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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:29 AM Original message |
I just watched "A Beautiful Mind" and then googled John Nash. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. He was a much bigger dick than the movie would have you believe. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So it would seem. Really a terrible father, |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yeah ... |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. movies can be that way, watch "the hurricane" and then go read about rubin "hurricane" carter... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. Bio-pics tend to neaten things up; I'm surprised and appalled that Opie won an award for that flick. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. They don't give the Oscar out for accuracy but for how well done a movie is |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Please explain the strategy of "tit for tat" behavior |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Tit for tat is almost exactly as it sounds... |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Interesting |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. The problem with the strategy is that it is self-fulfilling. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Girard's mimetic theory, however, holds that relationships |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. He based the "Nash Equlibrium" on game theory. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It's an excellent film from start to finish. That's why he won. |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I liked the film, too |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. That was a really powerful point of the film. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. No, it isn't. It's a celebration of mediocre directing. All safe and sound, |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. How about telling us what you find 'interesting' in this context? |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. That's fucking cornball Ronnie Howard for ya. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I friend of mine says that Howard's "style" is the epitome of the slick... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think Eastwood is somewhat less inclined to schlock... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Bird was very good |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I just don't care about boxing... so I'm not impressed by most of those films |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. The fact he beat out Lynch for best director that year was what solidified my belief that... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I could have told you that Mulholland Drive wouldn't win it even while I was sitting in the theater |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Howard totally fucking butchered that movie. It could have been brilliant. |
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