Conference bookie::movies

    I'd like to offer a counterpoint to .0 -- both my wife and I enjoyed
    this movie and it seemed that most of the packed theatre (the new Gen
    Cine 14 in Framingham) also had a positive reaction.  Also, it was
    reviewed on the CBS Sunday Morning show yesterday and he had good
    things to say about it.  I think it all depends upon whether or not you
    like Robert Altman and his style.  
    
    I would also disagree with the base-noter about waiting for the video --
    unless you have a big screen and really fancy sound system, I suspect
    you'd lose too much of the film and would not enjoy it as much as on
    the big screen.
    
    Thumbs up from here...
    
    	/jeff

    
    	Sophia Loren would look great in anything.
    
    	As a matter of fact, she would look just as good in nothing.
    
    	8^)
    
    							GTI
    

     
    
    So how old is she....sixty something, right?
    
    

    
    	For her alone I can't wait to see it. 
    	yes she is 60 years old. Women in their 30's should look
    	as good as she does now! Robert Altman knows how to pick
    	his subject matter.

    Saw this last night and enjoyed it.  Some funny characters and
    incidents, lots going on to keep your interest.  Some parts of it worked
    better for me than others; there's a sub-"plot" involving Tim Robbins
    and Julia Roberts as strangers sharing a hotel room, which I though
    particularly weak.  I enjoyed a farcical story involving Stephen Rea as a 
    superstar photographer who acts like a nasty Dylanesque rock star, and 
    Linda Hunt, Sally Kellerman, and Tracey Ullman as rival magazine editors 
    bidding for his services.
    
    I thought it a light but highly entertaining movie.
    
    -Stephen 

    FWIW, the concensus from professional reviewers is that the fashion
    industry is doing a great job of satirizing itself, which leaves the
    movie rather pointless or toothless, and generally not up to Altman's
    usual standard.  The cast gets lots of praise.

    
    
    
    
    I think that the ending was awesome,Sophia was breathtakingly
    Beautiful..... 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    			go see it!

    This is the biggest, most self-indulgent piece of film making that I
    have ever seen.  I enjoyed the movie, and re .2 I do love Altman but
    this was not up to snuff.  He got real sloppy in story in this one. 
    You can't argue with that.  There was a lot of pointless wonders in
    this film...Garr, Robbins, Roberts, Ham Sandwich, Doggie Mess, etc..
    
    I would have enjoyed it more if Altman hadn't pretended that there was
    a story going on here.  Just keep us back stage watching the craziness
    of the fashion industry, following around the wonderfully-wonderful
    Basinger, Hunt, Kellerman, Ullman, Rea, Whittaker, etc.
    
    If you like Altman and have NO expectations, go and see it.  But be
    warned!!!  It is not about anything!
    
    MJ 

    I didn't like this movie either. If I weren't an Altman fan, I suppose
    I might have appreciated it as a minor farce, but it didn't seem to me
    to be sufficiently funny even at that level. I think the basic problem
    is the subject matter. It's hard to satirize something that most people
    regard as perfectly ridiculous in the first place. It's like trying to
    mock the behavior of clowns.
    
    John

    re .9
    
    Bravo!
    
    MJ

    Saw it the other night.  By the fifth time they had a close-up of
    someone's shoe stepping in dog poop, I decided it was making a
    statement.  And the statement was: Robert Altman should never be
    allowed near a camera again!
    
    tom

Many many smiles !!  We saw "Ready to Wear" friday nite.. it's a super
Altman-style film... i love the style.  and Sophia well gee the 
woman is so gorgeous still.  and it is really cool to see her and
marcello interacting the same as ever - AS EVER!!! very hot chemistry 
on screen ... Sophia and Marcello still have that electric thing going on
    between them although everything is left to the imagination - including
where the delicious ending could lead.  

A must see for Altman fans - a double must see for Loren/Mastriani fans!!!

Carol

    
    rented this for 39 cents. (they can't even give this piece of garbage
    away).
    
    we watched half, and hit the rewind.
    
    figure i only owe the video store 20 cents now.
    
    phew, what a stinker.
    

    That's pretty scary when the plastic protective case is worth more than
    the movie!
    
    <-----BTW---funny!