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- From: merlyn@ora.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Digital Dolby (was Re: TOYS)
- Message-ID: <MERLYN.92Dec25103335@agora.rain.com>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 18:33:35 GMT
- Article-I.D.: agora.MERLYN.92Dec25103335
- References: <1992Dec19.220841.28070@microsoft.com>
- Sender: merlyn@agora.rain.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
- Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA
- Lines: 29
- In-Reply-To: frankm@microsoft.com's message of 19 Dec 92 22:08:41 GMT
-
- In article <1992Dec19.220841.28070@microsoft.com> frankm@microsoft.com (Frank R.A.J. Maloney) writes:
- TOYS was a disappointment. I had hoped for something a lot
- more energetic, if nothing else. There is no plot, merely a
- skeleton on which to hang a dazzling visual experience.
- Michael Gambon and Robin Williams were both too restrained,
- too whimsical. They were both outshone by Joan Cusak, the
- only member of the cast who really got the idea of what they
- should have been doing. In fact, the rapper LL Cool J put in
- a more interesting performance, even given his inexperience
- as an actor.
-
- Totally agreed. In fact, I had really been hoping (from seeing the
- trailers and having just come down from a post-ALADDIN high) that TOYS
- would be the "Willy Wonka" of the 90's.
-
- Sadly, it wasn't. I'll have to keep waiting.
-
- The only thing that made it worth seeing was that it was the premiere
- of Digital Dolby at the third screen in three months here in Portland.
- I was in the first public audience for all three: THE MIGHTY DUCKS
- (yuck), ALADDIN (thumbs and swords up), and then TOYS. And today I
- will see THX *70mm* Digital Dolby for HOFFA (another first in
- Portland). Way cool.
-
- Just another video producer, looking for the best in theatre sight and sound,
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