Just watched The Hurt Locker.

[Green Lantern]

This is the weirdest threadjack I've seen in a while.

[PaloAltoCougar]

This is the weirdest threadjack I've seen in a while.

It's funny that a discussion about what is at least arguably the best movie of 2009 now centers on whether an actor's gum chewing is audible.

mp, go see or rent the movie. Pearce's masticatory habits will not offend, or your money back (honest). But since the scene precedes his walking toward a bomb that he must defuse, you can always hope that he fails.

There are many things in the movie far more discomfiting and disturbing that the sound of chewing. It's a very good film.

[woot]

No I asked if you can hear him chew, not if you can see it.

In English, "seeing a movie" refers to the experience of both watching the moving pictures and listening to the soundtrack.

[MartyFunkhouser]

In English, "seeing a movie" refers to the experience of both watching the moving pictures and listening to the soundtrack.

I never said that the viewing of him chewing was offensive to me, I said the sound was offensive. You can separate out the two.

I've added it to the Netflix cue.

[woot]

I never said that the viewing of him chewing was offensive to me,

And I never said you did. Enjoy the movie.

[Katy Lied]

No I asked if you can hear him chew, not if you can see it.

You cant hear the little chew noises or the gum pops. You can hear that his speaking cadence changes with each chew of the gum, which is why I wondered if it disguised his australian accent.

How about chew? Are you grossed out when you see people spit out tobacky? Or is it just the noise?

(I am always curious about people's little foibles. I have some of my own.)

[MartyFunkhouser]

You cant hear the little chew noises or the gum pops. You can hear that his speaking cadence changes with each chew of the gum, which is why I wondered if it disguised his australian accent.

How about chew? Are you grossed out when you see people spit out tobacky? Or is it just the noise?

(I am always curious about people's little foibles. I have some of my own.)

It is the sound. I guess I realize that this is probably weird and obsessive, but everyone has some weird and obsessive things. Mine are chewing and expiration dates. It is kind of a family thing too because all of my brothers cannot stand the sound of chewing and at least 2 of them also won't anything past an expiration date.

My grandpa lived with our family off and on when I was growing up. He would eat the same thing every morning, bran flakes. The problem was that he would put his dentures in until after breakfast. He would fill up the entire bowl with milk and poor a few flakes in. He would then proceed to slurp the cereal and make loud chomping noises. I had a hard time even being on the same floor as the kitchen when he was eating breakfast.

[Viking]

amazing flick. i liked inglourious basterds better due to the depth of each principal character portrayed (Waltz was amazing). Nonetheless, this is a superb movie.

[LA Ute]

I ended up being a lone man last night and saw this movie. (I could never drag my wife to see such a flick.) I left feeling drained and depressed, and as usual admiring the courage of soldiers in wartime. I understand the movie is not completely realistic but you have to sacrifice some realism to make a good movie. (A cowboy like James would have been disciplined, for example. And when a robot breaks down in reality, they send a back-up robot in to fix the first one or do something else.)

But it is a really fine piece of work. I liked the way the movie did not preach about the war, either for or against, and how the characters developed and I started to care about them as people. I'm not sure I'll ever want to see this one again, though. Too hard to watch.

[Green Lantern]

amazing flick. i liked inglourious basterds better due to the depth of each principal character portrayed (Waltz was amazing). Nonetheless, this is a superb movie.

Interesting. I love INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS but the cast is so large and sprawling that I didn't feel I got to know anyone as deeply as Jeremy Renner in HURT LOCKER.

[MarkGrace]

Hurry the @#$% up Nextflix!

I'm about to cave and just go out and rent the thing.

It finally shipped! Should be here tomorrow.

[Green Lantern]

It finally shipped! Should be here tomorrow.

But once you've watched it, what will you wait in agony for next? I'm going to try to find something on Netflix with a really long wait time and recommend it to you as the best movie ever.

[falafel]

It finally shipped! Should be here tomorrow.

After all the recommnedations for It Might Get Loud, I added the blu-ray disc to my queue (it said no wait, vs. a short wait for DVD). As soon as I added it, its been a short wait for over a week!

[Katy Lied]

Interesting. I love INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS but the cast is so large and sprawling that I didn't feel I got to know anyone as deeply as Jeremy Renner in HURT LOCKER.

I feel the exact same way. I think I must be GL's long lost sister. Or his evil twin.

[falafel]

I feel the exact same way. I think I must be GL's long lost sister. Or his evil twin.

Why can't you be both?