I just saw the movie Rendition. Ask me anything

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1. Was the Meryl Streep character evil?

Great subject for a movie. It sounds good and I am happy that Hollywood is making movies like this.

What did you think of it?

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2. Yes; a Dick Cheney minus the ah.. um...

What I thought of it is that it should have come out three years ago.

It was reasonably realistic.

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3. Damn, I really like Meryl Streep...

and hate to see her playing villains.

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4. She's done several villain roles now

and she is good at them.

It takes a smart woman to play a villian.

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6. It does.

She is one fine actor.

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9. As a woman, I appreciate the fact she's finding juicy roles at "her age".

edit- and she looks fabu

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11. That's very true...

She looks terrific. Also real, if you know what I mean.

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15. Real terrific?

Meryl Streep has always been so genuine to me, even when she plays evil characters.

I don't know when I fell under her spell, but it was probably in Sophie's Choice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Oc5ny3hjg

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5. We almost went to see that today. We saw Gone Baby Gone instead

It was great. I won't be checking back on this thread. We're planning to see Rendition next week.

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7. Gotcha. I'll try not to post any spoilers

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13. Gone Baby Gone is on my list too.

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8. I saw it last night. I was disappointed that the theater wasn't very full.

Was your theater empty-ish or full-ish?

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10. Foolishly empty

less than 20 people for the 4PM showing.

It deserved a better audience.


I guess people don't want to be reminded of what we have done.

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12. Is it worth paying theater prices for? There are several movies Mr. LIW and I want to see...

and we're trying to decide which ones to see in the theater and which ones to wait to see on DirecTV.

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14. That's really a mater of taste

The subject is dark; it does not have a happy ending.

What it does have is a corse sense of justice, where the bad guys get some payback for their deeds.

An unbroken taboo of the American film industry is that crime must not pay.