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- From: isbell@ai.mit.edu (Charles L Isbell)
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- Subject: Re: The Player (was Re: Academy Awards)
- Date: 31 Dec 92 12:56:59
- Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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- In-reply-to: takoosma@utkvx1.utk.edu's message of Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:21:00 GMT
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- takoosma@utkvx1.utk.edu (Toby Koosman) writes:
- |organic@mgr.hjf.org (Miriam Organic) writes...
- |>The Player gets my vote all the way.
- |It seems to be on everyone's list, which I find puzzling. The Player was a
- |cute movie, clever and well-done, but certainly not a great movie. Even
- |restricting the field to comedies, Husbands and Wives was far better. Perhaps
- |its special appeal to movie buffs explains the high rating?
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- Easy. It practically dripped of droll cynicism and subtle irony.
- Some folks really like that sort of thing, especially the former.
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- Personally I loved it. I don't think it has a chance come Oscar time,
- but then, so what?
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