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#26

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/26/05 at 3:26pm

to get back to an early question Michael Arden is actaully working on a score for the Ripley the musical.

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#27

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/26/05 at 3:36pm

I'd like to see it as a play, not as a musical. But it'd be a great piece.

#28

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/26/05 at 3:47pm

I hated that Miramax decided to do their campaigning for The Cider House Rules over The Talented Mr. Ripley.

IMO, Ripley was a much better film in both style and substance. I thought Minghella should have won Best Screenpla, Law should have won Best Supporting Actor, and that this film should have been nominated for Best Picture...IMO, it was better than all of the movies that were nominated that year except for The Insider which is debatable.

ITA with those you think Paltrow did a fantastic job as Margie. It was definitely a thankless role, and yet Paltrow just showed us her true acting chops. (I'm in the minority that thinks Paltrow did give an Oscar-worthy performance in Shakespeare in Love and that she's a great actress).

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Updated On: 1/26/05 at 03:47 PM

#29

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/26/05 at 3:54pm

#30

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/26/05 at 6:33pm

I loved this movie. and the book. It was Jude Law and Matt damon at their best. Both deserved nominations. Paltrow was good, but not exceptional. Blanchet was great.

I like Jude better back then. He now comes across as too covky.

#31

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/26/05 at 9:08pm

captain... michael's score definitely fits the show. From what I have heard of the music he has written it is just taking a lot of the existing script and setting it to music so it flows well, in a creepy twisting type of way.

I've heard a bit of Arden's music for his stage adaptation too, and it's brilliant -- captures the Hitchcock-esque feel of the movie very well. I believe Arden's opening progression of the song I heard are borrowed directly from Gabriel Yared's stunning movie score.

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Updated On: 1/28/05 at 09:08 PM

#32

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/26/05 at 9:30pm

RIPLEY is a guilty pleasure of mine as well. the book was fun. one day i'll get around to reading the other highsmith/ripley books. but i really loved the gay overtones of the movie that don't really exist in the book. fans may want to check out RIPLEY's GAME on dvd, but i didn't think it was so hot. MALKOVICH plays a RIPLEY that is totally unlikeable and nasty. the appeal of TALENTED is the mixture of charm and madness that DAMON brings to the role.

RIP glebby <3

#33

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/26/05 at 10:22pm

I loved loved loved loved loved this movie.

#34

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:10am

One thing that I appreciated about Damon's performance (and the screenplay) was that no matter what Ripley did, you always understood why, if not necessarily agreed with it.

#35

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:34am

Exactly. The look on his face at the end when he realises he has to kill Peter is absolutely incredible. Everything you need to know about him is right there.

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

#36

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:37am

i love this movie. i have it on dvd and i havent watched it in awhile. i will be pulling it off the shelf and giving it a spin tonite. wanna join me?

#37

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:38am

I thought you were going to see Finding Neverland?

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#38

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:40am

pop, what are you doing? clocking me?

i'll see "ripley" early in the evening say about 5, 6.
i can always catch "neverland" by the last showing say about 10.
it can be done, trust me. i have my ways.

Updated On: 1/27/05 at 11:40 AM

#39

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:42am

Clocking you? Is that slang for something rude?

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

#40

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:51am

no that means following my every move...LOL

#41

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:52am

How dull. And no, not clocking you, so you can relax

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

#42

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:59am

im relaxed baby boy.........

#43

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 3:13pm

I remember not really like this movie when I saw it in the theater, but I think I was expecting it to be something completely different. I should watch it again (if only to see Jude and Matt).

I do believe that this was the first movie that I saw with Phillip Seymour Hoffman and I have been a fan ever since.

#44

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 3:22pm

Enjoyed the movie enough to go out and get the book...enjoyed the book enough to read the others in the series. The novels were all quite good, IMO.

#45

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/27/05 at 3:50pm

I think it's also appropriate to applaud Gabriel Yared's beautiful score (one that was not awarded by the AMPAS). His music, I feel, was essential to the film.

#46

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/28/05 at 12:03am

Anyone else find this movie incredibly sexy? The homoeroticism / homoromanticism between Ripley and Peter was delicious.

#47

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/28/05 at 8:25am

Absolutely, BlueWizard.

#48

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/29/05 at 1:31pm

i find your avatar to be incredibly sexy, BW

RIP glebby <3

#49

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/29/05 at 6:04pm

I thought it was a great movie. I'm a big fan of Matt Damon.

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Updated On: 1/29/05 at 06:04 PM

#50

re: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted: 1/29/05 at 8:18pm

This is my FAVORITE movie of all time....practically. I got all of my friends hooked on it. Jude Law is amazing as well as everyone else in the superb cast. Favorite part: "I could F*** this ice box."- Dickie Greenleaf

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