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10 Craziest Shopping Scenes
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"Black Friday is a scary time for shoppers in any given year. The crowds, the lines, the difficulty finding parking — all these and more are common annoyances on the day after Thanksgiving, as millions upon millions of Americans begin the Christmas season by making a run for the shopping malls and department stores in hopes of finding the best bargains. This year, of course, the economic downturn will make the day even worse than usual. The stores may be desperately holding the biggest sales we’ll ever witness, but lowest prices aren’t quite low enough for those who are broke or bankrupt. So, you may stay home this Friday. Perhaps you’ll at least make some minor online purchases, because you’re a patriotic, consuming American and it’s kind of like an unofficial holiday in our capitalist democracy. But don’t not go out to the mall simply because of the craziness potentially happening on its many floors of fashion and furnishings. You mustn’t be frightened of the crowds. Just recall a ... "
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AFI's 10 Top 10: Fantasy
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"As with Moonstruck's appearance on the romantic comedy list, I found myself charmed by many of the selections on the fantasy list, even where I may not have made the choice myself. I was particularly happy to see Groundhog Day (1993) on this Top 10, but, like a number of other films here, the more I thought about the idea of “fantasy”, the more I began to wonder if some weren't misplaced or mis-categorized. Groundhog Day, alongside Harvey (1950), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and It's a Wonderful Life (1946), may be fantasies, but they are more accurately described as “fables”, that is, as stories that are essentially about life lessons rather than the fantastic, though they may use fantasy elements to tell their stories. Where the three older films are concerned, there are questions that clearly can, and are, raised about what the protagonists have experienced or who they actually are. Is George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) actually v "
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Overall, Pretentious and Ineffe ...
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"If I understood the movie correctly, you're Black & White until you have sex and then you start to get colorized. The more sex you have, the more colorful you become.Yes, of course, I realize what the movie was supposed to be trying to say but it was so over the top, hit you in the face with a hammer, and - ironically - just plain shallow ... I feel it fails to provoke thought or inspire in any way. There were a couple moments that were funny and you don't get much more clever than signs reading "no coloreds allowed" but those moments are overshadowed by juvenile writing. It could have been so much more than this. Of course, it could have been much, much worse ... it could have been the remake of The Stepford Wives. "
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The Great Movies: Pleasantville
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"As the opening credits come up, we're watching blended colors on the screen as we hear the sounds of channel surfing going on. As we focus in on the colors and see we're watching the television as channels keep flipping by, we come to a channel called TV Time and are informed of an upcoming marathon of a show called Pleasantville. We are given some information up front. And we go into our tale with...Once Upon A Time...Gary Ross' fantasy is something of an original. It is a modern fairy tale as well as a social satire. His film says so much with humor and whimsy that only after watching it once do you pick up on a few details. With further watching do you really start to see more of what Ross intends to show you. And more you begin to appreciate this film for what it is really about; the value of change and the destructive force of maintaining status quo. The film's protagonists are modern kids David (Tobey Maguire) and Jennifer (Reese Whitherspoon), though the film ... "
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""Pleasantville" is in my opinion the most truly meaningful and relevant film ever made. I know to some, it seems more like a "fun" type of film, but there are so many implications and countless layers of meaning upon meaning woven throughout the story - I'm not entirely sure all of that was intentional, but I am sure it's there, and very effective. One take on the meaning of the movie is that it's telling us to try something new and different, and to not be ashamed to let our true selves show. And how quickly a society will fall into fascism out of sheer terror of the unknown. It addresses so much of what's wrong with the world, with humanity in general - not just today, but since our origins. "
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