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dlgood ([personal profile] dlgood) wrote2004-03-05 01:00 am

Mystic River

Weds. Night

Maryland 70
#16 NC State 69

Tournament chances are alive after all. Must beat UVa.


Seeing this movie is like getting hit by a bus. Well done, but really depressing. And extemely well acted.

Sean Penn really reminds me of Robert DeNiro in this movie. Mostly the good one. Tim Robbins was so subdued. Actually, I thought the best performance was Laurence Fishburne as "Whitey Powers".

I missed quite a few of the plot twists, and nailed some of the others. And wow did Laura Linney creep me out in her closing scene.

[identity profile] chrisleeoctaves.livejournal.com 2004-03-05 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
I saw this a few weeks back and really liked it...although, man it was gloomy. I thought all the performances were really excellent but Marcia Gay Hardman impressed me the most, especially all alone at the parade, watching for her son. Wah! Considering how elliptical the movie was, I thought Eastwood did a terrific job of sewing it all together. And I agree about Laura Linney: Lady Macbeth! Really made me appreciate her talents after her copmpletely sympathetic performance in Love, Actually.

[identity profile] dlgood.livejournal.com 2004-03-05 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
And I agree about Laura Linney: Lady Macbeth!

It was really weird. Because throughout the whole movie, I just thought she was the typical grieving mother and quiet wife. And then suddenly we get that last scene and she becomes very, very scary.

[identity profile] sistakaren.livejournal.com 2004-03-05 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Holy shit! That's awesome! Dude, the ACC is so damned unpredictable this year. Dook just lost to Wake this week. Which is bad for us, because we play them on Saturday. poop.

[identity profile] dlgood.livejournal.com 2004-03-05 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
No kidding. If we lose to UVa on sunday (and we could) they're in. UVa. They were such crap!

You guys could still beat Duke. Every game is a new day.

[identity profile] sistakaren.livejournal.com 2004-03-05 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
And UVa's been on a winning streak lately. It'll be a good game. I wonder if it's televised nationally...

The Daily Tar Heel is predicting we can win. We'll see. It'll be tough without Jackie. Hmmm.

[identity profile] stars91.livejournal.com 2004-03-05 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
Congrats on the Maryland win! I saw that while surfing scores last night! Tech won Wednesday too, so yay for both teams! Good luck for the UVa game!

[identity profile] dlgood.livejournal.com 2004-03-05 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I saw that. When I've seen them TTU hass looked inconsistent, but pretty good.

[identity profile] stars91.livejournal.com 2004-03-05 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
When I've seen them TTU hass looked inconsistent, but pretty good.

Yup, pretty much! I haven't gotten to see very many of their games this season, but the ones I have, including the one on Wednesday night, they've been really great at times and really bad at times. If they could ever put an entire 40 mins. together, they'd be a pretty decent team!