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Seriously, I watched Shampoo a few years ago since it was on my must list and I think this is just one of those movies that arent timeless.  It had a certain impact at the time due to its sexual openness and frankness – it was refreshing and controversial.  People really sat up and took notice, it had a generational voice.  But from our perspective it just has absolutely nothing to offer.

I didn’t heart huckabees but I found it interesting and engaging enough that I saw it twice.  I agree that it spends way too much time exploring itself, though the dense dialogue is fascinating to keep up with.  I much preferred Hoffman in Stranger Than Fiction, where he plays a similar role but (and this can be seen as better OR worse) is much simplified.

Huckabees is exceedingly original, which means I like it, despite its entertanment value being (overall) quite low.  Great performances by all involved, and a memorable movie.  But again, not one for the ages.  Just leaves you feeling cold.

Makes me want to see Flirting with Disaster again. 

I will check out Curse of the Golden flower.  Though the star wars prequels suck in many ways, I was also impressed to see (through documentaries) just how much of Lucas’ sets were indeed real and not digital — I’d assumed that Lucas did EVERYTHING CGI when in fact, he did not.  But ironically he lit everything so uniformly (perhaps to make the blend with CGI easier) that even the REAL sets had a 2D look.