman"

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Oh man, you missed Mal and I reveling over it while he watched it on tv.


Sheeit, I'm glad I don't know where that tape is now.

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Ugh why do all my friends want my sisterrrr. I'm the new Jan Brady!

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I've only had one dream in my life with kids in it that didn't involve me gnawing my feet off, and it had to do with kids doing my laundry.

Because she's pretty, duh.



Hey, you'll find your uh... *sees a star wars poster* GEORGE! Your George... uh... *scans room, sees drinking glass* GLASS! Don't worry, Mal, you'll find your George Glass.

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@RealSlimCAvery

So basically, I need to enter "create your own character" mode in my my mind and make that happen.

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I've only had one dream in my life with kids in it that didn't involve me gnawing my feet off, and it had to do with kids doing my laundry.

I agree wholeheartedly with this post, both these movies are very enjoyable.

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@RealSlimCAvery

1. I wish I could write as well as your sister

2. She's absolutely right, and "The Help" enforcing old, out-dated stereotypes--though they are still regularly used in the portrayal of black characters in the medium--was a rather troubling, and sometimes cringe-worthy, aspect of the film. While a man in front of me was uproariously laughing at Mimi enthusiastically proclaiming how much she loved fried chicken, I couldn't help but feel rather uncomfortable in my seat. Mal's sister nor I are proclaiming that "The Help" is racist, and I do believe that the origins of the film were well-meaning; however, the film's biggest fault is that, rather than take a sharp, serious look at a period of time where it was dangerous to not only be black, but to be outspoken against an oppressive society, it treats the effects of the civil rights movement--and the tragedies associated with it--as a safe, easily digestible package for people to consume.